Larkin Mortuary

Mary Nell Porter Baranowski Harris was born March 6, 1924, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Arthur Porter Jr. and Nelle Child Porter. She passed away at home as she desired from a hemorrhagic stroke, July 20, 2021. The family consisted of ten children, three boys and seven girls. Her father was the publisher of the local newspaper, the Rexburg Journal, and also owned Porter's Book Store, a store selling school supplies, office supplies, gifts, toys, etc., as well as books. All members of the family worked in both businesses. When Mary Nell was in high school, she served as her father's secretary as well as working as a proofreader for the newspaper. She also worked for the Idaho Falls Post Register...

Annabelle Tavis Brown (Ann Brown) (92) passed away peacefully Monday, February 1, 2021 at the Pacifica Senior Living Center Millcreek in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was surrounded by her children Tamara A. Spann and Timothy Fred Brown. Ann was born at home December 16, 1928 in Merlin, Oregon to Albert M. & Icy Belle Shoemaker Tavis. She was the youngest of four children, Fred, Violet, Iva and then Ann. Ann married the love of her life, Fred Lyle Brown on September 24, 1950 in a double ceremony with their best friends, Skip and Shirley Brecount, in Reno, Nevada. Ann and Fred made their home in Grants Pass, Oregon for many years and this is where their two children were born. Later they had...