Grant LeMoyne Klingler, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, passed away at the age of 90, on December 26, 2015, at his home.
Grant was born March 7, 1925, at Leslie, Idaho, to Lue William Klingler and Emma Edenia Ward Klingler. He attended elementary school at Herbert on the Rexburg bench in a one room schoolhouse with seven or eight students for two years after which he then went to Sugar City grade school. He graduated from Sugar-Salem High School where he participated in boxing, basketball and football.
In the spring of 1944, he joined the US Army and served for nearly three years in the south Pacific. After the bomb was dropped on Japan, he was sent to Korea where they evacuated Japanese soldiers from Sashu Island. On returning home, he received an honorable discharge from the military.
He married Betty Dredge on January 8, 1947, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made their home in Newdale, Idaho, where they raised their family and farmed for 55 years.
Along with farming, he also was president of both Canyon Creek Canal Company and Canyon Creek Lateral Company for many years.
He loved all sports and participated in baseball, M-Men and Outlaw basketball, skiing, snowmobiling, golfing and bowling. He enjoyed camping and hunting. He was well known for his fly fishing at Henry's Lake. He enjoyed taking his wife, sons, and later his grandsons to the lake.
He was mayor of Newdale and tried to improve the town during his time of service by forming the first little park where the post office now stands.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several positions, including Scout Master, Bishop, High Councilman and in the stake presidencies of both the Rexburg North Stake and the Sugar City Stake.
He was an inspirational speaker and spoke at 100 funerals.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Klingler of Newdale; children, Colleen (John, deceased) Pocock of Moody, Lewis (Christine) Klingler, Dee (Peggy) Klingler, Weston (Teresa) Klingler all of Newdale; siblings, Darwin (JoAnn) Klingler and Darlene (Jerry) Harris; 23 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Sterling, Lorin and Dale Klingler; a sister, Doris Mortensen Anderson; a foster daughter, Virginia Ann Still; and a great-grandson, Grant William Klingler.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, at the Newdale LDS Chapel with Bishop Jason Grover officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.
Interment will be in the Teton-Newdale Cemetery.
Grant was born March 7, 1925, at Leslie, Idaho, to Lue William Klingler and Emma Edenia Ward Klingler. He attended elementary school at Herbert on the Rexburg bench in a one room schoolhouse with seven or eight students for two years after which he then went to Sugar City grade school. He graduated from Sugar-Salem High School where he participated in boxing, basketball and football.
In the spring of 1944, he joined the US Army and served for nearly three years in the south Pacific. After the bomb was dropped on Japan, he was sent to Korea where they evacuated Japanese soldiers from Sashu Island. On returning home, he received an honorable discharge from the military.
He married Betty Dredge on January 8, 1947, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made their home in Newdale, Idaho, where they raised their family and farmed for 55 years.
Along with farming, he also was president of both Canyon Creek Canal Company and Canyon Creek Lateral Company for many years.
He loved all sports and participated in baseball, M-Men and Outlaw basketball, skiing, snowmobiling, golfing and bowling. He enjoyed camping and hunting. He was well known for his fly fishing at Henry's Lake. He enjoyed taking his wife, sons, and later his grandsons to the lake.
He was mayor of Newdale and tried to improve the town during his time of service by forming the first little park where the post office now stands.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several positions, including Scout Master, Bishop, High Councilman and in the stake presidencies of both the Rexburg North Stake and the Sugar City Stake.
He was an inspirational speaker and spoke at 100 funerals.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Klingler of Newdale; children, Colleen (John, deceased) Pocock of Moody, Lewis (Christine) Klingler, Dee (Peggy) Klingler, Weston (Teresa) Klingler all of Newdale; siblings, Darwin (JoAnn) Klingler and Darlene (Jerry) Harris; 23 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Sterling, Lorin and Dale Klingler; a sister, Doris Mortensen Anderson; a foster daughter, Virginia Ann Still; and a great-grandson, Grant William Klingler.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, at the Newdale LDS Chapel with Bishop Jason Grover officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.
Interment will be in the Teton-Newdale Cemetery.
