Obituaries

Alice Elsie Call
Jan 16, 2016
Alice Call, 98, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born as Alice Elsie Thompson on October 4, 1917 at Ekalaka, Montana a daughter to George James Thompson and Ivy Goodell Thompson. Seven children were born to this union: Beulah, Bert, Floyd, George, Alice and James. Alice proudly graduated from Carter County...
Dewey Duane Farmer
Jan 15, 2016
A true American Patriot died on January 15, 2016 in Yakima, Washington. Dewey died of natural causes after complications from aspiration pneumonia. He was 93. Born in Berryville, Arkansas April 26th 1922, to Dewey Farmer and Sue Garver Farmer. He moved to Nampa, Idaho with his parents who were seeking work during the Great Depression. At the young age of...
Norman Dee Hunting
Jan 14, 2016
Norman Dee Hunting, 76, of Rigby, passed away January 14, 2016 at his home following a short illness. Norman was born on May 20, 1939, in Rigby, a son to George and Rhonda Hunting. Norman married Bonnie Jardine on May 25, 1957 in Pocatello, Idaho. They were blessed with three children, two daughters and a son. Norman had a love...
Delores E. Labrum Wood
Jan 9, 2016
Delores E. Labrum Wood, age 88, passed away at her home in Rigby, Saturday, January 9, 2016. Delores was born December 15, 1927 in Rexburg, a daughter to William Arthur “Ted” Labrum and Marvol Francis Winn Labrum. She attended schools in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School. She married B. Wayne Wood, December 6th, 1952 in Rexburg. Their marriage...
Maxine Brady
Jan 8, 2016
Kezia Maxine Heaton Brady passed away on Friday, January 8, at her daughter's home in Stansbury Park, Utah. Maxine was born in Moccasin, Arizona, June 16, 1927, the first of ten children to C. Leonard and Edna R. Heaton. She attended a one-room school in Moccasin, lived away from home to attend Fredonia High School, entered Dixie Junior College at...
Jimmy Ray Potts Ii
Jan 6, 2016
Jimmy Ray Potts II, of Rexburg, passed away at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Jimmy was born October 24, 1974 at Mt. Home Air Force Base a son of Jimmy Ray Potts and Kayleen M. Milazzo Potts. He attended schools in Phoenix, Arizona and graduated from Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Arizona. He enjoyed being...
Mary Lou Evans
Jan 2, 2016
Mary Lou Taylor Evans, 88 years old, of Rigby, passed away on January 2, 2016 at The Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls surrounded by her family. Mary Lou was born on February 23, 1927, to George Alvin and Fern Wride Taylor. She was the fourth and youngest child in the family. She grew up and attended schools...
Dorothy Choules Douglass
Dec 31, 2015
Dorothy Wilson Choules Douglass, age 86, of Tetonia, passed away at Homestead Assisted Living Center of Saint Anthony, Thursday, December 31, 2015. Dorothy was born July 9th, 1929 in Driggs, Idaho a daughter to Albert Choules and Rula Sheets Wilson Choules. She attended schools in Driggs graduating from Teton High School as the Valedictorian of her class. After graduating she...
Veona Rae Benson
Dec 27, 2015
Veona Rae Benson, 84, of Thornton, passed away at her home Sunday, December 27, 2015. Veona was born February 21. 1931 in Thornton, Idaho a daughter to Reno L. Anderson and Lillian Rose Lyman Anderson. She grew up and attended schools in Thornton and graduated from Madison High School. She married Marvis Conrad Benson, January 3, 1950 in the Bonneville...
Roy Brigham Gardner
Dec 27, 2015
Roy Brigham Gardner, 90, passed away Sunday, December 27th, 2015. Our dad was born March 9th, 1925 in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Hugh Vernon and Laura May Gardner. Dad was the 4th of seven children. He served our country in World War II in the Navy from 1943 to 1946. He married Beverly Lois Clark in 1947 and they were married...
