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David Hunter

David Hunter

Apr 20, 2020

David Patterson Hunter, age 71, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020. David was an avid baseball fan, he grew up in Rexburg, Idaho.  David attended Madison High School graduating class of 1966; where he excelled in baseball. Baseball has always been his one true love.  David's dad, Glenn Hunter coached David and many of his lifelong friends all through little...

Elva Loretta Kornegay

Elva Loretta Kornegay

Apr 16, 2020

Elva Loretta Young Kornegay, daughter of Ila Young and Brigham Sherman Young, was born on February 26, 1945 in Provo Utah. She grew up in Roosevelt, Utah, got married in Albertson, North Carolina, and retired and moved to Johnstown, Colorado to be close to family. She passed away in Rexburg, Idaho at the Homestead Assisted Living. She was married...

Eunice Clark Layton

Eunice Clark Layton

Apr 15, 2020

Amidst a world in chaos, Eunice Clark Layton passed away peacefully on April 15th, 2020. Waiting to take Mom's hand was her husband, Jack Layton, her son Larry and angel daughter Janice Marie. Also waiting for Mom are her Father, two mothers, a sister and brother and sweet mother in law Delma. What a wonderful reunion they are having....

Robert Kitchell

Robert Kitchell

Apr 10, 2020

Robert (Bob) Gene Kitchell Sr passed away April 10, 2020 at the Veterans Home in Pocatello, Idaho. Bob was born October 2, 1943 In Portland Oregon to William and Marguerite (Hodges) Kitchell. Bob grew up in the Pacific North West Mostly living in Aberdeen Washington where he attended Weatherwax High School.

After School Bob enlisted in the...

Leo Robert Heer

Leo Robert Heer

Apr 10, 2020

Leo Robert Heer, age 90, of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, passed away from mesothelioma on Friday, April 10, 2020 at home surrounded by loving family.

Leo was born on May 26, 1929 in American Falls, Idaho to John and Caroline (Bartholoma) Heer and grew up in Aberdeen, Idaho. His first nine years were spent living in the...

Verna Ray West

Verna Ray West

Apr 2, 2020

Verna Ray Nebeker West, 91, passed away Thursday, April2, 2020 at the home of her daughter Abby, in Rexburg, ID. She was born August 20, 1928, in Roosevelt, UT, to Raymond and Lucy Ann Bell Nebeker. They moved to Rock Springs when she was eight years old. She graduated from Rock Springs High School and attended BYU.

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Byron Clay Roy

Byron Clay Roy

Apr 1, 2020

Our husband, grandpa, and dad, Byron Clay Roy of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on April 1, 2020, at around 10:30 pm. He passed peacefully in his sleep from Chronic Heart Failure at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Byron was born in View (Burley), Idaho on August 4, 1932, in the home of his parents, John and Mary...

Lynn Williams

Lynn Williams

Mar 27, 2020

Local cowboy and legendary father and grandfather, Homer Lynn Williams, died on March 27 , 2020, in his home, surrounded by his girls, from a heart worn-out after filling 100 years of living into 83.

Lynn is survived by his wife, Nedra; his sister-in-law, Maureen Williams; his sister, Fran Dresen and brother-in-law, Jim Dresen; his brother, John...

Leonard Verner John Hagberg

Leonard Verner John Hagberg

Mar 26, 2020

It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Leonard Hagberg on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Homestead Assisted Living Center in St. Anthony, Idaho. Leonard was 89 years old. He was born to Leonard Hagberg and Betsy Siversen on December 27, 1930, in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Leonard married his first wife Betsy Kimber (Squire) and...

Beverly Jacobson

Beverly Jacobson

Mar 24, 2020

Beverly Price Jacobson, 79, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, in her home, on March 24 th , 2020.

Beverly was born on May 30, 1940, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Atella Burk and Wendell B. Price. She had four sisters and two brothers. Beverly graduated from North High, in Phoenix, Arizona. She married her sweetheart,...

