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Emma Ann Ashton

August 4th, 1941 - November 12th, 2022









Emma Ann Ashton, 81, passed away peacefully, at her home, on November 12, 2022. She was born August 4, 1941 to Dean Jabez Ritchie and Blanche Ann Johnson Ritchie in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Emma married Michael Burrell Ashton on February 16, 1962. She then went to beauty school becoming a cosmetologist and practiced for 45 years. Emma loved to play golf, softball and loved camping and fishing with her family.

She is survived by her spouse, Mike Ashton; her daughter Marne (Scot) Dickinson; and her son Ron ‘Ziff’ Ashton; granddaughter Amanda (Jacob) Majers; two grandsons Joshua (Paula) Dickinson and Brandon (Meshelle) Dickinson.

Emma was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Tom and JD Ritchie and two sisters Luana Smith and Jackie Stegner.

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