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Marla Moreland

Marla Moreland

Mar 22, 2015

Marla Kaye Moreland, 59, of Rexburg, died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at her home after a short illness. She was born August 8, 1955, in Pocatello, Idaho to Gary and Myrna Duncan. She attended schools in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School. She married John David Moreland on November 12, 1988, in Elko, Nevada. She served on the board...

Douglas Coles

Douglas Coles

Mar 19, 2015

Douglas Levi Coles, 84, of Rexburg, died on March 19, 2015 at Homestead Assisted Living from natural causes. He was born March 10, 1931 in Rigby to Levi Henry and Myrle Prophet Coles. He received his education in Rigby schools, graduating from Rigby High School in 1949. He met his future wife, Darlene Monson, at a singles dance. His dance...

Donna Lou Hollingsworth

Donna Lou Hollingsworth

Mar 16, 2015

Donna Lou Ragle Hollingsworth, aged 76, died peacefully in the early morning on March 16, 2015, in the Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg, Idaho, after a 5 1/2 year struggle with dementia. Donna was born January 20, 1937 in Monrovia, California, the daughter of Adelaide Fish and Delmar David Ragle. Sister to four boys Delmar Jr., Lawrence, Lincoln, John, and...

Richard Lindstrom

Richard Lindstrom

Mar 15, 2015

Richard B Lindstrom, 64, of Rexburg, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015, at home of an extended illness. Richard was born June 16, 1950, in Idaho Falls, ID, to Harold Richard Lindstrom and Betty Pearl Roundy. He was raised in Idaho Falls and then his family moved to Nampa, Idaho, where his dad transferred with his job on the railroad....

Reed Bowen, Sr.

Reed Bowen, Sr.

Mar 11, 2015

Reed J Bowen Sr., age 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully from the effects of progressive dementia on March 11, 2015. Reed was born at home on the family farm in Salem, Idaho on March 23, 1934 to Guinevere Lucy Jensen Bowen and Grant Reese Bowen. He was the seventh of eleven children. Reed graduated from Sugar-Salem High School...

Nicolasa Garcia Robledo

Nicolasa Garcia Robledo

Mar 8, 2015

Nicolasa Garcia Robledo, 92, of Sugar City passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015 in Victor, Idaho at the home of her daughter, surrounded by loved ones. She was born September 10, 1922 in Rancho Morones, Tlalttenango de Sanchez Roman, Zacatecas Mexico, to Ursino and Carmen Robledo. She was the 3rd child of nine children. She grow up in Rancho...

John "Jack" Penrod

John "Jack" Penrod

Mar 6, 2015

John "Jack" Alexander Penrod, 86, passed away on March 6, 2015, at East Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. John was born on January 2, 1929, in Payette, ID, the son of Paul Alexander and Laura Hanby Penrod. He graduated from New Plymouth High School in New Plymouth, ID, in 1946. John met his wife, Ruth Fishback, in high...

Mark Albert Nelson

Mark Albert Nelson

Mar 5, 2015

Mark Albert Nelson, age 43, passed away on March 5, 2015 at his home under the care of his parents and The Alpine Hospice Group. Mark fought a lengthy and courageous battle with Huntington's Disease. Mark was born April 28,1972. Five days later on May 3, 1972 he became the adopted and much loved son of Albert Jay and Joan...

Mitchell Medcalf

Mitchell Medcalf

Mar 1, 2015

Mitchell "Mitch" Milo Medcalf, 54, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at home due to health complications. He was born August 3, 1960 in Kankakee, Illinois. He graduated from Madison High School in 1978. He worked avidly as an explosives expert before becoming disabled due to health complications. He was a free spirited individual who enjoyed being...

Lorin E. Papworth

Lorin E. Papworth

Feb 28, 2015

Lorin Ellis Papworth, died February 28, 2015, in Rexburg, Idaho, six days before his 85th birthday. Lorin was born March 5, 1930, in Challis, Idaho, to James Ellis and Leota Kelley Papworth. Lorin spent his life working. He began mowing lawns and chopping kindling when he was twelve, and at thirteen he was hired to work for the Tri State...

