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Yerda Smith

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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