Obituaries

Dec 17, 2018

Vinse Kenneth Grover was born on February 17, 1980 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Kevin and Laurie Grover.

Vinse moved around as a child, but his family settled in Clarkston, Wa where he eventually graduated from Charles Francis Adams High School in Clarkston. After high school, Vinse served an LDS mission in the Missouri, St. Louis Mission....

Dec 16, 2018

Arthur Sterns Mehner, 78 of Germantown, Maryland passed away, Sunday, December 16, 2018.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 20th at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg.  The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the funeral home prior to services.  Interment will be in the Annis Little Butte Cemetery.

Dec 15, 2018

Ronald Urban Staley, 87 of Egin, died Saturday, December 15, 2018 at home of causes incident to age.

He was born August 6, 1931 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ira Urban and Lucille Marie Johnson Staley. He was raised in Egin and attended the Egin Grade School and Edmonds High School until his sophomore year when he...

Dec 12, 2018

Verla Christopherson Brown, a lifetime resident of Plano, Idaho, passed away December 12, 2018, at the age of 98.

Verla was born and raised in Burton, Idaho. In 1938, she married Vernon "Jack" Leroy Brown of Plano. She and her husband Jack farmed until they retired in 1970. Verla also worked for her daughter for 10 years...

Dec 9, 2018

Dorothy Lorene Heileson Dalling, 88, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 in Sugar City, Idaho with her husband holding her hand.

Born May 2, 1930, in Driggs, Idaho, to Ralph Ammon Heileson and Thora Ellen Ricks Heileson, Dorothy spent her early childhood in Felt and Tetonia, Idaho. She graduated from Madison High School where she was active...

Dec 5, 2018

David Gene Williams, 84, of Rexburg, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018, peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family.

Gene was born March 12, 1934, in Ogden, Utah. He received his Eagle Scout award by the time he was 14 years old, and served in the Boy Scouts for many years. He served with the National...

Dec 3, 2018

With his loving wife of 63 years at his side, Clifton Murdock Parker passed from this life into the next on Monday, December 3, 2018, from causes related to age. Clifton was born to H. Raymond and Florence Murdock Parker on September 9, 1928. In his family, he joined one sister, Phyllis, and would later be joined by two...

Nov 30, 2018

Verona Ida Garrett Powell of St. Anthony died Friday, November 30, 2018, at Homestead Assisted Living of causes incident to her age. She was 90. Powell was born Nov. 15, 1928, the fifth of seven children of Earl Park Garrett and Ida Green Garrett. She grew up and attended school in St. Anthony. Growing up during the Depression, she learned...

Nov 30, 2018

Marion Louise Stiles Van Houten, 97, of Rexburg, died Friday, November 30, 2018 at her home. She was born on August 28, 1921 in Butte, Montana. Her mother Louise Stiles, died when she was eight and Marion spent her summers on her father's ranch in Montana and her winters with her mother's family in Rexburg. She attended Montana Teachers College...

Nov 24, 2018

Tamra Rose Hanson, 65, passed from this life peacefully at her home on November 24th, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Tamra was born on November 21, 1953 in Rigby, Idaho to Jesse Howard Madsen and Loa Putnam. She grew up in Lewisville, Idaho on the family farm. She was educated at Midway and Rigby High School where she...

Nov 22, 2018

Max Richard Stephens, 85, of St Anthony, Idaho, passed away of natural causes November 22, 2018 at his home. He was born September 12, 1933 to Ralph Olaf and Nellie Keppner Stephens at Warm River, Idaho, where Ralph and Nellie homesteaded.

Max grew up on the family ranch (Stephens Fish Creek Ranch) at Warm River, Idaho. They...

Nov 22, 2018

Terri Lynne Worthington, 68 formerly of Rexburg, died Thursday, November 22, 2018 in Murry, Utah. She was born in Rexburg to Leland and Beulah Widdison. She attended Madison High School and went on to get an English degree at Ricks College. She married Brent Hughes in 1972 and had three girls. They later divorced and Terri married Greg Hanks. Greg...

Nov 21, 2018

Opie Looking Sutherin,79, of Teton died Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at a care facility in Pocatello. She was born November 27, 1938 in Poplar, Montana on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. She was raised by her great grandparents, Nimrod Davis and Mary Black Cloud Davis. She was a full blooded Assiniboine Indian. She married Phil Sutherin in Wolf Point, Montana...

Nov 21, 2018

Robert "Bob" Sherman Johnson, 79, of Burton, passed away quietly in his sleep on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 with family members by his side. He was born August 29, 1939 to Sherman and Viola Johnson in Granger, Utah. He was raised in Granger and attended Cypres High School in Magna. He joined the US Navy when he was just 17...

Nov 18, 2018

John Gregory Dahlstrom, born in Spokane, Washington on March 15, 1956 passed away November 18, 2018 in his home in Rexburg, Idaho.  He was the oldest of four children born to John Arvid Dahlstrom and Janis Deane Dahlstrom of LaGrande, Oregon.  He has two surviving siblings, Jeff Dahlstrom and Stacy Dahlstrom Hagen.  John, known as Greg to his family, graduated...

Nov 15, 2018

Gail Marvin Womack returned to his Heavenly Father in the early morning hours of November 15, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born May 8, 1944 to Royal and Lucile Womack in Salmon Idaho. He was the 3rd child of six. He spent his childhood in Ashton Idaho and most of his teenage years in...

Nov 11, 2018

Blair Parker, 77, passed away November 11, 2018 at his home in Parker, Idaho from complications of cancer . He was born December 21, 1940 at the family home and spent his entire life in Parker. He was the sixth of seven children born to Raymond and Florence Murdock Parker. He graduated from South Fremont High School in 1958....

Nov 7, 2018

LoRee Englund Womack, 98, of Rexburg, passed away November 07, 2018 peacefully at home surrounded by family. She was born January 03, 1920 in Rexburg, Idaho to Constantine Everet Englund and Catherine Gertrude Ronnenkamp. She was the fourth of seven children. Growing up she loved many activities including, ice-skating, and swimming in the canal next to her home. She graduated...

Nov 6, 2018

Van Ross Spencer, 70, passed away November 6, 2018, at his home in Sugar City, Idaho. He was born November 1, 1948, in Mesa, Arizona, the son of Richard Dick and Lorena Tietjen Spencer. Van was raised in Bluewater, New Mexico, and lived there most of his life. In 2012 he married Jacquelyn Hansen Spencer and moved to Sugar City,...

Nov 4, 2018

Scott E Hill, 69, died November 4, 2018, of natural causes at his home in Rexburg.

He was born January 25, 1949, in St. Anthony, Idaho to DaleA. And Betty Jean Owens Hill. He graduated from South Fremont High School in St. Anthony in 1967.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ...