Obituaries

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Vera Shippen

Vera Shippen

Apr 15, 2017

On Saturday April 15th, 2017 Vera Shippen was welcomed home to a heavenly reunion with her parents, Thomas Casper Shippen and her Mother, Eliza Cordella "Cora" Boyce Shippen Anderson and all eight of her siblings. Thomas Reed (Ona), Grant Boyce (Margie), Walter Wesley, Ruth (Cliff), Paul Rex (Lola), Veda (Dean), Naomi (Bruce), Ben Ray (Joan). Vera was born on March,...

Shirley Ilene Willmore

Shirley Ilene Willmore

Apr 13, 2017

Shirley Ilene Willmore, 83 of Rigby passed away at her home on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Shirley was born October 27, 1933, in Lorenzo, Idaho to Emeral LeRoy Morgan and Janet Ellen Bruce Morgan. She was raised and attended school in Annis and graduated from Rigby High School. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Clara May Willcoxon

Clara May Willcoxon

Apr 11, 2017

Clara May Willcoxon, age 65, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Clara was born March 21, 1952 In Idaho Falls a daughter of William Keith Neville and Venna Virginia Housley Neville. She attended schools in Ririe and Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She married Orie James Willcoxon Sr. December 20, 1969, in Rigby, Idaho. She enjoyed...

Ted Lou Anderson

Ted Lou Anderson

Apr 10, 2017

Ted Lou Anderson, 83 of Rigby, passed away Monday April 10, 2017 at his home surrounded by family. Ted was born January 31, 1934 in Rigby, Idaho a son of Luther Anderson and Vera Brown Anderson. He was raised and attended school in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He enjoyed sports and played Legion Baseball. Ted was a member...

Mary Garrett

Mary Garrett

Apr 10, 2017

Mary Garrett 83, of Rigby died peacefully at her home on Monday, April 10, 2017. Mary was born February 16, 1934 in Milo, Idaho the youngest child of Willard Levi Hammon and Elizabeth 'Libby' Jordan Hammon. Mary was raised in Milo and attended school in Ucon, Idaho. She was in the last graduating class from Ucon High School in 1951....

Ronald Sylvenous Merrill

Ronald Sylvenous Merrill

Apr 9, 2017

Ronald Sylvenous Merrill, 70 of Menan died Sunday, April 9, 2017 at the Veteran’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ronald was born March 1, 1947 in Rigby, Idaho to Solyman Sylvenous Merrill and Ruth Marine Thorngren Merrill Strupp. He attended school in Lewisville, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School. On December 17, 1965 Ronnie married Hellen Kaye Cooper...

Donald Lawrence Terry

Donald Lawrence Terry

Apr 9, 2017

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 On Sunday, April 9, 2017 Donald Lawrence Terry passed away in his Ririe home. He was the youngest of ten children and was born on February 2, 1932 in Stevensville, MT to Minnie and William G. Terry. Don grew up in Three Mile,...

Edith Farris

Edith Farris

Apr 4, 2017

Edith Farris age 58, of Hillsboro, Oregon, passed away April 4, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Edith was born July 13, 1958, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Harry Bowers Wilhelm and Venna Virginia Housley Wilhelm. She received her GED and continued her education and received her Bachelors in Behavioral Science and then her Master’s in Business Management...

Jesse Boyd Leavitt

Jesse Boyd Leavitt

Apr 1, 2017

Jesse Boyd Leavitt, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 1, 2017, at the Gables of Ammon. Boyd was born on June 1, 1934 in Rigby, Idaho a son of Jesse and Alta Lemmon Leavitt. He was raised in and attended school in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He continued his education at Ricks College where he received...

Gerald Scott Bird

Gerald Scott Bird

Mar 31, 2017

Gerald Scott Bird, 64, of Auburn passed away March 31, 2017 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho surrounded by his family. Scott was born January 29, 1953, in Ogden, Utah a son of Afton Dale Bird and Bertha Miller Bird. Scott was raised in Roy, Utah and graduated from Roy High School. He worked at...

