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Janet Leonardson
Dec 30, 2020
Janet Kay (Laird) Leonardson returned to her Heavenly Father at her home in Hurricane, Utah on December 30,2020, after a long heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was surrounded by her loving family.
Janet was born on April 16, 1944, to Lyndon and Virginia (Ericksen) Laird in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Janet grew up in Dubois Idaho and...
Gordon Clark
Dec 28, 2020
James Gordon Clark, 83, of Newdale, died December 28, 2020.
Gordon was born to James Elmer Clark and Jane Emily White in their home in Teton, Idaho on March 7, 1937. He arrived to the delight of his parents and two older sisters, Verla and Margene. The story is told that when he was born, Grandpa Jim...
Catherine Beard
Dec 28, 2020
Catherine (Nelson) Beard, 69 returned to her heavenly father unexpectedly on December 28, 2020.
Catherine was born on April 25, 1951 in Saint Anthony Idaho to Johnnie William Nelson and Ruby Jane Jenkins. She was the second child.
She graduated from Madison High School in 1969. She was also a member of The Church of...
William "Bill" Roy Hocker
Dec 27, 2020
William (Bill) Roy Hocker, 73, of Rexburg Idaho passed away on Sunday December 27 th . He was born to parents Glen and Betty Hocker, on January 15 th , 1947, in Monte Vista, CO. Bill attended high school at Idaho Falls High School, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1965 and was honorably...
Tyler Thompson
Dec 24, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Tyler Max Thompson announces his passing on December 24, 2020 in Rigby, Idaho.
Tyler was born September 25, 1978 in Logan, Utah, and was the third son born to Clarke and Kristi Thompson. He was a joy and completed their family. Ty spent the first five years of...
Susan Riley
Dec 23, 2020
Susan Lynn Riley, wife of Roger Herbert Riley, of Rexburg, ID, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 in Idaho Falls, ID, at the age of 64.
Susan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on May 19,1956 to Larry and Lily Skerratt James. She was the fourth child of six, the first girl following three boys,...
Robert J. Telford
Dec 23, 2020
Robert J. Telford passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2020 due to Covid.
He was born to Robert W. and Wanda Secrist Telford in West Bountiful, Utah on April 24, 1930. He spent his youth helping on the family's small farm and working in the various small family businesses.
At 19 years old, he served a...
Dennis Schanz
Dec 23, 2020
Dennis Bradford Schanz, 73 of Iona, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at his home under hospice care due to leukemia. He was born in Oakland, California in 1947 to Donald and Beryl Schanz.
He grew up in Antioch, California and attended schools there. While in jr. high he played little league and Babe Ruth baseball. In...
Harold Weston Lawrence
Dec 22, 2020
H. Weston Lawrence, 92, of Rexburg passed away Tuesday December 22, 2020 in Rexburg Idaho. He was born February 21, 1928, in Ogden, Utah to Harold William Lawrence and Thelma Crowther Lawrence. He joined his sister Elaine, and the family later expanded to include siblings Mary, Norma, Bill, Evelyn, and Ruth. They lived for a short time in Malad...
Chad James Shirley
Dec 22, 2020
Chad James Shirley passed away at the age of 41 at the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT on December 22, 2020. Members of his family were at his bedside.
Chad was born June 1, 1979 in Rexburg, ID. He was the middle child of three brothers and one sister. In Rexburg, he and most of his...
Denese Saurey Hirschi
Dec 21, 2020
Denese Saurey Hirschi, 63, of Salem, Idaho, left us, Monday, December, 21, 2020.
She was born September 27, 1957, in Rexburg, Idaho, the baby girl of Lyle and Jossine Saurey.
She grew up in Hibbard and attended school in Hibbard and Burton, graduating from Madison High School in 1975.
She met her sweetheart,...
Charlene Slaughter
Dec 21, 2020
Charlene Frances Dill Slaughter, 90, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on December 21, 2020, at Homestead Assisted Living Center. Charlene was born in Shoshone, Idaho, in her grandfather's hospital, on April 27, 1930, to Frances Theresa Daut Dill and Charles William Dill Jr. She graduated from Shoshone High School and attended Idaho State University where she played drums in...
Craig Morgan
Dec 20, 2020
Craig H Morgan, 71, of Sugar City passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at EIRMC surrounded by family, of complications to do with Covid and underlying health issues.
He was born on October 25, 1949 in Rexburg, Idaho to John Charless and Gertrude Grace Bohi Morgan and was the middle child having an older brother Blair...
Marco Antonio Reyes
Dec 17, 2020
Marco Antonio Reyes, "Mark" passed from this life to the next, Thursday, December 17, 2020.
Mark was born in Jackson, Michigan on July 17, 1966, to Antonio Reyes and Maria Teresa Banuelos. He spent a few years of his younger life living in Tamaulipas, Mexico, where he had fond memories, but most of his life was spent...
Debbie Morgan
Dec 15, 2020
Debra "Debbie" Clements Morgan, 67 of Sugar City passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Homestead Assisted Living in St. Anthony, of complications to do with Covid and MS.
She was born to Edgar Silas Clements and Dorothy Iona Merrill on March 23, 1953, in Rexburg, Idaho and she was the oldest and only daughter followed by...
Gary Dayton
Dec 14, 2020
Gary L Dayton, 87 of Twin Groves, died Monday, December 14, 2020 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg.
He was born June 25, 1933 in Felt, Idaho to Thomas Lysander and Emma Henrietta Nedrow Dayton. He attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from South Fremont High School. He joined the Army Air Born during the Korean...
Velda R. Hill
Dec 13, 2020
With sadness and yet joy in our hearts we announce the passing of Velda Rammell Hill, 91 on Sunday, December 13, 2020. She was born on December 17, 1928 to Russell Floyd and Faye Miner Rammell in Tetonia, Idaho. Velda was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who dedicated many years of her life to helping others. She...
James David Brizzee
Dec 12, 2020
On Saturday, December 12, 2020, James David Brizzee, loving son and brother passed away at home in Rexburg, Idaho at the age of 36.
James was born in Rexburg, Madison County Idaho on April the 1, 1984. He attended school at Burton Elementary, Madison Middle and Jr. High Schools and graduated from Madison High School...
Sofia Lozoya
Dec 9, 2020
Sofia P. Lozoya, was born on September 30, 1929 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and she died Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and nine siblings. She is survived by her only son, Victor Lozoya of Teton, ID, her three granddaughters; Victoria Hammond, Valerie Gravely, and...
Maye Kary
Dec 6, 2020
Cecile Maye Turner Kary died Sunday December 6, 2020 at Homestead Assisted Living in St. Anthony.
She was born May 14, 1926 to Cecil and Rosina Anderson Turner in Bottineau, North Dakota. She was educated in the Bottineau county schools including the North Dakota State School of Foresty located in Bottineau. She also attended Minot State Teachers...
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