Obituaries

Apr 19, 2021

On Monday April 19th, 2021 we lost a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, and friend. Barbara Dean Pettingill passed away from complications of corticobasal degeneration, a rare brain disorder that very slowly stole her away from us.

Barbara was blessed to have been born with her best friend at her side. The twins were born on...

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

Alice W. Edwards was born on April 28, 1934 in Big Piney, Wyoming to Marshall and Ona Gurney. She graduated from Big Piney High School in 1952.. She met her best friend and husband Rodger Edwards while working on the ranch in Pinedale while she cooked, and he worked cattle. They were married June 1, 1952 in Big Piney, WY....

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 6, 2021

Another beautiful soul entered heaven on April 6, 2021, as Jerry Thomas May passed away, due to liver and kidney complications in St. Anthony, Idaho, surrounded by his family. He was born December 28, 1946, in St. Anthony, Idaho, the son of Murlan Theodore May and Elda Lillian Hobbs May. He was one of a set of twins who...

Apr 5, 2021

Merla May Williams arrived in the world to Thelma Isabell Wellington & Vernon Thomas Williams on April 20, 1936. She had three siblings - Delsa, Glen and Lauren. She lived in Salem and the family moved to Rexburg when she was a child. Glen passed away from pneumonia at the age of 12.

Merla graduated high school,...

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...

Apr 1, 2021

Jessie Kay Maupin (62) of St. Anthony, returned home to her loving heavenly father April 1st, 2021 after a two year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She passed peacefully in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her family.

Jessie was born in Blackfoot, Idaho to Carl and Betty Hobbs on March 25, 1959. She graduated...

Mar 28, 2021

Vinnie Atwood, 77, of St. Anthony, passed away on March 28, 2021 at her home surrounded by family.

She was born November 12, 1943 in Kansas City, Kansas to Harvey Omer and Margery Ellen Hammon Wheeler. She attended schools in Kansas City but dropped out her senior year to take care of her ailing mother.

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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 26, 2021

William Daniel "Danny" Parker, born March 29, 1958 to Bill and Margene Parker, passed away in his home on March 26th, 2021, of natural causes.

He grew up in St. Anthony and went to school at South Fremont. He married Laura Park and they were blessed with 2 children, Scott Daniel and Heather Anne.

Danny...

Mar 26, 2021

Duane Franklin De Rosa, 65 of St. Anthony, passed away March 26, 2021.

He was born August 1, 1955 in Oakdale, California to Gene De Rosa and Georgia Viola Dedmon.

He was raised in California where he learned welding and metal fabrication from his step-dad, a talent he continued to use throughout his life. He...

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...