Obituaries

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Ronald George Butterfield

Ronald George Butterfield

May 26, 2016

Ronald George Butterfield, 73 of Rigby, died Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Teton Post-Acute Care in Idaho Falls. Ron was born May 26, 1943 in Evansville, Indiana to George Wendell Butterfield and Iola Faye Baker Butterfield. He graduated from Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California then continued his education at El Camino College in Lawndale, California. He served...

Dona Marie Decker

Dona Marie Decker

May 25, 2016

Dona Marie Decker, age 70, of Rigby, passed away at the Hospice House in Idaho Falls, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Dona was born November 18, 1945 at Rigby, Idaho. She was a daughter to David Deering Prophet and Virginia Mame Chiles Prophet. She attended Schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School in 1964. While in high school, she was...

Wayne Raymond Barrow

Wayne Raymond Barrow

May 20, 2016

Wayne Raymond Barrow passed away early in the morning on May 20, 2016 at the Wellington Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Wayne was born January 29, 1928 in Rigby, Idaho to Earl Raymond Barrow and Jessie Elizabeth Daniels Brown. He was the fourth child in a family of three brothers and two sisters. His father Earl died when he...

Connie Rae Stibal

Connie Rae Stibal

May 20, 2016

Connie Rae Stibal, 69 of Roberts, Idaho went home to our Heavenly Father on May, 20th 2016 to be with her beloved husband Jimmy, a love so strong that they needed to be united once again. Connie was born February 8, 1947 in Rigby, Idaho to George Elwin Smith and Ida Viola Winder Smith. She was raised and attended schools...

Wayne Thomas Fyfe

Wayne Thomas Fyfe

May 19, 2016

Wayne Thomas Fyfe, 65, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Wayne was born September 23, 1950 in Idaho Falls, a son to Myrtus Willard and Geraldine Marie Clarke Fyfe. He grew up in Archer and Lyman and graduated from Madison High School. He married Zina Colleen Howell, October...

Thomas Gene Dye

Thomas Gene Dye

May 18, 2016

Thomas Gene Dye, 71, passed away at his home in Rigby, Wednesday, May 18th 2016. He was born in Paso Robles, California a son to Thomas Boyd Dye and Roean Althora Williams Dye. He married Karen L. Guilzi, May 26th 1966 in Burley, Idaho. He worked throughout his life as a Truck Driver and as a welder where he owned...

Helen Rounds Bloxham

Helen Rounds Bloxham

May 18, 2016

Helen Rounds Bloxham, 97, of Rigby, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at her home of causes incident to her age. Helen was born November 20, 1918 in Garfield, Idaho to Ambrose Edmund Rounds Jr. and Margaret Ethel Godfrey Rounds. She was raised and attended schools in Tooele, Utah and Iona, Idaho, graduating from Ucon High School. On May 26, 1936,...

Max Dee Polson

Max Dee Polson

May 16, 2016

Max Dee Polson, age 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, May 16, 2016. Max was born, November 23, 1937 in Roberts, Idaho a son to Charles Arthur Polson and Annie Alyce Olaveson Polson. He was raised and attended schools in Roberts and graduated from Roberts High School. On November 25,...

Vardus Wayne Radford

Vardus Wayne Radford

May 16, 2016

Vardus Wayne Radford, age 80, of Rigby, passed away at his home, Monday, May 16th 2016. Vardus was born January 17th 1936 in Ririe, Idaho a son to Glen James and Dortha Louise Monroe Radford. He graduated from Rigby High School. While in high school he played Football and Basketball. At the age of 18 he served in the United...

Myrna Lee Anderson

Myrna Lee Anderson

May 15, 2016

Myrna Lee Anderson, 80, of Rigby, passed away at her home, Sunday, May 15th 2016. She was born July 4th 1935 in Driggs, Idaho a daughter to Lawrence and Ursula Ure Beesley. She grew up and attended schools in Driggs, Idaho. She married Donald McCracken December 1, 1950, in St. Anthony, Idaho. They later divorced. She married Ralston Lee Anderson...

