Albert Holyoak

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Albert Holyoak

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George Albert Holyoak, age 94, of Burley, passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Rexburg.

He was born on Aug. 11, 1915, one-quarter mile from where he resided the remainder of his life. He was the eighth child of George James Holyoak and Anne Mary Kerstine Jensen Holyoak and was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all his life. He graduated from Burley High School and attended Albion State Normal and received his bachelor’s degree from Idaho State University. He married Laurece Davis Larsen on Oct. 1, 1942, in the Logan LDS Temple.

Albert was a kind and gentle husband and father. He engaged in farming and taught algebra at the Burley Junior High School. He enjoyed gardening with his wife and maintained a beautiful yard. He was musically talented and sang at many weddings and funerals. As a young man, he served as a missionary in the Northwestern States Mission. He served in many callings including bishopric, high council, Sunday school and as a faithful home teacher. Later in life, he and Laurece served as missionaries in the Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Mission and as workers in the Boise LDS Temple. He remained very active in temple attendance until the last few months of his life.

He is survived by his children, Carol (Lee) Workman of Rexburg, Janet (Hal) Stock of Orem, Utah, Marla (Cecil) Ricks of Rexburg, and David (Kathryn) Holyoak of Naperville, Illinois; 17 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife; twin sons, Gerald and Vernon; his parents; one sister; and six brothers.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at the Star First and Second Ward Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 100 S. 200 W., of Burley, with Bishop Kirk N. Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery.

Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.

The family suggests that memorials be directed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Perpetual Education Fund in care of Rasmussen Funeral Home.

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