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Helen Worrell
Dec 28, 2022
Helen L. Haroldsen Worrell , 93, of St. Anthony, Idaho, died December 28, 2022. She was born August 30, 1929 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to George A. Haroldsen and Catharine Smith Haroldsen.
She graduated from Idaho Falls High School at the age of 16 and attended Idaho State University where she met her eternal companion Harry K....
Phyllis Jean Jones
Dec 26, 2022
Phyllis Jean Beale Jones, 83, wife, mother, and loving friend to all, passed away peacefully on December26, 2022 in Rexburg, Idaho.
Phyllis was born on November 16, 1939, in Flint, Michigan to Ollie Benjamin Beale and Jean Worth Beale,the oldest of four sisters: Martha Scott, Mary Margaret, and Cherry Lynn. In the early 1950s her family moved...
Tyra Lynn Andrews
Dec 25, 2022
Tyra Lynn Andrews passed away unexpectedly on December 25, 2022. Tyra was born on May 13, 1969 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ted N. and Mary Lee Hill. When Tyra was young, her family moved to Rexburg, where she attended school and graduated from Madison High School in 1987.
Tyra married Chris Andrews on September 9, 1989...
Shirley Clark
Dec 24, 2022
Shirley Clark, age 84, passed away from heart failure at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Christmas Eve.
Shirley was born on June 15, 1938, in Rexburg, Idaho, to James J. England and Stella Sylvia Briggs. She was the oldest of Stella's 5 children.
She loved school; she...
Vernon H Edstrom
Dec 24, 2022
Vernon H Edstrom, 90, of Rexburg died Saturday, December 24, 2022 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. He was born to Arvid and Pearl Edstrom, in Independence Idaho on March 18th 1932.
He married Ruth Winter and had 4 sons, Steve, Dan, Eric, and Jeff. After his first wife passed he married Ruth Christensen and was married...
Wayne Ward
Dec 23, 2022
Wayne S Ward, of Teton City, Idaho, passed away peacefully from this earth with the love of his life and his family by his side on Friday, December 23, 2022, at the age of 84.
Wayne was born in the family home in Salem, Idaho on September 19, 1938, to Charles and Gertrude (Stallings) Ward. He was...
Ronald Wayne Parkinson
Dec 22, 2022
Ronald Wayne Parkinson was born on November 8, 1938 to James Ezra and Elizabeth Arvilla Parkinson in Plano, Idaho and passed away on December 22, 2022. He was the 7th child of 9 children and was raised on the family farm. He attended and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He married Barbara Woodward in 1960 and they had...
Merle Jeppesen
Dec 13, 2022
Keith Merle Jeppesen passed away on December 13, 2022, at the age of 86.
Born in Hibbard, Idaho on June 9, 1936, to Keith and Iola Saurey Jeppesen, Merle was the oldest of 5 children (siblings Linda, Judy, Dale and Marie). Merle attended Adams Elementary, Washington Junior High and Madison High school in Rexburg. From 1956-1958, he...
Camille Griggs
Dec 10, 2022
Our beloved Camille Rachel Hymas Griggs was born on November 19, 1980, in Rexburg, Idaho. She leaves behind her loving partner, Jace Crain of St. Anthony, and her children Trinity Mercedes Griggs Ratzlaff (husband Shawn) and Gage Caldwell Griggs. Camille was the daughter of Douglas M and Linda Jean Lott Hymas of Rexburg and granddaughter of Beverly Joy Stewart...
Carol Ann Asay
Dec 7, 2022
Carol Ann Parkinson Asay, 81, of Rexburg, Idaho, died December 7, 2022.
She was born January 9, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Carroll Doney Parkinson and Lyal Nuttall Parkinson. She grew up in Eugene Oregon and loved skiing, swimming, and horses.
She attended Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, and the University of...
Buck Mace
Dec 7, 2022
Buck Lavar Mace was born July 18, 1953, to Don and Norma Mace. He grew up in St. Anthony and attended school at South Fremont. He worked for many different places in St. Anthony. His favorite kind of work was plowing for different companies around St. Anthony. Buck started working for Yellowstone National Park in 1988. He helped with...
Brian Dee Sharp
Dec 3, 2022
Brian Dee Sharp passed away the morning of December 3, 2022 surrounded by members of his family. Brian was born June 30, 1950, the youngest child of Maurice Clinton and Afton Bernice Grover Sharp in Rexburg, Idaho. The family resided in Lyman, Idaho in a home without indoor plumbing until he was 14.
Brian's family became active...
Lanae Jackson
Nov 29, 2022
LaNae Jackson, 83 passed away November 29, 2022, at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg, Idaho. She was born February 4, 1939, in Rexburg, Idaho to Parley Talmage Jackson and Naomi Hansen Jackson. She was raised with five younger brothers and four younger sisters.
She began and ended her schooling in Rexburg, Idaho graduating from Madison High...
Robert Dale Watson
Nov 25, 2022
Robert Dale Watson, 87, of Rexburg, died Friday, November 25th at Homestead Assisted Living. He and his, younger, twin brother, Ronald, was born December 19, 1934, to Harry and Evaneal Jewkes Watson in Elko, Nevada.
He grew up roaming the desert of Wilcox, Arizona. After high school, he attended Eastern Arizona Jr. College and later Arizona State...
Daran Rawson
Nov 23, 2022
Daran Gay McCurdy Rawson, 74, of St. Anthony, ID, passed away on November 23, 2022, in her home surrounded by her family after a short battle with breast cancer. Daran was born on August 22, 1948, in Drummond, ID. She was the first born to Don & Rosetta McCurdy. She waited 9 years before she got her sister, Laura...
Allen Lee Kohler Jr.
Nov 22, 2022
Allen Lee Kohler Jr. was born the 22 nd of September 1947 in Butte Montana to Allen Lee Kohler Sr. and Dorothy Dean Gray. Allen is the oldest of his family, with his brother Kyle and sister Cindy. From his youth, Allen displayed a love and respect for the outdoors and all the wonders that it contains. Allen enjoyed...
Ellis Job Hemsley
Nov 20, 2022
Ellis Job Hemsley, age 92, died at his home on 20 November 2022, in Plano, ID. He was the oldest son of Job and Jennie Hemsley. Born on 3 June 1930, in Plano, ID.
Ellis attended his early school years in Plano, middle years in Edmunds, and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He attended Ricks College...
Mary Lee Curtis
Nov 19, 2022
Mary Lee Raybould Curtis, 84, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2022, at Living Legacy Senior Care Home in Mesa, Arizona where she resided since 2015. Mary Lee suffered from Huntington's Disease.
Mary Lee was born at the Middleton's Maternity Home on June 11, 1938, to Leland E and Mary Hunt Raybould. Her father related...
Tamara Kaye Mckague
Nov 19, 2022
Tamara Kaye Rasmussen McKague, 63, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2022, surrounded by family in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Tammy was born to Don and Marlene Rasmussen on May 20, 1959, in Rexburg, Idaho. She played basketball and volleyball during her school years and loved being active. After high school, she attended beauty school and loved doing hair.
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