Jonathan Wendell Sanders

Jonathan Wendell Sanders

Mar 23, 2020

Jonathan Wendell Sanders, 48 of Rexburg, Idaho passed away on March 23, 2020 in Idaho Falls, Idaho after battling cancer. He was surrounded by his wife, children and family during the last months of his life. He is so greatly loved and is missed by his family.

He was born on May 6, 1971, in Ogden, Utah....

Jesus Villalba Sapiens

Jesus Villalba Sapiens

Mar 23, 2020

Jesus Villalba Sapiens, 37 of St. Anthony, Idaho passed on Monday, March 23, 2020 in a car accident.

Jesus was born and raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. From an early age he spent time with his father Pedro tending to their family farm. At the age of 22, he moved to the United State where he met his...

Geraldine Keele

Geraldine Keele

Mar 22, 2020

Geraldine Moore Keele, 84. Passed away March 22, 2020, at home surrounded by her family. Jerry was born on April 3, 1935, in Rexburg, Idaho, the youngest of four children, to Webster and Margaret Moore.

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Todd Shirley

Todd Shirley

Mar 18, 2020

Todd Eugene Shirley, 53, of Rigby, died, surrounded by his wife and 3 girls, Wednesday, March 18, 2020 in Idaho Falls. He was born February 14, 1967 in Orange County California. His parents were Rod and Patty Shirley.

He was raised in Salem Idaho where he graduated high school from South Fremont, St. Anthony, Idaho. He worked...

Beth Gardner

Beth Gardner

Mar 16, 2020

Beth Gardner, 88, of Olympia WA, died March 16, 2020 in Providence Hospital in Olympia.

She was born April 15, 1931, in Moody Creek ID, to James Ellis Gardner and Neta Nibley Gardner. She was the 2nd child of 10 children. (2 sons died at birth). She grew up on a farm in Moody Creek and graduated...

Michael Reid Clements

Michael Reid Clements

Mar 10, 2020

Michael Reid Clements, 76, of Rexburg, Idaho passed away March 10, 2020 at his home. Mike was born April 21, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, to Reid William and Phyllis Hoopes Clements. He was raised in his early childhood in Driggs before moving to Rexburg.  He graduated from Madison High School.  He attended Ricks College, Brigham Young University graduating...

James Demordaunt

James Demordaunt

Mar 9, 2020

James S. DeMordaunt, of Rexburg, Idaho passed away March 9, 2020, at the age of 79. He was born in 1941 in Pocatello, Idaho to Paul and Alice DeMordaunt. Paul and Alice raised Jim, and his older brother Roger, in Blackfoot, where the family's business interests centered on local movie theaters and a central Idaho cattle ranch. In his...

Patty Shirley

Patty Shirley

Mar 7, 2020

Patty Jean Wood Shirley, 80 passed away on March 7th, 2020 surrounded by her loved ones. Patty was born on May 12th, 1939 in Pocatello, Idaho to Parley Eugene Wood and Reole Irene Hansen. Patty grew up in the Bannock County area and was baptized on August 17th, 1947 in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 1951...

Robert Lausch

Robert Lausch

Mar 5, 2020

Robert Lavene Lausch, 76, longtime resident of Rexburg and most recently of Lehi, UT, died March 5, 2020, from complications after a fall in Lehi.

He was born Dec. 17, 1943, in Idaho Falls to Robert Edward Lausch and Jewel Baron Lausch. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School and later attended a trade school specializing in...

Iris Dayton

Iris Dayton

Mar 4, 2020

Iris Eleanor Dayton, 80 of St. Anthony, died Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg.

Iris was born on April 27, 1939 in Winnsboro, South Carolina to Michael Whitney and Cornelia Goff Crosland. She was raised and attended schools in Winnsboro. She left school early to help care for terminally ill sister. After her...

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