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Birdie Walz
Nov 1, 2015
Isabelle Birdie Walz, 85, formerly of Rexburg, died November 1, 2015. She was born March 25, 1930 to Joseph and Annie Horman in Alameda, California. The family then moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho where she attended schools and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1948. She married Harlo Billeter Walz in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on October 13,...
Reed Carlile
Oct 30, 2015
Reed George Carlile, 82, of Rexburg, passed away at home, Friday, October 30, 2015, under the care of hospice. Reed was born on February 19, 1933, in Charleston, Wasatch County, Utah to Roe and Pansy Winterton Carlile. He graduated in 1951 from Wasatch High School in Heber City, Utah. On January 28, 1953, he married JoEllen Dickson. He was drafted...
Betsy Matthews
Oct 28, 2015
Betsy Jean Paul Matthews passed away Oct 28, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho. She was the 3rd child of Alice Gertrude Hobson and Robert Leon Paul, born June 11, 1926 in Ogden, Utah. A short time later, Betsy and her family relocated to Logan, Utah where her younger brother Robert (Bud) was born. She attended Logan High School and graduated in...
Beth Anderson
Oct 27, 2015
Rhea Beth Sessions Anderson, 90, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Tuesday Oct. 27, 2015 surrounded by her family. Beth was born Sept. 22, 1925 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Roy LaVern Sessions and Aurelia Humphrey Sessions. She was the oldest of five children and had four younger brothers. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls; Chinook,...
Evelyn Colleen Fotsch
Oct 18, 2015
Evelyn Colleen Fotsch, 63 of Battle Mountain, Nevada, died October 18, 2015. She was the daughter of Harvey and Dorothy Allen Hunziker. Grave side services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the Burton Cemetery.
Ted M. Hill
Oct 18, 2015
Ted M. Hill, 77, of Coeur d'Alene, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2015 in Coeur d'Alene of natural causes. He was born September 27, 1938, in Rexburg, Idaho where he went to school and where he made good friends that he has had throughout life. Ted was a beloved father, grandfather, brother and uncle. He was an avid fisherman...
Brook Nef
Oct 17, 2015
Brook Nef, 62, passed away October 17, 2015, after a hard fought battle with Parkinsons. Brook was born December 7, 1952, in Ashton, Idaho to Norman and Phyllis Allgood Nef. He attended elementary schools in Hibbard and Burton, and graduated from Madison High School. Brook served a 2 year LDS mission to Rome, Italy. After returning home he attended Ricks...
Col. Byron Meader
Oct 12, 2015
Col. Byron Herbert Meader Jr., 96, of Rexburg, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born in Ellsworth, Maine on Monday, May 19, 1919 to Byron Herbert Meader Sr. and the former Margaret Elizabeth Lunney. He started his golf career in 1929, at the age of ten years, caddying in Northeast Harbor, Maine. He made...
Mckenzie "Ken" Graham Mackay
Oct 11, 2015
Ken Mackay passed away on October 11, 2015, from complications related to a stroke. He spent the month since his stroke surrounded by family and friends. Ken was born in Sugar City, Idaho, on August 9, 1929, to Alfred and Helen Mackay. He had an older sister, Cathryn who was called Kay, a younger sister, Rosalie, and an older half...
Richard Phillips
Oct 9, 2015
Richard Edgar Phillips, 87, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully Friday, October 9, in Kaysville, Utah. He was born October 11, 1927, in Weed, California to Thomas and Agness Phillips. Dick was the youngest of six children. He joined the Navy on October 10, 1945. Dick served on the USS Rogers as an electronics technician second class. During leave of Christmas...
Dorma Nelson
Oct 8, 2015
Dorma Nelson, 91, of Teton, passed away Thursday October 8, 2015 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in St. Anthony Idaho. She was born April 18, 1924 to Norval G. Schwendiman and Emily Artella Ward in Newdale, Idaho. She was the oldest of six. She grew up with her siblings working on the family farm near Newdale. She married Max...
Virginia Price
Oct 5, 2015
Virginia Phillips Price, 90, of Rexburg, Idaho, died October 5, 2015, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg of natural causes. She was born June 15, 1925, in Kaysville, Utah, to Douglas Blood Phillips and Chrystal Anne Jensen. She graduated from Teton High School and received a scholarship to BYU in Provo. She also attended Utah State University before...
Diana Colledge
Oct 2, 2015
Diana Jean McDaniel Colledge lost the battle she had waged with her health on October 2, 2015 of natural causes. She was 69 years old. She was born October 31, 1945 in California to Nellie and James McDaniel. She graduated from Dugway High School and attended a business college. She married ElRoy Colledge January 12, 1967. They later divorced. She...
Edna Jensen
Sep 28, 2015
Edna R. Jensen, 93, of Rexburg, passed away Monday, September 28, 2015, at her home of natural causes. She was born February 9, 1922, in Hyrum, Utah, to Joseph and Theresa Reynolds. She enjoyed her youth in Wellsville, Utah with her four brothers and six sisters. While serving in the WAC's during World War II, she met and married Heber...
Maxine Saurey
Sep 20, 2015
Mary Maxine Saurey, 97, of Chester, Idaho and Island Park, Idaho passed away Sunday, September 20, 2015, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Maxine was the youngest of nine children born on November 14, 1917, in Bayard, Nebraska, to James Asa Cadwell and Lulu Parks Cadwell. Maxine was just 6 weeks old when her father was killed and her mother was left...
Stella Hardy
Sep 19, 2015
Stella Hardy, 95, of Rexburg, died Saturday, September 19, 2015 Graveside services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 26th at the Sugar City Cemetery.
Norma Perrenoud
Sep 16, 2015
Norma Muir Harrison Perrenoud of Rexburg, Idaho passed away peacefully on September 16, 2015 at the age of 78. Norma was born on June 22, 1937 in Salem, Idaho to Melvin Bassett Muir and Mabel Annetta Ricks. She grew up with her seven siblings in Rexburg and had many wonderful, fond experiences with her family and friends. Her family also...
Luann Webster
Sep 12, 2015
LuAnn Dewey Webster, age 61, a loving wife, mom, sister, friend, aunt, cousin, left this world peacefully to return back to our Father in Heaven on Saturday, September 12, 2015. She had a fast battle with squamous cancer. She was surrounded by her family at their home in Rexburg, Idaho. LuAnn was born on September 30, 1953 in Chapin, Idaho...
Shirlene Tuckett
Sep 10, 2015
Shirlene Tuckett, 87, of Rexburg, passed on from this earthly life September 10, 2015 in the quiet of her home with her sweetheart by her side. She was born February 22, 1928 to Thomas Lyle and Viola Ricks Beech in Wilford, Idaho where she, along with her two sisters and brother learned good work ethics which she acquired working on...
Patricia Smith
Sep 10, 2015
On Thursday, September 10, 2015, heaven welcomed another angel. Patricia Smith, 78, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully in her sleep. She was born December 26, 1936, in Colfax, California. A daddy's girl from the beginning, she enjoyed hunting and fishing with her father. She grew up in Elk Mountain, Wyoming where she graduated from high school in a class of...
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