Obituaries

Jun 15, 2023

Lois Powell Briggs was called home at 1 am on June 15, 2023.  She is now in the loving arms of the Savior, her husband Lyle, her parents, sisters and many other family members and friends.

Lois was born March 24, 1936 in Rexburg, Idaho to Clarence (Sandy) and Grace Powell. She was the third daughter and...

Jun 13, 2023

Heaven got an angel on June 13, 2023. Helena Lake Martinez was born on April 16, 1960. She grew up in Coltman Area. She attended Fairview Elementary, North Bonneville Jr High, and Bonneville High School. On June 2, 1990, she married Margarito Martinez. She worked hard and was loved by many. She is survived by her husband Margarito, daughter...

Jun 12, 2023

Our loving mother, wife, grandmother and sister, Zada Maxene Higginson Smith, passed away peacefully, Monday, June 12, 2023, in her home. She had been without the love of her life, Larry, for 11 years and we know they had a happy reunion.

Zada was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, on August 4, 1940, to George Anson and Elfie ...

Jun 10, 2023

Thomas Adam Forsgren, passed away surrounded by family on June 10, 2023 in Rexburg Idaho.

Adam was born to Dennis and Peggy Forsgren on April 3, 1974 in Rexburg, Idaho.  The oldest of four children.  He graduated from Sugar Salem High School and went on to attend Utah State University for film arts.

He served...

Jun 8, 2023

Karen Bonita Warner, 82 of St. Anthony, passed away, Thursday June 8, 2023.

She was born June 16, 1940 at Egin, Idaho to Lester Ervin Dixon and Mary Drucilla Wright.

She attended school in Ashton. She worked at local potato warehouse and played on Pool Leagues for many years.

She enjoyed fishing, camping,...

Jun 8, 2023

Moeena Remior Eckman was born in Cascade, Idaho, on July 16, 1938, to Kermit Remior and Bernice Tyler.  She passed away on June 8, 2023, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  She is preceded in death by her parents; four children, Sid, Tammy, Trey, and Beau Buck; a sister, Dona Ong; and grandchildren, Sidney Williams and Malcolm Ogden Stroshine.  She leaves...

Jun 7, 2023

Carol Sue Nef passed away surrounded by her family at Madison Memorial Hospital on June 7, 2023, just  shy of her 90th birthday.

She was born on July 29, 1933 to Maude Armstrong and James H Reed in Ririe, Idaho. She was the youngest of 10 children.  She grew up on Butler's Island and attended Ririe schools,...

Jun 7, 2023

Blair W. Heinz, 90, of Rexburg, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. He was born May 25, 1933, in Rexburg, to William F. and Berniece Steiner Heinz. He attended schools in Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School in 1952.

He married Kay Taylor in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on November 12, 1953....

Jun 5, 2023

Jon Robert Linford passed from this life to the next on June 5, 2023. He was born in Provo, Utah, on November 9, 1984, and grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

As a child he loved camping with his family, Sea World, fireworks, and electronics and technology (making a workable hovercraft out of a discarded vacuum...

Jun 4, 2023

Pamela Sue Ivey of Saint Anthony returned to her loving God on Sunday, June 4, 2023, to abide in His peace and love forever. Pamela had fought a long, valiant, faith-filled battle with numerous illnesses up until the time of her passing. Pamela was born on November 6, 1954, to Dewey Ivey and Margaret Margie Walters in Mineral Springs,...

Jun 4, 2023

Dianna Gay Sommer, 76, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully June 4, 2023, at Madison Memorial Hospital with her sisters by her side.

She was born July 7, 1946, in Rexburg to Kenneth and Madge Brower Sommer.  She attended Adams Elementary with her sister, Linda, through the sixth grade.

Dianna was baptized a member of the...

Jun 3, 2023

Donald Carlyle Ruud, 79 of Rexburg, Idaho, died June 3, 2023. Born October 8, 1943, in Afton, Wyoming, to Lester M Ruud and Goldie M Reeves Ruud. He was raised in Swan Valley, Idaho, until the completion of the Palisades Dam and then moved to Firth, Idaho.  He attended grade school in Swan Valley, Idaho and High School in...

May 30, 2023

Rodney Grant Chandler, 70, of Saint Anthony, Idaho completed his earthly mission on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 in his wife's arms. It was their 48th Wedding Anniversary. He had battled Acute Leukemia for the past 5 months.

Rod was born on October 25, 1952 in Rigby, Idaho to Grant and Donna Chandler and is the oldest of...

May 26, 2023

Steven John Geisler, 72, of Rexburg, Idaho, returned to his heavenly home surrounded by his family on May 26, 2023, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Steve was born on December 1, 1950, to Perry Ernst Charles Geisler and Cecelia Mae Galbraith in Rigby, Idaho. He married the love of his life, Deanie Anderson, on December 18, 1971, and...

May 26, 2023

Billye Bell resident of Sugar City, Idaho was born on April 29, 1933 to Julius Frank Better and Marie Louise Howard in Prescott, Arizona.

Billye married her high school sweetheart in 1951, Ernest R Bell died October 15, 2014. Although they divorced in 1979 mom continued to care for him until his death.

Billye raised...

May 25, 2023

Kim K Campbell, 70 of St. Anthony died May 25, 2023 at Idaho Fall Community Hospital.  He was born September 12, 1952, in Ashton Idaho.

Kim married Carol Butts and from this union had one daughter, Brandy Kim.  Kim and Carol were later divorced.

Kim's greatest joy in life was his grandsons.  He was always...

May 25, 2023

Josephine Delight Beckley was born February 4, 1931, to Peter Lundgren and Trula May Ellis.  Jo was born in Nampa, Idaho but soon relocated to the small family farm in Tompkins, Saskatchewan.  Jo was joined later by three siblings, Dorothy, Gerald, and Shirley.

When she was sixteen, the family moved back to the Boise area.  Jo attended...

May 25, 2023

William "Bill" Clyde Gobble, age 93, passed away peacefully at home in Sugar City, Idaho on May 25, 2023. He was born in Appalachia, Virginia on January 7, 1930, to Clyde and Mary (Johnson) Gobble. Bill entered military service in 1951. He served in the Air Force Air Defense Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado for 3 years. While on...

May 24, 2023

The sweetest lady on earth, Mildred Olive Tyler Dickerson, lovingly known as Millie to one and all, put in her final change of address on Wednesday, May 24th. Millie opted to move on from the pain and discomforts of this life, to join her Heavenly Father and her beloved husband of 66 years, Melvin James Dickerson. While she will...

May 24, 2023

Marlyn K. Wareham passed away in her home on May 24, 2023, at the age of eighty-four. Marlyn was born on February 23, 1939, in Reedley, California to Reed and Victoria Smit. Marlyn was the only child of her parents. Marlyn grew up in the Pacific Northwest, helped her parents run the hospital in Hot Springs Montana. Marlyn loved...