Obituaries

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Parva Lynn Lewis

Parva Lynn Lewis

Sep 16, 2016

Parva Lynn Lewis loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away peacefully surrounded by her family September 16, 2016 at Hospice Home of Eastern Idaho. Parva was born January 29, 1958, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Voyd Charles Ward and Flora Beth Chapple. She was raised and attended school in Rigby and lived in the Idaho Falls and surrounding area...

Craig Rushworth

Craig Rushworth

Sep 15, 2016

Craig Rushworth, age 64, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2016, with Kathryn, his wife of 26 years by his side. Known to most as "Rush," he was the oldest of 7 children born to Harold Frank and Coleen Marie Rushworth. Rush graduated from West High School in SLC. He made his living with his hands as an electrician. This...

Donald James Hill

Donald James Hill

Sep 13, 2016

James Donald Hill was reunited with the love of his life September 13, 2016. Don was born on June 11, 1935 in St. Anthony to John Dean Hill and Le Anna Fisher Hill. He joined brother, Glendon and sisters, Beverly and Carma, De Anna, his baby sister, came along later. James attended schools in St. Anthony then joined the National...

Joesph Robert Ringel

Joesph Robert Ringel

Sep 8, 2016

Joseph Robert Ringel, 91 of Rigby, died Thursday, September 08, 2016 at his home. Joseph was born May 25, 1925 in Paris, Idaho to Frederick Ludwig Ringel Jr. and Melvina Charlotte Price Ringel. He was raised and attended schools in Paris, graduating from Fielding High School. He enlisted in the US Navy and served overseas during WWII in the Asiatic-Pacific...

John Charles Merrill

John Charles Merrill

Sep 6, 2016

John Charles Merrill, 58, of Idaho Falls died Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at his home. John was born October 9, 1957, in Preston, Idaho to Charles James Merrill and Jane LaRue Brown Merrill. He was raised in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He married Linda Summers and they were later divorced. He married Leslie Smith and were later...

Glen J. Briscoe

Glen J. Briscoe

Sep 6, 2016

Glen passed away peacefully at his Rigby home surrounded by loved ones. The 87-year-old gentle man finally got his “ticket” to join his family already waiting for him beyond the veil. He was born December 16, 1928 in Pocatello, Idaho, the eighth of ten children of Franklin Verner Briscoe, Sr. and Eldora Jane Hansen. He grew up on the Tyhee...

Elwin "Junior" Loveland

Elwin "Junior" Loveland

Sep 4, 2016

Elwin Junior Loveland, 71 of Rigby, died Sunday, September 4, 2016 at his home. Junior was born December 4, 1944 in Boise, Idaho to Elwin Hugh Loveland and Phyllis Avery Loveland. He was raised and attended schools in Lava Hot Springs, Soda Springs and Blackfoot, Idaho. He graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1963 where he lettered in track and...

Nina "Gay" Clark

Nina "Gay" Clark

Aug 31, 2016

Nina Gay Huffaker Clark, 81 of Menan, Idaho, passed away August 31, 2016 as a result of her 3rd battle with cancer. She endured to the end with grace and dignity. Gay was born May 17, 1935, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Allen Cromwell Huffaker and Sarah Theressa Merrill Huffaker. She was raised and attended schools in Menan. She attended...

Jean B Hope

Jean B Hope

Aug 28, 2016

Jean B Hope loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. August 28, 2016. Jean was born on December 3, 1927 to Oral D Beck and Alice Wilson Beck. Jean grew up in Lyman, ID and spent some summers in Cranes Flat, ID where her dad homesteaded property. She graduated from Lyman High School...

Robert Dale Hall

Robert Dale Hall

Aug 24, 2016

Robert Dale “Bob” Hall, age 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home, Wednesday August 24, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday August 27th 2016 at the Ririe LDS Stake Center, 14061 N. 130 E. Ririe, Idaho. The family will visit with friends from noon to 1:30 p.m. prior to services at the Stake Center....

