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Yerda Smith
Jul 27, 2009
Yerda E. Smith, 88, of Sugar City, died Monday, July 27, 2009 at the Ashton Living Center of natural causes. She was born March 20, 1921 in Annis, Idaho to Henry Owen and Fanny Katherine Morgan Ellis. She married Lewis Floyd Smith on December 21, 1944. They raised six children. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus...
Marilyn B. Thueson
Jul 26, 2009
Marilyn B. Thueson Marilyn Bigler Thueson passed away July 26, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls of natural causes. Marilyn was born April 26,1937 in Rexburg, Idaho to Ray and Ruth Jeppesen Bigler. She was raised in Rexburg and attended Madison High School. On October 15,1950 she married Garn H. Thueson in the Idaho Falls LDS...
Franklin Moore
Jul 21, 2009
Franklin D. Moore, 75, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Rexburg. He was born February 6, 1934 in Rexburg, the son of Webster Juan Moore and Margaret Josephine Cropus Moore. He was raised at Hibbard where he attended elementary school. He graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg where he participated in football and track. He also attended...
Kira Linn Larsen
Jul 19, 2009
Kira Linn Larsen was born October 4, 1998 at Rexburg to Scott and Cheree Larsen. She returned home to her loving Heavenly Father on July 19, 2009. Kira is the fourth of five children in her family. She loved her brothers and sisters very much and touched the lives of everyone around her. She loved listening to primary songs, tickles...
Robert H. Lichtenberg
Jul 17, 2009
Robert Howard Lichtenberg, 61 of Sugar City, died July 17, 2009 in Idaho Falls. He was born December 4,1947 in the Bronx, New York to Norman S. Lichtenberg and Winifred Cody Lichtenberg. He married Sharla Anderson April 1, 1972 at Burton. Bob graduated from Washington-Lee high School in 1967 where he participated in the Northern Virginia Science Fair building lasers...
Ken Abegglen
Jul 15, 2009
Ken Abegglen St. Anthony - Kenneth Edward Abegglen, 85, of St. Anthony, passed away July 15, 2009, surrounded by his family, at Spring Creek Manor in St. Anthony. He was born August 25, 1923 in Wilford, Idaho to Lawrence Edward Abegglen and Mary Agnes Hansen Abegglen. While growing in the Wilford area, he attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated...
Edna Mae Garner
Jul 7, 2009
Edna Mae Amonette Garner passed away peacefully at her home on July 7, 2009. She was born September 4, 1924 in Ferron, Utah to Landon and Minnie Lee Foster Amonette, the 8th child of 11 children. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. Before marrying, she served in the Northern States Mission. On February...
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,...
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