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Joyce Nelson

Joyce Nelson

Dec 31, 2009

Joyce Furniss Nelson, 89, died peacefully of heart failure Dec. 31, 2009 in Tooele, Utah. Joyce was born to William and Rhoda Moulton Furniss Oct. 25, 1920 in Bates, Idaho. She graduated from Teton High School in 1938 and attended Ricks College for a year. Joyce married Wayne Nelson Oct. 18, 1939 in Bates. They had a dry farm in...

Jerry Jeppesen

Jerry Jeppesen

Dec 24, 2009

Gerald "Jerry" Lee Jeppesen, 58, of Rexburg, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at his home of natural causes. He was born February 12, 1951, in Rexburg, Idaho to Joseph Elmo and Wanda Althea Ard Jeppesen. He graduated from Madison High School and attended Ricks College and Brigham Young University. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Pauline Hill

Pauline Hill

Dec 23, 2009

Pauline Hill, 83, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Madison Memorial Hospital of natural causes with her children by her side. She was born April 20, 1926 in Newdale, Idaho to Johan and Katherina Kruger Ostermiller. She married Donald R. Hill on March 17, 1949 at Newdale, Idaho. They had five children. Donald died September 4, 1991....

Galen K Gneiting

Galen K Gneiting

Dec 10, 2009

Galen Kay Gneiting, 56 of Felt, died December 10, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born December 11, 1952 at Rigby, Idaho to Merlin LaVar Gneiting and Ruby Evalyn Garner Gneiting. Galen grew up in Monteview, Idaho and attended West Jefferson High School. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Bruce Howell

Bruce Howell

Dec 7, 2009

B. "Bruce" Howell, 61, of Rexburg died December 7, 2009, in his home surrounded by his family after a long, hard fought and courageous battle with cancer. Bruce was born January 20, 1948 in Rigby, Idaho to Rodney Bert and Eva Benson Howell. He attended school at Archer Elementary and graduated from Madison High School in 1966. He was married...

Gregory Wayne Hollist

Gregory Wayne Hollist

Nov 28, 2009

Greg Hollist Gregory Wayne Hollist, 59, of Rexburg died November 28, 2009, at his home of natural causes. He was born February 24, 1950 in St. Anthony, Idaho to E. Dean Hollist and Darleen Marie Schaefer Hollist. Greg attended schools in St. Anthony, Salmon, Idaho Falls and Rexburg. He graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg. He married Sonja Jensen...

V.J. Bagley

V.J. Bagley

Nov 27, 2009

V.J. Bagley Vivan J. Bagley, 86 of Salem, Idaho, died November 27, 2009 at the Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born August 30, 1923 at Salem, Idaho to Lorenzo Edwards Bagley and Ethel Eliza Jensen Bagley. He married Willa Verlee Peterson on October 22,1952 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Vivan attended Sugar-Salem schools, graduating from high school in 1941....

Keith Leroy Elliott

Keith Leroy Elliott

Nov 22, 2009

Keith Leroy Elliott, 86, of Rexburg, died Sunday, November 22, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born April 17, 1923 in Gage, Oklahoma to Sylvester Lincoln and Ruth Mable Adams Elliott. He was the oldest of nine children. Keith married Eleanor Mae Smith in July of 1947. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho...

Boyd Wells Summers

Boyd Wells Summers

Nov 21, 2009

Boyd Wells Summers, 80, of Salem, passed away November 21, 2009 at his home of natural causes. He was born November 6, 1929, in Rigby, Idaho to Lawford James and Rachel Weaver Summers. He was raised in the Rigby area and graduated from Rigby High School. He married the love of his life, Joleen Lindholm, from the Iona-Ucon area, on...

Delbur Wayne Beckley

Delbur Wayne Beckley

Nov 19, 2009

Delbur Wayne Beckley, 81, of Rexburg, died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at Madison Memorial Hospital of natural causes. He was born September 27, 1928 in Conway, Missouri to Samuel Earl and Bertha Jane Webster Beckley. He married Josephine Lundgren on March 10, 1951 in Boise, Idaho. He and Jo were married for 58 years and raised four boys together. He...

