While in Idaho last weekend we were able to stop and see where my granparents are buried. It is literally off the beaten path just out side of Rexburg. It was freezing cold, so we didn't even get the boys out of the car. It is called the Little Butte Cemetary.
My grandfather's parents are buried there also....
And his parents....I learned some interesting history after talking to my father about the cemetary and a little about Rexburg. My Great-Grandfather Joseph Wendell Stucki was the one who purchased the land that the Rexburg Temple now sits on. He ran his dairy farm on it. It was originally a small airport. When it came for sale he went to the president of Rick's College (where he was a professor), and told them they needed to buy the property. After several attempts, he decided to buy it himself and turn it in to his dairy farm. He then went to the Church and told them if they purchased it from him he would lease it back from them to run his dairy...not costing the Church anything.
And now...there is a Temple there!
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