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Sharon Nielsen

Sharon Nielsen

Jan 25, 2023

Sharon Johnson Nielsen passed away at Rigby Lake memory center on January 25, 2023 she was a beloved wife, sister, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, aunt and friend.

She was born on November 25, 1941 in Salt Lake City to parents Luke S Johnson and Hattie Canova Charlesworth. She grew up in Layton Utah and graduated from Davis high school....

Tamara Dawn (Graff) Spradling

Tamara Dawn (Graff) Spradling

Jan 24, 2023

Tamara brightened this world with her arrival on February 15, 1968....

Buffie Wadsworth

Buffie Wadsworth

Jan 19, 2023

Buffie Roberts Wadsworth, 89, of Rexburg, devoted wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great–grandma, returned to her heavenly home to be with her eternal companion, Lyle Wadsworth, on his birthday January 19th, 2023 surrounded by her loving family.

Buffie was born August 17th, 1933 to Eva Alice Roberts and George Lorne Roberts. She was the baby of her...

Diane Nielson

Diane Nielson

Jan 18, 2023

Diane Barclay Nielson passed away peacefully on January 18, 2023, at age 68. She was born on May 30, 1954 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Robert and Verlean Barclay. She was the fifth of seven children.

Diane met her future husband, Rick Nielson, at West High School in Salt Lake City when they were in the seminary...

Nancy Miller

Nancy Miller

Jan 18, 2023

Nancy Lee Slane Miller, 71 of St. Anthony passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

She was born January 23, 1951 to Keith and Pearl Slane. She married Harold Miller on September 2, 1972 in Pocatello, Idaho. They have one son Cole Miller who was born on June 15, 1973 in St. Anthony, Idaho

Nancy graduated...

Roland Taylor

Roland Taylor

Jan 16, 2023

Roland Dean Taylor Age 88 passed away at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Saint Anthony, Idaho on Monday, January 16, 2023.

Roland was born to Edward Lee and Grace Elizabeth Penman Taylor, on April 4, 1934 at the home of his grandparents in West Weber, Utah. He had 3 brothers, Clifton, Denny and Doug and one sister,...

Dean Brown

Dean Brown

Jan 14, 2023

Lonnie Dean Brown passed away on January 14, 2023 at his home.

Dean was born on September 10, 1945 in St. Anthony Idaho. He was the youngest of three sons and three daughters born to Hyrum Mantle Brown and Clarissa Howard Brown.

His first few years of life were spent in Ashton on a farm...

Arrel Allen

Arrel Allen

Jan 14, 2023

Rollin Arrel Allen, 85, was born in Seattle, Washington on February 17, 1937, and passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on January 14, 2023. He was the third of seven children born to Rollin Lyman and Helen Miskin Allen.

Arrel spent his childhood in Southeast Idaho where he earned the rank of Eagle Scout in...

Kenneth Wayne Gaynor

Kenneth Wayne Gaynor

Jan 13, 2023

Kenneth 'Kenny" Wayne Gaynor, Born on July 17, 1954 passed away peacefully in his home Tuesday January 10, 2023. He served his country in the United States army. Kenny was the kind of guy who would've given you the shirt off his back, everybody loved Kenny. He was a hard worker and he loved his job working for Madison...

Peter "Pete" Orlando Thompson

Peter "Pete" Orlando Thompson

Jan 11, 2023

Peter Orlando Thompson III passed away January 11, 2023 at his home, surrounded by his family, after a brave long battle with cancer.

Pete was born March 28, 1933 to Peter O. Thompson II and Annabell Wynn in Rexburg, Idaho.

He grew up in Rexburg, attending Madison High School. He married Ann Clarke Thompson and...

Betty Vargas

Betty Vargas

Jan 10, 2023

Betty Silva Vargas 04/08/1940 - 01/10/2023

Betty was born in El Paso Texas on April 8th 1940 and moved to California as a young teen with her older brother.

She met and married Robert C. Vargas in 1957. They lived in Riverside California where they raised 5 children together, Jesse, Robert, Marie, Victoria and Donna....

Maryann Siepert

Maryann Siepert

Jan 8, 2023

On Sunday January 8th, the world lost a known laugh and a bit of sarcasm when MaryAnn Siepert passed away at the age of 71 in Rexburg Idaho.

MaryAnn was born October 8, 1951 and was raised in Bountiful Utah. She moved to Rexburg area in 1971 with her former husband Doug Siepert. She worked and helped...

Sierra Norine Crittenden

Sierra Norine Crittenden

Jan 4, 2023

Sierra Norine Crittenden

February 17, 2022 — January 4, 2023

After blessing us on this earth for 10 ½ months, Sierra Norine Crittenden passed away at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents, Kelton and Sara Crittenden, of Rexburg, Idaho, learned she would be born with a heart defect-hypoplastic left heart syndrome-at...

Elna Helen Grover Munns

Elna Helen Grover Munns

Jan 3, 2023

Elna Helen Grover Munns was born on March 28, 1934, in Egin, Idaho to Lyman and Ina Waldemar Branson. She was the youngest of six children. She graduated from South Fremont schools and attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. She worked five consecutive summers at West Yellowstone. Elna worked for three years at Simplot potato processing plant until she...

Katherine Stocks

Katherine Stocks

Jan 3, 2023

Katherine Jeanetta Remington Stocks was born February 12, 1945 to Charles Afton & Ellen Eliza Gardner Remington. She was the youngest of 4 children.

She grew up in St. Anthony, attended Parker-Egin Elementary, South Fremont High school and received a bachelor's degree at Ricks College. She met the love of her life Rex Wayne Stocks and was...

Marshall D. Orr

Marshall D. Orr

Jan 3, 2023

Marshall David Orr passed away at his home in Egin, Idaho on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.

Marshall was born May 15, 1940, in Egin, Idaho to Eugene and Georgana Orr. He lived most of his life in Egin, Idaho. He was raised on the family farm and continued to be a farmer most of his life. He...

Bill Wayne Knight

Bill Wayne Knight

Jan 2, 2023

Billy Knight 70, of Rexburg Idaho passed away on January 2, 2023. Billy was born in Yuba City, California on January 18,1952 to Dorthy Ilene Perry and Wayne Knight. He grew up in Santa Rose California and graduated from Santa Rosa High School. Bill spent many years working at the Bidwell Marina on the Lake Oroville doing maintenance repair....

Jeanette Moe

Jeanette Moe

Jan 1, 2023

Jeanette Marie Moe was born on October 14, 1950, by Niles Forest Burnard and Betty Lee Stewart in Compton, California. She gained her angel wings on January 1, 2023, at 72 years old.

Jeanette's life would seem too short to many, but those of us who were blessed to be touched by her understand that her existence...

Glorina "Cherie" Ann Beaudry

Glorina "Cherie" Ann Beaudry

Dec 29, 2022

Glorina "Cherie" Ann Beaudry, 57, of Rexburg, died Thursday December 29, 2022 at her home due to natural causes. She was born April 13, 1965 in Carmichael California to Lester and Annie Courstens Beaudry. She grew up and attended schools in California after school she worked for Olan Mills photography. She later moved to Maine where she opened a...

Robert Luke

Robert Luke

Dec 29, 2022

Robert A Luke was born January 5, 1938 in Rigby, Idaho to Lowell Melvin and Merle (Archibald) Luke. When Dad was two, they moved to Menan. In 1945, the family bought a 140-acre farm near Salem with a house without indoor plumbing. Robert enjoyed farm life as the oldest of five children, though he had to wait a few...

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