Obituaries

Holli Ann Davis
Nov 14, 2016
Holli Ann Zaugg Davis, 39, of Rigby, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Holli was born in Idaho Falls, December 30, 1976 a daughter to Alonzo Nebeker Zaugg and Ellen Mae Gordon Zaugg. She attended and graduated from Ririe High School in 1995 and was on the National Deans list for academic performance. She...
Larson W. Rowen
Nov 8, 2016
Larson W. Rowen, 69 of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, November 08, 2016 at his home. Larson was born December, 3, 1946 in Denver, Colorado to Laird Winfred “Winn” Rowen and Dorothy “Dorcy” Bowden Rowen. He was raised and attended schools in Vernal, Utah. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam Era. On June 13, 1970 he...
Raoel H Clark
Nov 6, 2016
Lt. Col. (ret.) Raoel H. Clark age 85, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born in the Idaho Falls LDS hospital on March 22, 1931 to Golda (Hansen) and Merlyn Clark. He was the oldest of three children. Raoel grew up in Southeast Idaho and attended schools in Eagle Rock,...
Joseph Henry Bitsoi
Nov 5, 2016
Joseph Henry Bitsoi, 79, of Ririe, passed away Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at his home. Joe was born January 18, 1937 on the Navajo Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. His parents, Nasgallind Nelson Bitsoi and Louise Gorman Althsodee Bitsoi welcomed him into their small one room log home. He was the middle of seven children. His parents also raised 4 of...
Gary Dean Bidwell
Nov 4, 2016
Gary Dean Bidwell 69, a longtime resident and community servant of St Anthony, ID passed away November 4th, 2016 due to a heart attack. Gary was born April 8, 1947 the second of three sons to George and Edith Bidwell. He grew up in Grant attending elementary school in Lewisville, Idaho. He Graduated from Rigby High School in 1965. He...
Julie Ann Chavez
Nov 2, 2016
Julie Ann Chavez, 48 of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from complications of diabetes. Julie was born February 1, 1968 in Ohio to Gary Thronson and Barbara Lyman Thronson. She was raised and attended schools in Beulah, North Dakota and Livingston, Montana, graduating from Livingston, High School. She...
David Morris Walker
Nov 1, 2016
David Morris Walker, 81 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at his home. David was born August 21, 1935 in Driggs, Idaho to William “Hugh” Walker and Mary Louise Hodges Walker. He was raised and attended schools in Driggs and Victor, Idaho. He also attended and graduated from high school in Utah. Following high school, David worked at...
Devar Lewis
Oct 31, 2016
DeVar Lewis, age 76, of Victor, passed away, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, October 31, 2016. DeVar was born in Coleville, Utah March 4th 1940 a son to William W. Lewis and Clarissa Ardella Clawson Lewis. He attended Driggs schools and Teton High School. He also attended mechanic classes at Idaho Vocational Technical School. He...
Imogene Mae Pillard
Oct 28, 2016
Imogene Mae (Welper) Pillard, 91, a resident of Fairwinds at Sandcreek, died on the 28th of October, 2016. Born in Amherst, CO in 1925, she was the daughter of Herbert and Meta Leben. Imogene attended St. Paul Lutheran School and Holyoke High School. She worked for the Social Security Administration in Colorado Springs, CO for 35 years. During her career,...
Darryl Neal Walker
Oct 28, 2016
Darryl Neal (Duke) Walker 80 our wonderful father, grandfather and great grandfather of Lewisville, Idaho passed away at his home on October 28, 2016. Darryl was born on July 31, 1936 in Idaho Falls to William B. Walker and Evelyn Rhoda Gerard. He was welcomed by a sister and two brothers. Darryl attended schools in Lewisville and Rigby where he...
David Grant Bennion
Oct 27, 2016
David Grant Bennion, 63 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Promise Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dave was born March 6, 1953 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Grant Bennion and Betty LaRue Pulley Bennion. He was raised in Idaho Falls and attended Linden Park Elementary; his family moved to the Clark area when he was 10...
Noreen Andersen
Oct 24, 2016
Noreen Andersen, 63 of Rigby, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Noreen was born November 8, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Farold Conrad and Nora Jean Duncan Conrad. She was raised and attended schools in Iona, she attended Bonneville High School and graduated from Rigby High School. She married and...
Leslie Alan Stratton
Oct 23, 2016
Leslie Alan Stratton, 68 of Rexburg, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2016 at the Rexburg Care and Rehab Center. Leslie was born January 23, 1948 in Rexburg, Idaho to Ivan Allan Stratton and Ada Margaret Hansen. He was raised and attended schools in Ogden, graduating from Ogden High School. He continued his education at Weber State College studying drafting. On...
Barbara Carol Hardy
Oct 22, 2016
Barbara Carol Hardy, 74 of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016. Barbara was born March 21, 1942 in Archer, Idaho to Eric Elmer Briggs and Clea Weekes Briggs. She graduated from Madison High School in 1960. On March 25, 1968, she married George Andrew Hardy; in Archer, Idaho; their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS...
Marjorie Walker
Oct 21, 2016
Marjorie Goody Walker, 82, our wonderful mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother passed away on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho surrounded by her loving family. Marjorie was born June 9, 1934 at the Goody Maternity Home in Rigby, Idaho to Edwin LeRoy Goody and Nina Virginia Frederiksen Goody. She lived her...
Aden Glen Gunderson
Oct 20, 2016
Aden Glen Gunderson of Menan died October 20, 2016 at his son’s home in Menan. He was 98 years old. He was born in Menan in 1918, the fifth child of six to Edward Casper Gunderson and Rosetta Woodbury Stay Gunderson. He married Afton Chapman of Rigby on June 23, 1937 in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised 6 children...
Wes Blake Kirkpatrick
Oct 18, 2016
Weston “Wes” Blake Kirkpatrick, 21 of Hamer, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Wes was born August 22, 1995 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Blake Neal Kirkpatrick and Lisa Marie Brown Kirkpatrick. He was raised on a ranch in Hamer, where he attended grade school, middle school, and graduated from West Jefferson High...
Donald Harwood Curnutt
Oct 16, 2016
Donald Harwood Curnutt passed away peacefully on the morning of Sunday October 16, 2016 at home surrounded by his family. He was 86 years old. Don was born February 28, 1930, in Butte Montana to Myrl Estel Curnutt and June Beasley Curnutt. The family finally settled south of Idaho Falls. Don attended elementary school at the Washington School House and...
Carla Mae Passey Nichols
Oct 12, 2016
Carla Mae Passey Nichols, 88 of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Sage Grove Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was under the care of Aspen Hospice. Carla was born October 29, 1927 in Spokane, Washington to Thomas McClenian and Greeta Sagaser. She grew up and attended schools in Milk River, Alberta Canada. On October 11, 1946, she...
Maryn Graham
Oct 9, 2016
Maryn Graham, age 79 of Ririe, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016 at her home. Maryn was born November 3, 1936 in Teton, Idaho to Lelan Andersen and Melva Edna Bean Andersen. She graduated from South Fremont High School 1955; during her high school years she participated in the marching band, loved swimming, ice skating and all things outdoors. She...
