Obituaries

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Colleen M. Lundquist

Colleen M. Lundquist

Mar 7, 2017

Mary Colleen Lundquist, 86, of Ririe, passed away Tuesday, March 7th 2017 at Parkwood Meadows assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Colleen was born August 24th 1930 in Ririe, Idaho a daughter to Herbert Sylvester Poore and Ila Ellen Freeman Poore. She attended Ririe schools graduating from Ririe High School. She married Allan Davies in February of 1948 in Idaho Falls....

Kathleen Alison Faria

Kathleen Alison Faria

Mar 7, 2017

Kathleen “Kay” Alison Faria, 93, of Castro Valley, California passed away, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Rexburg, Idaho at the Homestead Assisted Living. She was born May 18, 1923 in San Francisco, CA, the daughter of Thomas Roland Webster and Sarah Ann Hanby Webster. Kay married Clarence Gregory Faria on August 8, 1942 in Oakland, California. She worked as a...

Helen Pearl Farmer

Helen Pearl Farmer

Mar 4, 2017

Helen Pearl Hansen Farmer, 98 (in her 99th year, as she would say), passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Saturday March 4th at the Sagewood at Daybreak Senior Living Center in South Jordan, Utah. Helen was born in a little two-room log house on a dry farm in Teton, Idaho on December 9, 1918. She was the third...

Grace Augusta Terry

Grace Augusta Terry

Mar 3, 2017

Grace Augusta Terry, age 83, of Ririe, passed away Friday, March 3rd 2017 at Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls. Grace was born August 30th 1933 at Miles City, Montana a daughter to Christian Bear and Nelsine Nelsen Bear. She attended schools in Snohomish, Washington, Missoula, Montana and graduated from high school in Stevensville, Montana. She married Donald Lawrence Terry June...

Larry Glen Hansen

Larry Glen Hansen

Feb 28, 2017

Larry Glen Hansen, 80 years old, died on February, 28, 2017 in his home in Grants Pass, OR. He was born to Glen Reid Hansen and Sylvia Davies on November 20, 1936 in Rexburg, Idaho He was a man of many talents and used them in a variety of ways, at work, at home and for his church, serving two...

Vernon Fred Jensen Sr.

Vernon Fred Jensen Sr.

Feb 28, 2017

Vernon Fred Jensen Sr., age 86 of Rigby, passed away at his home Tuesday, February 28th 2017, surrounded by family. Vernon was born January 28th, 1931 in Menan, Idaho to Conrad Jensen and Elsa Violet Rottweiler Jensen. He had seven siblings, Blaine, Dee, Don, Bob, Bernice, Carma and Doris. He attended schools in Kilgore, Idaho and Dillon, Montana. Vernon met...

Sheron Rae Eckersell Olson

Sheron Rae Eckersell Olson

Feb 22, 2017

Sheron Rae Olson, age 83, passed away on February 22, 2017 at her home in Bountiful Utah. Sheron was born in Rigby, ID on March 28, 1933 to Adam Berdett and Pearl (Thomson) Eckersell. Sheron grew up in Rigby, ID and graduated from Rigby High School. She married Alan W. Muncey in 1951, living in France for two years as...

Delray Holm

Delray Holm

Feb 21, 2017

DelRay was born August 12, 1931 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Carl Theophilus Holm and Zula Wilcox Holm. He attended Roberts Elementary and Roberts High School. He joined the National Guard in 1946, served in the Army during the Korean War, and reached the rank of Sargent 1st class. He married Shirlee Ann drake on June 23, 1950. To this...

Maribeth Surerus Carson

Maribeth Surerus Carson

Feb 20, 2017

Maribeth Surerus Carson, 41, of Idaho Falls passed away at her home in Idaho Falls. She was born October 15, 1975 at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls to John William Surerus and Marianne Ressler Surerus. Mari attended schools in Roberts, Idaho Falls, and Terreton. She graduated from Skyline High School. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ...

Victoria Louise Reece

Victoria Louise Reece

Feb 20, 2017

Victoria Louise Reece, 75, of Rigby, passed away at The Gardens of Rigby, Monday, February 20, 2017. She was born November 23, 1941 in Miami, Florida, a daughter to Robert Beach Watters and Helen Louise Mochett Watters. She attended schools in Miami, Florida where she grew up. She had a love of horses and would clean stalls at the horse...

