Obituaries

Diane Kay Siddoway
Jul 8, 2017
Diane Kay Avery Siddoway, 78, of Idaho Falls passed away in her home in the company of her family on Saturday July 8 ,2017. Diane was born on October 4, 1938 to Cle Avery and Edna Mae Palmer. She grew up and attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from South Fremont High School. After high school she attended college...
David Eugene Calderwood
Jul 8, 2017
David Eugene Calderwood, 55, of Shelley, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2017. David was born on August 9, 1961 in Idaho Falls to Donald Jay Calderwood and Alice Marlene “Molly” Brown. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He went to college at Idaho State University and earned a Bachelors...
Arnold George Briggs
Jul 4, 2017
Arnold George Briggs, age 92, passed away at his home in Rigby Tuesday, July 4th, 2017. Arnold was born October 15, 1924 in Archer, Idaho to Alma Briggs and Hilda Rose Aeschbacher Briggs. He attended schools in Archer and Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School. He served in the U. S. Army as a Squad Leader in Company K, 15th...
Beau Dean Billman
Jul 1, 2017
Beau Dean Billman, 23, passed away peacefully July 1, 2017. He was born April 8, 1994, in Lacey, WA., to Rodney and Tammy Billman. He is survived by his wife, Melissa (Adams) Billman; parents; siblings: Garrett, Tyler, Derek, Madison and Spencer; his grandparents, DuWyane and Juanita John, Suzanne Billman; and numerous aunts; uncles; and cousins. Beau was preceded in death...
Vernon Albert Lofgran
Jul 1, 2017
Vernon Albert Lofgran, 85 of Rigby, passed away at the Good Samaritan Living Center in Idaho Falls on Saturday July 1, 2017. Vernon was born on April 10, 1932 in Santaquin, Utah to Albert John Lofgran and Annie May Clayson. He grew up and attended schools in Santaquin and graduated from Payson High School in 1950. Vernon married Lael Vaudis...
Sandra Jean Larson
Jun 30, 2017
Sandra Jean Larson, 78 of Riggins, Idaho passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Rigby, Idaho. Sandra was born December 21, 1938, in Council, Idaho to Earl R. White and Margaret L. Coons White. She was raised and attended schools in Council, and graduated from Council High School. She attended Business School in Boise, earning a...
Robert "Bob" Theodore Sager
Jun 29, 2017
Robert Theodore Sager, (Bob), of Menan, passed away at his home, Thursday, June 29, 2017. He was born January 5, 1934 in Lander, Wyoming to Clarence Thomas Sager and Nora Margaret Walters Sager. Third child, his brother Clarence Jr. greeted him. His sister, Dorothy passed away in infancy. Bob was baptized at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Lander, WY, June...
Leonard E. Foster
Jun 24, 2017
Leonard E. Foster, age 93 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2017 at his home. Leonard was born May 14, 1924 in Whitewater, Colorado to J.B. Foster and Pearl Schnider Foster. He served in the US Navy, worked as a Uranium Miner, and worked in construction. Leonard married Martha Mary Butschle on February 14, 1950 in Delta Colorado....
Barbara Naomi Moulton
Jun 23, 2017
Barbara Naomi Moulton, 79, of Rigby Idaho passed away Friday, June 23, 2017. She was born April 27, 1938 in Contra Costa, California, The daughter of Earl Raymond Moulton and Pansy Marie Gaskill Moulton. Interment was in the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Kay Mary Quinton
Jun 22, 2017
Kay Mary Quinton, age 80 of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Homestead Assisted Living Center in St. Anthony, Idaho.Kay was born April 18, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Earnest Ray Byrne and Verla Marie Byrne. She started out life in Archer, then the family moved to Hamer in 1941. She attended school in Hamer and...
