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Ed Rawson
May 28, 2021
Edward L Rawson, 75 of St. Anthony Died Friday May 28, 2021 after a courageous battle with leukemia at his home surrounded by his family. He was born April 20, 1946 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Leslie LeRoy and Sarah Elizabeth Wright Rawson. He attended St. Anthony schools and obtained his GED in Idaho Falls.
Ed married...
Merlin Lavell Orr
May 27, 2021
Merlin Lavell Orr, 89, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away in his home, May 27, 2021.
Merlin was born July 22, 1931 in Archer, Idaho to Joseph Lavell and Agnes Christina Grover Orr.
He was the oldest of twelve siblings. He is a true Idahoan through and through. He graduated from Madison High School. As a...
Margaret "Maggie" Ann Jones Rowbury
May 27, 2021
Margaret "Maggie" Ann Jones Rowbury, 80, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away May 27, 2021. She fought a valiant battle with cancer for the past nine months.
Maggie was born in Rigby, Idaho, on June 9, 1940, to John Carlyle and Enda Chase Jones.
Maggie was raised in the Idaho Falls area along with her two...
Barbara Nelson
May 24, 2021
Barbara A. Nelson, 93, of St. Anthony, Idaho passed away Monday May 24th 2021 at Carriage Cove Rehabilitation in Rexburg, Idaho.
Barbara was born on January 31st, 1928 in Squirrel, Idaho to R.C. and Muriel Waddell. She grew in Ashton, Idaho, and spent most of her adult life in St. Anthony.
She married her first...
Ben Clark
May 24, 2021
Benjamin Lynn Clark, 44, of St. Anthony Idaho, passed away at his home on May 24, 2021 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
Ben was born April 19, 1977 to Brent and Patricia Clark in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was their second child and only son, joining his older, and favorite, sister Tera. Brent and Patricia...
Bonnie Grace Parkinson Rice
May 23, 2021
Bonnie Grace Parkinson Rice, 81, of Lexington, Kentucky, formerly of Rexburg, died Sunday, May 23, 2021.
She was born February 7, 1940, in Rexburg, Idaho to Edward H. and Grace Parkinson.
She attended elementary through high school in Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School.
She met her future husband, Jim Rice, of Ashland,...
Lamarr Paul Browning
May 22, 2021
LaMarr Paul Browning, 73, of Rexburg (Salem), Idaho, son of Leonard and Venice Browning of Sugar City, passed away on May 22, 2021. LaMarr was raised in Salem, Idaho and graduated from Sugar-Salem High School, after which he enlisted in the US Army, served in the military police, and returned honorably and worked in local law enforcement. He...
Brent Blake
May 21, 2021
Frank Brent Blake passed away May 21, 2021 after a long battle with renal disease and cancer.
Brent was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 25, 1939 to Frank Keith Blake and Beth Reynolds Blake. He spent most of his life living in St. Anthony, Idaho. His early years were spent working with his father...
Mickey Wells
May 20, 2021
Michael "Mickey" (Morris) Wells passed away peacefully on May 20, 2021 in Cañon City, CO after a lengthy illness and complications from the COVID-19 virus.
Mickey was born November 3, 1954 in Lynwood, CA to Orvin Eugene "Gene" Morris and Norma Louise "Lou" Morris (Costa). Mickey served as Latin Club officer and graduated early with a 4.0...
Norman J. Gage
May 20, 2021
Norman J Gage was born to Barbara V. and John Fay Gage in Monticello, Utah June 6, 1939. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Thursday, May 20, 2021.
He graduated from high school where he enjoyed playing basketball and pulling pranks on his teachers. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ...
Helen Marie Shepherd Klingler
May 17, 2021
Helen Marie Shepherd Klingler, 82, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 17, 2021 at her home in Rexburg, Idaho.
She was born November 28, 1938 in Pyramid, Kentucky to Gold Shepherd and Gracie Layne.
Helen graduated from Salyersville Kentucky High School in 1957 and attended Berea College graduating in 1961. She was a high school...
Layne Harris
May 16, 2021
Our dear husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Robert Layne Harris, 77, of Newdale, passed peacefully on Sunday, May 16, 2021, from complications due to Alzheimer's disease. He was surrounded by his family and those who loved him during his final hours on earth.
Layne was born April 24, 1944, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Henry and Lena Harris....
Marie Blanchard Seeley
May 16, 2021
Our loving friend, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Marie Blanchard Seeley (89), of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away, Sunday, May 16th, 2021, at EIRMC in Idaho Falls, due to natural causes related to age.
Born, April 7, 1932, in Chester, Idaho, to Virgil August Blanchard and Chloda Blanche Blanchard. She was the oldest child; with Perry, Kriss...
Norma "Lou" Louise Costa
May 14, 2021
Norma Louise (Lou) Costa passed away May 14, 2021 after contracting COVID.
Lou was born in Los Angeles, CA on May 28, 1937 to Lloyd Whitfield and Norma May (Squires) Cummings. Lou grew up in the Los Angeles area, but spent a lot of her youth during summer vacations in the Archer area of Idaho, where her...
Lyle Saurey
May 13, 2021
Lyle Charles Saurey (93) passed away, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Lyle was born, at home, April 21, 1928, the 7th child of 8, to Heber Charles Saurey and Sophy Ricks. He grew up on the family farm in Hibbard, Idaho.
He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Janet Kuck Arnold
May 11, 2021
"In the home of every good cook, there's a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom."
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Janet Kuck Arnold, the creator of a place where memories were homemade and seasoned with love, died Tuesday, May 11, from heart complications while at home with her two boys and little...
Boyd Tucker
May 10, 2021
Heaven gained a hero on May 10, 2021. Boyd Tucker was born on May 14, 1955 to Mark and Gay Fausett Tucker in St. Anthony, Idaho. He was the second of two children. Boyd went to school at Teton Elementary, South Fremont Jr High and graduated from South Fremont High School in 1973. He attended Eastern Idaho Technical College...
Kenneth Young
May 10, 2021
Kenneth Reid Young, 85 yrs old, passed away May 10, 2021 with his family by his side.
Ken was born August 10, 1936 in Burley Idaho, to Floyd and Effie Young. He was the ninth of 10 children. He spent his childhood in Burley Idaho, graduating from Burley high in 1954. After graduating, he served in the...
Venus Fisher
Apr 30, 2021
Venus Carleen Monson Fisher, age 79, returned to her heavenly home on April 30, 2021. She was born to Carl Herman Monson and Matilda Mary Spatig Monson on February 7, 1942, in Topaz, which is now known as Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
Venus spent her early childhood on the family farm located outside of Lava Hot Springs....
Jacque Lynn George Weekes
Apr 29, 2021
Jacque Lynn George Weekes, 65, of Rexburg, Idaho passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 29, 2021 after a lengthy battle with Anemia of Chronic Disease. She was born to Clarence Clifford George and Norma Evelyn Webster on August 17, 1955 in Coos Bay, Oregon, "where the mountains meet the sea."
After graduating from Marshfield...
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