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Gale Allen

Gale Allen

Jun 11, 2018

Gale Harlon Allen returned to his heavenly home on June 11, 2018. Gale was born February 19, 1947 in Driggs, Idaho. He was the son of Harlon Frank Allen and Thelda Moulton. He grew up on a farm near Victor and graduated from Teton High School. After high school he attended a year of college at ISU in Pocatello, then...

Donna Ellis

Donna Ellis

Jun 6, 2018

Wednesday, June 6th 2018 , Donna C. Ellis, "slipped the surly bonds of this earth to touch the face of God"- Ronald Regan . Donna passed away from natural causes at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, ID. She was born December 28, 1932, to Alvin and Mary Peterslie, in Beach, ND and married the love of her...

Anthony "Dip" Gardner

Anthony "Dip" Gardner

Jun 5, 2018

John Anthony "Dip" Gardner, 98 years of age, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at Homestead Assisted Living in St. Anthony, from causes incident to age.

He was born, June 22, 1919, at Teton Idaho to Thomas and Marie Neibaur Gardner and was the fifth of twelve children born to Thomas and Marie. Growing up in the...

Mathew Travao

Mathew Travao

Jun 5, 2018

Mathew Robert Travao III, 66 of Rexburg passed away June 5, 2018. He was born February 29, 1952 in Merced California to Mathew and Catherine Travao. He grew up in Modesto California where he graduated from Modesto High School. After high school he attended Modesto Jr. College where he studied to be a certified electrician. He married Click Calmes in...

Wendell Edstrom

Wendell Edstrom

Jun 4, 2018

Wendell Edstrom, our beloved Father, brother and grandfather passed away peacefully at home in Riverton, Utah, on June 4, 2018, at the age of 91. Wendell was born in Thornton, Idaho on March 28, 1927 to Arvid and Pearl Edstrom. Raised on a farm in Thornton, Idaho, where he worked hard and learned the meaning of commitment to family, his...

Joan Johnson

Joan Johnson

Jun 2, 2018

Sarah Joan Walker Johnson, 83, of Rexburg, passed away on June 2, 2018, at her home. She was born November 25, 1934, to Ray Willis Walker and Mabel Ovard. She was the fifth of eight children. She married Olif Lee Johnson Jr. October 8, 1954. The marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on November 27, 1957....

Brett Sommer

Brett Sommer

May 31, 2018

Kenneth Brett Sommer, 54, of Rexburg, died Thursday, May 31, 2018 at his son, Kenneth Tyler Sommer's, home after his struggle with heart failure, in his sleep. He was born February 7, 1964, in Rexburg, to his parents, Kenneth DeVon and Elaine Price Sommer. He shared three children with Brenda Fisher Despain and one with Cassandra Maupin. Brett was always...

Vicky Grover

Vicky Grover

May 30, 2018

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, Vicky Louise Solomon Grover of Archer, Idaho passed away suddenly on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. She was 63 years old. She was born June 11, 1954 in Pocatello, Idaho to Melvin and Olene Solomon. She was the oldest of 6 children. Vicky grew up in Inkom, Idaho and graduated from...

Audrey Stubstad

Audrey Stubstad

May 25, 2018

Audrey Gardner Stubstad, age 96, passed away May 25, 2018. She was born October 22, 1921 in Neola, Utah to Rex Lincoln and Zella Maria Allred Gardner, the second of nine children. Audrey grew up on the family farm where she worked along with her parents and siblings milking, gardening, working in the fields as well as helping with the...

Gae Bernice Taylor

Gae Bernice Taylor

May 23, 2018

Gae Bernice Connell Taylor, 79, passed away at her home from cancer, surrounded by loved ones on May 23, 2018 in Rexburg Idaho. Throughout her sickness she remained positive and courageous right up to the very end. She was born June 6, 1938 in Roberts Idaho to Vernal and Eva Connell. She was the oldest of 4 children. She attended...

