Obituaries

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Herb A. Thomas (Hanner)

Herb A. Thomas (Hanner)

Feb 17, 2015

Herb A. Thomas (Hanner) age 54, passed away at his home in Ririe, Tuesday February 17, 2015. Herb was born on October 7, 1960, in Santa Rosa, California a son to Larry and Sheila Hanner. He worked as a Derek Hand in the Oil Fields and construction. Herb was an avid reader. He enjoyed autobiographies, Wild West books, with his...

Levi Marthis

Levi Marthis

Feb 15, 2015

Matthew Levi Marthis, age 23, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday February 15, 2015 from injuries he received in an automobile accident. Levi was born May 24, 1991 in Idaho Falls a son to Matthew Arden Cook Marthis and April Marie Taylor. He attended schools at Falls Valley Elementary, Sandcreek Middle School and graduated from Hillcrest High School in 2009....

Maxine Ardellia Tracy

Maxine Ardellia Tracy

Feb 12, 2015

Maxine Ardellia Tracy, age 69, of Rigby, passed away at her home, Thursday February 12, 2015. Maxine was born September 26, 1945 at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a daughter to Marvelin Isaac Bass and Nellie Gary Carter Bass. She attended schools in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and graduated from Rocky Mount, High School. On June 19, 1964 she married Juan...

Virgil Elwood Powell

Virgil Elwood Powell

Feb 12, 2015

Virgil Elwood (Bud) Powell, age 92, of Rigby passed away at his home in Rigby Thursday February 12, 2015. Bud was born November 27, 1922 at St. Anthony, Idaho a son of Ulysses Grant Powell and Lavina Madsen Powell. He attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from St. Anthony High School. He attended and graduated from Ricks College when...

Eileen Hall

Eileen Hall

Feb 10, 2015

Eileen Hall, 82, of Roberts died February 10, 2015, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Eileen was born November 15, 1932, in Palisades, Idaho a daughter of George E. Cromwell and Pearl Loraine Petersen Cromwell. She was raised in the Palisades area and attended school in Irwin and Ririe High School. Eileen worked for Smitty’s Pancake House, Paris Café,...

Donna Ann Coleman

Donna Ann Coleman

Feb 5, 2015

Donna Ann Coleman, age 71, of Rigby, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 in Idaho Falls surrounded by her family. Donna was born September 30, 1943, in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Ruby Marlow and Horace Eugene Perry. She was raised and attended school in ­­­Rexburg. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and...

Jeannine Gloria Furrows

Jeannine Gloria Furrows

Feb 4, 2015

Jeannine Gloria Watts Furrows, age 86, of Roberts, passed away at Morning Star Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Wednesday February 4, 2015. Jeannine was born in Roberts to Thomas Elmer Watts and Johanna Larson Watts on July 4th 1928. She graduated from Roberts High School. She worked at the Roberts Drug Store during her high school years, as did each...

Dorothy Lee Messick

Dorothy Lee Messick

Feb 2, 2015

Dorothy Lee Messick, age 76, of Roberts, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, February 2, 2015. Dorothy was born December 15, 1938 in Idaho Falls, a daughter to Earl D Harkness and Marcia Barzee Harkness. She was raised and attended schools in Roberts. She married Darwin LeRoy Messick, April 15, 1961 in Osgood, ID....

James Howard Tibbitts Jr.

James Howard Tibbitts Jr.

Jan 30, 2015

James “Jimmy” Howard Tibbitts Jr. age 60 formerly of Lorenzo, died Friday, January 30, 2015 of a heart attack at his home in Rexburg. Jimmy was born May 5, 1954 in Idaho Falls to James Howard Tibbitts Sr. and JoAnn Taylor Tibbitts, of Lorenzo. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He attended 1...

