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Brian Dee Sharp

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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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Jean McGarry

Jean McGarry

Nov 17, 2022

Jean McGarry 80 passed away peacefully on November 17,2022 at Fair Winds assisted living community in Idaho Falls, Idaho

Jean was born May 5, 1942, to Lewis and Ruth Taylor in Rexburg, Idaho in the cafeteria of the hospital because all the rooms were full. In her early years she and her older brother Steve lived in...

Karen Lloyd

Karen Lloyd

Nov 17, 2022

Our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Karen Rampton Lloyd, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2022, in Rexburg, Idaho. She was 85 years old.

Born March 9, 1937, in Ogden, Utah, she was the 5th daughter of Royal Walker Rampton and Florence Alease Thompson Rampton.

Karen was raised in Syracuse, Utah. As an accomplished pianist...

Kristine Jacobs Powell

Kristine Jacobs Powell

Nov 15, 2022

Kristine Jacobs Powell passed away on November 15, 2022, from complications related to cancer which she fought valiantly for four years. She was born May 15, 1953, to Frank and Geraldine Jacobs in Rexburg, Idaho. She graduated from Madison High School, Ricks College and Brigham Young University.

In 1973, she married Jim Fillmore in the Salt Lake...

Beatrice Blain

Beatrice Blain

Nov 14, 2022

Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Beatrice May Moon Blain, age 90 of St. Anthony, passed away Monday, November 14, 2022 surrounded by her family.

Beatrice was born March 17, 1932 to Samuel Ray Moon and Ivy May Dixon at Ashton, Idaho. After attending school in Ashton, She attended Brigham Young University where she was studding to be a teacher....

Derek James Orr

Derek James Orr

Nov 7, 2022

Derek James Orr, 41 of Rexburg, Idaho passed away on November 7, 2022, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born to Dee Lavell and Cheryl Daley Orr on December 18, 1980, in Rexburg, Idaho.

He graduated from Madison High School in 1999. After graduation, he worked for Dome Technology based in Idaho Falls, working...

Sunnie Dawn Bates

Sunnie Dawn Bates

Nov 6, 2022

Sunnie Dawn Bates, also known with the last names Seghetti, Maser and Sanderson, passed away in her sleep in the early morning hours of November 6th, 2022. She lost her long battle to breast cancer that had spread around her body and to her brain.

Sunnie was preceded in death by her parents, Ann and Jan, her...

Katherine Caroline Echard

Katherine Caroline Echard

Nov 4, 2022

Katherine Caroline Echard, age 81, died of complications from Parkinson's disease on November 4, 2022, surrounded by her family. Born in Cut Bank, Montana, November 4, 1941. Caroline lived in many places during her childhood including most of new England and eventually settled in Norfolk, Virginia where her stepfather was stationed as an officer in the Navy. Norfolk is...

Thomas 'Tom' Blacker

Thomas 'Tom' Blacker

Nov 4, 2022

Thomas (Tom) Earl Blacker, age 74, passed away on November 4, 2022, in Rexburg, Idaho surrounded by his family and loved ones.

Tom was born on February 15, 1948, in Rupert, Idaho to Earl Blacker and Colleen Marjean Hunsaker Blacker.  He was the oldest of six children.

Tom graduated from Minico High school in the...

Morris Grover

Morris Grover

Nov 1, 2022

Morris W Grover, May 25, 1949 – November 1, 2022.

Morris was born to Dean Grover and Lois Walker Grover of Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, where he lived throughout his childhood. The second of the 10 children Diane, Paul, Val, Susan, Michelle, Beverly, Scott, Steve, Jeff. Morris grew up on his family's farm.

Morris served a...

Janet Garland

Janet Garland

Oct 30, 2022

Janet Anne Garland left this world peacefully on Oct. 30, 2022, at the age of 88.

She was survived by her siblings Robert Voigt and Tootie Roper, her children Jenny May, Nancy Blankenfeld, Annette Green, and Carolyn Barnes. 18 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Janet was mega talented and an inspiration to all. A registered nurse, artist,...

Stella Chambers Gardner Elliott

Stella Chambers Gardner Elliott

Oct 28, 2022

Stella Chambers Gardner Elliott, 93, passed away Friday, October 28, 2022 with her daughter at her bedside while at Carriage Cove.

She was born in Archer, Idaho, to John Albert and Mary Jane Martin, she was the 4th daughter of 8 children.

She attended school in Archer up to the 8th grade then on to...

Roy Phillips Hill

Roy Phillips Hill

Oct 28, 2022

Roy Phillips Hill went home to his Heavenly Father on October 28, 2022. Roy passed at his home in Sugar City, Idaho from natural causes.

He was born on April 16, 1934 in Ucon, Idaho to Samuel A Hill and Priscilla Bell Phillips. He was the youngest of six children and lived in Ucon, until he left...

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