Travis Ward

Travis Ward

Nov 16, 2009

Travis Ward Travis Vern Ward, 33 of St. Anthony, died Monday November 16, 2009 of injuries from a car accident. He was born December 16, 1975 in St. Anthony, to Orion Marvin and Brenda Kay Walters Ward. He attended grade school in St. Anthony, ID and Rocklin, CA. He graduated highschool from Thayer Douglas High in Auburn, CA. He also...

Christopher Irl Clark

Christopher Irl Clark

Nov 12, 2009

Christopher Clark was born Sept. 26, 1974 to Rick and Ruth Klingler Clark. He was the oldest of five of children. He grew up in Rexburg where he attended Kennedy Elementary, Washington Middle School, Madison Jr. High and graduated from Madison High School. He married Kaylene Ricks Sept. 25, 1992 they had two children, Jackson and Samantha. They later divorced....

Jane Curtis

Jane Curtis

Nov 11, 2009

Jane Curtis Maxine Jane Curtis, 77 of St. Anthony died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at her home of natural causes. She was born February 1, 1932 in Lyman, Idaho to Frank Abram and Berthena Clements Woolsey. She was raised in Rigby, Idaho where she attended school. She married Clarence "Sweed" Gudmunson in 1950. They later divorced. She married Bud Roland...

Billy Bishoff

Billy Bishoff

Nov 11, 2009

Billy Jay Bishoff, 68, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at his home. He was born August 19, 1941 in Sugar City, Idaho to George Bishoff and Fern Crain Bishoff. Bill had fond memories of his childhood and always enjoyed sharing stories of his grandparents Henry and Katherine Elizabeth Bishoff. Bill graduated from Sugar Salem High School in 1959. Before...

Elmo Tonks

Elmo Tonks

Nov 6, 2009

Elmo Tonks passed away peacefully on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Idaho State Veterans home in Pocatello at the age of 91. He was born January 30, 1918 to William Joseph and Frances Eliza Parsons Tonks in Victor, Idaho. He lived in Victor until 2003 when he and his wife Verna moved to Sugar City, Idaho. As a youth...

Keith Hansen

Keith Hansen

Nov 3, 2009

M. Keith Hansen, 76 of Gresham, OR, died Tuesday, November 3, while vacationing in Maui, HI. Keith was born November 15, 1932 in Pocatello, ID to Lola McBride (Browning) and Milton Dale "Mickey" Hansen. He was raised in St. Anthony, ID. He married his high school sweetheart, Carol Siddoway, on March 27, 1953 in Idaho Falls, ID. After finishing his...

Stanley Hames

Stanley Hames

Oct 28, 2009

Stanley William Hames, 76, passed away at Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix AZ on October 28, 2009. He was born in Washington, D.C., to Freda Seauberlich & Raymond Hames. He grew up in D.C., graduating from Western High School, Capital Radio Engineering Inst., and received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Univ. of Maryland in 1958, where he...

Orene Shail Mcculloch

Orene Shail Mcculloch

Oct 26, 2009

Orene McCulloch, 76 of Rexburg, died Monday, October 26, 2009 in Rexburg of natural causes. She was born in Rexburg, ID, on March 11, 1933 to Millie Shail Brown and Ralf Shail. She attended schools in the Madison School District. She fell in love and married Marvin McCulloch on October 2, 1948. The lived and raised their two children, Terry...

Wilma B. Quayle

Wilma B. Quayle

Oct 25, 2009

Wilma Brown Quayle, 91, passed away October 25, 2009 at her home in Parker from heart failure. Wilma was born November 10, 1917 to Charles William (C. W.) Brown and Martha Letitia (Tish) Orgill, both of whom were from Draper, Utah. Wilma was the youngest of four children and the third daughter. She attended school in Parker where she completed...

Howard O. Clark

Howard O. Clark

Oct 21, 2009

Howard Othell Clark, age 89 of Rexburg, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Idaho Falls. He was born July 12, 1920 at Teton, Idaho to Hyrum Justice Clark and Nora Sebina Jacobsen Clark. Howard went to work, farming for his uncles, after his sophomore year of high school. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1942 and served on the...

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