Dean Lamar Summers, 77, of Ririe, died Friday, Aug. 6, 2004 in Idaho Falls at the hospital. Dean was born July 4, 1927, in Ririe, the son of William Henry Summers and Elsie Medora Clifford Summers. He attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. He continued his education attending Utah State Agricultural School in Logan, Utah, and the University of Idaho in Moscow. Dean was a member of the LDS Church. He served as a missionary to Northern California. He married Beth Irene Swensen on March 29, 1950, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He had served a stake mission in the East Rigby LDS Stake and at the Los Angeles Visitors Center. He served in the YMIA as president and as a teacher. He taught Sunday School and was a home teacher. He served in the Sunday School presidency, as a clerk, as executive secretary in the Ririe 2nd Ward and as ward farm director at Antelope. Dean worked as a quality engineer for several different companies at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. He retired from E.G & G. Dean enjoyed hunting and fishing, horseback riding, golfing and raising cattle. He is survived by his daughters, Peggy (Alan) Bingham of Casagrande, Ariz., and Janet (David) Evans of Rexburg; sons, Michael Dean (Olivia) Summers of Rigby, Carl Christian (Vivian) Summers of Highlands, Texas, and Joseph Lee (Sharon) Summers of Priest River; sisters, Thelma McMurtrey of Ririe and Elaine Phillips of Pocatello; a brother, Robert Summers of Casper, Wyo.; 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Beth; sisters, Vera Champion and Margaret Hasegawa; and brothers, Eldon, Orvil, Lynn, Thorland, Norman, John and Tom Summers. Funeral services held Wednesday, Aug. 11, in the Ririe-Perry Ward LDS Stake Center. Burial will be at the Ririe-Shelton Cemetery.
Obituary published in the Rexburg Standard Journal, Tuesday, August 10, 2004.