Kazuo Sakota
Jul 4, 2009
Kazuo "Kaz" Sakota, 88, of Rexburg, died July 4, 2009 at his home of natural causes. He was born November 6, 1920 in Rexburg, Idaho to Kisaburo and Kura Yukinaga Sakota. He graduated from Madison High School and attended Japanese school until World War II broke out. He served in the Army during the war. In 1944, he received an...
Dakota Allen
Jul 3, 2009
Dakota Allen Dakota James Janson Allen, 16 of Rigby, returned home to his Heavenly Father July 3, 2009. He was born June 12, 1993 at Rexburg, Idaho, the son of Scott Bryant Allen and Stefanie Michelle Janson Allen. He attended Sugar-Salem High School and worked on the farm with his dad, Scott. He was a member of The Church of...
Craig Mccuistion
Jun 26, 2009
Arthur Craig McCuistion, 50, of Rexburg, was called home by our Heavenly Father as a result of a High Adventure rafting accident, on Friday, June 26, 2009, with his scouts on the Snake River near Alpine, Wyoming. He was surrounded by many he loved. He was born April 3, 1959 at Burley, Idaho to Arthur Lloyd and Betty Kay Hamblin...
Valoie Johnson Henderson
Jun 18, 2009
Valoie Johnson Henderson, 91, of Rexburg, ID, died June 18, 2009 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. She was born November 23, 1917 in Hyrum, Utah, to Willard J. and Lillian Nielsen Johnson. In 1918 she moved with her family to Salem, ID. She attended Sugar City schools and graduated from Ricks College. Later she received her Bachelors...
Carol Marie Castagna
Jun 11, 2009
Carol Marie West Castagna, 78, died on Thursday, June 11 at 2:00 p.m. at her daughter's home in Sugar City, Idaho. She had a short bout with cancer, but peacefully passed away. Until the end, she was surrounded with love from family and friends. Carol was born March 12, 1931 in Provo, Utah to William Arthur West and Eunice Mae...
Merlin Bean
Jun 10, 2009
G. Merlin Bean, 87, of Teton, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at his home of natural causes. He was born December 22, 1921 in Teton City, Idaho to Lee Addison and Edith Caroline Siddoway Bean. He attended elementary school in Newdale and Teton City, and graduated from Madison High School. He joined the U.S. Army in 1942. He served in...
Donna Harris
Jun 2, 2009
Donna Holman Harris, 89, of Sugar City, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg of natural causes. She was born October 7, 1919 in Sugar City to Ezekiel Loader and Stella Mae Jacobs Holman. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She played the organ and piano for numerous choirs...
Fred Calder
May 27, 2009
Fred Hacking Calder, 72, of Rexburg passed away on May 27, 2009 of a chronic lung disease in his home surrounded by his wife and children. He was born July 11, 1936 as the eighth and youngest child to Leo and Lucile Hacking Calder in Vernal, Utah. He married Shirley Smith June 10, 1961 in the Los Angeles LDS temple....
Clea Freeman
May 20, 2009
Clea Hill Freeman, 89, of Rexburg, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at her daughter's home of natural causes. She was born January 14, 1920 in Independence, Idaho. She was the second of eight children born to Robert and Hazel Thomason Hill. She attended the first six years of school in Independence, and seventh and eighth grade at Cedar Point in...
Rebecca Berg
May 20, 2009
Becky Berg Rebecca "Becky" Allene Berg, age 52, a resident of Victor, Idaho, passed away in Rexburg, Idaho on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Becky was born November 28, 1956 at Odessa, Texas to Miles and Marie Arnett. She was the 5th of seven children. She graduated from high school in Garden Grove, California and shortly after married Mike Berg. Together...
Phillip W. Garn
May 14, 2009
Phillip W. Garn Phillip W. Garn, 68, of Rexburg, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, May 14, 2009 at Madison Memorial Hospital of pulmonary fibrosis. He was born December 6, 1940 in Rexburg, Idaho to M. Kenneth Garn and Gwen Waldram Garn. He grew up in Moody and attended school in Sugar City. Phil moved with his...
Cole Christian Benson
May 10, 2009
Cole Christian Benson, 21, of Lyman, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Madison Memorial Hospital of natural causes. He was born May 16, 1987 in Rexburg, Idaho to George Harry and Louise Blunck Benson. He attended elementary schools at Lyman, Archer and Adams. He graduated from Madison High School in 2005. He was attending Brigham Young University in Rexburg and...
William Dick
May 3, 2009
William Dick Evan William Dick, 73, of Rexburg, died May 3, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications of an accident and long illness. He was born January 22, 1936 in Jerome, Idaho to Arthur William and Zola Georgenia Olsen Dick. He attended schools in Richfield and Jerome, Idaho. He married Eleanor June Lipe on August 24, 1954,...
Ruth Atwood
May 3, 2009
Ruth Atwood Ruth Barnes Atwood, 93, of Sugar City, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg of causes incident to age. She was born September 16, 1915, in Thomas, Idaho to Louis and Vetris Isabel Adams Barnes. She attended school in Thomas and graduated from Thomas High School. She attended Idaho State University and earned a...
Debra Chapple
Apr 24, 2009
Debra Chapple passed away April 24, 2009 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born on May 22,1954 to Lulamae Jones Machen and Keith Ivan Machen in Rexburg, Idaho both of whom are deceased. Debra worked as a hairdresser most of her life. She loved her work over the years and had many friends all...
Brock Reed Squires
Apr 16, 2009
Brock Squires Brock Reed Squires, 27, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his home of natural causes. He was born July 21, 1981 in Rexburg, the son of Judd and Janet Squires. He grew up in Madison County, where he attended school. He graduated from Central High in 1999. He was currently working on a degree in...
Norman Nef
Apr 15, 2009
Norman E Nef Norman E Nef, 84, of Burton, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Madison Memorial Hospital of heart failure. He was born on January 15, 1925 in Burton, Idaho, the 4th of 8 children of Emil and Lenna Johnson Nef. He attended Burton elementary school and Madison High School, graduating in 1943. He attended Ricks College until he...
Ross Byrne
Apr 14, 2009
James Ross Byrne, Sunnydell, Idaho, passed away peacefully April 14, 2009, in Rexburg, Idaho, at the age of 91, from causes incident to age. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho, November 19, 1917, to James Byrne and Mary Hopkins Byrne. He spent his entire life on the farm that his father purchased in...
Keith Machen
Apr 13, 2009
Keith Machen, 81, passed away at his home in Centerville, Utah on April 13, 2009. He was born August 31, 1927. Keith, a WWII veteran, served proudly as a gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps August 11, 1944, and completed 26 missions across the English Channel into Germany. Funeral services will be held...
Lavoy Mower
Apr 12, 2009
LaVoy Mower Clarence LaVoy Mower, 70, of Rexburg, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at his home of natural causes. He was born September 1, 1938, in Ashton, Idaho to Clarence E. and Ila Elizabeth Johnston Mower. He attended school in various places due to his family moving a lot for work. He served in the Army and the Air Force...