Arvin J Lords

Arvin J Lords

Mar 29, 2017

Arvin J Lords, 81, of Rigby Idaho passed away Wednesday March 29, 2017, at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City Utah. Arvin was born September 11, 1935 to James William Lords and Clarisa May Wilkins. Arvin was raised in Rigby and attended elementary school in Garfield and Graduated from Rigby High School. After high school Arvin went to Ricks...

William N Young

William N Young

Mar 18, 2017

William N. Young, 88, of Rigby, passed away March 18, 2017 at Pine Brook Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Bill was born February 17, 1929, in Menan, Idaho to Tharrel and Hazel Newby Young. He attended school in Annis until the 8th grade. He married DeVona Baron on July 28, 1948 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Together they had...

Betty Jane Ferguson Reiman

Betty Jane Ferguson Reiman

Mar 16, 2017

Betty Ellis Ferguson Reiman, 83 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Betty was born September 14, 1933 in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho to James Albert Ellis and Alice Wandella Moses Ellis. She was raised in LaBelle and attended Schools in Labelle and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On May...

Robert Dale Rounds

Robert Dale Rounds

Mar 12, 2017

Robert Dale Rounds, age 73, of Lewisville, passed away at his home, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Robert was born March 28th 1943 at the home of his Grandmother Lund, near Garfield, Idaho, the son of Merrill D. Rounds and Nina June Lund Rounds. Robert was raised in Lewisville. He attended school in Lewisville, Grant, Midway and Rigby. He graduated from...

Melvin Dean Widerburg

Melvin Dean Widerburg

Mar 10, 2017

Melvin “Mel” Dean Widerburg, 77, of Rigby, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at his home. Mel was born May 18, 1939, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Leonard Orlando Widerburg and Martha Louise Moser Widerburg. He grew up on East River Rd. in Coltman, Idaho. In 1946, when Mel was 7, the family moved to Garfield. He attended schools in...

Verla Randall Mueller

Verla Randall Mueller

Mar 10, 2017

Verla Corlene McGavin Randall Mueller, 85, past away peacefully, incident to age, at her home in Grant, Idaho, on March 10, 2017. Verla was born November 24, 1931, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, daughter of George Gee McGavin and Hazel Jeanette Tanner McGavin. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1949. Married Owen Dale Randall October 25, 1950, in Idaho...

Dorothy Louise Lora

Dorothy Louise Lora

Mar 10, 2017

Dorothy Louise Lora, 56 of LaBelle, Idaho, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dorothy was born August 12, 1960 in Hartford, Wisconsin to John Casper Disch and Betty Jane Bielvaum Disch. On June 1, 1989, she married Honorio Montoya Lora in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They were blessed with 3 children; Jennifer,...

Claris Taylor

Claris Taylor

Mar 8, 2017

Claris Taylor, 86, of Rigby, Idaho passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Morning Star Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Claris was born November 5, 1930, in Rigby, Idaho, to Delbert Kinghorn and Melba Maria Bright Kinghorn. She was raised in Rigby where she attended school and graduated from Rigby High School in 1949. After high school, she attended...

Dorothy Delayne Galbraith

Dorothy Delayne Galbraith

Mar 8, 2017

Dorothy DeLayne Galbraith, 86, of Rigby, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 08, 2017. Dorothy was born December 21, 1930 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Ernest Arthur Bates and Mary Louise Musgrave Bates. She was raised in Rigby and attended Rigby High School. Dorothy married Clinton George Galbraith on January 23, 1948 in Rigby, Idaho. Their marriage...

Florence May Burnside

Florence May Burnside

Mar 7, 2017

Florence “Flossie” May Smith Burnside, 88 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away March 7, 2017 in Brenda, Arizona. She was surrounded by her caring and loving family. Florence was born August 3, 1928, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Joseph Ellington Smith and Veirgia May Greene Smith. She was the baby of 8 children; 6 brothers, Forest, Glen Eugene, Donald, Spencer and...