Cody John Polson

Cody John Polson

Feb 15, 2017

Cody John Polson, 43 of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Cody was born February 12, 1974 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Max Dee Polson and Linda Ann Williamson Polson. He was a graduate of Bonneville High School, then continued his education at Idaho State University. On April 28, 2000, he married the love of his life, Annie...

Secelia May Ellsworth

Secelia May Ellsworth

Feb 13, 2017

Secelia May Ellsworth, the daughter of Benjamin & Marian Williams, was born July 12, 1948, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and passed away February 13, 2017, at her home in Litchfield Park, AZ at the age of 68. Her service time was cut short as a humanitarian missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bangkok, Thailand, when...

Jayme Ellen Hanson

Jayme Ellen Hanson

Feb 12, 2017

Jayme Ellen Hanson, 58, of Rigby Idaho passed away in her home Sunday February 12, 2017. Jayme was born February 19, 1958 in Grand Junction, Colorado to Edward Lemarr and Jymme Claunts. She went to school in Silt, Colorado and Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, ID. She married Niles Fabyn Hanson Jr. on September 25, 1999 at Beaver Dick...

Carol Lorraine Whittaker

Carol Lorraine Whittaker

Feb 12, 2017

Calvin John Whittaker, 90 and Carol Lorraine Whittaker, 87 of Leadore Idaho passed away at their Granddaughter’s home in Rigby, Saturday February 11, and Sunday February 12, 2017. Calvin was born February 11, 1927, in Leadore Idaho to John Whittaker and Caroline Rosalia Whittaker. He was the youngest of 12 children. He was raised on his parent’s ranch in Leadore...

Calvin John Whittaker

Calvin John Whittaker

Feb 11, 2017

Calvin John Whittaker, 90 and Carol Lorraine Whittaker, 87 of Leadore Idaho passed away at their Granddaughter’s home in Rigby, Saturday February 11, and Sunday February 12, 2017. Calvin was born February 11, 1927, in Leadore Idaho to John Whittaker and Caroline Rosalia Whittaker. He was the youngest of 12 children. He was raised on his parent’s ranch in Leadore...

Terril Ronald Stone

Terril Ronald Stone

Feb 8, 2017

Terril Ronald Stone, age 76, of Yuma, Arizona and Rigby, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, February 8th, 2017, at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Arizona. Terril was born in Rexburg, Idaho May 5th 1940 a son to Ronald James Stone and Iola Huskinson Stone. He graduated from Madison High School in 1958. He served in the National Guard at Fort...

Helenna Lilian Sharp

Helenna Lilian Sharp

Feb 7, 2017

Helenna Lilian Sharp Our beautiful Helen Annie returned home to her loving Heavenly Father on February 7, 2017. Her true love, Craig L. Dye was by her side. Helen was born to William Lee Wilson and Jill Sharp on December 11, 1966. Raised by her mother and father, Reece Charles Sharp. Her childhood years were spent growing up in Rigby,...

Jane Anne Jones Quick

Jane Anne Jones Quick

Feb 6, 2017

Jane Anne Jones Quick, age 79, of Blackfoot, passed away at her home on Monday, February 6, 2017. Jane was born March 30, 1937, in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of William J. Jones and Hope W. Bennett Jones. Jane was raised and attended school in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School in 1955. She continued her education at the...

Dale Lynn Jones

Dale Lynn Jones

Feb 6, 2017

Dale Lynn Jones, 66 of Roberts, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. Dale was born July 13, 1950 in American Falls, Idaho to Frank Lynn Jones and Melva L. Parrish Jones. He was raised in Sterling and Aberdeen, Idaho and attended Aberdeen High School. Dale served in the US Army during the Vietnam Era. On December 9, 1973, he married...

Laurel Gwen Jones

Laurel Gwen Jones

Jan 31, 2017

Laurel Gwen Jones, 87, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away January 31, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Laurel was born May 29, 1929, in Anaconda, Montana a daughter to Leland and Hazel Glover. She was raised in Marysville, Idaho and attended school in Ashton, Idaho. Laurel married Lewis Edward Jones, September 10, 1948 in Rexburg,...