Hart Grover

Hart Grover

Jan 30, 2015

Hart L Grover, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully, January 30, 2015 in St. Anthony, Idaho. Hart was born January 12, 1927 in Belfry, Montana to Leo and Lizzie Leone Grover. He grew up in Teton Valley and the Magic Valley areas with siblings Elmo, Leone, Ben, Joe, Beth and Mary. While just a young boy in Teton Valley,...

Donna Larue Dinsdale Rogers

Donna Larue Dinsdale Rogers

Jan 27, 2015

Donna LaRue Dinsdale Rogers, 86 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Donna was born July 5, 1928 in Annis, Idaho to Charles Benjamin Dinsdale and Hildred Hoffman Dinsdale. She was raised and attended schools in Annis and graduated from Midway High School. On June 3, 1953, she married Harold L. Rogers...

Vearl Lavar Hansen

Vearl Lavar Hansen

Jan 26, 2015

Vearl LaVar Hansen, 79 of Burton passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born March 26, 1935 in Independence, Idaho to Nels Christain Hansen and Molly Bischoff Hansen. He was raised and attended schools in Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School. While in high school, he was the President of the FFA. On September 16,...

Donna Lucille Hill

Donna Lucille Hill

Jan 22, 2015

Donna Lucille Gneiting Hill, 92, peacefully passed away on January 22nd, 2015 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center. Born in Garfield, Idaho, she was the daughter on William and Mabel Gneiting. She attended and graduated from Garfield school. She was a member of the Armed Forces and was honorably discharged from the Women's Army Corps. In life she enjoyed traveling,...

Ashlee Grace Andrews

Ashlee Grace Andrews

Jan 22, 2015

Ashlee Grace Andrews came into this world early at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on October 14, 1994. On January 22, 2015, she left this world too early at the same hospital. She was twenty years old. Ashlee attended elementary and junior high in Boise, Idaho. At age fifteen, she moved to Oregon, graduating from Cascade High School in Aumsville....

Dean Bernell Allgood

Dean Bernell Allgood

Jan 21, 2015

Dean Bernell Allgood 94 of Rigby, passed away Jan 21st, 2015 at The Gables in Ammon surrounded by his family. Dad was born October 10, 1920 in Hibbard, Idaho, to Arthur and Geneva Jensen Allgood. He was the oldest child followed by three sisters, Bernice, Phyllis and Marjorie. When Dad was 8 years old his parents divorced and his Grandma...

Blaine Grover

Blaine Grover

Jan 21, 2015

Blaine Grover, 90 of Dubois died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born November 29, 1924 in Rigby, Idaho to Ursel Leroy Grover and Alice Hutchens Grover. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby and Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. He married Dorothy Rose Weeks, they later divorced. He then married Dona Hadley,...

Ona Thompson

Ona Thompson

Jan 20, 2015

Ona LuDean Thompson, age 82, of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Ona was born March 28, 1932, in Madison County, Idaho, a daughter to Raymond Grover and Katie Browning Grover. She attended schools in Archer and Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School. She married James Howard Thompson in Idaho Falls,...

Tyson Craig Hart

Tyson Craig Hart

Jan 20, 2015

Tyson Craig Hart, 26, of Boise, Idaho, died in his home on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on May 14, 1988, to Craig Hart and Julie Turnbull Packer. He attended school in Rigby and Ririe, Idaho, and also in California and Washington. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Idaho Falls. He was currently...

Larue Williams Phillips Pack

Larue Williams Phillips Pack

Jan 19, 2015

LaRue Williams Phillips Pack, 86 of Idaho Falls, died Monday, January 19, 2015, at her home. LaRue was born August 17, 1928 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Charles and Vonda Amelia Wood Williams. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School and continued her education at Ricks College. LaRue was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

Fred Jay Lords

Fred Jay Lords

Jan 18, 2015

Fred Jay Lords, 56 of Roberts, Idaho passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015. He was born November 15, 1958 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Kenneth I. Lords and Lois M. Gardner Lords. Fred attended elementary and junior high school in Roberts and attended West Jefferson High School in Terreton, Idaho. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for 22...