Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...