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Cody Simmons
Apr 19, 2011
Cody J. Simmons Cody Jaques Simmons, 17, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Cody was born July 1, 1993, in Rexburg, a son of Lyle M. and Diane G. Bean Simmons. Cody was currently in his Senior year at Madison High School, was in the Honor Society with a 3.88 GPA, and participated in Seminary activities. He was recently...
Lenore Passey
Apr 14, 2011
Marie Lenore Craven Passey Marie Lenore Craven Passey, 92, of Rexburg, died Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Homestead in Rexburg. She was born January 28, 1919 in Eureka, Utah, to Percy and Anna Marie Craven. After high school she graduated from Ricks College and Brigham Young University. Following college she worked for Bennett Glass Co. in Salt Lake City....
Verla Freeman
Apr 14, 2011
Verla Benson Freeman, 86, of Rexburg, died Thursday, April 14, 2011in Rexburg. She was born April 30, 1924 in Farnum, Idaho, to Harry and Anna Benson. She attended Farnum Elementary and graduated from Madison High School. She lived in Washington and California during World War II years and worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" while exchanging letters with her future...
Earl Klingler
Apr 13, 2011
Lee Earl Klingler, 87, of Sugar City, passed away April 13, 2011 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. He was born May 16, 1923 in Rigby, Idaho to Godfrey and Mable Lee Klingler. He attended grade school in Plano and high school at Edmunds High School. He entered the US Army on November 9, 1943 at Fort Douglas, Utah. He...
Merrell Watts
Apr 12, 2011
Merrell Watts died on April 12 at the age of 77 after a long battle with cancer. Merrell was born on December 6, 1933 in Rexburg, Idaho, to Leo Watts and Florence Stoddard. After graduating from Madison High School with honors, Merrell served in the U.S. Army. He had a top secret clearance and served a tour of duty in...
Fawn Willmore
Apr 12, 2011
Fawn H. Willmore,94, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, formerly of Rexburg, died April12, 2011 at her daughter's home in Highland, Utah. She was born September 5, 1916 in Hibbard, Idaho to Josiah Hendricks and Mary Ann Felt Hendricks. She was the youngest of 12 children. She spent her life in Hibbard before marriage. She met James Leslie Willmore at church and...
Thomas Kershaw
Apr 8, 2011
Thomas Davis Kershaw, 83 of Sugar City, died Friday, April 8, 2011 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born November 14,1927 in Preston, Idaho to Samuel Arthur Kershaw and Grace Luverne Beckstead Kershaw. He married Julia Eileen Squires on August 11, 1948 in the Idaho Falls LDS temple. He attended school in Preston, graduated from Preston High School and served...
Valayne Weeks
Apr 5, 2011
VaLayne Weeks, 57, of Rexburg, passed into our Father's loving arms on April 5th, 2011 at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born June 2, 1953 in Pocatello, Idaho, to Don and Elaine Mangum. A beloved wife, mother of 11, grammie of 23, sister, daughter and friend. She was a "groupie" and loved spending time with everyone in her large family!...
Loren Bingham
Apr 3, 2011
Loren Bingham, 58, of Rexburg, died Sunday, April 3, 2011 at his home from natural causes. Loren was born May 29, 1952 to Donald and Almina Bingham in the Seattle, Washington area where he was raised. At the age of 18, he joined the Navy and served in the Vietnam War. Shortly after his time in the military he moved...
Grover Dale Duffin
Apr 2, 2011
Grover Dale Duffin, 78, of Rexburg, returned to his Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 2, 2011 from natural conditions. He was born in Charlo, Montana on November 21, 1932, the seventh of nine children, to Ervan L. And Ireta B. Duffin. Dale served in the Korean Conflict with the US Army and spent twenty more years in the reserve forces,...
Keith W. Tucker
Mar 29, 2011
Keith W. Tucker, 86, a lifelong resident of Teton passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Rexburg, Idaho. He was born Dec. 9, 1924, the 3rd of 9 children born to Henry R. Tucker and Ruth Siddoway Tucker. Keith attended grade school at Teton and graduated from Madison High School. He attended University of Idaho before being drafted into the...
John Raybould
Mar 28, 2011
John Edward Raybould passed away Monday, March 28, 2011, following a brief illness, in Rexburg, Idaho. Born on July 5, 1941, to Leland E. Raybould and Mary Hunt Raybould in Rexburg, Idaho, John's birth made him the youngest member of the Raybould family. During high school and college, John followed family tradition by working on the family farm. Starting a...
Orrin Bates
Mar 25, 2011
Orrin Raymon Bates of Rexburg, Idaho, age 91, passed away of natural causes in Idaho Falls, Idaho on March 25, 2011, surrounded by his loving family. Orrin was born February 27, 1920 in Chester, Idaho to Ernest George Bates and Mary Ellen Brown. He was the fifth child in a family of 17 children and grew up in Bates, Idaho....
Frances Crawley
Mar 25, 2011
Frances Siddoway Crawley, 84, a life-long resident of Teton City, died Friday, March 25. Frances was born September 11, 1926, in Teton City, the daughter of Francis Siddoway and Ada Belle Walker Siddoway. She attended school in Teton City and graduated from Madison High School. Frances married Jack Crawley as soon as he returned from the European theater of World...
Jannie Fletcher
Mar 23, 2011
Jannie Eaton Fletcher, 100, of Rexburg, died Wednesday, March 23 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg of natural causes. She was born September 4, 1910 in Vernal, Utah to Lewis and Sina Mae Cook Eaton. She was the youngest of 5 children. Her mother passed away when she was two years old. Her father moved his family to Shelley, Idaho...
Charles David Atcher
Mar 23, 2011
Charles David Atcher, 59, of Rigby, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Idaho Falls. Charles was born February 6, 1952 in Lexington, Kentucky to Gertrude and Martin Atcher. He grew up and lived most of his life in Kentucky. He enjoyed life as he sees it. He loved his children and grandchildren. He worked for General Telephone and the computer...
Danny Joe Summers
Mar 8, 2011
Danny Joe Summers, 55, of Rexburg, July 20th 1955 - March 8th 2011. From a very early age, it was easy to see that Danny had a great love for the outdoors. If you wanted to spend time with Danny, you needed a shovel, gun or fishing pole. Maybe on some days, you'd need all three. Danny knew the value...
Jodi Lyn Wyatt
Mar 8, 2011
Jodi Lyn Wyatt, 46, a long time resident of Rexburg, ID, passed suddenly March 8, 2011. Jodi was born February 5, 1965 in Mesa, Arizona, a daughter of Reed and Loree (Egbert) Wyatt. She grew up in Mesa until her family moved to Rexburg in 1973, she was 7 years old at the time. She graduated from Madison High School...
Grant X. Moedl
Mar 2, 2011
Grant Moedl found June 25,2011: Grant was a gentle, kind, understated man with a great love of family, friends and the outdoors. Grant was an accomplished climber and skilled outdoorsman. He possessed a passionate love for the mountains of Idaho, especially the Teton Range. He climbed the Grand Teton 38 times during his lifetime, plus one near-fatal ascent on a...
Charles Williams
Feb 25, 2011
Loving husband, father, grandfather Charles Fred "Chuck" Williams returned to the arms of his Father in Heaven on 2/25/2011. Chuck was raised in the Parker and St. Anthony areas where he went to work at an early age for Earl Terry at the Studebaker dealership. While there he built a Studebaker that was the fastest car in the area at...
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