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Kent Robertson

Kent Robertson

Feb 26, 2018

Raymond Kent Robertson, 82, of Salem, died Monday, February 26, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was born August 9, 1935, the last child of seven, to Leslie and Esther Robertson of Plano, Idaho. He grew up in Plano working on the family farm and enjoying being the youngest child. In his youth, Kent...

Jana Manwaring

Jana Manwaring

Feb 23, 2018

Jana Leigh Manwaring, 37, of Rexburg, passed away February 23, 2018, at Madison Memorial Hospital from complications related to pancreatitis and liver failure. Jana was born November 4, 1980, in Rexburg, Idaho to Dwight Manwaring and Gaylene Jones Manwaring. She grew up in Rexburg and Salem, Idaho, and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. She auditioned for the U.S. Army...

Rose Barney

Rose Barney

Feb 18, 2018

Rose Neibaur Barney, 86, of Rexburg, died peacefully, surrounded by family, Sunday morning, February 18, 2018. Rose was born August 7, 1931, in Newdale, Idaho to Adrian and Alta Neibaur. She was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the farm irrigation canal in Newdale. She was a faithful member of the LDS...

Helen Hagberg

Helen Hagberg

Feb 17, 2018

Magdalena "Helen" Burgos Hagberg, 87 died, Saturday February 17, 2018 at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. She was born to Francisco Burgos and Julia Gonzalez Burgos on September 10, 1930 in Tempe, Arizona. She married David Rivera Ochoa and to this union six children were born. They later divorced. She relocated to Imperial Beach, California where she met Leonard...

Christine Palmer

Christine Palmer

Feb 17, 2018

Christine Palmer, 69, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away February 17, 2018, at home with her family by her side. She was born April 21, 1948. She was buried in the Inkom, Idaho Cemetery on February 19, next to her father Carl Palmer, mother Ellen Lake, and brother Morris. Her sister, Teresa also preceded her in death. She is survived by...

Mesa Kay Peterson

Mesa Kay Peterson

Feb 12, 2018

Mesa Kay Peterson passed away sweetly and peacefully at her home on February 12, 2018 with her mother and father by her side. Mesa struggled the last year from complications of cerebral palsy. She was born premature along with her twin brother Ashton on December 9, 2004, in Provo, Utah. Mesa and her family lived in Alpine, Utah for five...

Carma Farley

Carma Farley

Feb 11, 2018

Carma Young Heilesen Farley, long time resident of Parker passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Heritage Homes Assisted Living in Rexburg, Idaho. A special thanks from the family to all who took such good care of her. Carma was born March 17, 1925 in Burton, Idaho to James Milton and Tressie Heilesen. Growing up on a farm, she learned...

Sylvia Anderson

Sylvia Anderson

Feb 9, 2018

Sylvia Prindle Anderson 91 died February 9, 2018 in Rexburg, Idaho. Sylvia was born in Billings, Montana on September 17, 1926 to Martin V. and Nellie Thompson Prindle, the oldest of six children. Siblings include Jean Stoddard of Chula Vista, CA; twins Marlene (deceased) and Darlene Graviet (Don) of Las Vegas, NV; Billie Lou Hunter (deceased); and Greg Prindle (Nanette)...

Yvonne Cazier

Yvonne Cazier

Feb 3, 2018

Alice Yvonne Briggs Cazier, 85, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones on Saturday, February 3, 2018. Yvonne was born March 30, 1932 in Rigby, Idaho to Isaac Briggs and Lulu Margaret Jones and was the first of two children. Her father passed away when she was just seven. She graduated from Rigby High School in 1950,...

Lois E. Freeman

Lois E. Freeman

Feb 1, 2018

Lois Evelyn Freeman, 97, of Rexburg, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2018 in Rexburg due to complications from dementia. Lois was born May 7,1920 in Rigby, Idaho to Karl and Merinda Lauridsen Horne, the oldest of seven siblings. She attended schools in Rexburg. On June 24,1940, Lois married the love of her life Don S. Freeman. From their union they...

