Obituaries

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Helen Berry

Helen Berry

May 31, 2017

Helen Berry, 79, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. She was born on March 28, 1938 in Lewisville, Idaho. She was currently living in Lehi, Utah. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 5, 2017 at the LDS church located at 851 N 1200 E Lehi, Utah. The viewing will be at 1pm and the services will begin...

Roger Allen Tibbitts

Roger Allen Tibbitts

May 29, 2017

Roger Allen Tibbitts, 58 of Rigby, ID, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017 in Salt Lake City, UT surrounded by family. He was born January 2, 1959 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, The fifth of seven children. On the family farm he worked and was part of a tight knit family.  He graduated from Rigby High School in 1977.  He was...

George Wiley Eldridge

George Wiley Eldridge

May 23, 2017

George Wiley Eldridge age 79, of Milo, passed away at his home Tuesday, May 23rd 2017.  George was born June 1st 1937 in Salmon, Idaho the first son to Wiley Fern Eldridge and Sarah Phyllis Wilding Eldridge.  He graduated from Sugar City High School in 1955.  He was to graduate in 1954 but had to take a year away from...

Zachary James Davis

Zachary James Davis

May 22, 2017

Zachary James Davis, 23, passed away Monday, May 22, 2017. Zach was born on December 08, 1993 to Timothy James Davis and Cheryl Kay Weekes. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby where he graduated in 2012. He loved to play football and soccer growing up, as well as automotive work and riding his Harley. He also enjoyed going...

Jeffrey Lee Sutton

Jeffrey Lee Sutton

May 21, 2017

Jeffrey Lee Sutton, 45, of Ririe, Idaho passed away at his home, early Sunday morning, May 21, 2017 of esophageal cancer. Jeff was born on February 23, 1972 Rexburg Idaho, to Lee Henry Sutton and Heddy Ricks Sutton. He loved being raised in the Archer, Sunnydell area on the family farm. He attended school in Rexburg, graduating from Madison High...

Thomas R. Fisher

Thomas R. Fisher

May 20, 2017

Thomas Ray (Tommy) Fisher 59 of Ririe, Idaho took his last boat ride on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Tambre Meadows Assisted Living in Idaho Falls surrounded by his loved ones from a long fight with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia. He was born May 24, 1957, to William S. Fisher and Wanda Huff Fisher in Idaho Falls, Idaho....

Curtis Foy Shuman

Curtis Foy Shuman

May 16, 2017

Curtis Foy Shuman, age 85 of Bothwell, Utah passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the MaKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. Curtis was born April 24, 1932 in Penrose, Utah the son of Titus Foy Shuman and Clara Marie Ussing Shuman.  Growing up in Bothwell, Curtis attended schools at Bothwell Elementary and graduated from Bear River High School in...

Carol Wright Toomer

Carol Wright Toomer

May 15, 2017

Carol Wright Toomer, 80, of Rigby, Idaho, died May 15, 2017 in Idaho Falls. Carol Wright Toomer was born the 8th child of 11 children to Charles Melvin Wright and Hilda Victoria Erickson Wright on February 7, 1937, at Rigby, Idaho.  She was raised in Lewisville and attended schools in Rigby.  Carol married her high school sweetheart, Larry J. Toomer,...

Leona Lee Kaiser

Leona Lee Kaiser

May 13, 2017

Leona Lee Ottesen Arnold Kaiser passed away May 13, 2017 she was born to Doyle Ottesen and Patsy Singleton Ottesen, November 9, 1958 in Rexburg Idaho. She grew up in Moody Creek Idaho helping with the family farm moving pipe and driving truck. She attended school at South Fremont High were she was active in the Drill Team. She married...

Janet Marie Martin

Janet Marie Martin

May 6, 2017

Janet Marie Martin, 74 of Rigby died Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. Jan was born April 17, 1943 in Richland, Oregon a daughter of Henry Gaskill and Dorothy Mickelson Gaskill. She was raised and attended school in Richland, Oregon and graduated high school there. Jan was raised by her grandparents Ethel and Ray...