Grant LeMoyne Klingler, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, passed away at the age of 90, on December 26, 2015, at his home.
Grant was born March 7, 1925, at Leslie, Idaho, to Lue William Klingler and Emma Edenia Ward Klingler. He attended elementary school at Herbert on the Rexburg bench in a one room schoolhouse with seven or eight students for two years after which he then went to Sugar City grade school. He graduated from Sugar-Salem High School where he participated in boxing, basketball and football.
In the spring of 1944, he joined the US Army and served for nearly three years in the south Pacific. After the bomb was dropped on Japan, he was sent to Korea where they evacuated Japanese soldiers from Sashu Island. On returning home, he received an honorable discharge from the military.
He married Betty Dredge on January 8, 1947, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made their home in Newdale, Idaho, where they raised their family and farmed for 55 years.
Along with farming, he also was president of both Canyon Creek Canal Company and Canyon Creek Lateral Company for many years.
He loved all sports and participated in baseball, M-Men and Outlaw basketball, skiing, snowmobiling, golfing and bowling. He enjoyed camping and hunting. He was well known for his fly fishing at Henry's Lake. He enjoyed taking his wife, sons, and later his grandsons to the lake.
He was mayor of Newdale and tried to improve the town during his time of service by forming the first little park where the post office now stands.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several positions, including Scout Master, Bishop, High Councilman and in the stake presidencies of both the Rexburg North Stake and the Sugar City Stake.
He was an inspirational speaker and spoke at 100 funerals.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Klingler of Newdale; children, Colleen (John, deceased) Pocock of Moody, Lewis (Christine) Klingler, Dee (Peggy) Klingler, Weston (Teresa) Klingler all of Newdale; siblings, Darwin (JoAnn) Klingler and Darlene (Jerry) Harris; 23 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Sterling, Lorin and Dale Klingler; a sister, Doris Mortensen Anderson; a foster daughter, Virginia Ann Still; and a great-grandson, Grant William Klingler.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, at the Newdale LDS Chapel with Bishop Jason Grover officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.
Interment will be in the Teton-Newdale Cemetery.
Grant was born March 7, 1925, at Leslie, Idaho, to Lue William Klingler and Emma Edenia Ward Klingler. He attended elementary school at Herbert on the Rexburg bench in a one room schoolhouse with seven or eight students for two years after which he then went to Sugar City grade school. He graduated from Sugar-Salem High School where he participated in boxing, basketball and football.
In the spring of 1944, he joined the US Army and served for nearly three years in the south Pacific. After the bomb was dropped on Japan, he was sent to Korea where they evacuated Japanese soldiers from Sashu Island. On returning home, he received an honorable discharge from the military.
He married Betty Dredge on January 8, 1947, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made their home in Newdale, Idaho, where they raised their family and farmed for 55 years.
Along with farming, he also was president of both Canyon Creek Canal Company and Canyon Creek Lateral Company for many years.
He loved all sports and participated in baseball, M-Men and Outlaw basketball, skiing, snowmobiling, golfing and bowling. He enjoyed camping and hunting. He was well known for his fly fishing at Henry's Lake. He enjoyed taking his wife, sons, and later his grandsons to the lake.
He was mayor of Newdale and tried to improve the town during his time of service by forming the first little park where the post office now stands.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several positions, including Scout Master, Bishop, High Councilman and in the stake presidencies of both the Rexburg North Stake and the Sugar City Stake.
He was an inspirational speaker and spoke at 100 funerals.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Klingler of Newdale; children, Colleen (John, deceased) Pocock of Moody, Lewis (Christine) Klingler, Dee (Peggy) Klingler, Weston (Teresa) Klingler all of Newdale; siblings, Darwin (JoAnn) Klingler and Darlene (Jerry) Harris; 23 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Sterling, Lorin and Dale Klingler; a sister, Doris Mortensen Anderson; a foster daughter, Virginia Ann Still; and a great-grandson, Grant William Klingler.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, at the Newdale LDS Chapel with Bishop Jason Grover officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.
Interment will be in the Teton-Newdale Cemetery.
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