Sheri Parkinson

Sheri Parkinson

Jan 29, 2018

Sheri Parkinson, 52, of Sugar City, Idaho was born in the early morning hours on October 4, 1965, in Rexburg, Idaho. She was the third of six children born to Donald L and Madelon Lufkin Parkinson. She returned to the other side on January 29, 2018 to her glorified and grand breathtaking perfect body and mind, after a couple of...

Clyde Ricks

Clyde Ricks

Jan 27, 2018

Jay Clyde Ricks Jr. was born to Jay and Beverly Ricks on May 21, 1948. He grew up on the family farm on the border between Madison and Teton County, where he became the proud big brother of Sheila, Jana, Boyd, and Eileen. The family spent the winters in Rexburg where Clyde graduated from Madison High School in 1966. Following...

Fern Bishoff

Fern Bishoff

Jan 21, 2018

Fern Crain Bishoff, 96, passed away peacefully Sunday, January 21, 2018. Fern was born December 21, 1921 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Harry Vern Crain and Mary Catherine Woolsey Crain. She was the third child born of 6 children. She attended elementary school Sand Creek and then graduated from South Fremont High School in St. Anthony. Fern met George Bishoff...

Jay Risenmay

Jay Risenmay

Jan 20, 2018

Jay Lufkin Risenmay was born March 19, 1932 to George Henry Risenmay and Jane Pitt Lufkin in Woodville, Bingham County, Idaho. He attended elementary schools at Woodville and Shelley. Jay loved scouting and earned his Eagle Scout Award before age 14. After graduating from Shelly High in 1949 he attended Utah State Agriculture College where he graduated in 1953 and...

Leonard Sheetz

Leonard Sheetz

Jan 20, 2018

Our husband and father, Leonard E. Sheetz, Jr. Returned to his Heavenly Father on Saturday, January 20, 2018 due to complications from pneumonia. He was born in Brea, California on Friday, May 13,1938 to Leonard E. Sheetz and Blanche Ruth Henry. Len attended La Habra High School and after graduation he entered active service in the U.S. Navy, following...

Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson

Jan 19, 2018

Linda Dean Stevens Thompson was born June 7,1947 in Los Gatos, California to Vonda Lee Landholm and Nathan H. Stevens. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She passed away peacefully on January 19, 2018 in St. George, Utah with her sweetheart by her side. Linda attended school in Sugar City, Idaho. While in...

Marie Brown Momberger

Marie Brown Momberger

Jan 18, 2018

Marie Brown Momberger, 91, of Hamer, Id. slipped away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 while residing at the Homestead Assisted Living facility, in Rexburg Id. Marie was born in Hibbard, Idaho on September 10, 1926. She was the only daughter, with 4 older brothers, born to William Alfred and Olive Martha Rigby Saurey. Marie grew up in the Rexburg...

Verl Lords

Verl Lords

Jan 15, 2018

Verl Jay Lords, Jr., age 69, passed away on January 15, 2018 at his home in Sugar City, Idaho, after finishing the farm chores, and feeding his animals that he loved so much. Verl was born in St. Anthony, ID to Mary Nelda Hendricks and Verl Jay Lords, Sr. on December 13, 1948. He graduated from North Fremont High School...

Jay Ricks

Jay Ricks

Jan 14, 2018

Jay Clyde Ricks, 91, of Rexburg, Idaho, died Sunday, January 14, 2018, in Rexburg. He was the son of Alfred Taylor Ricks and Ruth Smellie Ricks and was raised in Felt and Rexburg Idaho. He attended Madison High School where he met his sweetheart Beverly Walz. After graduating from Madison High School, he worked on his family's farm and served...

Ralph Wayne Thompson

Ralph Wayne Thompson

Jan 12, 2018

Ralph W. Thompson passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 12, 2018, at his home in Rexburg, Idaho at age 83 of causes incident to old age. Ralph was born Ralph Wendell Chipman on October 26, 1934, in Provo, Utah County, Utah, the first child of Wendell B Chipman and Rhae Gardner. When Ralph was seven years old, his...

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