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Hazel Willmore

Hazel Willmore

Jul 3, 2010

Hazel Sommer Willmore, age 92, formerly of Rexburg, Idaho, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday evening, July 3, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Hazel was born on December 17th, 1917, to Edward and Alice Hendricks Sommer at their home in Hibbard, Idaho, near Rexburg, Idaho. She was the fourth of eight children born...

Keith "Kim" Saurey

Keith "Kim" Saurey

Jul 1, 2010

Keith "Kim" Saurey Keith T. "Kim" Saurey, 54, of Chester, died Friday, July 2, 2010, at his home of natural causes. He was born May 12, 1956 in Rexburg, Idaho to Keith Charles and Margaret Treva Machen Saurey. He attended South Fremont High School. He married Tauna Wilding on August 16, 1974, in Teton, Idaho. He was a member of...

Viola Erickson

Viola Erickson

Jul 1, 2010

Ester Viola Rawls Erickson, 94, of Archer, died July 1, 2010 at Homestead Assisted Living in St. Anthony. She was born in Temple, Texas on Sept. 28, 1915 to Dencie Bennett Rawls and Alice Winnifred Rawls. The second of eight children, she spent most of her childhood in east Texas and west Louisiana picking cotton in the fields. The hard...

Beverly Maxwell Luke

Beverly Maxwell Luke

Jun 29, 2010

Beverly Maxwell Luke, 82, of Rexburg, passed away June 29, 2010 at EIRMC from a stroke. Beverly was born September 22, 1927 to Bill and Winnie Maxwell in Rexburg, Idaho, the second of three girls. She grew up in El Paso, Texas, Tucson and Prescott, Arizona, attending schools there. In high school she was an avid tennis player. Her dad...

Reba Bauer

Reba Bauer

Jun 28, 2010

Reba Farrimond Bauer, 81 of Wilford, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at her home. She was born January 5, 1929 in Twin Groves, Idaho the 7th child of John William and Millie Baker Farrimond, in a family of 8 children. She graduated from St. Anthony High School in May of 1947. In 1984 she attended one semester at Ricks College,...

Gordon Lyle Shirley

Gordon Lyle Shirley

Jun 26, 2010

Gordon Lyle Shirley, age 90, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at his home in Rexburg after a brief struggle with cancer. He was born September 29, 1919,in Salem, Idaho to Frederick Amos and Clara Worlton Shirley. He married Verna Browning, on September 18, 1942, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Gordon graduated from Sugar-Salem High School where he was...

Brent J. Moss

Brent J. Moss

Jun 24, 2010

Services for Judge Moss will be at the LDS East Stake Center at 387 South 4th East in Rexburg. Brent John Moss, 65 of Rexburg, died Thursday, June 24, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. He was born August 23, 1944 at Ogden, Utah to John Calvin Moss and Jessie Ruth Bingham Moss. He married LaRae Johnson on...

Austin James Price

Austin James Price

Jun 19, 2010

Austin James Price, 94, of Salem, died Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the Rexburg Nursing Home. He was born August 16, 1915 at Salem, Idaho to Wilford James and Ivie Josephine Judy Price. Austin married Rula Murri on April 7, 1938 in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Esther Nelson

Esther Nelson

Jun 19, 2010

Esther Brown Nelson, 97 of St. Anthony, died Saturday, June 19, 2010 at Homestead Assisted Living Center in St. Anthony. She was born March 27, 1913 at Plano, Idaho, the daughter of Henry Alonzo Brown and Lola Smith Brown. She graduated from high school in 1931, the last year Ricks College offered a high school diploma. She then earned a...

Gail Bowman

Gail Bowman

Jun 18, 2010

Gail Kent Bowman, 82 of Chester, died Friday. June 18, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Gail was Born March 13, 1928 in Ora, Idaho to William Earl and Zina Campbell Bowman. He attended schools in Ora, St. Anthony, Pocatello, Rigby and Sugar City. In his youth he worked for area farmers. He was drafted into the Army in...

