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Jerald Johnson

Jerald Johnson

Apr 15, 2017

Jerald Dean Johnson, 53 of Rexburg, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at his home. He was born August 20, 1963 in Vernal Utah to Don and Betty Johnson. After high school he met and married Kathy Mae Nelson in Utah. They raised five children together. He would go on to work in the oil fields. He was an avid angler,...

Janet Barrus

Janet Barrus

Apr 12, 2017

Janet Bitter Barrus, beloved mother and grandmother, age 91 of Sugar City, Idaho died Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Homestead Assisted Living Center, in Rexburg, of natural causes. She was born on November 13, 1925 at the family home in Twin Falls, Idaho to William Ericksen Bitter and Myrtle Irene West. She attended elementary school in Twin Falls until the...

Leeroy Tanner

Leeroy Tanner

Apr 12, 2017

LeeRoy John Tanner, 55 of St. Anthony died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at his home under the care of his sister and Rexburg Home Health and Hospice. He was born on April 28, 1961 in St. Anthony to John Clark and Bernice Effie Jones Tanner. LeRoy was raised in Marysville and attended special education in St. Anthony where he received...

Vern Little

Vern Little

Apr 11, 2017

David Vern Little, 81, formerly of Driggs, died April 11, 2017 at home in Salem surrounded by his family. He was born April 2, 1936, one of eleven children, to Elmer and Harriett Little in Driggs, Idaho. He attended schools in Teton County, graduating from Teton High School. While in school he enjoyed shop and ag. classes as well as...

Harold Forbush

Harold Forbush

Apr 10, 2017

Our father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend, passed away peacefully at the Homestead in Rexburg where he had been living for the past several years surrounded by his family. Harold was born December 2, 1921 in Driggs, Idaho to Elmer and Blanche Mackley Forbush, the oldest son of eleven children. The family homesteaded in the Bates area in the Big...

Norma Mestad

Norma Mestad

Apr 10, 2017

Norma Dene Mestad was born in Glenns Ferry, Idaho in 1927 to Alma and Clara Fikstad Smith. She accompanied her family to Mesa, Arizona as a child. Following her graduation from Mesa High in 1945, she began her career at Western Union and Bell Telephone, and eventually moved to California. A lifelong LDS member, she also traveled and enjoyed sightseeing....

Ricky Robison

Ricky Robison

Apr 6, 2017

Ricky F. Robison, age 70 of Rexburg, died Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Idaho Falls. He was born July 5,1946 in Rexburg, Idaho. He was the son of Ferris and Arva Jones Robison. He attended school in Rexburg and Ricks College. He married Nancy Robison and later divorced. They had three children. On September 14,1990 Rick married Pauline Herndon in...

Megan Jorgensen

Megan Jorgensen

Apr 4, 2017

Megan Marie Jorgensen,40, left this life on April 4, 2017 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born December 9, 1976 in Ely, Nevada to Russell and Sue Fay. She attended schools in Ely, graduating from White Pine High School in 1995. She will be remembered for her laughter, her smile and the ability to love without condition. Megan had a...

Florence Manwaring

Florence Manwaring

Apr 3, 2017

Early in the morning of April 3rd, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and dearest friend, Florence W. Manwaring, peacefully passed away at the Homestead, after a long and valiant battle with Alzheimer's disease. Florence was born June 27, 1935 in Bancroft, Idaho to Francis and Wanda Whitworth. She was the fifth of seven children. She grew up on the...

Verla P. Moss

Verla P. Moss

Apr 1, 2017

Verla Pincock Moss, 95, peacefully returned to her Heavenly Home April 1, 2017, surrounded by her loving family members. Verla was born May 7, 1921, at the family farm home three miles east of Sugar City, Idaho to Irene Rohner and William Aaron Pincock. She was the second of four children--the only girl. Verla learned the value of hard work...

