William Grant Jardine

William Grant Jardine, our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and husband, passed away in Rexburg on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, surrounded by loved ones.

Grant was born Oct. 19, 1924, to John William Jardine and Rhoda M. Geisler in Lewisville, Idaho. He attended schools in Roberts, Rigby, Annis and Menan. He graduated from Midway High School. He then attended Utah State Agriculture College.

He then served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a corpsman.

As a young man, he worked with his father on the family farm and ran cattle with his three uncles, Chet, Ern and Bill Geisler.

Grant married his sweetheart, Barbara Ann Dansie, on July 17, 1946, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. She died May 27, 1997.

He was trained by Barbara's brother, Jerry Dansie, to be a jeweler. Grant owned and operated his own jewelry stores in Driggs and Ashton, Idaho. He retired from the jewelry business in the late 1960s. He then worked at Ricks College and retired from there in 1989.

Grant married Belva Ilene Weeks on July 31, 1998, and they made their home in Rexburg.

Grant was active in the Rotary Club in Ashton and drove a school bus for years in Ashton. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in three bishoprics, on the high council, and eight years as bishop, as well as a temple ordinance worker and sealer.

He is survived by his wife, Belva of Rexburg; son, Richard (Nancy) of Rexburg; daughters, Kristine Jardine of California and Carol Jardine of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho; 16 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Barbara; five sisters; one brother; a son, Kenneth; and a grandson, Caleb Collins.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Rexburg 16th Ward Chapel, 612 S. Hidden Valley Road in Rexburg. The family will receive friends from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Flamm Funeral Home. Interment will be in Lewisville Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent online to www.flammfh.com.