Stephen Joe Burrie
April 11, 1944 – September 10, 2022

Stephen Joe Burrie, 78, of Malad City, Idaho, passed away Saturday, September 10th, surrounded by family. Joe was born April 11, 1944, in Logan, Utah, to George Jay and Viva Leone Funk Burrie. Joe spent most of his childhood on the family ranch in Daniels. When Joe started school, the family built a home on Bannock street where they would spend the winters. Joe loved the ranch and has many fond memories of his grandparents, the Buehler Family, and close neighbors there. Joe participated in the Oneida County Fair showing sheep. During high school, he participated in football and his lifelong love, FFA. Joe graduated from Malad High School in 1962. After graduation he attended Utah State University, graduating with a degree in Agricultural Education. His first teaching job was at South Summit High School, in Kamas, UT. Joe had joined the 116TH Engineer Battalion of the Army National Guard out of Rigby in 1968. In September of that year, his battalion was activated, and he went to Vietnam for one year. Upon his return, he continued dating and eventually married Cynthia Loraine Pancheri, in December 1969. They would make their home in Idaho’s Treasure Valley. To this union were born three daughters, Natalie, Amy, and Melanie. Joe farmed and ranched for the next 17 years before his love of the classroom called him back to teaching. He taught at Marsing and then started a program in Homedale, driving between the two schools daily. In 1994, Joe moved to Rigby, Idaho, and taught there until his retirement in 2008. During his tenure in Rigby, he would coach multiple State winning FFA Horse Judging teams, who ranked consistently among the top teams in the nation. Joe married Lynda Kirkham in 1997. They would live in Rigby until Joe finished teaching and they retired to St. John. All the while he taught, Joe continued to own cattle and found joy in each year’s new calf crop.

Joe is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and held numerous positions during his life. He loves his Savior and most recently found peace in the scriptures. Joe served the communities he lived in with their county fairs and youth programs. Joe found joy in his grandchildren and until his health prohibited his attendance, he loved to support their involvement in activities from sports, to rodeo, to graduations, and weddings. Even after he could no longer attend in person, he would watch via the internet as much as possible. He taught his daughters to work hard, be responsible, and be sure of themselves. He shared a wealth of cattle knowledge with them and their children through the years. He is survived by his wife, Lynda Burrie, brother Dee (Dennay) Burrie, daughters, Natalie (Ben) Ogden, Amy (Lee) Nichols, and Melanie (Brad) Shaw, and grandchildren, Tyler (Riley) Ogden, Madilynn (Eric) Hubbard, Paige (Dakota) Kraft, Wyatt (McKayla) Neal, Zane, and MacKee Nichols, Addison, and Tenley Shaw, and Great Granddaughter Ella Hubbard, as well Lynda’s children, Annette (Bruce) Dickamore, Melonie (Travis) Shelley, Bryan Kirkham, and Kellie (Kasey) Fitzgerald, 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, Joe is preceded in death by his parents, Jay and Viva Burrie, sister Connie Kerr, grandson Mason Hubbard, granddaughter Harley Kirkham.

Special thank you to the St. John ward members for their care and visits, and the staff at Oneida County Hospital for their attentiveness.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September, 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. in the Malad LDS Stake Center. Friends may visit with the family on Friday evening from 6:30-8 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. at the Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N.in Malad prior to the funeral. Burial will take place in the Malad City Cemetery.