Obituaries

Apr 20, 2021

Our dear husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, Max S. Palmer passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home outside of Sugar City, Idaho on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Max had Parkinson's Disease, which he battled for 7 years.

Max was born May 31, 1937 in Preston, Idaho. He was the third of five sons...

Apr 19, 2021

Randall Grant Johnson, 50, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away April 19, 2021 after a brave and hard battle with pancreatic cancer.

Randy was born July 27,1970 in Rexburg, Idaho, to Grant and Linda Johnson of Sugar City, Idaho. Randy is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He graduated from Sugar Salem...

Apr 17, 2021

JoAnn Harper Drussel, 87, completed her earthly calling on Saturday April 17, 2021 of natural causes.

She was born July 21st, 1933 in Oakley, ID, to John Mayo Harper and Mary Ella Overson, the fifth of seven children. She was very active on the family farm and loved riding horses. She was Cassia County Rodeo Queen in...

Apr 17, 2021

Clyde Arthur Barney was born March 28, 1939 in Spanish Fork, Utah to Arthur Hyrum Barney and Hannah Christina Otteson Barney. He passed away on April 17, 2021, at his home in Gilbert, Arizona.

When he was four years old, the family moved to a ranch in Kilgore, Idaho. This is where he grew up, riding horses...

Apr 16, 2021

John Dewayne Lee quietly slipped through the veil on Friday, April 16, 2021, surrounded by his family.

Dewayne was born March 6, 1941 in Brigham City, Utah to John Ellis and Iris LaRue Hopkins Lee, the third of twelve children. He grew up in Brigham City, graduated from Box Elder High School, and then served in the...

Apr 10, 2021

Heaven gained a most wonderful man on Saturday April 10th 2021. Randall Daray Rhead passed away at East Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was surrounded by his family.

He was born to Raeola Jensen and Douglas McFarland Rhead on September 11th 1951. He was the fourth child of 10. He grew up in the Moreland, Idaho area...

Apr 9, 2021

Fred VaLoy Blaser, 86, of Plano passed away Friday, April 9, 2021 from complications of a long fought battle with Inclusion Body Myositis.

Fred was born at home in Plano, Idaho on September 15, 1934. He graduated from Sugar Salem High School and attended Ricks College, served as a missionary in the Central Atlantic States Mission for...

Apr 9, 2021

On Aril 9, 2021, Russell Gheen Hillman, passed away of natural causes, at the wonderful age of 95 years old. He was born on September 4, 1925, in Driggs, Idaho, to Eva (Buxton) and Gheen Hillman, the eldest of 7 children. His growing up years were spent on the farm in the Driggs area, riding horses, planting potatoes and...

Apr 6, 2021

Charlotte was born in Montpellier, France on May 28th 1970 on the Mediterranean coast. Se grew up immersed in much beauty of culture, food, and history. Her parents taught her about the importance of education and family values. Since she was a little girl, Charlotte held Christian values being born in a Catholic family and later joining the Church...

Apr 4, 2021

Shirlene Agnes Orr Wren, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away April 4th 2021.

Shirlene was born the 9th child of 12 to Joseph Lavell and Agnes Christina Orr on June 15, 1948. She was born and raised in Archer, Idaho.

Shirlene met the love of her life, Robert Tim Wren, and they were sealed...

Apr 3, 2021

John L. Coy passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Ogden, Utah from a stroke. He was 69 years old.

John was the son of John A. "Jack" Coy and Ardyth Leavitt Coy.

He is survived by Evalee Liebert (Scott), Orrin Coy (Judy) and Raetta Peterson and ten nieces and nephews.

Funeral...

Apr 2, 2021

The world lost one of its last surviving World War II veterans when Verlan Frank Lauder, 95, left this earth while sleeping peacefully and surrounded by his loving family on Friday, April 02, 2021.

Verlan was born to Frank Newton Lauder and Eva Irene Davenport in a small log cabin on his Grandfather's farm in Parker, Idaho...

Mar 26, 2021

Karen Jean Wagner of Driggs, Idaho, passed away suddenly on March 26, 2021, from an extended illness at her home in Driggs. Karen was born on July 10, 1971, in Arcadia, California, to Paul K. Wagner, Sr. and Kathleen J. Wagner. She lived in Temple City, California, until October of 1980 at which time she moved with her family...

Mar 23, 2021

With family by her side, Janet Brown was called home to the angels on March 23, 2021. Janet Lynne Dustin was born June 24, 1950 in Teton Valley, ID to Arvin and Margie Dustin. She was the oldest of two children.

She grew up fishing, snowmobiling, huckleberrying, and spending time with loved ones outdoors. She had a...

Mar 21, 2021

Heaven gained another angel on March 21, 2021, as Douglas Lynn Jacobson passed away, due to heart complications at EIRMC.

Douglas Lynn Jacobson was born September 22, 1959 in Rigby, Idaho to Don and Gayle Jacobson. He was the fifth of eleven children. He grew up and attended Elementary School in Swan Valley, ID. He graduated from...

Mar 13, 2021

Dallas "Bud" Leavitt, 91, of Teton City, passed away at his home on March 13, 2021.

Dallas was born on December 9, 1929, to Dean and Fern Leavitt, in Teton City, Idaho.

He married Veda Ward on July 30, 1959, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Five children were born to this marriage. Dallas and...

Mar 13, 2021

Alexander Jamie Black, of Idaho Falls, passed peacefully in his home, with his loving wife, Shannielle by his side, and surrounded by family and close friends on Saturday, March 13. Jamie was born on September 26, 1977 in Las Vegas Nevada to Sandra Kay Black and Glynn Daniel Brite. He was later taken in and loved by Darrell and...

Mar 10, 2021

Dayton J. Miller, lifelong resident of St. Anthony, Idaho, passed away peacefully March 10, 2021, at the age of 79, surrounded by his family.

Dayton was born June 12, 1941. He was the second of five children born to Ronald and Elda Miller. He is proceeded in death by; his is parents; older brother Rex; and younger...

Feb 28, 2021

Our Angel Mother, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother passed away peacefully on her 101st birthday last Sunday. Alice Mae Anderson Colton was born on February 28, 1920 to Jared Oliver Anderson and Sylvia May (Yancey) Anderson in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the eldest of nine children all the rest of which were brothers except for Celia who died in childbirth. She...

Feb 27, 2021

Richard Russell Gout Sr., passed away, peacefully, early Saturday morning on February 27, 2021, at his home in Teton City, Idaho, surrounded by his family.

He was born on October 21, 1937, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Dirk and Ima Russell Gout. He was the 9th child of 11. He was raised with 8 older sisters...