Obituaries

Dec 5, 2018

David Gene Williams, 84, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018, peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family.

Gene was born March 12, 1934, in Ogden, Utah. He received his Eagle Scout award by the time he was 14 years old, and served in the Boy Scouts for many years. He served with the National...

Nov 30, 2018

Marion Louise Stiles Van Houten, 97, of Rexburg, died Friday, November 30, 2018 at her home. She was born on August 28, 1921 in Butte, Montana. Her mother Louise Stiles, died when she was eight and Marion spent her summers on her father's ranch in Montana and her winters with her mother's family in Rexburg. She attended Montana Teachers College...

Nov 24, 2018

Tamra Rose Hanson, 65, passed from this life peacefully at her home on November 24th, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Tamra was born on November 21, 1953 in Rigby, Idaho to Jesse Howard Madsen and Loa Putnam. She grew up in Lewisville, Idaho on the family farm. She was educated at Midway and Rigby High School where she...

Nov 22, 2018

Terri Lynne Worthington, 68 formerly of Rexburg, died Thursday, November 22, 2018 in Murry, Utah. She was born in Rexburg to Leland and Beulah Widdison. She attended Madison High School and went on to get an English degree at Ricks College. She married Brent Hughes in 1972 and had three girls. They later divorced and Terri married Greg Hanks. Greg...

Nov 21, 2018

Opie Looking Sutherin,79, of Teton died Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at a care facility in Pocatello. She was born November 27, 1938 in Poplar, Montana on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. She was raised by her great grandparents, Nimrod Davis and Mary Black Cloud Davis. She was a full blooded Assiniboine Indian. She married Phil Sutherin in Wolf Point, Montana...

Nov 21, 2018

Robert "Bob" Sherman Johnson, 79, of Burton, passed away quietly in his sleep on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 with family members by his side. He was born August 29, 1939 to Sherman and Viola Johnson in Granger, Utah. He was raised in Granger and attended Cypres High School in Magna. He joined the US Navy when he was just 17...

Nov 18, 2018

John Gregory Dahlstrom, born in Spokane, Washington on March 15, 1956 passed away November 18, 2018 in his home in Rexburg, Idaho.  He was the oldest of four children born to John Arvid Dahlstrom and Janis Deane Dahlstrom of LaGrande, Oregon.  He has two surviving siblings, Jeff Dahlstrom and Stacy Dahlstrom Hagen.  John, known as Greg to his family, graduated...

Nov 7, 2018

LoRee Englund Womack, 98, of Rexburg, passed away November 07, 2018 peacefully at home surrounded by family. She was born January 03, 1920 in Rexburg, Idaho to Constantine Everet Englund and Catherine Gertrude Ronnenkamp. She was the fourth of seven children. Growing up she loved many activities including, ice-skating, and swimming in the canal next to her home. She graduated...

Nov 6, 2018

Van Ross Spencer, 70, passed away November 6, 2018, at his home in Sugar City, Idaho. He was born November 1, 1948, in Mesa, Arizona, the son of Richard Dick and Lorena Tietjen Spencer. Van was raised in Bluewater, New Mexico, and lived there most of his life. In 2012 he married Jacquelyn Hansen Spencer and moved to Sugar City,...

Nov 2, 2018

Eugene Taylor Thompson, born August 26, 1944, in San Bernardino, California, to Elmer Taylor Thompson and Margaret Marie Dawson,passed away on November 2, 2018,in Gilbert, Arizona, from PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), a brain disease that robbed him of his speech, mobility, and expression, but never his good humor. Gene graduated from Brigham Young University, Magna Cum Laude. After earning his...

Oct 27, 2018

Our beautiful wife, mother and grandmother, Carol Lynne Garner Griffeth passed away Saturday October 27, 2018 at her home in the Burton area of Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by her family. Carol was born on November 30, 1938 in Rupert, Idaho and raised in Burley, Idaho where her family farmed. She graduated from Burley High School in 1957. Carol attended BYU...

Oct 27, 2018

Ralph Dean Steiner passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the age of 87 from pneumonia and lung disease. Ralph leaves behind a legacy of faithfulness, love of family and the Lord. Ralph was born to John Leland Steiner and Zina Wynn Steiner on January 28, 1931 in Rexburg, Idaho. He was the second of six children. He...

Oct 26, 2018

Harlo Dale Parkinson, 89, of Sugar City, died Friday, October 26, 2018 at his home. He was born February 10, 1929 in Egin, Idaho to Ollie Lavern Palmer and Joseph Earl Parkinson. He married Zona Loise Durrans, February 16, 1949 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They are the parents of 8 children. He was an active member of the...

Oct 26, 2018

John Wayne Millar passed away peacefully at home Friday, October 26, 2018, after a hard-fought battle with liver cancer. John was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and public servant who spent his life teaching his family to love and respect our Heavenly Father and the outdoors. John was born to Roderick Wayne Millar and Frances Rushton on May 29, 1948,...

Oct 13, 2018

Alan Wayne Knight, 31 years old, of Rexburg, ID, a new resident to Carlsbad, NM, passed away Monday, October 13, 2018 on his way to work in a tragic automobile accident. Alan was born November 14, 1986, in Phoenix, AZ to Michael Wayne Knight and Julie Ann Gibson Knight. As a boy, Alan was a friend to all, a quality...

Oct 11, 2018

Cathryn "Cathy" Jones Hansen, 62, died on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at her home in Rexburg, Idaho after a long illness. She was with family and passed peacefully eight days short of her 63rd birthday. Cathy was born on October 19, 1956, at the Teton Valley Hospital in Driggs, Idaho, the third of six children born to Gerald D. and...

Oct 10, 2018

Brian David Birch, 55 , formerly of Rexburg, Idaho died suddenly at his home in Idaho Falls, with his son close by. He was born on April 9, 1963 to Gerald Oliver and LaRae Brown Birch. Brian graduated from Madison High School in 1981 where he excelled in sports and making lots of friends. He was also an accomplished musician...

Oct 10, 2018

Eleanor June Dick, 83, of Rexburg, died October 10, 2018, at home, surrounded by her family. She was the only child born to Wilbur Thomas Lipe and Anna Generva Larson on June 1, 1935. Eleanor and her mother lived in her grandparent's home as her dad was killed in Pearl Harbor. Her Aunts and Uncles were like brothers and sisters...

Oct 9, 2018

Dianne Thompson Murray, 73, of Rexburg, went home to her Father in Heaven on October 9, 2018. Dianne was born on February 15, 1945, to Eldon and Audrene Thompson, in Wendell, Idaho. As a young girl she lived in Jerome, and then her family moved to Woodville, and she graduated from Shelley High School. After high school, she was married...

Oct 6, 2018

Surrounded by her loving family, Shirley Ann Johnston Squires, of Archer, died peacefully on October 6, 2018 at the age of 86. Shirley was born on April 18, 1932 to Hugh and Helen Johnston in Moody, Idaho. She was the second child of three children: Kent, Shirley and Beverly. She attended several elementary schools as her father worked various jobs...