Jeremy Todd Anderson

Jeremy Todd Anderson

Apr 25, 2017

Jeremy Todd Anderson was born April 16, 1977 to Bruce Scott Anderson and Christine White Anderson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Jeremy passed away on April 25th at his home in Meridian, Idaho at the age of 40. In his early life he was surrounded by a large extended family who loved him very much. He had two brothers, Michael and...

Newell Merrill Goldsberry

Newell Merrill Goldsberry

Apr 24, 2017

Newell Merrill Goldsberry, 75, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. Newell was born May 18, 1941 to Silas Bradshaw Goldsberry and Gertrude Merrill Goldsberry in Shelley, Idaho. He was the second of three boys. Newell graduated from Shelley High School and then enlisted in the US Army and served...

Chance Alan Struhs

Chance Alan Struhs

Apr 24, 2017

Chance Alan Struhs, age 15, of Rigby, passed away Monday, April 24, 2017. Chance was born, May 26, 2001, in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son to Kenny Carl Struhs and Leslee Parker Struhs. He attended Rigby schools and was currently a Sophomore at Rigby High School. Chance enjoyed hunting, Camo, Big Pickups, BMX at the Rigby Skate Park and Motorbikes....

Ervin Eugene Mathews

Ervin Eugene Mathews

Apr 23, 2017

Ervin Eugene Mathews, 96 of Arco, Idaho passed away Sunday April 23, 2017, in Rigby, Idaho, at home in the arms of his family. Ervin was born February 1, 1921 in Shelley, Idaho to Earl Alexander and Alta Jane Jones Mathews. He was raised and attended school in Salmon, Idaho, and later moved to Ogden, Utah. In 1939 He joined...

Elizabeth "Liz" Ann Holm

Elizabeth "Liz" Ann Holm

Apr 23, 2017

Elizabeth “Liz” Ann Holm, 56, of Ammon, passed away April 23, 2017, at her home. She was under the care of her family and Encompass Hospice. Liz was born January 21, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ronald and Opal Olsen. She grew up and attended schools in Boise and Idaho Falls. She graduated from Bonneville High School in 1979...

Anita Alice Desatoff

Anita Alice Desatoff

Apr 23, 2017

Anita Alice Desatoff, 86 of Rigby, passed away at her home Sunday, April 23, 2017. Anita was born April 15, 1931 in Huntington Park, California to Claude Charles Faught and Bonnie Bell Leah Bowie Faught. She was raised and attended schools in Huntington Park, California; graduating from Bell High School in Bell, California. Anita was an active member of The...

Dennis Kay Greener

Dennis Kay Greener

Apr 21, 2017

Dennis Kay Greener, 71, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away Friday, April 21, 2017. He was born June 25, 1945 in Burley, Idaho, the son of Barney Greener and Redamae Stevens Greener. He attended schools in Burley and graduated from Burley High School. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Florida. Dennis...

Belva Davis

Belva Davis

Apr 19, 2017

Belva A. Davis, 83 of Nampa died April 19, 2017, at the Park Place Assisted Living Center in Nampa. Belva was born January 10, 1934 in Pocatello, Idaho to Leroy Ames and Ethel Effie Orner Ames. She was raised in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Belva married William Davis. He preceded her in death. She lived...

Margery Allgood Young Thompson

Margery Allgood Young Thompson

Apr 17, 2017

Margery Allgood Young Thompson, 90, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away peacefully Monday, April 17, 2017 in Rexburg, Idaho, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center. Margery was a new year’s baby, born January 1, 1927 in Hibbard, Idaho to Arthur and Geneva Jensen Allgood. She had three older siblings, Dean, Bernice and Phillis. When her parents divorced, the family moved...

Dee Farrell Bowen

Dee Farrell Bowen

Apr 15, 2017

Dee Farrell Bowen, 91 of Lyman passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Dee was born October 15, 1925 in Rexburg, Idaho to Mack Meredith Bowen and Elva Arnold Bowen. He was raised in Lyman and attended school in Lyman, at Cedar Point School and Madison High School. He served in the US...