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Alyn Brown Andrus

Alyn Brown Andrus

Dec 20, 2010

Alyn Brown Andrus, 79, of Rexburg, died Monday, December 21, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from natural causes. Alyn Brown Andrus was born December 15, 1931 in the Idaho Falls Riverview Hospital. He was the first of -9 children born to Samuel Reed Andrus and Melba Phyllis Brown. He was raised on a farm in Ucon, Idaho,...

Mary Bishoff

Mary Bishoff

Dec 20, 2010

Mary Bishoff, 95, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, December 20, 2010 at her home of natural causes. She was born April 21, 1915 in Rexburg, Idaho to Henry and Anna Elizabeth Bernhardt Kerbs. She married Henry J. Bishoff on December 3, 1934. They lived and farmed in the Sugar City area until 1976, when the Teton Dam failed and the...

Hugh A. Moore

Hugh A. Moore

Dec 18, 2010

Hugh Austin Moore, Jr, died December 18, 2010 in Rexburg. He was born to Hugh and Ethyl Moore on December 9, 1920 in Chico, Texas. He was the oldest of four children. His father, who managed lumber yards for a living, died of pneumonia when Hugh was just seven years old. Hugh served as a flying instructor in the Army...

Gareld R. Larsen

Gareld R. Larsen

Dec 11, 2010

Gareld Rudolph Larsen, W7WWY, signed off December 11, 2010 at home. Gareld was born July 7,1936 at Independence, Idaho to Rudolph Christian and Norma Beck Larsen. He married Suzan Lewis December 18,1986 in the Idaho Falls LDS temple. Gareld attended Burton School until the eighth grade then attended and graduated from Madison High School. He attended Ricks College and earned...

James Bryan King

James Bryan King

Dec 8, 2010

James Bryan King, 69 of Pocatello and a former Rexburg resident, died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 in Pocatello. He was born May 8, 1941 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Odis Bennet King and Ila Grace Masters King. He attended Ricks College, Brigham Young University in Utah, Idaho State University and University of New Mexico. Besides Albuquerque, Pocatello, Provo, UT and...

Giles R. Johnson

Giles R. Johnson

Dec 8, 2010

Giles R. Johnson, 72, passed away Wednesday, December 8, in Idaho Falls. He was born April 26, 1938, in Hibbard, Idaho, the son and second child of Roland Osborn and Flora Belle Jaques Johnson. Giles was active in 4-H, music, sports and was an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 4-H he had beef projects...

Mark Charles Blaser

Mark Charles Blaser

Dec 8, 2010

Our beloved father, son and brother, Mark Charles Blaser, 47, passed away after a courageous eight month battle with Acute Myeloma Leukemia; he died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City. Mark was born September 17,1963 at Rexburg to Roland P. and Carol Parkinson Blaser. He graduated in 1981 from Sugar-Salem High School. He was...

Judy Ann Summers

Judy Ann Summers

Dec 1, 2010

Judy Ann Summers, 65, of Rexburg, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in Rexburg. She was born December 15, 1944 to Frank and Donna Summers. She lived in Rexburg and attended schools in Moody, Sugar City, Edmunds and Rexburg. She graduated from Madison High School in 1963, she also attended Ricks College. She was an active member of the Church of...

Doralee Anderson Thomason

Doralee Anderson Thomason

Nov 29, 2010

Doralee Anderson Thomason, 97, of Burton, died Monday, November 29, 2010 at her home surrounded by members of her loving family. She was born June 1, 1913, in Independence, Idaho to Wilford Christian and Mary Pearl Bowen Anderson. She attended school in Independence and graduated from Madison High School. She also attended Ricks College. She married Charles Thomason on November...

Lee Ward

Lee Ward

Nov 29, 2010

Lee J. Ward, 70, returned to his Heavenly Father early Monday morning, November 29, 2010, due to medical complications. He was born, August 19, 1940, in Rexburg, Idaho, son of Ezekiel and Rose Ward. He was a high school graduate of Madison High School. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and took great pride in his service...

