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Wendell Orr

Wendell Orr

May 21, 2019

Wendell Brown Orr, 77, of Egin, passed away following a traffic accident on May 21, 2019. He was born October 20, 1941 in Salmon, Idaho to Sylvan and Curtie Orr.

When Wendell was approximately one year old the family moved from Salmon to Utah. They lived near Hill Air Force Base where Sylvan was employed. Their next...

Laren Piquet

Laren Piquet

May 20, 2019

Laren Martin Piquet was surrounded by family when he passed away on May 20, 2019 after a valiant battle with cancer.

Laren was born June 2, 1946 to Martin William Piquet and Dove Mary Nickell Piquet in Driggs. His mother said he was the most beautiful baby boy she had ever seen. He had an older brother,...

Delmar Ray Scroughams

Delmar Ray Scroughams

May 20, 2019

Delmar Ray Scroughams, 84, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 20, 2019.

Delmar was born to Millard Scroughams and Emma Violet Rogers, March 27, 1935, in Travalac, Brown County, Indiana. Growing up on the family farm he quickly learned the fruits of hard labor and by 17 he had already gathered a...

Leslie Ann Hymas Wright

Leslie Ann Hymas Wright

May 17, 2019

Leslie Ann Hymas Wright, 53, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully at Carriage Cove health care facility on May 17, 2019, following knee surgery.

She was born October 16, 1965, in Rexburg, Idaho to C. Ronald and Carol M. Hymas. She lived her youth in Newdale. She attended Sugar Salem High School where she cheered for the...

Cody Atkinson

Cody Atkinson

May 16, 2019

Coleen "Cody" Atkinson of St. Anthony passed away suddenly May 16 in Idaho Falls following a five-year battle with cancer.

She was born on June 30, 1950 in Powell Wyoming to Harold O. and VerJean Stevens Baker. Her first few years were spent in Wyoming. At an early age she acquired the nickname Cody which she used...

Mark James Orchard

Mark James Orchard

May 13, 2019

Mark James Orchard, age 55, passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019 at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. He was born July 13, 1963 in Casper, Wyoming to Robert W. Orchard and Mary L. (Hurst) Orchard.He grew up a true cowboy with his brothers and sisters on the Orchard Ranch in Wyoming—a land that he spoke often of...

Charles Lynn Taylor

Charles Lynn Taylor

May 10, 2019

Charles Lynn Taylor, 83, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away, Friday, May 10, 2019 of natural causes. He was born February 29, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah and was the second of six children born to Charles William Taylor and Leone McKean Argyle Taylor. Eventually his family settled in Oregon.

After graduating from high school Charles attended...

Byron Luthy

Byron Luthy

May 9, 2019

Byron Luthy was born and raised in Rexburg, Idaho to Bill and Nelia Luthy. He married Elaine Gray in 1986 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They raised four wonderful children together. He was a talented carpenter and enjoyed nature and animals. Byron endured his trials well and lived a life of service. He was a loved father, husband, brother,...

Jeremy Essig

Jeremy Essig

May 8, 2019

Our beloved son, brother, father, cousin and grandson Jeremy Allen Essig passed on Wednesday May 8, 2019, in a tragic accident. Jeremy was born on October 23, 1974, in Sun Valley, Idaho, to Jennifer Wiebelhaus and Gary Essig. He was loved by so many and will be dearly missed.

He loved his son with everything he had...

Renee Johnson

Renee Johnson

Apr 28, 2019

Lois Renee Bell Johnson, 72, of Rexburg died April 28, 2019, in Woods Cross, Utah.  She was the only child of Wallace L. and Lois Irene (Pratt) Bell. Born on May 27, 1946, she spent most of her life in Rexburg where she graduated from Madison High School and Ricks College. While working in the Accounting Office at Ricks...

Carole Hatch Young

Carole Hatch Young

Apr 27, 2019

Carole Hatch Young, 82, of Rexburg passed away April 27, 2019, in an Idaho Falls hospital surrounded by her family. Carole was born February 11, 1937, in Egin Bench, Idaho to William Ernest Orr and Luella Palmer Orr. She was the third of ten children. Carole attended St. Anthony area schools and graduated from South Fremont High School in...

Lane Ward

Lane Ward

Apr 25, 2019

Rueland Lane Ward, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away from cancer on April 25, 2019, surrounded by family.

Lane was born October 2, 1945 in Driggs, Idaho to Rueland and Estelle Ward. He was the second of five children. His early years were spent on the family farm in Felt, Idaho where he learned...

Layne Freeman

Layne Freeman

Apr 23, 2019

Norman Layne Freeman was called home to our Heavenly Father on April 23rd, 2019. Layne was born May 16th 1951 in Rigby Idaho. He was the Second child of four born to Ivan and Verla Benson Freeman. He grew up in a rural farming community known as Independence on a 40-acre farm. This is where he would spend his...

Belva Weeks

Belva Weeks

Apr 18, 2019

Belva I. Weeks, 90, of Rexburg, Idaho peacefully passed from this life to the Spirit World Thursday, April 18, 2019 in her own home surrounded by her children.

Belva was born November 1, 1928 in Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Alma Smith and Clara May Fikstad. She attended school in Mesa County, Mesa, Arizona.

On August...

Nichole Hadley

Nichole Hadley

Apr 16, 2019

Nichole Tia Orr Hadley, 41, of West Haven UT, passed away on April 16, 2019 in Layton Utah. Nichole was born in Rexburg Idaho to Brad and Tamra Orr on September 12, 1977.  She was their first child of four children. During her childhood she loved to play volleyball, go fishing, hunting, and sleigh riding with cousins. She also helped...

Dorothy Triplett Mooney

Dorothy Triplett Mooney

Apr 16, 2019

Dorothy Triplett Mooney, born April 12, 1921 in Jerome Idaho, the eldest daughter of Lynette and Ralah Triplett, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 16, 2019 in Olympia, Washington, four days after celebrating her 98th birthday.

Dorothy, known as Dori or Dot, lived both a long and a full life. Her work on Earth is...

Betty Waddell

Betty Waddell

Apr 13, 2019

Betty Lou Clark Waddell, 92, died April 13, 2019, at Homestead Assisted Living, in Rexburg, ID. Affectionately known as "Granzy"

She was born December 10, 1926 at St. Anthony, Idaho, to William Edward Clark and Lula Murray Brown Clark. She attended schools in St. Anthony.

She married Morris Hyrum Waddell on February 22, 1947, at...

Dianne Brister

Dianne Brister

Apr 12, 2019

Dianne Brister, 72, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, April 12, 2019, at her home of natural causes.

She was born November 29, 1947, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Walter and Mary Medows Przybylski.

She was a loving wife and mother. She cared deeply for the disabled and spent much of her life helping as she...

Steven Briggs

Steven Briggs

Apr 11, 2019

Steven Reid Briggs 47 of Teton City, Idaho passed away on April 11, 2019.

Steven was born in St. Anthony, Idaho on October 4, 1971 to George Albert (Bert) Briggs III and Sandra Lee Reid Briggs. Steven was raised in Teton City Idaho. Steven attended Teton Elementary, South Fremont Jr. and Sr. High schools and later attended...

Milo Siepert

Milo Siepert

Apr 10, 2019

Milo Siepert passed away peacefully on April 10, 2019 surrounded by his family. He was born at his home in Plano on April 8, 1934 to Henry and Rosella Siepert. He is the fifth child of eight. The family later moved to Burton where he attended school and later on served in the Navy.

Milo married his...

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