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Michael A. Murphy
Sep 8, 2015
. Michael Arthur Murphy, 64 of Rexburg died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born in Eugene Oregon to Arthur and Virgina Murphy on April 4, 1951. He had one older sister, Patty and four younger brothers, Dan, Tom, David and Frank. He enjoyed fishing, swimming and wondering in the woods. There was never a day...
Stacy Lynn Hansen
Sep 7, 2015
Stacy, Our dear son. You have gone before us into the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We believe your reunion in heaven was great with the loved ones that have gone before you and not too much time will pass and we will see you and love on you again. Love Margaret and Dal, Mother and Dad...
Leonard Browning
Aug 31, 2015
Leonard L. Browning, 94, devoted husband, father and grandfather, of Sugar City, Idaho passed away August 31, 2015 at his home of natural causes. He was born June 20, 1921 in St. Anthony, Idaho to George and Phoebe Watts Browning. He grew up at Canyon Creek on the family farm. He attended school in Newdale and Canyon Creek and attended...
Bert Withers
Aug 31, 2015
Bert F. Withers, 83, of Rexburg passed away Monday, August 31, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born August 25, 1932, to Frederick Richard and Lucy Lee Withers in Hibbard, Idaho. He was raised in the Hibbard Salem area and lived for a short time in Garland, Utah when he was a boy. He graduated from Sugar Salem High...
Robert Nelson
Aug 11, 2015
Robert W. Nelson passed away August 11, 2015 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the Eastern Idaho Medical Center of a heart condition. His family was present. He was born May 14, 1935, in Spanish Fork, Utah to Robert A. and Edme Dotson Nelson. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Karen, sons, Kevin and Matthew. He attended...
Garph Lords
Aug 11, 2015
Garph A. Lords, 83, of Rexburg, died in his sweetheart's arms at his home, Tuesday, August 11, 2015, following a valiant battle with cancer. Garph was born March 10, 1932, in Idaho Falls to Charles and Leora Lords. He was the oldest and only son and enjoyed teasing his 4 sisters. He helped his father on the farm through his...
Kelli Jo Smith
Aug 9, 2015
Kelli Jo Smith, 37, of Plano, Idaho died August 9th 2015 of natural causes. She was born in Rexburg, Idaho on October 28th 1977 to Kent and RaNae C Smith. Kelli was able to be a stay at home Mom while the kids were younger. Kelli loved her children. She loved spending time with her children, fishing, catching frogs, catching...
Naomi Boyl Kington
Aug 6, 2015
Naomi Boyl Rawson Kington, 88, passed away at her home in Rexburg, Idaho on August 6, 2015. She was born on July 15, 1927 in Plano, Idaho, the youngest of Harry and Elizabeth Rawson's twelve children. Her youth was spent in the Plano area.
After graduation from Edmunds High School in May of 1945, she and her mother moved to Rexburg...
Anna Gundert
Jul 31, 2015
Anna Li Eaton Gundert, age 34, passed away unexpectedly, of unknown causes, on the morning of July 31, 2015, while at work. She is survived by her husband Jason Gundert; exhusband Destry Wolbert; children Tony, Lisette, Ramona, Clayton; mother Karen DeBow; stepfather Brad DeBow; sisters Jen, Patti, Liz, Charley; and brothers Ben, Joe, Fred. She was preceded in death by...
Leila Lewis
Jul 28, 2015
Leila Alice Richards Lewis, 93, formerly of Rexburg died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in Scottsdale Arizona. She was born February 16, 1922 in Moore, Idaho. She married Rulon Lewis of Rexburg on March 19, 1938. After having her boys, she graduated from Ricks College and BYU. She earned scholarships for all of her education. She taught school at Madison Jr....
Loree Egbert Wyatt
Jul 28, 2015
Loree Wyatt Emma Loree Egbert Wyatt, age 78 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at her home. She was born December 8,1936 in Pocatello, Idaho to Joseph Robert Egbert and Anna Marie Blaser Egbert. She grew up in Pocatello, graduating from Pocatello High School in 1955 where she took accounting and bookkeeping classes. She then became a bookkeeper at...
Marilyn Gee Black
Jul 26, 2015
Marilyn Gee Black, age 80 of Rexburg, died Sunday, July 26, 2015. She was born August 11,1934 at Sugar City, Idaho to Clendon Edger Gee and Erma Lynette Ricks Gee. She attended Sugar-Salem schools, Ricks College and Utah State University. She lived thirty-one years in the Logan, Utah area, 5 years in Sacramento, California, 10 years in Sugar City, Idaho...
Scott Berrett
Jul 23, 2015
Richard Scott Berrett, age 44, of Rexburg, passed away on July 23, 2015, in his home while surrounded by family. Scott was born in Provo, UT on December 15, 1970 to Richard & JoAn Berrett. He was his family's favorite son & brother as he was the only boy with all sisters. Despite Scott's Dad's protests, Scott was his sisters'...
Reed Wyatt
Jul 23, 2015
Earl Reed "J" Wyatt, 83, of Rexburg, died Thursday, July 23, 2015. He was born October 30,1932, in Wellsville, Utah to Earl Thorpe Wyatt and Elsie Johnson Wyatt. After completing high school in Wellsville, he attended Utah State University where he graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Landscape Architecture. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Wayne Sharp
Jul 20, 2015
Wayne Leonard Sharp, 79, of Sugar City, died July 20, 2015, at Madison Memorial Hospital of natural causes. He was born April 11, 1936, in Rexburg, Idaho to Leonard and Ada Smith Sharp. He was the oldest of three children. He attended school in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School and then attended Ricks College. Wayne married Glenda Louisa...
Sharon Sundwall
Jul 14, 2015
Sharon Sue Staples Sundwall, 71, of Rexburg, died at home with her family on July 14, 2015 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Sharon was born in Lawrence, KS on November 9, 1943 to George Wilson Staples and Hilda Helen Gerstenberger. She was raised in Kansas and Oregon, where she graduated from Centennial High School and then the Emmanuel Hospital...
Gloy Messick
Jul 8, 2015
Gloy Serilla Albertson Messick, 85, of Rexburg, died Wednesday July 8, 2015 at Rexburg Care & Rehabilitation of a sudden illness. Gloy was born July 8, 1930, in Osgood, Idaho, to Francise Annis Albertson and Margaret Elizabeth Robinson. She attended school in Osgood and Idaho Falls. She grew up in the Osgood area. She was the 8th child of 12...
Harold Stoddard
Jul 2, 2015
Harold DeLynn Stoddard, 88, of Midway Utah, formerly of Rexburg Idaho, passed away peacefully at home on July 2, 2015. Harold was born in Egin, ID on Sept. 4, 1926 to Lucille Ingram and Leslie Marion Stoddard. He was the 7th of 10 children. Harold graduated from South Fremont High School. Immediately following graduation he enlisted in the US Marine...
Faye Wilcox
Jul 2, 2015
Faye Meyers Wilcox, 91, died Thursday, July 2, 2015 at her home in Plano, Idaho. She was born July 3,1923 at Plano, the third of four children born to Henry and Della Meyers. Her siblings were Lea Stoddard, Keith Meyers, and Melva Baker. She married David F. Wilcox at Reno, Nevada on December 3,1954. They lived at Plano where she...
Stuart Henderson
Jun 29, 2015
Stuart Noal Henderson, 78, of Rexburg, died June 29, 2015. He was born November 9, 1936, in Rexburg, Idaho to Noal R. and Verna Smith Henderson. He attended school in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School in 1955. He served honorably in the US Navy from 1956 to 1959. He married Shirley Jensen on May 12, 1961. Two children...
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