Obituaries

Dec 10, 2019

Elva Louise Last Sellers died peaceably on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, after fighting cancer for 15 years. All who knew her marveled how she so cheerfully fought to live. She said she did it for "my family that I dearly love" and she did.

Louise was born in Logan, Utah an April 25, 1936. She joined an...

Dec 10, 2019

Clarke Orlando Thompson, 64, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 10, 2019. Clarke was born on March 24, 1955, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Peter O Thompson and Ann (Clarke) Thompson.

Clarke's eternal companion is Kristi Thompson, they were married on August 1, 1975. Clarke was a stalwart member of the Church of...

Dec 8, 2019

Daniel L Black, 76, of Sugar City, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019 in the ICU Burn Unit at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls following an electrical accident. Born February 2, 1943 in Burley, Idaho, he was the son of Lane Paskett and Melba Lyons Black.  Dan and Kay were long-time residents of Sugar City,...

Dec 7, 2019

Paul J Hathaway passed away at his home on December 7, 2019, surrounded by his loving family after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.

Paul was born April 22, 1964 to Danny and Jeniece Hathaway. He was the oldest of five children. Paul grew up in Saint Anthony, Idaho and graduated from South Fremont High School in...

Dec 7, 2019

Emma Jean Moore Call passed away peacefully at the age of 90 of natural causes on December 7, 2019,   at the Homestead Assisted Living. She was born August 5, 1929 at her Grandmother's home near Soda Springs, Idaho, the first child of Walter James Moore and Elsie Marie Hopkins.   She spent many happy hours at her grandparents farm riding...

Dec 6, 2019

Florence Ilene Ward a long time resident of the Rexburg area Died Friday Dec 6. She was born to Bruce and Edith Ward April 16 1958.

She spent her life in...

Dec 1, 2019

William R. (Bill) Enget, 88, died peacefully at home on Sunday, December 1, 2019 surrounded by family.

He was born in Ogden, Utah on July 9, 1931 to William Edwin Enget and Emma Elizabeth Enget. At two weeks old, he took the train with his mother to Island Park where he would spend the rest of his...

Dec 1, 2019

Terry "Kent" Romrell, age 74, unexpectedly passed away December 1, 2019, from pancreatic cancer at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Kent was born August 7, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the fourth son of Dan and Leola Romrell, and spent most of his life in Wilford, Idaho, where his family farmed.

Kent graduated from South Fremont...

Nov 28, 2019

Stanley L Taylor, 81, of Rexburg ID, died November 28, 2019, at his home after a valiant battle with a lingering illness, surrounded by family. He was born January 11, 1938, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Lawrence W. and Bernice (Christensen) Taylor. He attended Madison High School and Ricks College.

He met his spouse, Carol Rae Storer, on...

Nov 24, 2019

Afton Earlene Parkinson, 90, of Rexburg passed away Nov. 24, 2019, in her home in Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by her family.

She was born January 31, 1929, in Salem, Idaho to Lee Earl Anderson and Afton McCulloch Anderson. She was the second of seven children. She attended schools in Sugar City, Idaho and graduated from Sugar-Salem High...

Nov 21, 2019

Louis H Rasmussen, 91, of Plano, Idaho passed away peacefully on Thursday November 21, 2019 at the Homestead in Rexburg. Louis was born April 17, 1928 in Plano Idaho to Aaron and Blanche Rasmussen.

He grew up and attended grade school and high school at Edmund's in Plano. Then attended Ricks College in Rexburg.

On...

Nov 18, 2019

Regina A Neville Beebe, 88, of Rexburg, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 at her daughters home.

She was born November 22, 1930 in Rexburg to Regina Leatham Archibald and Thomas Cloyd Neville.

Regina spent the first five years of her life on the dry farms & the homestead in Salem. She is the oldest...

Nov 16, 2019

Judith "Judy" W. LaFollette Rydalch, 83, of Rexburg, passed away of Alzheimer's on November 16, 2019, surrounded by her daughters, Shannon of St. Anthony, Idaho who retired early to help with mom, and Cheryl of Menan, Idaho.

Judy was born November 6, 1936, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Robert W. and Helen Unteidt LaFollette. Her mother played piano...

Nov 14, 2019

Dennis Ray Greenhalgh, age 71, of Wilford, passed away peacefully at his home on November 14th, 2019. He was born 2 December 1948, to Alma Wilburn Greenhalgh and Ethel Marguerite Hiatt in Rexburg, Idaho. He was the seventeenth child of a family of seventeen and he was raised in Wilford, Idaho. He attended grade schools in Wilford and Teton...

Nov 13, 2019

Bryan Mitchell Junkert, 48, of Plano, died Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. He was born October 22, 1971 in Rexburg, Idaho to Gerard and Nellie Marie Siepert Junkert.

He attended schools in the Rexburg area and graduated from Madison High School.

Bryan loved boating, fishing, hunting and helped with any...

Nov 12, 2019

Charles Mickelsen, 81, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019. He was born on March 22, 1938, in Rexburg, ID to Charles Peter & Jane Lorna Mickelsen. Awaiting him was the love of his life, Joan (Summers) Mickelsen, grandson Alan Rawson, brother Pete Mickelsen, and many loved ones.

He enjoyed helping his father at the sawmill and...

Nov 11, 2019

Lorna June Walker Vance, 85 of St. Anthony, passed successfully from this life Monday, November 11, 2019 at the home of her daughter surrounded by family.

She was born April 12, 1934 in Lewisville, Idaho to Edwin Roland and Ethel June Webster Walker. She joined siblings Owen, Von, Merrill, Lois and Phyllis and would be...

Nov 11, 2019

Berniece "Bonnie" Summers, 90, of Rexburg, passed away Monday, November 11, 2019, at Homestead Assisted Living. She was born October 6, 1929, in Rexburg, Idaho to William and Grace Nelson. She was the youngest of four girls, her three sisters were, Reva, Shirley and Faye. Her dad died when she was thirteen years old.

She graduated from...

Nov 10, 2019

Darris Dean McFarland passed away November 10, 2019 in Pocatello, Idaho surrounded by his family and loved ones.

Darris was born in Jerome, Idaho on July 7, 1958 to Dean McFarland and Karlene Bratsman McFarland. Growing up on a dairy, Darris loved spending time with his dad in the tractor, gathering chicken eggs under the silo, and...

Nov 9, 2019

Roma Delila Peterson Jeppesen Daniel passed away November 9, 2019, in Rexburg, Idaho at age 98. She was born January 27, 1921, in Tremonton, Utah to Charles John Peterson and Rose Ellen Checketts Peterson. She was the youngest of nine children.

She married Charles Blair Jeppesen on September 5, 1938, and they had four children. Roma lived...