Bill Green

Bill Green

Mar 28, 2017

Wilfred "Bill" Herbert Green was born in May 25, 1928 in Stafford Springs Connecticut. He married Margeret Trevamachen in 1958. He had a Step Son Kim Saurey born May 12, 1956 and passed away July 2010. Then they welcomed their first son together, Richard K Green, December 5, 1958 and later came son Anthony in February 1961. Then Bill and...

Doralee Walz

Doralee Walz

Mar 26, 2017

DoraLee Packer Walz, 85, of Rexburg, passed away on March 26, 2017 of causes related to age. She was born July 21, 1931, in Rexburg, Idaho to Clyde Parkinson Packer and Dora Merrill Packer. She had an older sister, Claire (Preece), and three older brothers, Dean, Merrill, and Alden. She grew up in Rexburg and attended local schools: Adams Elementary,...

Gerry Clark

Gerry Clark

Mar 22, 2017

Geraldine Ruth Welker Clark was born January 22, 1930, the only child of Ruth Barrett and Lorain "Buck" Welker. In mother's words, she was born premature, at seven months, and weighed only two pounds at birth. When it was time to take her home, they placed her in a shoe box packed with cotton. She was kept on the oven...

John "Jack" Barnes

John "Jack" Barnes

Mar 20, 2017

John "Jack" Peterson Barnes, 87, of Rexburg, Idaho completed his life's work and passed to the other side of the veil on 20 March 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Jack succumbed to the effects of age, a devastating 2015 car accident, and Multiple Myeloma. He was a courageous warrior who fought a great fight. Jack was...

Max Rammell

Max Rammell

Mar 19, 2017

Our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Max Hegsted Rammell, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 19, 2017. He was surrounded by many who love him and who were anxious for a reunion between Max and his sweet wife, Denice, who passed away 4 months prior. Max was born on May 24, 1923 in Tetonia, Idaho to Parley Samuel Rammell and Letitia Josephine...

Danny Salazar

Danny Salazar

Mar 18, 2017

Daniel Thomas Salazar, 57 of Parker, Idaho was called home by the Lord on March 18, 2017 at his family home. Danny was born on August 25, 1959 in Grants, New Mexico to Willie and Mary Louise Lucero Salazar. He was raised in Grants where he attended schools up through graduating from High School. He married Wendy Lee Froehlich on...

Cj Erin Frizzell

Cj Erin Frizzell

Mar 17, 2017

CJ Erin Frizzell, of Rexburg, passed away suddenly on March 17, 2017. He was born February 17, 1981 in Maryvale, Glendale, Arizona, the middle child of 3 to Lloyd Donald Frizzell known as Chip and to Sheri Lynn Babers Frizzell. He is survived by his wife Nicole Breanne Frizzell of Rexburg, Idaho and children Chase Jonathan Granillo of Florence, Arizona,...

Lela Mcculloch

Lela Mcculloch

Mar 15, 2017

Lela C. McCulloch, 84, of Rexburg, passed away on March 15, 2017, at home after a courageous fight with cancer. She was born January 15, 1933, in Burton, Idaho, the daughter of William Barber Clark and Zina Opal Summers. She was the 5th of six children. She grew up in Burton, attending Independence Grade School, and graduated from Madison High...

Eldred Stephenson

Eldred Stephenson

Mar 14, 2017

Eldred Clarence Stephenson of Rexburg, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, surrounded by his family, after having celebrated his 104th birthday on March 10. He was born in Farr West, Utah in 1913, the oldest of 6 children to Clarence and Iriminda Stephenson. When he was 4 years old, his family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where he attended...

J.T. Beech

J.T. Beech

Mar 11, 2017

John Thomas "J.T." Beech, 85, of Wilford, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls on March 11, 2017. J.T. was born December 5, 1931 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Viola Ricks and Thomas Lyle Beech. He was the youngest of 4 children and joined 3 older sisters, Helen, Maxine and Shirleen. J.T. grew up...

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