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Warren Smith

Warren Smith

Oct 14, 2017

Jack Warren Smith, Jr., 71, of Rexburg, passed away October 14, 2017, at Madison Memorial Hospital of congestive heart failure. Warren was born July 2, 1946 in Rexburg, the son of Jack Warren Smith, Sr. and Fern Beattie Smith. He was the second of six children. He graduated from Madison High School in 1964, where he enjoyed playing football and...

Dorianne Lynell Bunatao

Dorianne Lynell Bunatao

Oct 11, 2017

Dorianne Lynell Genter Bunatao, 45, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born January 9th 1972 to Alberta and Elwin Genter. She was a daughter, sister, friend, mother, wife and above all else a daughter of God. Dorianne loved to serve whether it be moving furniture or giving you the very shirt off...

Geneva "Jenny" Murray

Geneva "Jenny" Murray

Oct 11, 2017

Our treasured and beloved Geneva Francis Murray age 78, passed away quickly on October 11, 2017, in Rexburg Idaho. Geneva, "Jenny" was born January 18, 1939 in Port Angeles Washington. She was the daughter of George Stanley Palmer and Lena Mae Goodman. Jenny will always be remembered as a person true to herself and the principles that guided her life....

Carma Joyce Ferguson

Carma Joyce Ferguson

Oct 5, 2017

Carma Joyce Hanseen Ferguson departed this life peacefully on October 5, 2017, after a mighty struggle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born on December 16, 1931 to J. Golden Hanseen and Myrtle Thompson in Provo, Utah, the fourth of five daughters. She married Hal George Ferguson in the Salt Lake Temple on March 11, 1953. Together they raised fourteen children:...

Eva Stathos

Eva Stathos

Sep 24, 2017

Eva Nell Stathos had a full and prosperous life, living to the age of 91. She was born on 5 March 1926 and raised in Memphis, TN. She was the 8th of 10 siblings. She became a nurse and joined the U.S. Air Force, where she met her husband, Theodore Louis Stathos and they were married in Roswell, New Mexico....

Lyle Smith

Lyle Smith

Sep 22, 2017

Lyle R Smith, 87, of Rexburg, died September 22, 2017, of natural causes. He was born February 19, 1930, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Hilbert and Letha Ensign Roberts Smith. He was raised and attended school in Sugar City. He married Patricia Makinen on December 21, 1954, in the Little White Church in Elk Mountain. Their marriage was later solemnized...

Russell Tate Clark

Russell Tate Clark

Sep 20, 2017

Russell Tate Clark, 35, of Rexburg, died Wednesday September 20, 2017 from a short illness and life long struggle with muscular dystrophy. He was born January 31, 1982 to Rick and Ruth Clark. He was the fourth of five children. He grew up in Rexburg where he attended Kennedy Elementary School, Madison Middle School and Madison High School where graduated...

Marlene Rasmussen

Marlene Rasmussen

Sep 19, 2017

Marlene Rasmussen Thora Marlene Rasmussen, 81 of Rexburg, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2017 surrounded by loving family members at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Marlene was born April 10,1936 to Charles T. and Thora Belnap French in Roberts, Idaho. She grew up and attended schools in Roberts. After graduating from Roberts High School, she...

Ruth Orr

Ruth Orr

Sep 13, 2017

Seventy-nine years wasn't long enough to spend with Ruth, but we're blessed to have the time and memories we did have. Ruth passed peacefully away Wednesday September 13, 2017 at EIRMC surrounded by family. She was born at home on May 24, 1938 to Moses Allen and Ester May Barney in Rexburg, Idaho. She was the tenth of eleven children....

Lee Petersen

Lee Petersen

Sep 13, 2017

Lee Charles Petersen, 85, of Terreton, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at his home of natural causes. Lee was born on Oct. 19, 1931 in Salem, Idaho to Earial and Mary Petersen. He was the fourth of nine children. He was raised in the Salem and Burton areas and graduated from Madison High School. Lee served in...

