Obituaries

Grant "Jay" Roberts
Jun 8, 2015
Grant “Jay” Roberts, age 50, passed away Monday, June 8, 2015, peacefully in his sleep at his home in Menan. He was born January 26, 1965 to Grant Jensen Roberts and Shirley Winegar Roberts; he was the 3rd of 4 children and the oldest son. Jay married Joan McNee in 1984 and later divorced. This union gave Jay two wonderful...
Clyde William Poole
Jun 8, 2015
Clyde William Poole passed away at his home in Labelle, ID on June 8, 2015 surrounded by his wife and children. Clyde was born on April 11, 1933 in Menan, ID at home. He was the 5th out of 10 children born to Joseph and Inez Poole and according to his siblings was the most spoiled. He graduated from Rigby...
Helen Waddell
Jun 6, 2015
Helen Waddell, age 81 of Rigby, passed away at her home Saturday, June 6th 2015. Helen was born January 13, 1934, at Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter to William Henry Waters and Hannah Elizabeth Nield Waters. She was raised in Milo and Ucon and attended Bonneville High School. She married Edlef Bruce Edlefsen, October 2, 1950 in Ucon, Idaho. On...
Kathryn Reese Dansie
Jun 6, 2015
Kathryn Reese Dansie, beloved wife, mother, sister and daughter, passed away on June 6, 2015 surrounded by her family. She had been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's in 2010, but really struggled the last several months and slipped away peacefully to return to her Heavenly Father. In the summer of 1948, Ross Neal Reese and Beth Berger Reese welcomed their...
Shauna Lee Paul
Jun 5, 2015
Shauna Lee Paul, 59, of Rigby, passed away at the hospital in Idaho Falls, Friday, June 5, 2015. Shauna was born December 17, 1955, at Spanish Fork, Utah a daughter of Robert Southam and Betty Ann Schaefer Southam. She was raised in California, Utah, Alaska, and Idaho. Her family moved around following her father’s work on the railroad. She graduated...
Alice Joy Gallup
Jun 4, 2015
Alice Joy Walker Gallup, age 91, passed away June 4, 2015 from pancreatic cancer. She is with her beloved Irvin. Alice was born March 20, 1924 in Menan, Idaho as the third of ten children to John Lewis and Inez Louisa Walker. She is survived by her four children Douglas (Connie) Gallup, Robert (Wanda) Gallup, Susan (Douglas) Stoddard, and Mary...
Cameron Dean Ricks
Jun 3, 2015
Cameron Dean Ricks, age 53, of Rexburg, passed away at Idaho Falls Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 from complications of a stroke. Cameron was born July 24, 1961 in Idaho Falls a son to Vernon Dean Ricks and Phyllis Bernice Jensen Ricks. He attended schools in Ucon and graduated from Bonneville High School. He then attended...
Opal Roberta Walker
Jun 2, 2015
Opal Roberta Green Walker, 98, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2015, at The Gardens of Rigby. Opal's life began on January 8, 1917, in the cold morning hours at a farm house in Menan, Idaho. Her parents, William Lorenzo Green and Dora Amanda Taylor Green were thrilled to have a beautiful daughter. Opal was the first girl, after four...
Joyce Walker Marriott
Jun 2, 2015
Joyce Walker Marriott, passed away at her home in Rigby Tuesday June 2nd 2015 with her family present. Joyce was born in Grant, Idaho July 22, 1930 a daughter to Mayor “Mike” Walker and Maple Irene Rapp Walker. She attended Lewisville Grade School, Midway Junior High School and graduated from Roberts High School. She then attended Ricks College and finished...
Virginia Hazel Poulsen
May 30, 2015
Virginia Hazel Taylor Poulsen of Lewsiville, Idaho, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Friend died today May 30, 2015, at the age of 93, at her Daughter’s home in Rigby, due to complications of age. Virginia was born on March 11, 1922 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. She is a daughter of Hazel Randall Taylor and Wilford Joseph Taylor. She lived in...
Mitchel Leroy Evans
May 29, 2015
Mitchel LeRoy Evans, 43, of Idaho Falls passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls at 3:55 a.m. due to complications from pneumonia. Mitch was born at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg on February 12, 1972 to Larry S. Evans and Geraldine Fay Anderson Evans. Mitch was born nearly a month premature and...
Donald Ray Estes
May 29, 2015
Donald Ray Estes, age 84, of Terreton, Idaho passed away Friday, May 29th 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho Donald was born May 27, 1931, in Union City, Pennsylvania a son to Neal Herbert Estes and Alice Amelia Young Estes. He grew up and attended schools near Wattsburg and Union City, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States...
Lloyd Crystal Merrill
May 24, 2015
Lloyd Crystal Merrill, age 94, of Menan, Idaho, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 24, 2015 surrounded by his loving family at his home. He and his wife were long time residents of Annis, Idaho and had just recently moved to Menan, Idaho. Lloyd was born October 27, 1920 at the family home in Annis, Idaho a son of Warren Lester...
Steve Ryan Woods
May 24, 2015
Steve Ryan Woods (aka Bubba), 38, was returned to his family on June 8 after a boating accident on May 24 with an extensive search from family, friends, search & rescue personnel, and volunteers. Steve was born in April 1977 to Rick and Sherry Woods of Menan, Idaho. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1995, furthered his education at...
Leta F. Mccall
May 19, 2015
Leta F. McCall, age 72, of Ririe, passed away, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Leta was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, June 24th 1942 a daughter of Eugene Brown and LaVella Smith Brown. Her father owned Brown’s Grocery, so she was really raised on Main Street in Ririe. She attended Ririe Schools...
Rick Joe Phillips
May 14, 2015
Rick Joe Phillips, age 53, of Rigby, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015. Rick was born June 29th 1961 in Cortez, Colorado a son to Dale Russell Phillips and Wanda Workman Phillips. He attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High School. He then graduated from Ricks College and Idaho State University graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He...
Bonnie Lou Hill
May 14, 2015
Bonnie Lou Johnson Hill, age 78, of Ririe, passed away at her home Thursday May 14, 2015, Bonnie was born May 22, 1936 at Ririe, Idaho a daughter to Narvel Scott Johnson and Sadie Cleova Durrant Johnson. She was raised in the Ririe area. She attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. She married Verdale E Hill...
Jane Wilson
May 14, 2015
Evelyn Jane Wilson, age 73, of Monteview, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Jane was born February 28, 1942 in Kenton, Tennessee, a daughter of Raymond Allison Craft and Ruby Victoria Holt Craft. She attended schools in California graduating from Manteca High School. She married Wales Hugh Wilson in Reno, Nevada...
Sharon Lee Whitmeyer
May 12, 2015
Sharon Lee Whitmeyer, born September 5th 1946 in Bolivar, MO. Passed away peacefully in Idaho Falls, Idaho May 12th of a short battle with cancer. Sharon was married to Wynn Whitmeyer Sr. for 48 years. Sharon worked fulltime at Point Mugu Naval Base and raised two sons, Wynn Jr. and Bret. After retiring she and Wynn managed the Herbert Ranch...
H. Dale Snowder
May 9, 2015
H. Dale Snowder, 64 of Rigby, Idaho returned home to his loving heavenly father on May 9th 2015. Dale was born December 3rd, 1950, in Ada Oklahoma to Ruby and Harold Snowder. He and his brother Gary were the best of friends, growing up in many different places as they followed their father in his military career. As he did...