Lyle Smith
Sep 22, 2017
Lyle R Smith, 87, of Rexburg, died September 22, 2017, of natural causes. He was born February 19, 1930, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Hilbert and Letha Ensign Roberts Smith. He was raised and attended school in Sugar City. He married Patricia Makinen on December 21, 1954, in the Little White Church in Elk Mountain. Their marriage was later solemnized...
Russell Tate Clark
Sep 20, 2017
Russell Tate Clark, 35, of Rexburg, died Wednesday September 20, 2017 from a short illness and life long struggle with muscular dystrophy. He was born January 31, 1982 to Rick and Ruth Clark. He was the fourth of five children. He grew up in Rexburg where he attended Kennedy Elementary School, Madison Middle School and Madison High School where graduated...
Marlene Rasmussen
Sep 19, 2017
Marlene Rasmussen Thora Marlene Rasmussen, 81 of Rexburg, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2017 surrounded by loving family members at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Marlene was born April 10,1936 to Charles T. and Thora Belnap French in Roberts, Idaho. She grew up and attended schools in Roberts. After graduating from Roberts High School, she...
Wayne Swensen
Sep 16, 2017
Wayne Swensen Donald Wayne Swensen, 74, of Egin, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born on July 28, 1943 in Blackfoot, Idaho to George and Blendena Thompson Swensen. He was the fourth of five children. He grew up and attended schools in St. Anthony, Idaho. While attending South Fremont High School, Wayne excelled in...
Cecil Larson
Sep 16, 2017
Cecil Ray Larson, 78, of St. Anthony, passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, following various health issues. He leaves his wife of 34 years, Mary Larson, son Randy Larson of Idaho, daughter Rhonda Larson of Wilford, daughter Kristin and Jim Carranza of Salt Lake City, Utah; stepchildren Tommy Rawson of St. Anthony, Terri Swinney of Lenoir City, Tennessee and...
Ruth Orr
Sep 13, 2017
Seventy-nine years wasn't long enough to spend with Ruth, but we're blessed to have the time and memories we did have. Ruth passed peacefully away Wednesday September 13, 2017 at EIRMC surrounded by family. She was born at home on May 24, 1938 to Moses Allen and Ester May Barney in Rexburg, Idaho. She was the tenth of eleven children....
Lee Petersen
Sep 13, 2017
Lee Charles Petersen, 85, of Terreton, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at his home of natural causes. Lee was born on Oct. 19, 1931 in Salem, Idaho to Earial and Mary Petersen. He was the fourth of nine children. He was raised in the Salem and Burton areas and graduated from Madison High School. Lee served in...
Jay Dee Ard
Sep 10, 2017
Jay Dee Ard, 58 of St. Anthony, passed away Sunday afternoon at his cabin after a good day of four wheeling. He was born April 8, 1959 in Rexburg, Idaho to Alvin Dee and Carol Dawn Timothy Ard. He attended grade school in Rexburg and Jr. High and Sr. High school in Sugar City where he graduated from Sugar Salem...
Sandie Wood
Sep 8, 2017
Sandra "Sandie" Irene Edwards Wood, 74 of Egin, passed away Friday, September, 8, 2017 at her home of natural causes. She was born on August 15, 1943 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Lee Emanuel and Rose Amadell Franks Edwards. She received her education in St. Anthony schools and graduated from South Fremont High School. She worked for B M Tibbitts...
Joylene Leatham
Sep 8, 2017
JoyLene Robison Leatham, 84 of Meridian Idaho and formerly of Rexburg, returned peacefully to her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 8, 2017, surrounded by her family. Joy was born July 8,1933 to David and Marilla Robison. She grew up on the family farm in Lyman and attended the Cedarpoint School. She married Spence Whitney Leatham August 12,1948. Their marriage was...
Reed Casper
Sep 4, 2017
Reed Erin Casper, 83, of Felt, Idaho passed away peacefully Monday morning at Teton Valley Hospital in Driggs, ID. He was born on September 15, 1933 in Rexburg, ID to Erin LeRoy Casper and Zamona Doris Ard Casper. He was the 6th of eight children. Shortly after he was born, the family moved to Alta, Wyoming where his parents ran...
Roger Thompson
Aug 31, 2017
Roger Thompson, age 69, of St.Anthony, Idaho, passed away at his home August 31st, 2017. He was born November 28, 1947, in St. Anthony, Idaho. His parents were Clem Levi Thompson and Jeneal Luella Josephson. Roger was the youngest of their five children. He served in the Idaho National Guard from 1967 to 1969 and was in Vietnam with the...
Veletta Linville
Aug 31, 2017
Veletta Mae Hemmingson Linville, 87, of Rexburg, died August 31, 2017 of natural causes. She was born December 14, 1929, in Red Wing, Minnesota, to William and Mabel Hemmingson. She has a sister, Vivian Koplin. Growing up together they loved playing on Barn Bluff and created many favorite memories there. Vel excelled in school and loved to read and was...
Rial Palmer
Aug 22, 2017
Rial Leon Palmer, of St. Anthony, passed away on August 22 at Ashton Living Center. He was born in Heman, Idaho on June 24, 1933, to Robert and Nana Palmer. He was the fourth of nine children. He grew up in the Egin Bench area. He attended school at the old Heman Elementary School through 8th grade and then worked...
Jack Robert Wright
Aug 17, 2017
Jack "Mad Jack" Robert Wright passed quietly from this world on Thursday, August 17, 2017. He died peacefully in his sleep at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg with his family at his side. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on September 25, 1934 to Leo and Grace Wright. He and his family moved to Toppenish, Washington after the death of...
Kent Saurey
Aug 11, 2017
Kent Saurey, 64, of Rexburg passed away peacefully Friday, August 11, 2017 at Rexburg Nursing Center. He was born in Rexburg on August 25, 1952 to Seth and Barbara Saurey. He attended schools in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School. He married Marcy Mead, they later divorced. He was also married to Mattie Saurey and they later divorced. During...
Jean Skinner
Aug 10, 2017
Evelyn Jean Thirkill Skinner, our loved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in Fremont County, Idaho, with family members by her side, on August 10, 2017, due to complications from colon cancer. Jean was born on her father's ranch at Eight Mile, Idaho, on July 27, 1932. She was the daughter of Howard E. Thirkill and...
Lewis M. Mulkay
Aug 5, 2017
Lewis Marcellus Mulkay died peacefully in the Homestead assisted living center, Rexburg Idaho on Saturday August 5, 2017 at the age of 85. Lewis was born the youngest of 10 children on December 29, 1931 in Pacific Grove California, to Leslie and Annie (Jones) Mulkay. He grew up and graduated from both high school and Jr College in Pacific Grove....
Clinton O. Kingsford
Aug 1, 2017
Clinton O. Kingsford, 77, died August 1, 2017 surrounded with his family from Natural Pressure Hydrocephalus. His body is now free of the many limitations of NPH over the past 18 months. Clint was born February 1, 1940 in Lewiston, Utah to Alton and June Kingsford. Clint was the 1st child of 7 children, (Clint, Karen, Cheryl, Lynette, Lanis, Doug...
Richard Harvey
Jul 30, 2017
On Sunday July 30th, Richard Earl Harvey passed away due to complications from pneumonia. He was 85 years old. Richard was born in Lewiston, Utah on May 28, 1932. He was the fourth of eight children and always remained close friends with his siblings. Richard learned to work hard at a very young age; he was only 5 years old...
