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Merle Jeppesen

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...

Donna Ann Hall

Donna Ann Hall

Dec 10, 2022

Donna Ann Hall, age 98, passed away of natural...

Camille Griggs

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

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

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

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...

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