Alice Orme

Alice Orme

Nov 25, 2010

Alice May Cotterell Orme, age 83 of Rexburg, died Thursday, November 25, 2010 in Rexburg. She was born to Elliott and Mary Cotterell in Ora, Idaho on September 19, 1927. Alice lived and went to schools in Ashton and St. Anthony and graduated from Pocatello High School while living with her sister Lila. During her school years she worked in...

Florence Simmons

Florence Simmons

Nov 25, 2010

Florence Simmons, long time Lyman resident, passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2010 of natural causes. She was just six days short of her 90th birthday. She was the daughter of Elias and Mary Tyler Morris of Hibbard. Florence graduated from Madison High School. She married Alfred Simmons on December 1, 1939 and they moved to Lyman. Florence lived in...

Gerwin Potter Bowen

Gerwin Potter Bowen

Nov 18, 2010

As I sit at the keyboard typing out the obituary of my father Gerwin Potter Bowen, I feel humbled to sum up the amazing life of a truly extraordinary man who was beloved by all who met him. Dad had many roles in his life which he took very seriously. The first was husband to his wife Venese Clements Bowen,...

Jimmie Dee Mitchell

Jimmie Dee Mitchell

Nov 16, 2010

Jimmie Dee Mitchell, 68, of Rexburg passed away November 16, 2010 of natural causes. He was born November 9, 1942 in Nashville, TN to Lonnie Stevens Mitchell and Ora Irene Maynard Pritchard. His family moved to Rexburg when he was three years old. He attended Rexburg schools and graduated from Madison High School. He married his highschool sweetheart Sharan Brown...

Orland Robertson

Orland Robertson

Nov 10, 2010

Orland Robertson J Orland Robertson, 86, of St. Anthony, Idaho, formerly of Rexburg, Idaho and Jackson, Wyoming, died Wednesday, November 10, 2010 of natural causes. He was born June 23, 1924 in Jackson, Wyoming to James M and Tabitha "Beth" Ricks Robertson. He graduated from high school in Jackson and then attended Ricks College for a time. He served in...

Jim Kneedy

Jim Kneedy

Nov 6, 2010

James Earnest "Jim" Kneedy, 86 of Tetonia, died Saturday, November 6, 2010 at his home. Memorial services will be planned later for next spring. Arrangements are being made through Bert Flamm Mortuary in St. Anthony. Condolences may be sent to Lois Kneedy & family, 9980 N. 500 W., Tetonia, ID 83452

Merrill R. Pincock

Merrill R. Pincock

Nov 5, 2010

Merrill R Pincock, 76, of Teton, passed away November 5, 2010, at Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation of congestive heart failure. Dad was born May 14, 1934, to William Albert and Ruby Rushforth Pincock. He was raised and attended school in Sugar City and graduated from Sugar-Salem High School. After graduation, he attended Ricks College. Dad served an LDS mission in...

Juliet Rose Lofgran

Juliet Rose Lofgran

Nov 5, 2010

Juliet Rose Lofgran, born January 7, 2008, the fifth of six children of Steven and Brandi Lofgran, returned to the arms of her Heavenly Father on November 5, 2010. She was immensely loved by her brothers and sisters, parents, grandparents, and other family members, and will always be a joy in their lives. Juliet was much loved and adored by...

Joseph Edwin Strobel

Joseph Edwin Strobel

Nov 4, 2010

Ed Strobel Joseph Edwin Strobel, 84 of Rexburg, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2010 of natural causes. Ed Strobel was born March 30,1926 on 83rd Street in New York City just a block away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and in a Czech neighborhood. His father was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia and his mother from the Netherlands. Ed went...

John Whitson

John Whitson

Oct 31, 2010

John Edward Whitson, 81 of St. Anthony, died Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Madison Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born July 9, 1929 in Durham Oklahoma to Roy W. And Frances Eleanor Calder Whitson. He grew up in Erick Oklahoma where he received his formal education and graduated from high school. He married Barbara Brooks in 1953....

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