Joylene Leatham

Joylene Leatham

Sep 8, 2017

JoyLene Robison Leatham, 84 of Meridian Idaho and formerly of Rexburg, returned peacefully to her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 8, 2017, surrounded by her family. Joy was born July 8,1933 to David and Marilla Robison. She grew up on the family farm in Lyman and attended the Cedarpoint School. She married Spence Whitney Leatham August 12,1948. Their marriage was...

Reed Casper

Reed Casper

Sep 4, 2017

Reed Erin Casper, 83, of Felt, Idaho passed away peacefully Monday morning at Teton Valley Hospital in Driggs, ID. He was born on September 15, 1933 in Rexburg, ID to Erin LeRoy Casper and Zamona Doris Ard Casper. He was the 6th of eight children. Shortly after he was born, the family moved to Alta, Wyoming where his parents ran...

Veletta Linville

Veletta Linville

Aug 31, 2017

Veletta Mae Hemmingson Linville, 87, of Rexburg, died August 31, 2017 of natural causes. She was born December 14, 1929, in Red Wing, Minnesota, to William and Mabel Hemmingson. She has a sister, Vivian Koplin. Growing up together they loved playing on Barn Bluff and created many favorite memories there. Vel excelled in school and loved to read and was...

Rial Palmer

Rial Palmer

Aug 22, 2017

Rial Leon Palmer, of St. Anthony, passed away on August 22 at Ashton Living Center. He was born in Heman, Idaho on June 24, 1933, to Robert and Nana Palmer. He was the fourth of nine children. He grew up in the Egin Bench area. He attended school at the old Heman Elementary School through 8th grade and then worked...

Jack Robert Wright

Jack Robert Wright

Aug 17, 2017

Jack "Mad Jack" Robert Wright passed quietly from this world on Thursday, August 17, 2017. He died peacefully in his sleep at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg with his family at his side. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on September 25, 1934 to Leo and Grace Wright. He and his family moved to Toppenish, Washington after the death of...

Kent Saurey

Kent Saurey

Aug 11, 2017

Kent Saurey, 64, of Rexburg passed away peacefully Friday, August 11, 2017 at Rexburg Nursing Center. He was born in Rexburg on August 25, 1952 to Seth and Barbara Saurey. He attended schools in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School. He married Marcy Mead, they later divorced. He was also married to Mattie Saurey and they later divorced. During...

Jean Skinner

Jean Skinner

Aug 10, 2017

Evelyn Jean Thirkill Skinner, our loved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in Fremont County, Idaho, with family members by her side, on August 10, 2017, due to complications from colon cancer. Jean was born on her father's ranch at Eight Mile, Idaho, on July 27, 1932. She was the daughter of Howard E. Thirkill and...

Lewis M. Mulkay

Lewis M. Mulkay

Aug 5, 2017

Lewis Marcellus Mulkay died peacefully in the Homestead assisted living center, Rexburg Idaho on Saturday August 5, 2017 at the age of 85. Lewis was born the youngest of 10 children on December 29, 1931 in Pacific Grove California, to Leslie and Annie (Jones) Mulkay. He grew up and graduated from both high school and Jr College in Pacific Grove....

Clinton O. Kingsford

Clinton O. Kingsford

Aug 1, 2017

Clinton O. Kingsford, 77, died August 1, 2017 surrounded with his family from Natural Pressure Hydrocephalus. His body is now free of the many limitations of NPH over the past 18 months. Clint was born February 1, 1940 in Lewiston, Utah to Alton and June Kingsford. Clint was the 1st child of 7 children, (Clint, Karen, Cheryl, Lynette, Lanis, Doug...

Richard Harvey

Richard Harvey

Jul 30, 2017

On Sunday July 30th, Richard Earl Harvey passed away due to complications from pneumonia. He was 85 years old. Richard was born in Lewiston, Utah on May 28, 1932. He was the fourth of eight children and always remained close friends with his siblings. Richard learned to work hard at a very young age; he was only 5 years old...

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