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Richard Loomis

Richard Loomis

Jan 22, 2015

Richard Charles Loomis, 45, of Rexburg, died Thursday January 22, 2015. He was born July 12, 1969 to Ron and Peggy Loomis in Palm Springs, California. Richard joined the military straight out of high school. After his time in the United States Army he joined the National Guard. He loved his years of service and his family always enjoyed his...

Louella Percy

Louella Percy

Jan 13, 2015

Louella Percy, 102, known by most of us as Gram or Dorty, passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at her daughter's home in Rexburg. The family would like to express appreciation for the kindness and tender care she was given from Solace. She loved all the nurses and aides from Solace who came to assist her and comfort her....

Mary Brown

Mary Brown

Jan 10, 2015

Our angel wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, Mary Angeline Bush Ricks Brown, age 79, passed peacefully in to the arms of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, January 10th 2015. She will be missed by all who knew her. Mary Angeline Bush was born on January 9th, 1936 in Rexburg, ID. She was the ninth of eleven children born to Charles...

Marilyn Schofield

Marilyn Schofield

Jan 10, 2015

Marilyn Forsyth Schofield, 69, of Sugar City, suddenly passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on January 10, 2015 after suffering a stroke the day before. At the time of her passing, she was surrounded by many of her family members. Marilyn was the third daughter of seven children born to Marion G. and Grace Gallup Forsyth. She grew...

Marva Lee Tucker

Marva Lee Tucker

Dec 31, 2014

Marva Lee Allgood Tucker, was born on June 4, 1927 in Teton City, Idaho. She was the first of five children born to Neva Maude Harris and Ernest E. Allgood. She passed away at the Ashton Nursing Home in Ashton, Idaho on December 31, 2014 at the age of 87. She spent her entire life in Teton City. When she...

Darwin J Jeppesen

Darwin J Jeppesen

Dec 30, 2014

Darwin J Jeppesen was born June 24, 1940 in Rexburg, Idaho to Wanda Althea Ard and Joseph Elmo Jeppesen. He died December 30, 2014 at his home in Ammon, Idaho. He was the oldest of five children. He grew up working on the family dry farm on the Rexburg bench. He attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho and joined the National...

Keith Wright

Keith Wright

Dec 29, 2014

Keith Kinwood Wright, 73, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014, surrounded by his loved ones in Rexburg Idaho. Keith was born on June 28, 1941 in Bisbee, Arizona. He spent his first years living between Bisbee and St. Anthony, Idaho. He was the oldest of 5 children born to the Wright family. He was very fun loving and happy. Keith...

Gordon Holley

Gordon Holley

Dec 21, 2014

Gordon Lutz Holley died suddenly at his home December 21, 2014. He was born in Rexburg on October 23, 1930, the youngest child of F.J., "Fritz" and Phebe Holley. Owing to WWII, and dearth of men, he began work young. At age 13, he spent two summers entirely alone, with sheep on the desert north of Juniper Mountain. During the...

A.W. Burton

A.W. Burton

Dec 11, 2014

A.W. Burton, 95, of Sugar City, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. A. W. Burton was born on September 22, 1919. His mother, Margaret Rosina Winter Burton died giving birth to Burton and he was given to the care of an aunt, Bertha Clark, growing up in Huntsville and Kaysville, Utah. Burton grew up with...

Kay Widdison

Kay Widdison

Dec 9, 2014

Kay Widdison, 76, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014, of natural causes. He is survived by his wife, Marcia Iverson-Widdison. At his request there will be no services. Arrangements are under the direction of Flamm Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.flammfh.com.

Bill Joel Dursteler

Bill Joel Dursteler

Dec 2, 2014

Bill Joel Dursteler, 48, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at his home from heart problems. Services will be at a later date in Omaha, Nebraska.

Ilene Mason

Ilene Mason

Dec 1, 2014

Ilene F. Mason, 77, of Rexburg, beloved mother, wife, grandmother, and sister passed away peacefully on December 1, 2014 in Rexburg, after living most of her life in the Rexburg area. She was born June 1, 1937, in Hibbard, Idaho to Lavoy and Verla Newman Fisher. She attended schools in the Rexburg area and graduated from Madison High School. She...

Kay Wilkins

Kay Wilkins

Nov 24, 2014

Charles Kay Wilkins, 84, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away on November 24, 2014 at his home. Kay was born on April 29, 1930 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the L.D.S hospital. He was welcomed into the family by his father, Charles Henry Wilkins, his mother, Eula Esther Fletcher, and his older sister Ina (Rasmussen). Kay grew up...

Christian Berrett

Christian Berrett

Nov 23, 2014

Christian Brian Berrett, 17, of Rexburg, Idaho, died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at his home. He is survived by his parents, Brian and Christine Berrett and his siblings, Bryson, Carissa, Serena, Annaliese and Adalyn. His last school attended was Innovations Early College High School in Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25,...

Thomas Raymond Purcell

Thomas Raymond Purcell

Nov 20, 2014

Thomas Raymond Purcell, 76, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 17, 1938 in Buellton, California to Jim and Leona Purcell. He attended Rigby High School where he loved to play football and graduated in 1957. He was member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...

Leeann Parish

Leeann Parish

Nov 17, 2014

LeeAnn Sharp Parish, 49, of Rexburg died at Madison Memorial Hospital on Monday, November 17, 2014. She was born on July 22, 1965 to Wayne and Glenda Sharp of Sugar City. LeeAnn was the oldest of three children. She graduated from Sugar-Salem High School in Sugar City, Idaho. LeeAnn also graduated from LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah...

Shirley Mae Papworth

Shirley Mae Papworth

Nov 17, 2014

Shirley Mae (Ellis) Papworth, 83, died November 17, 2014, in Rexburg, Idaho. Shirley was born August 18, 1931, in Riverside, Idaho to Rowsel and Alice Ellis. She graduated from Mackay High School and three years later married her high school sweetheart and best friend, Lorin E. Papworth. What followed was 63 years of friendship, love, and joy at building a...

Diane Conrad

Diane Conrad

Nov 8, 2014

On November 8th, our beloved wife, mother, sister and friend, Diane (Morehead) Conrad passed away in her home after a 28-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.). She was born in Logan, UT to William Howard and Elaine Morehead and grew up in Idaho Falls, ID where she attended Skyline High School, graduating in 1985. She attended Ricks College, and served...

Jack Reese

Jack Reese

Nov 5, 2014

Our loving husband and father, Jack Gordon Reese, passed away peacefully at his home in Archer on the morning of November 5, 2014. He was born February 21, 1946, in Rexburg, to Jack Howard and Berniece Salome Sommer Fikstad. After his parent's divorce and mother's subsequent marriage to William Oscar Reese, he changed his name to Reese out of respect...

Dot Underwood

Dot Underwood

Oct 30, 2014

Dot Underwood Dot Hinckley Underwood, 96, of Rexburg, died October 30, 2014, at her home of natural causes. She was born April 18, 1918, at Hibbard, Idaho to Ira Nathaniel and Emma Luella Keppner Hinckley, the 8th child and 3rd daughter in a family of 13. At that time they were living on a dry farm near Dubois. When two...

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