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Grover Browning
Oct 20, 2020
Grover "Spook' Browning died in his sleep at The Homestead Assisted Living Center in St. Anthony Idaho October 20, 2020 at age 95 years and 5 months to the day.
He was born May 20, 1925 in St. Anthony and grew up in Newdale. The Brownings farmed the the land below the timberline along Pony Creek, a...
Elana Whitlatch
Oct 20, 2020
Elana Whitlatch (77) passed away October 20, 2020, of Covid-19, after a short EIRMC hospital stay with the illness.
Long-time resident of Idaho Falls, she never married, but lived nearly all of her life withe her parents, Roy and Josephine Whitlatch.
Elana was born on August 1, 1943, in Idaho Falls, and graduated from Idaho...
Dennie K. Arnold
Oct 19, 2020
And on the 21st day of hospitalization, God looked down on his land paradise and said, "I need a care-taker, so I'll take a farmer."
As a long-time valley resident, Dennie cultivated thousands of acres of farm land, but more importantly, he cultivated relationships. Whether on the golf course, managing the farm, having the daily "board meeting"...
Edytha Ann Poulsen
Oct 18, 2020
Edytha Ann Poulsen, age 81, of Rexburg, Idaho passed peacefully at her home on Sunday, October 18, 2020, which is also the date her mother passed 36 years prior. She was born on February 26, 1939, in Salida Colorado to Ferrin and Anna Maye Frazier. She grew up in Casper, Wyoming, and enjoyed her friends "The Casper Chicks" who loved...
Wayne Maupin
Oct 16, 2020
Wayne W. Maupin 62; returned home to his loving Heavenly Father on October 16, 2020 due to complications from cancer.
Wayne was born in Rexburg, Idaho to Cleon H. Maupin and Clella Joan Smith on April 25, 1958. He graduated from South Fremont High School. He worked in masonry and woodworking for others before starting his own...
Laurna Lundberg
Oct 15, 2020
Laurna Crookston Lundberg passed away peacefully on October 15, 2020. She was born on May 7, 1932, the youngest of three sisters, to her parents Laurn Edgar Crookston and Blanche Pond Crookston, in Preston Idaho. Delivered by Dr. Allen Cutler.She was blessed in the Preston 1st Ward by her father and given the name of Laurna. The family then lived...
Timothy Lewis Stewart
Oct 7, 2020
Timothy Lewis Stewart, 65, of Fort Benton, Montana, departed us to join the Lord on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2020.
Tim was born April 24, 1955, in Great Falls, Montana, to Barbra Jarnot Stewart and Jack Lewis Stewart. He attended Great Falls High. He was surrounded by his family as he peacefully passed in Madison Memorial Hospital, Rexburg...
Charles Richard Beesley
Oct 7, 2020
Our hero and role model, dad passed away on October 7 th after a long resilient fight with cancer.
Charles Richard Beesley was born to Charles and Shirley Beesley on July 18 th , 1944.
All who knew Richard knew he was a man of integrity. Richard was respected for his many qualities. He was...
Rex Wayne Stocks
Oct 5, 2020
Rex Wayne Stocks passed from this life into the next, October 5, 2020.
Rex was born in Newdale, Idaho, to Adrin Dawson Stocks and Venita Meade Schwediman Stocks.
He is survived by his wife; Katherine Remington Stocks, his daughters; Rhonda (Donnie) Hulse, Veneda (Mike) Jones and his son; Justin (Mindy) Stocks.
He was...
Grant C. Howard
Oct 4, 2020
Grant C. Howard, 93 of Rexburg, passed peacefully October 4, 2020. He was born May 24, 1927, in Emmett, Idaho to William Carloss Howard and Gladys Williams Howard. He grew up in Chester and graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1944.
That fall he attended Ricks College. He joined the Navy in March 1945, near the...
Lynn Gifford
Oct 2, 2020
Ronald Lynn Gifford, 54 of St. Anthony, passed away Friday, October 2, 2020 of a heart attack.
Lynn was born June 29, 1966 in Rexburg, Idaho to Irene Goodson Gifford and Paul Gifford. He joined a boisterous family of 3 big brothers, Rodney, Stephen, and Randy. Three sisters joined the family, Robin, Paula, and Mary.
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Carol Anne White
Sep 30, 2020
Carol Anne (Hunter) White, 87, was born May 5, 1933 to Oakley Hunter and Stella Leonora Severe in Heman, Idaho. She died Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in Riverton, Utah due to cancer.
Carol attended colleges in Idaho and New Jersey and then graduated from the University of Utah where she obtained a bachelor's degree in education. She...
Fern Cherry Weimer
Sep 29, 2020
Our sweet mother and grandmother Fern Cherry Weimer 91, passed away Tuesday, the 29th of September, 2020 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg.
She was born to John Henry Cherry and Mae Sedonia Stevenson on May 30, 1929, the sixth child of seven. Grace, Coy, Maxine, Ruth, Ray, and Valene. She grew up in Burton,...
Don Val Arnold
Sep 29, 2020
Don Val Arnold passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday September 29, 2020.
He was born October 18, 1952, in Rexburg, Idaho to Verl and Shirley Arnold.
He spent his youth working sheep and cattle, alongside his dad. He was a skilled horseman, talented welder, and excellent ironworker. He left his footprint across the...
Brent Fletcher
Sep 28, 2020
Lewis "Brent" Fletcher of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020.
Brent was born on November 8, 1939, in Rexburg, Idaho to Preston and Janine (Eaton) Fletcher. He married Reta Wall and was the owner of Mattress Country in Idaho Falls.
Brent's home and yard looked like a park. He created and maintained the...
Benita Christensen
Sep 27, 2020
Benita Mundy Christensen,80, of St. Anthony passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 surrounded by family. She was the first born to Samuel Benteon Mundy and Dale Williams Mundy in American Fork, Utah on May 16, 1940. She grew up in Layton and Ogden Utah and graduated from Ben Lomond High School. She went on to attend and graduate from...
Willie Hosteen
Sep 26, 2020
Willie Hosteen, entered into eternal rest on September 26, 2020, due to complications of Covid-19, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Willie resided in Plano, Idaho at the time of his passing.
Willie was born, April 6, 1944, to Leo Hosteen and Mary Hosteen, the youngest of 5 brothers and 4 sisters. Willie lived in Pinon, Arizona until the...
Kenneth Earl Johnson
Sep 26, 2020
Kenneth Earl Johnson, aged 58, passed away unexpectedly, on Saturday, September 26, 2020, inside his home in Rexburg, Idaho.
Kenneth is survived and remembered by his friends and caregivers of the residential habilitation company H.A.S. Incorporated of which Kenneth was living as a resident and recipient of services held.
Kenneth was born on August 28th,...
Jane Carol Ball
Sep 22, 2020
Our sweet mother Jane Carol Ball 95, passed away in the early morning of September 22, 2020.
She was born to Lorenzo Barnes Harmon and Victoria Wilhelmina Christensen on September 1, 1925, the third child of six. Doloris, Elton, Caroline, Arthur, and Norton. She grew up in Milo, Idaho, and attended grade school there and graduated in...
R. Gene Peterson
Sep 21, 2020
Gene Peterson passed away, in his home, Monday, September 21, 2020, surrounded by his loving family.
Gene Peterson was born to Rowland Blaine Peterson & Geneva Goulding Peterson, December 28, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He grew up on the family farm 5 miles East of Drummond, Idaho, along Conant Creek.
His first schooling was...
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