Obituaries

Lamont Leo Hess
Sep 2, 2015
LaMont Leo Hess, 82 of Rigby, passed away at his home, Wednesday, September 2nd 2015. LaMont was born June 1st 1933 at Goshen, Idaho a son of Marion Wells Hess and Laura Opal John Hess. He married Avis Marie Ballard, June 25th 1958 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Mont grew up and attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High...
Walter Eugene Kelley
Sep 2, 2015
Walter Eugene Kelly, 97 of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Walter was born January 5, 1918 at Minden, Nebraska a son to Lucien Mike Kelly and Grace Ernest Monroe Kelly. He attended Idaho Falls Schools. He worked as a welder for the Santa Fe Railroad for 40 years in California. He was...
Sonia Gay Briggs
Aug 29, 2015
Sonia Gay Freeman Briggs, age 57, passed away at her home in Archer, Saturday, August 29, 2015. Sonia was born February 17, 1958 in Rexburg, Idaho a daughter to Paul Frank Freeman and Betty Wilson Freeman. On February 6, 1981 she married Larry Dee Briggs in Sugar City. She loved to bowl and won a few state championships in 1982...
Joshua Levi Thorngren
Aug 23, 2015
Joshua Levi Thorngren, age 24, of Idaho Falls, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Sunday August 23, 2015. He was born May 29, 1991 in Rexburg, Idaho a son of William Levi and Maria Louise Landon Thorngren. Joshua was raised in Rigby, Salmon, Osgood and Ririe attending school in Ririe and Salmon. He worked for...
Chester Laren Yates
Aug 22, 2015
Chester L. Yates, age 91, of Rigby, passed away at Madison Memorial Hospital, Saturday August 22, 2015. He was born February 2, 1924 at Lakepoint, Utah a son to Charles Harris Yates and Maime Marie Hammond Yates. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1004....
Steven George Golder
Aug 22, 2015
Steven George Golder, age 71, of Menan, passed away, at his home, Saturday, August 22, 2015. Steven was born December 20, 1943 in Rexburg, Idaho a son to Ralph Hill Golder and Elizabeth Gray Golder. Steven was raised in Menan. He graduated from Rigby High School and attended Ricks College and Utah State University. On October 1, 1966, he married...
Pearl Ailene Stoddard
Aug 22, 2015
Pearl Ailene Stoddard, age 73, of Monteview, Idaho passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Saturday, August 22, 2015. Ailene was born October 19, 1941 in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Alfred and Laverne Vadnais. She was the ninth child in a family of twelve siblings. Her love and appreciation for the outdoors developed during her early...
Linda Lee Niederer
Aug 21, 2015
Linda Lee Graham Niederer 70. Passed away, Friday, August 21, 2015 at the Rexburg Rehabilitation Center, due to natural causes. Linda was born January 4, 1945 in Rawlins, WY. The only child of Jay Dee and Ila Graham. At the age of 5 her father died due to a heart condition. Two years later, when Linda was 7, her mother...
Robert Scott Monson
Aug 19, 2015
Robert Scott Monson, age 65, of Rigby, passed away, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Wednesday August 19, 2015. Robert was born July 1, 1950 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Neils Nevelle and Florence Pack Monson. He served in the United States Air Force On December 12, 1969 he married Sherri Lynn Spaulding in Rigby, They were later...
Carma Rose Hanni
Aug 14, 2015
Carma Rose Hanni, age 81, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away at Goodyear Assisted Living Friday, August 14, 2015. Carma was born December 30, 1933 in Rexburg, Idaho, a daughter to Alma and Hilda Rose Aeschbacher Briggs. She married Val Dean Hanni, June 4, 1956 in Elko, Nevada. She is survived by her husband Val Dean Hanni of Phoenix, Arizona, three...
Joseph Wesby Linsman
Aug 11, 2015
Joseph Wesby Linsman, local ski instructor and fishing guide, of Rigby, passed away at E.I.R.M.C. in Idaho Falls Tuesday, August 11, 2015 with his loving companion Vanessa Milyo O’Neal by his side. Born on December 1, 1950 at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia and raised in Easton PA.; he was the son of Constance Mae “Ricker” Linsman and a step-son of...
Floyd O. Johnson
Aug 6, 2015
The Lord called Floyd O. Johnson home on August 6th, 2015. He left behind his son’s Wayne Johnson of Ririe, Idaho and Larry Johnson of Las Cruces, New Mexico and his daughter Linda Galloway also of Las Cruces, New Mexico, ten grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Floyd had resided with Wayne and Lila Johnson for the past five years. Floyd...
James Douglas Hiaring
Aug 3, 2015
James Douglas Hiaring, age 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away at Morning Star Assisted Living Center Monday August 3, 2015. James was born January 11, 1958 in Nampa, Idaho a son to Carl Leroy Hiaring and Evalyn Mellisa Allen Hiaring. He attended schools in Boise and graduated from Boise High School. While in high school he enjoyed playing football. Following...
Johnny Alfred Staley
Aug 2, 2015
Johnny Alfred Staley, 80 of Terreton, died Sunday, August 2, 2015 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 8, 2015 at West Jefferson Memorial Park Cemetery.
Thomas Mccullough
Aug 1, 2015
Tom McCullough,75, of Spencer Idaho passed away Saturday August 1, at his home on the ranch. Tom was born on March 21, 1940 to William James and Lydia Graham McCullough. Tom joined his big brother James. Tom grew up and attended schools in New Sweden. He graduated from Shelly High School in 1958. He attended college in Logan for 1...
Zola Armstrong
Jul 29, 2015
Zola Armstrong, 91 of Menan, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Ashton Living Center. Zola was born July 5, 1924 in Parker, Idaho to Murray Clifford Hunter and Birdie Marie Grover Hunter. She was attended schools in Parker, Kilgore, Spencer, and Dubois, graduating from Dubois High School. She lived in Salmon and Kilgore and then Menan after she married....
Colby Kent Rolfe
Jul 24, 2015
Colby Kent Rolfe, 24, of Rigby, passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 due to complications of an illness. In the comfort of his home, he was surrounded by those who loved him most. He was born August 11, 1990 in Idaho Falls, son of Kent W. Rolfe and Janet Marie Ashbocker Rolfe. Colby graduated from Rigby High School in 2009,...
Merle Beazer Munns
Jul 22, 2015
Merle Beazer Munns, 89, of Menan passed away at Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls, Wednesday July 22, 2015, with her family by her side. Merle was born on October 26, 1925, in Lorenzo, Idaho to Irving Maine Beazer and Phoebe Scholes Beazer. She was the third child of seven. She attended school in Lorenzo and graduated from Rigby High School...
Thomas James "Jim" Thornton
Jul 22, 2015
Thomas James “Jim” Thornton, 74 of Milo, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Jim graduated from Rigby High School in 1959. He attended the Instrumentation trade school at Idaho State University in 1960. He served an LDS mission in 1961-1963 to the North Central Mission serving in Montana & Wyoming. He was a...
Bert Albert Murphy
Jul 20, 2015
Bert Albert Murphy, age 83, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls Monday, July 20, 2015. Bert was born February 4, 1932, in Boise, Idaho a son to Mike Albert Murphy and Ruth Evans Murphy. He was raised in Boise, Arbon, McCammon and Milo and attended schools in Arbon Valley, McCammon and graduated from McCammon High...