E.M. Cazier

E.M. Cazier

May 22, 2018

Elmo Miller "E.M." Cazier, 75, of St Anthony, passed away May 22, 2018 at the Madison Carriage Cove Rehabilitation center in Rexburg.

He was born in St Anthony on December 18, 1942 to Ambrose Elmo and Rula Miller Cazier.

EM did many jobs in his younger days but he really loved being on radio (radio...

Bud Allgood

Bud Allgood

May 18, 2018

Buddy K Allgood, 78 of St. Anthony, died Friday, May 18, 2018 at The Homestead in Rexburg.

Bud was born on August 6, 1939 in Teton City, Idaho to Ernest E and Neva Maud Harris Allgood.

He attended Teton Elementary and graduated from South Fremont High School in 1957. He received an Associates degree from...

Ardyth Coy

Ardyth Coy

May 14, 2018

Ardyth Leavitt Coy, 94, of Egin, formerly of Rexburg, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Egin, on May 14, 2018. She was born on March 18, 1924, in Auburn, Wyoming, to Lorin and Eva Searight Leavitt. She was the 4th of seven children. In 1944, she married Jesse Smith and they had one son. They were later divorced....

Jimmy Stevens

Jimmy Stevens

May 10, 2018

James Darrel Stevens, 71 of Wilford, died Thursday May 10, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Jimmy was born July 2, 1946 in San Jose, California to Nathan H. And Vonda Lee Landholm Stevens. As a young child they moved to Newdale, Idaho. In 1965, he graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He met...

Michael "Mike" Hugh Glass

Michael "Mike" Hugh Glass

May 8, 2018

Michael "Mike" Hugh Glass was suddenly taken from this life at his home on May 8, 2018, into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father and loved ones.  He had fought a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. He was born in Bishop, California on May 1, 1948 to James Earl Glass and Shirley Louise Sherman.  He lived in Los Angeles...

Rogelio Leon Hernandez

Rogelio Leon Hernandez

May 2, 2018

Rogelio "Roy" Leon Hernandez, 65, of Sugar City, died May 2, 2018, at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born November 26, 1952, in Otatillos, Sinaloa, Mexico, to Sebero Leon and Domitila Hernandez. He was raised in Mexico until age 17 when he came to the United States to work. He worked for Bruce Arnold Farms...

Brian Loseke

Brian Loseke

May 1, 2018

Brian Walter Loseke died peacefully May 1, 2018 after a years-long battle with Cancer at his home in Saint Anthony, Idaho.

Brian was the son of Alvin Eilert Loseke and Eunice (Bode) Loseke, born January 12 th , 1954, in Burns, Oregon. Brian graduated from Borah High School in Boise before graduating from Boise State University in...

Gene Taylor

Gene Taylor

May 1, 2018

Gene Earl Taylor, 88, of Ammon, ID, returned to his loving Heavenly Father and sweetheart, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Gene was born in St. Anthony, ID, on June 5, 1929, to Caroline and Joseph "Art" Taylor. He was raised in St. Anthony. He married the love of his life, Clara Marie Hansen, on Nov. 16, 1948, in the...

Melvin Cook

Melvin Cook

Apr 29, 2018

Melvin J. Cook, 91, of Rexburg, passed away at his home, surrounded by his family, Sunday April 29, 2018. Mel was born May 22, 1926, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Daniel and Eva Senior Cook. He attended schools in Rexburg. He graduated from Madison High School and attended Ricks College and played on the varsity basketball team on nationally...

Kimber Ricks

Kimber Ricks

Apr 28, 2018

On Saturday, April 28, 2018, Kimber Orson Ricks said good-bye to his loving wife and family after a two-and-a-half-year battle with leukemia. Those of us left behind are, as Mom (Dorothy Ann, his wife) described it, filled with "peace, sadness, and gratitude." Dad devoted his life to three main values: faith, family, and friends—and he considered everyone his friend. He...

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