William "Bill" Owen Boyce

William "Bill" Owen Boyce

Aug 23, 2016

William “Bill” Owen Boyce, 84 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Hospice Home in Idaho Falls. Bill was born August 27, 1931 in Rigby, Idaho to Raymond Carlos Boyce and Alta Pearl Sayer Boyce. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby. On January 6, 1953, he married Jacqueline Noble in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple;...

Nick Mickelsen

Nick Mickelsen

Aug 22, 2016

Nick Mickelsen, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away in Idaho Falls, Monday, August 22, 2016. Nick was born July 8, 1948 in Teton Basin, Idaho a son to Reed and LeVaun Coombs Mickelsen. He grew up in the Teton Basin where he was surrounded by a loving family, cousins and community. His family later moved to Hamer, Idaho the summer...

Hal Henry Woolstenhulme

Hal Henry Woolstenhulme

Aug 17, 2016

Hal Henry Woolstenhulme, 84 of Victor, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at his home. Hal was born June 29, 1932 in Victor, Idaho to Delbert George Woolstenhulme and Velma Johnson Woolstenhulme. He was raised in Victor and attended Teton High School. On October 10, 1951, he married Rosalie Thompson in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They later divorced. On...

Gus E Hansen

Gus E Hansen

Aug 12, 2016

Gus E Hansen, age 57, of Rexburg, passed away at the family ranch in Tetonia, Friday, August 12, 2016. Gus was born July 1, 1959 in Rexburg, Idaho a son to Miles Norman Hansen and Ramona Mary McCracken Hansen. He attended schools in the Teton Basin, graduating from Teton High School. He married Doris Mae Koon, June 8th 1979 in...

Pamela May Mcarthur

Pamela May Mcarthur

Aug 11, 2016

Pamela May Lesnick McArthur, 73 of Parker, Idaho passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Rigby, ID. Pamela was born April 4, 1943 in Los Angeles, California to Herbert Willie Lesnick and Thelma May Baird Lesnick, she was raised and attended schools in Los Angles, California graduating from George Washington High School. She continued...

Kevin W Davis

Kevin W Davis

Aug 10, 2016

Kevin W Davis, age 63 of Ammon, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Kevin was born January 25, 1953, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to George M. Davis and Betty Dayton Rounds Davis. He was raised and attended school in Idaho Falls, graduating from Skyline High School. On June 21, 1978, he...

Gary Rue Richards

Gary Rue Richards

Aug 10, 2016

Gary Rue Richards, 80 of Lewisville passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at his home in Lewisville. Gary was born September 23, 1935 in Basalt, Idaho to Rue Fredrick Richards and Clara Ann Messick Richards. He was raised and attended schools in Shelley and Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. On September 26, 1958, he married Elizabeth Almina...

Pine Devell Johnson

Pine Devell Johnson

Aug 7, 2016

Pine DeVell Johnson, 61, of Boise, died August 7, 2016. Pine was born February 4, 1955, in Driggs, Idaho a son of LaVell H Johnson and Gloy DeeNee Schiers Johnson. He lived in the Boise area for most of his life. Pine is survived by his brother Steven (Susan) Johnson of Leadore, Idaho, sister Sheila Johnson of Twin Falls, Idaho,...

Tate K Parmer

Tate K Parmer

Aug 3, 2016

Tate K. Parmer, 44, of Layton, Utah, loving father, son, brother and friend passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016 in Sunset, Utah from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Tate was born November 5, 1971 in Rexburg, Idaho to Kal H Parmer and Reva Ellen Beyeler Parmer. He attended Midway Elementary, Midway Jr. High, Rigby High School, Hawkeye Community College...

Banker Robert "Bob" Adams

Banker Robert "Bob" Adams

Aug 1, 2016

Banker Robert “Bob” Adams returned home Monday, August 01, 2016. He was born in Ririe and grew up playing outside, swimming in canals, walking to Heise for a soda, and with his brothers picking up coal alongside the railroad tracks to help heat the family home. He attended Ririe Elementary and was one of the first classes to graduate from...