Paddy Mulkay

Paddy Mulkay

Feb 22, 2015

Paddy Mary Hall Mulkay died peacefully in The Homestead, assisted living center, Rexburg, Idaho on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the age of 81. Paddy and her twin sister, Peggy, were born on July 27, 1933 in Roberts, ID to Frank and Jenile (Young) Hall. She grew up in Annis, ID and graduated from Rigby High School in 1951. She...

Betty Louise Steele

Betty Louise Steele

Feb 5, 2015

Betty Louise Steele, 76, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015. She was born in Palm Springs, California on June 14,1938 to Dennis and Anna May Gray Abernathy. Betty married Robert Steele on November 21,1956. Betty and Bob lived in California until 1992 when they moved to Idaho. She enjoyed golfing in the ladies league in Rexburg and she made a...

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Feb 5, 2015

In the early hours of February 5, 2015, a heart of gold gave out, and Ray Willis Walker, Jr. joined the ranks of the Angels. Left in gratitude for his life and example are his wife of 63 loving years, Sylvia Therese Eberth Walker, his children, Bruce Walker (Susan Walker), Kent Walker (DeRue Walker), Glenn Walker (Jody Walker), Douglas Walker...

Kevin Riley Rogers

Kevin Riley Rogers

Feb 3, 2015

Kevin Riley Rogers, 37, formerly of Rexburg, Idaho passed away on February 3, 2015, in Kodiak, Alaska. Kevin was born June 28, 1977 in Boise, Idaho. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho. Following his graduation from Madison High School in 1995, he moved with his mother and brother to Sitka, Alaska where he worked as a carpenter,...

Lawrence Grover

Lawrence Grover

Feb 1, 2015

Lawrence R Grover, 93, of Sugar City died February 1, 2015. He was born September 28, 1921 to Daniel Wells Grover and Martha May Ricks Grover in Rexburg Idaho. Lawrence was the youngest, having 6 brothers and 2 sisters. His father owned and operated a dairy, where he worked from a very young age. He recounted the times of delivering...

Alta Peterson

Alta Peterson

Jan 31, 2015

Alta Hillman Peterson, 93, of Lyman passed away Jan 31, 2015, at the home of her son Larry in Centerville, Utah where she had been living for just over a year. Alta was born the second of three children on October 27, 1921 to Ben Ira Hillman and Helen Brunson at the farm home in Sunnydell, Idaho. She attended school...

Laree Casper

Laree Casper

Jan 28, 2015

Janice LaRee Casper, 78, of Felt, Idaho passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by those who love her. She was born September 22, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to William Earl and Hazel Pauline Walton Brower. She was the youngest of ten children. She grew up in Driggs, Idaho, attending elementary school in...

Brigham Forbush

Brigham Forbush

Jan 28, 2015

Brigham Lee Forbush, 35, of Sugar City, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, of natural causes. He was born September 12, 1979, in Rexburg, Idaho to Bruce and Holly Stone Forbush. He grew up in Sugar City and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He later earned an Associate Degree from Ricks College and a Bachelor's Degree from...

Arthur Paul

Arthur Paul

Jan 27, 2015

Arthur Joseph Paul, 77 of Rexburg, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born August 20,1937 at Clayton, Idaho to Margaret Jean Speers and John Burroughs Paul. Arthur graduated from Challis High School in 1957. He lived a short while in California and then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was...

Geri Morford

Geri Morford

Jan 25, 2015

Geraldine "Geri" Schwab Morford of Plano passed away Sunday, January 25 at Madison Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born on January 4, 1964 in Afton, Wyoming. She grew up in Star Valley and Rexburg, Idaho where she graduated from Madison High School and attended Ricks College. She lived for several years in Okinawa and The Netherlands where...

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