Viona Deon Larsen
Oct 16, 2015
Viona Deon Ballard Larsen, age 87, of Rigby, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015 at Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rexburg. Deon was born May 21, 1928 in Chapin, Idaho a daughter to Linden Newton Ballard and Viona Bagley Ballard. She attended schools in Chapin and Driggs. She graduated from Driggs High School. She married Ross B Larsen September...
Elof Delos "Dos" Nelson Jr.
Oct 14, 2015
ELOF DELOS “DOSS” NELSON, JR. Age 89, of Pipestone, Minnesota, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Doss was born January 31, 1926 to Elof Delos and Miriam Elizabeth (Hodgson) Nelson in Independence, Idaho. He was raised in Archer, Idaho and attended school in Rexburg, Idaho, graduating from Madison High School in 1944. On June 19, 1944,...
Richard "Ed" Edward Spencer
Oct 12, 2015
Richard “Ed” Spencer, passed away peacefully with family near, from a valiant fight with cancer, on October 12, 2015, at his home in Rigby, ID. He was born on May 17, 1946, in Missoula, MT the third child for Clifford Leroy and Lillie Mae Spencer. His siblings are Margaret (Doyle) May, Virgil (Cheryl) Spencer, and Geri (David) Hulse. Ed grew...
Harry Dee Groom
Oct 11, 2015
Harry Dee Groom, age 77, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Harry was born March 29, 1938 in Idaho Falls, a son to Kenneth William Groom and Thelma Eliza Stoddard Groom. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls. While in school he...
Donna Deroche Johnson
Oct 9, 2015
Donna DeRoche Johnson, age 90 of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, October 9, 2015 at The Hospice Home in Ammon Idaho. Donna was born September 10, 1925 in Cascade, Montana to Leo DeRoche and Gladys Kinghorn. Donna grew up and attended schools in Clark and Rigby Idaho. She graduated from Rigby High School where she was active in the Pep...
Donna Handy
Oct 1, 2015
Donna Handy, age 84 of Dubois, Idaho passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015, in Dubois. Donna was born December 18, 1930 in Stockton, California to Walter and Freda Jacoby. Donna was an only child. After graduating high school Donna married Frank Handy on October 16, 1949 in Carson City, Nevada. Together they had three children. In 1968 the family moved...
Pat Walker
Sep 30, 2015
Pat Walker, 89, of Rigby, passed away, Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Pat was born April 10, 1926 in Lorenzo, Idaho a daughter to Edmond Ahart Pabst and Dora Hall Pabst. She grew up and attended schools in Menan and Hamer. She graduated from Hamer High School. She trained as a telegrapher and worked for the railroad as a telegraph operator....
Luciano "Chano" Ramirez
Sep 29, 2015
Luciano “Chano” Ramirez Jr. age 61 of Roberts died at his home on September 29, 2015. Luciano was born August 22, 1954 in Shelley, Idaho a son of Luciano Moreno Ramirez and Clotilde “Tita” Quintanilla Ramirez. He was raised and attended school in Mud Lake and Terreton graduating from West Jefferson High School. Luciano served in the Army during the...
Blair Edgar Loynd
Sep 26, 2015
Blair Edgar Loynd, 55, of Kimberly, Idaho passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Oak Creek Rehabilitation Center of Kimberly. Blair was born August 21, 1960 in Rexburg, a son of Lois Powell and Gail E. Loynd. He grew up in the Rigby area attending Rigby schools graduating from Rigby High School. He then attended Ricks College in Rexburg. He...
Joyce Mcphie Alexander
Sep 25, 2015
Joyce McPhie Alexander, age 81 or Rigby, passed away at her son’s home in Wapello, Idaho September 25, 2015. Joyce was born January 24, 1934 in Springville, Utah a daughter to John Martin McPhie and Nettie Webb. Joyce graduated from Carbon High School in Price, Utah. Joyce married Franklin Lyman Baguley. They were later divorced. On September 16, 1966 she...
Dixie Lou Nelson
Sep 23, 2015
Dixie Lou Fehlberg Nelson, age 70 of Rigby, passed away at her home Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Dixie was born September 26, 1944 at American Fork, Utah a daughter to Reinhold Leopold and Beulah Beatrice Keatley Fehlberg. She grew up and attended schools in American Fork, Utah. She attended, was a cheerleader at, and graduated from American Fork High School....
Robert Noble Mcmanigal
Sep 19, 2015
Robert “Bobby” Noble McManigal, 62 passed away on September 19, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada due to complications of cancer. He was born on October 15, 1952 in Greely, Colorado to Agnes Augusta Lepper and Noble Howard McManigal. Bobby was the youngest of 8 children. He was only one year old when the family moved to Irwin, Idaho. Bobby attended...
Ty Glenn Briggs
Sep 19, 2015
Ty Glenn Briggs, 47 of Rigby, passed away near Ririe, Saturday September 19, 2015 from injuries he received in a motorcycle accident. Ty was born November 6, 1967 in Idaho Falls a son of Lorin Robert and Kay Glenn Briggs. He attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. He attended Idaho State University where he was on the...
Tecela Kay Price
Sep 18, 2015
Tecela Kay Barnard Price, wife of Bud Price, 78 years of age, passed away at her home, Friday, September 18, 2015. Tecela was born February 6, 1937, a daughter to John Nichols Barnard and Elizabeth Emma Allen Barnard. She is survived by her husband Bud Price of Milo, a son John Jensen of Salt Lake City, Utah, a sister Violet...
Cleo Amelia Evans
Sep 17, 2015
Cleo Amelia Evans, 91, of Fort Hall, passed away peacefully surrounded by her daughters at her daughters home in Acampo, California, Thursday, September 17, 2015. Cleo was born February 22, 1924 in Blackfoot, Idaho a daughter of Henry Harmon and Amelia Campbell Coles. She was raised in Rigby and attended schools there. She married Edward L Evans, November 5, 1949...
Mildred Larue Dodge
Sep 16, 2015
Mildred “LaRue” Dodge, age 75, of Ririe, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. LaRue was born April 13, 1940 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Lawrence and Mary Clark Moore. She attended Ririe Schools. She married Robert Dodge, October 24, 1980. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS...
Jerry Lynn Burgess
Sep 16, 2015
Jerry Lynn Burgess, age 63, of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Jerry was born February 20, 1952 to Lambert Doyle and Helen Louella Burgess in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He attended Rigby schools. He married Dalene Anderson in Rigby, Idaho, they had two sons, Justin and Travis. They were later...
Cleona Vera Simpson
Sep 14, 2015
Cleona Vera Simpson, 90, of Rexburg, passed away peacefully on Sept. 14, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital with her children at her side. Cleona was born March 26, 1925 on the homestead farm in Archer to Melvin and Clara Hunsaker. She grew up in a farming family that raised spuds, hay and grain and enjoyed her family life with 2...
Betty Lorraine Poole
Sep 11, 2015
Betty Lorraine Summers Poole, age 88, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was born January 20, 1927, in Rigby a daughter to Joseph Benjamin and Nettie Leora Blanch Summers. She was raised in the Ririe area and attended the Clark School near Rigby. She married Keith Thomas Poole, November 18, 1942 in...
Lisso Paul
Sep 11, 2015
Lisso Paul was born October 27, 1919, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, the son of William and Della Paul. Lisso was the ninth child of ten children. His father made a living as a farmer and his mother died when he was eight. They lived off the land and were financially challenged. The only local employment was a saw mill where...