Adele Olsen
Dec 26, 2015
Opal Adele Slaughter Olsen, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2015, in St. George, Utah. Adele was born July 28, 1934, in Bakersfield, California, to George Leon Slaughter and Esther Sophie Johnson. She attended school and graduated from East Bakersfield High School. Adele attended Ricks College and graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in...
Donalue Hebdon Hart
Dec 23, 2015
Donalue Hebdon Hart, age 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away, Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Donalue was born October 27, 1925, in Rigby, Idaho, to Truman R. Hebdon and Mary Louise Butterworth Hebdon. She attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She married Jack Allen Hart, November 30, 1943 in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. Donalue is a member...
Bryce Roy Taylor
Dec 15, 2015
Bryce Roy Taylor, age 61, of Rigby, passed away in his home Tuesday December 15, 2015. Bryce was born on December 5, 1954 to Cleston Fritz and Rose Marie Taylor. He grew up in Rigby and attended school at Rigby High School. After graduating in 1973, he went to Trade School to learn the Carpentry Trade. He later married Claudia...
Kaycee Suzanne Allred
Dec 12, 2015
Kaycee Suzanne Barnes Allred, 25, of Rigby ID, passed away Saturday Dec, 12, 2015. She was born April 21, 1990 in Puyallup, Washington, to Forrest Alan Barnes and Glenda Wilson Barnes. She graduated from Rigby High School and attended BYU-I in Rexburg, Idaho where she met her husband, Daniel Evanson Allred. Danny and Kaycee were married February 20, 2010 in...
Venice Lou Clowdus
Dec 10, 2015
Venice Clowdus, 84, of Darien, Connecticut formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away December 10, 2015 at St. Camillus Center in Stamford, Connecticut. Venice was born on September 19, 1931, to Lewis Milford Bowen and Mary Hannah Halverson Bowen in Springville, Utah. She attended school in Utah through ninth grade and was named Class Valedictorian of her ninth grade class. She...
Donald Boyd Denney
Dec 10, 2015
Donald Boyd Denney, 87, of Rexburg, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at his home. Don was born May 5, 1928 to Joseph Boyd Denney and Vivian Ladella Reynolds Denney in Downey, Idaho. He moved with his family to the Blackfoot area in 1938 and graduated from Blackfoot High School. He later attended Ricks College and graduated from BYU in...
Sheila M. Hanner
Dec 10, 2015
Sheila M. Hanner, age 78, of Ririe, passed away at her home Thursday, December 10th, 2015. Sheila was born August 30th 1937 in Preston, Missouri, a daughter to James LeRoy Miller and Francis Gertrude Miller. She grew up attending schools in Preston, Missouri. She owned and operated Restaurants in Ririe, Idaho. She was amazing sweet, touching all of those who...
John Charles Dawdy
Dec 8, 2015
John Charles Dawdy, age 78 of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home Tuesday, December 08, 2015. John was born August 26, 1937 at Spokane, Washington a son to Elmer Earl Dawdy and Gladys Stanton Dawdy. He served in the United States Army. He married Dorothy Dexter in Idaho Falls She preceded him in death. He worked as a Configuration...
Robert James Landon
Dec 4, 2015
Robert James Landon, age 76, of Rigby, passed away at home on Friday, December 04, 2015. Robert was born on May 4, 1939, in Idaho Falls to Harold and Zelma Landon. He was raised and attended school in Osgood, Salmon and Rigby. Graduating from Rigby High School. He married Margaret Mary Croft on June 2, 1961. He worked for Leo...
Sheila Marie Kerlee
Dec 4, 2015
Sheila Kerlee, age 73, passed away with loved ones near, on December 4, 2015, in Nampa, Idaho, due to pneumonia from dementia complications. Sheila was born in Burley, Idaho on September 2, 1942 to Robert and Norma Moon. At the age of sixteen she lost her mother and took on the emotional responsibilities of an adult. Sheila carried this ability...