Evelyn Elisse Stringham
Jun 19, 2017
Evelyn Elisse Stringham, age 78, of Rigby passed away June 19, 2017, at the Lincoln Court Assisted Living Center. Elisse was born December 17, 1938 in Lorenzo, Idaho a daughter of Myron Baker Hoag and Mildred LaVerne Fife Hoag. She was raised and attended school in Dubois, Salmon, Cobalt and Challis. She married David “Slim” Billy Stringham on October 8,...
Ramona Irene Houston
Jun 17, 2017
Ramona Irene Byington Woods Houston, 73, returned to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, June 17th, 2017, surrounded by her family at her home in Orem, Utah. Ramona was born on July 25th, 1943, to Irene Wanda Byington and Eugene Parley Byington in Ririe, Idaho. She graduated from Ririe High School in 1961 and Boise Business College in 1962. She was...
Don Carlos Dayton Iii
Jun 16, 2017
Don Carlos Dayton III, 86, passed away June 16, 2017, at EIRMC due to a lingering illness. He was a beloved husband and father. Born August 24, 1930 to Don Carlos Dayton and Emma Lavon Shosted Dayton in Twin Groves, Fremont County, Idaho, where he grew up. After the 8th grade, he went to work for Parkinson Farm in Teton,...
Guenivere Crook Taylor
Jun 14, 2017
On Wednesday June 14, 2017, Guenivere Ruth Crook Taylor returned to her Heavenly Father and her beloved husband and family. Gwen passed from this life at Lincoln Court where she lived and called home for the last three and a half years. Gwen was born on December 18, 1922 to Samuel Orson Crook Jr. and Laura Catherine Jenkins Crook in...
Ross Fullmer
Jun 10, 2017
William Ross Fullmer, age 77, of Menan, passed away at his step-daughter’s home in Turner, Oregon, Saturday June 10, 2017. Ross was born, January 10, 1940 at his grandparent’s home in Annis, Idaho, the second son of Norris Fullmer and Dona Scott Fullmer. He attended 1-8 grades in Menan and graduated from Rigby High School in 1958. On May 10,...
Gerald Coulam Wolz
Jun 10, 2017
Gerald Coulam Wolz, 83, of Rigby Idaho passed away in his home Saturday June 10, 2017. Gerald was born on November 19, 1933 to Louis Larraine Wolz and Dorothy Jane Coulam. He was raised in the Rigby, Sugar City, and Ucon areas where he attended and graduated from Rigby High school. He later attended College at Ricks and Brigham Young...
Larry M. Hill
Jun 10, 2017
Larry M. Hill, 82 of Lyman, Idaho, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at his home. Larry was born in Thornton, Idaho to William Howard Hill and Bertha Billman Hill. He was raised and attended schools in Lyman, then graduated from Madison High School. He married Jolene Butler June 25, 1954 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They were blessed...
Carolyn Faye Leonard Jepsen
Jun 4, 2017
Carolyn Faye Leonard Jepson, 75, passed away peacefully at home in Idaho Falls June 4, 2017 from causes incident to age and COPD. Carolyn was born March 16, 1942 to Louis Faye and Emilie Minerva Gibbons Leonard. She spent her youth growing up and attending schools in Idaho Falls. Following graduation from high school, she attended a business college in...
Terry Lee White
Jun 2, 2017
Terry Lee White, age 67, of Menan, passed away at her home, Friday, June 2, 2017. Terry was born June 11, 1949 at Thayne, Wyoming a daughter to Griffith VanNoy Roberts and Eldora Joyce Lee Roberts. She attended schools at Menan Elementary, Midway and graduated from Rigby High School. She married Brady Blaine White, March 7th 1971 in Elko, Nevada....
Joseph James "Jim" Jensen
Jun 1, 2017
JIM JENSEN Joseph James “Jim” Jensen, 80, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on June 1, 2017, at his home surrounded by family. Jim was born June 22, 1936, to Joseph and Mary (Marler) Jensen in Independence, Idaho. He was their only child. Jim grew up farming with his dad and loved his childhood home on the Texas Slough in Independence. ...
