Obituaries

Oct 6, 2018

RaElda "LaRee" Howard, 85, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 6, 2018 surrounded by family and her eternal companion Bud Howard. She was born to Ray and Edna George of Ririe, Idaho on February 4, 1934. She was the oldest of 3 daughters. LaRee married the love of her life, Bud Howard, November 7, 1951 in the Idaho Falls...

Sep 26, 2018

Leona Dell Stoker Grover passed away peacefully in her home on September, 26, 2018, at the age of 89, after a short battle with cancer. Leona was born on October 22, 1928, to Lloyd Leone Stoker and Hazel Juanita Lewis Stoker in Junction, Utah. She was the oldest of five children; Kent (stillborn), Leona, Kenneth, Linda, and Roger. Leona attended...

Sep 26, 2018

Theron Robert McGarry, 78, passed away peacefully at his home on September 26, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Theron was born on March 1, 1940, to Roy and Mary McGarry. He was the first of four sons. He lived and attended schools in Independence, Burton and Madison. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ...

Sep 25, 2018

Ellen Myrdean Roseborough Smith, 84 of Rexburg, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Homestead Assisted Living in St. Anthony. She was born October 12, 1933 in St. Anthony, to Wallace Jesse and Delpha Melissa Panter Roseborough. Myrdean had a wonderful life, the mother to four children and wife to a great man. She married Louis Fred Smith on...

Sep 24, 2018

Chandler Ethan Brown, age 20, was born July 13, 1998 in Yuba City, CA. He passed away on Sept. 24, 2018 in Rexburg, Idaho. Chandler was born to Jennifer Haeberle (Moses) and Raymond Chandler Brown. He was an active little boy who loved movement and started each day fearless. He was a devoted big brother to Miles Moroni, Seth David,...

Sep 17, 2018

Carla Coon Jones, 64 of Driggs, passed away at her home surrounded by family, on Monday, September 17, 2018. She was born April 10, 1954 to Theron Earl and Anna Blood Coon, in Hunter, Utah. She was raised in Hunter and after her dad bought a ranch in Southern, Utah Carla and her family spent many holidays and summers at...

Sep 17, 2018

Our dear husband, father, and grandfather Gale Dean Reeser passed away on Monday, September 17, 2018 in Idaho Falls sounded by his family. Gale was born September 5, 1940 in Nampa, Idaho to Cecil Vilas Reeser and Lillian Mae Burman Reeser. Gale was the second of two sons born to Cecil and Mae. He attended schools in Albany, Oregon and...

Sep 16, 2018

Claudia Thon Warner of Boise, Idaho returned home to the loving arms of her Father in Heaven, September 16, 2018. She passed away at The Homestead assisted living facility in Rexburg, Idaho.

She...

Sep 13, 2018

Our loving mother, grandmother, aunt, and sister, Chloe Russell, 73, of Logan, Utah, peacefully returned to our Heavenly Father on September 13, 2018, after a battle with Alzheimer's. She was born October 30, 1944, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Daniel Reese Lewis and Vida Leona Robertson Lewis. She grew up in Rexburg and Thornton Idaho. As she grew up she enjoyed...

Sep 12, 2018

Our dear Father and Grandfather Gerald Lynn Taylor returned home in the early hours of Wednesday September 12, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family. Born Oct 10, 1935 in Rexburg, Idaho to Delbert G. and Eva Clement Taylor. He married Gae Bernice Connell June 11, 1958 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They resided in Rexburg their entire married...

Sep 9, 2018

Our loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and Uncle Mel passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018 of natural causes. He was born in Teton, Idaho to Edward and Verna Sorensen on February 4, 1922. He was the second child of nine. Mel married the love of his life Thelma "Darlene" Brumfield on July 3, 1948, in Denver Colorado. They had four...

Sep 8, 2018

Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend Nina Joy Olson Holman passed away peacefully at her home in Rexburg, Idaho on September 8, 2018, returning to her Heavenly Father. Her family was given the tender mercy of being able to bid a loving farewell to this remarkable woman of faith. When asked what she wanted to be remembered for...

Sep 6, 2018

Our beloved son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather, Scott Blane Hendricks, 64, died in Madison Memorial Hospital, Thursday, September 6, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 29, 1953, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Blane Elmer and Rula Corine Hinckley Hendricks. He married Priscilla Ann Sites, the love of his life, on May 7, 1976, in the Washington...

Sep 3, 2018

Bryce Earl Bowen, 75, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Monday, September 3, 2018. Bryce was born December 23, 1942 at the family home in Thornton, Madison, Idaho, to Grant Meredith and Margaret Adrienne Hawkes Bowen. Bryce began school at Burton Elementary in 1949. He attended Madison Junior High and Madison High School. While in high...

Aug 26, 2018

Relda Nef Huskinson McGary, 89 died Sunday Aug. 26 2018 of natural causes at Lincoln Court assisted living center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Relda was born Sep. 8 1928, in a little white house in Burton the fifth of eight children to Emil Nef and Eva Lenora Johnson. She had a great life growing up on the farm swimming in...

Aug 23, 2018

Danon "Dee" Gerald Perry, age 36, passed away on August 23, 2018 after injuries from a UTV accident at the Sand Dunes in Saint Anthony, Idaho.

Danon was born in Rexburg, Idaho on July 7, 1982.  He graduated Madison High School and continued on to fulfill many of his passions.  One of his...

Aug 20, 2018

Vadis "Leola" Niederer, 92, passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at her son's home in Rigby under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. She was born February 21, 1926 in Declo, Idaho to Joseph Hardy and Vadis L. Wodskow. She married Norman Niederer November 14, 1944 in Nevada and they were later sealed together in the temple. She...

Aug 14, 2018

Mary Lou Spaulding of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away at her home on August 14, 2018 at the age of 78. Mary Lou was born to Claude and Hilda Thacker of Coville, Washington on June 30, 1940, in the front seat of her dad's pickup in front of the hospital. She was seventh child of eleven. In 1962, at the age...

Aug 14, 2018

Russell Vernon Withers was born to Vernon Clark Withers and Margaret Agnes Ricks Withers, July 14, 1933, in Hibbard, Idaho. He joined Lois, Margaret and Blair. Another brother, Carl, was born later. He worked hard on the farm; and, when his father and Carl died in an automobile accident in 1947, he worked even harder.

He served...

Aug 11, 2018

Jean Fletcher Lords (85) of Rexburg, Idaho, and formerly Pocatello, died peacefully in her home Saturday, August 11, 2018, exactly three years after her beloved husband, Garph Lords passed away. She was born July 2, 1933, to Preston and Jannie Fletcher in Vernal, Utah. She was raised by her mother and grandparents in Shelley, Idaho, until she married Garph Lords...