Vauna B. Davis

Vauna B. Davis

May 14, 2016

Born in North Ogden, Utah, November 22, 1923. Father: John Cyrus Bailey Mother: Ruth Dunn Bailey Married Kenneth Henry Davis November 1939. Certified as a Beautician Culturists in Tucson Arizona 1947. War Time Service: Transported wounded WWII soldiers to the San Diego Naval Base hospital, worked as a military chauffeur, and she also worked as a welder in the U.S....

Donald E. Martin

Donald E. Martin

May 11, 2016

Donald “Don” E. Martin, 83 of Menan, die Wednesday, May 11, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Don was born October 9, 1932 in Jackson, Wyoming to Charles Reed Martin and Cora A. Payne. He was raised and attended schools in Jackson, Wyoming, graduating from Jackson High School. He cowboyed for local ranches in the Jackson area. On June 1,...

Louise Carolyn Long Lynes

Louise Carolyn Long Lynes

May 11, 2016

On May 11, 2016, Louise Carolyn Long Lynes left this world to make a long-awaited reunion with her sweetheart, Kenny, and her daughter, Carol. She was born in Curlew, Nebraska on June 21, 1926 to Ellis and Helen Long. She was the fourth child of five and she grew up during the lean days of the depression era. In 1946...

Richard Neil Polson

Richard Neil Polson

May 9, 2016

Richard Neil Polson, 84, of Rigby, passed away at his home, Monday, May 9th 2016. Neil was born June 28th 1931 in Menan, Idaho a son to Charles Arthur Polson and Annie Alyce Olavason Polson. He attended Roberts schools. He served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1954. He married Joyce Larie Lundquist April 18th 1956 in LaBelle....

Ruth Fullmer

Ruth Fullmer

May 7, 2016

Ruth Fullmer, 96, of Blackfoot, passed away Saturday, May 7th 2016 at Bingham Memorial Extended Care in Blackfoot. Ruth was born April 2, 1920 in Aberdeen, Idaho a daughter to Lawrence Delos Thornton and Anne Luella Farnsworth Thornton. She married Myron Donald Fullmer June 17th 1938 in Mackay, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple,...

Floyd K. White

Floyd K. White

May 1, 2016

Floyd K. White, 75, of Dubois, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, in Idaho Falls, following an extended illness, at the Idaho Falls Hospice Home, which he had entered that same day. Floyd was born June 4, 1940, in Penrose, Fremont County, Colorado, to Floyd H. and Hazel R. Creekmore White. He grew up in the mountains where he learned...

Linda Ann Gardner

Linda Ann Gardner

May 1, 2016

Linda Ann Gardner, 71 of Idaho Falls, died at her home on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Linda was born January 29, 1945, in Rigby, Idaho, a daughter of Ralph Lewis and Eunice Sophia Miller Youngstrom. Linda was raised and attended first grade in Spencer, Idaho, and then she finished school in Dubois, Idaho, graduating from Clark County High School (in...

Diana Lavern Egbert

Diana Lavern Egbert

Apr 29, 2016

Diana LaVern Egbert, born December 31, 1945 died peacefully at home April 29, 2016 surrounded by her family. Diana was the middle child of Chester and Ruth Barton. She was born and raised in Driggs, ID and graduated from Teton High School. Diana went on to get her cosmetology degree from Excelsis Beauty College in Idaho Falls, ID. While in...

Don Steven Tibbitts

Don Steven Tibbitts

Apr 28, 2016

Don Steven Tibbitts, 63 of Kaneohe, Hawaii died Thursday, April 28, 2016 of a heart attack. Don was born April 13, 1953 to Jim and JoAnn Tibbitts. He attended Rigby schools and one year at Ricks College. While at Ricks College he met and married Sherry Bell of Rexburg. They had two children; Carrie and Steven Tibbitts. Don and Sherry...

Mcneil Joseph Walker

Mcneil Joseph Walker

Apr 27, 2016

McNeil Joseph Walker passed away suddenly on April 27, 2016 in an unexpected accident. He was the joy and light of our life. He was born on October 1, 1994 to Rollie and Sally Walker in Idaho Falls, Idaho. When he was six months old, he moved with his family to Santiago, Chile for three years while his parents served...