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...
Virginia Fisher
Apr 10, 2009
Mrs. Virginia Ellen Keppner Fisher, of Austin, Texas, passed away April 10, 2009 following a long illness. She was born June 20, 1920 in Hibbard, Idaho, to Joseph and Kate (Watson) Keppner. On April 15, 1939 she married Laurel "Pete" Fisher in Rigby, Idaho. After spending time in Idaho, Utah and parts of Montana, they settled in Butte, Montana in...
Marvin Nelson
Apr 5, 2009
Marvin Glen Nelson, 79 of Rexburg, died April 5, 2009 at his home. He was born January 28, 1930 at home in Burton to Andrew A. and Wilhelmina Vanderwell Nelson. He was the fifth of eleven children. He grew up following his parents as they taught at schools surrounding Rexburg finally settling in Rexburg. He served his country in the...
Lyle R. Smith
Apr 4, 2009
Lyle Richard Smith, 94, of Rexburg and former resident of Teton Valley, Idaho, died Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the home of his son, Delwin in Felt, Idaho. Lyle was born to Jim and Edna Smith on April 11, 1914 in Rexburg. He attended school and graduated in Rexburg from Madison High School. Summer months were spent in Felt where...
Blaine Perrenoud
Apr 3, 2009
Blaine H. Perrenoud, 82, of Plano, died Friday, April 3, 2009, at the home of his son Scott, in Plano of natural causes. He was born September 10, 1926, the first of twin boys, to Sarah Ann Hemsely and Herbert Emile Perrenoud, at the family home in Plano. He was the 8th child of 10. He lived his entire life...
Edith Jensen
Apr 2, 2009
Edith Jensen Edith DeMott Jensen, 96, passed away peacefully at her home in Rexburg, surrounded by her loving daughters, on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Edith and her twin sister, Mary, were born May 14, 1912, in a log house at Burton, Idaho to Orson Bergen and Eliza Rowberry DeMott. She spent her childhood at the Woods Livestock Ranch in Hamer-Camas,...
Braydon David Pitsenbarger
Apr 1, 2009
Braydon Pitsenbarger Braydon David Pitsenbarger, 15, died April 1, 2009 at his home in Rexburg. He was born July 24, 1993 to David Glen and Barbara Lynn Cuttler Pitsenbarger. Braydon attended Madison Junior High School and was in the ninth grade. He was a Bobcat through and through. He loved going to as many Madison sporting events as he could....
Jay Leon Slaughter
Mar 27, 2009
Jay Leon Slaughter, 84, formerly of Rexburg, died March 27, 2009 at his home in Idaho Falls. He was born June 6, 1924 to Wayne Rasmussen Slaughter and Allene Mabelle Heath in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from Pocatello High School and then served in the Navy for four years. He married Charlene Frances Dill February 10, 1950 in...
Jeneane Lewis
Mar 26, 2009
Jeneane Lewis Ellen Jeneane Lewis, 61, of Sugar City, died March 26, 2009 at her home of natural causes. She was born October 14, 1947, in Logan, Utah to John Davis and Mary Lorraine Howell Powell. She grew up in Chubbuck, Idaho and graduated from Highland High School in 1965. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus...
Leo M. Sorensen
Mar 23, 2009
Leo M. Sorensen, 91, former resident of Rexburg, died March 23, 2009 in St.George Utah. Leo was born October 2, 1917 in Rexburg. He was the son of Joseph A. and Theodocia W. Sorensen. He grew up on his father's dry farm above Mill Hollow overlooking Rexburg. He graduated from Madison High School. He served in the Navy during World...
Ruben Bishoff
Feb 28, 2009
Ruben Bishoff Ruben Bishoff, 77, of Salem, passed away peacefully February 28, 2009, at his home surrounded by his wife and daughters. He was born July 19, 1931, in Moody, Idaho to Henry and Katherine Weimer Bishoff. He married DeEsta Bate on April 25, 1955, in Salem, Idaho where they lived and raised their family. He farmed in the Sugar...
Lois Jones
Feb 24, 2009
Lois Jones Lois Ruth LeBaron Jones, 70, of Rexburg, returned to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. She was born June 13, 1938 in Barnwell, Alberta, Canada to Homer Neal LeBaron and Luella Pearl Wight. She was the 8th of 10 children. She completed most of her primary education in Taber, Alberta, Canada. She graduated from Logan High...
Trevor Alan Walker
Feb 23, 2009
Trevor Walker Trevor Alan Walker, 18, of Lyman, died Monday, February 23, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He was born February 17, 1991 in Rexburg, Idaho to Kim Alan and Melanie Farley Walker. He was attending Madison High School where he was a senior. He was an honor student and a...
Maxine Hill Drennen
Feb 18, 2009
Maxine Drennen Maxine Mary Simmons Hill Drennen, 92, of Rexburg, died February 18, 2009, of natural causes in Rexburg at Homestead Homes. She was born February 8, 1917, in Lyman, Idaho, in her grandmother's home, to Theodore and Mary Jane Bybee Simmons. She attended schools in Madison County and after graduating, went to beautician's school in California and received her...