L. Floyd Smith

L. Floyd Smith

Jun 15, 2010

L. Floyd Smith Lewis Floyd Smith, 88 of Sugar City, died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at the Ashton Living Center of natural causes. He was born December 4, 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Lewis Frederick Smith and Mable Natter Smith. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the Navy from 1942 until 1945. He married...

Grayce Lynn Caillier

Grayce Lynn Caillier

Jun 14, 2010

Grayce Lynn Caillier, was stillborn June 14, 2010 at the Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls. Parents are Joshua David Caillier and Mistie Lynn Greer Caillier of Idaho Falls. Siblings are Keilei D. Greer, Keisha D. Greer, Karley D. Greer and Brodie M. Caillier. Grandparents are David L. Greer of Rexburg, Tamra Kaye Hanks of Hinckley, Ut., Michael R. Duncan...

Grace Ann Powell

Grace Ann Powell

Jun 11, 2010

Grace Ann Powell, 86, of Newdale, died Friday, June 11, 2010 at her home of natural causes. She was born December 23, 1923 in Albany, California to Michelangelo Logoteta and Maria Vincenza Sofia. She attended schools in Daly City and Albany, California. She married Francis J. Powell on August 8, 1947. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake...

David Hannah

David Hannah

Jun 9, 2010

David Cooke Hannah, 64, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully in his home on June 9, 2010 from natural causes. He was born April 15, 1946, in Champagne, Illinois to Harold W. and Lillian Cooke Hannah. He loved photography, guns and fireworks. He made fireworks and put on shows for both the community of Rexburg and the Ricks College football games....

Var Manwaring

Var Manwaring

Jun 8, 2010

Alan Var Manwaring, 78, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. He was born December 18, 1931 in Rexburg, to David Heber Manwaring and Sarah Zella Hart. He was raised in Rexburg and attended Adams Elementary, Madison Junior High and Madison High School. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Douglas Lee Anderson

Douglas Lee Anderson

Jun 7, 2010

Douglas Lee Anderson, 82 of Salem, died June 7, 2010. He was born October 29, 1927 at Salem to Lee Earl Anderson and Afton McCulloch Anderson. He was raised in Salem and attended Sugar-Salem schools, graduating from Sugar-Salem High School in 1945. After high school he served in the Army, in Japan, during World War II. After the war he...

Joella Jean Everett

Joella Jean Everett

Jun 7, 2010

Joella Jean Everett, age 61, went home to be with her Lord on June 7, 2010. Joella was born September 10, 1948 in Galvasten, Texas, the daughter of Jack Heiman and Mildred Corithers. She grew up in Texas. In 1966 she met and married Randy Everett. In 1979 they moved to Idaho to build a church which in now Lighthouse...

Verla Parkinson

Verla Parkinson

Jun 1, 2010

Mary Verla Parkinson passed away June 1, 2010 surrounded by family members at the age of 100 years. Verla is survived by two children, Karen (Gary) Robins and Lowell J. (Mardi) Parkinson. She is survived by 10 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son John J. Parkinson, a daughter Deann Parkinson, a...

Alene Harrison

Alene Harrison

May 26, 2010

Alene Hathaway Olson Harrison, 81, of St. Anthony, Idaho, passed away peacefully in her son's arms on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Born of the late Alvin Robert Hathaway and Julia Villette Brower on July 24, 1928, she was the second of eight children. At 19, Alene married Kenneth Olson and began their life as a military family. They had one...

Walter Franklin Hay

Walter Franklin Hay

May 25, 2010

Walter Franklin Hay, 88, passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Walter was born August 20,1921 in Menan, Idaho to Aaron Shepard Hay and Myrtie Olivia Johnson Hay. He grew up in Menan, graduating with high honors from Rigby High School. On May 24, 1941 he married Hazel Louise Muir in Rexburg. They...

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