John Rial Ball
Mar 18, 2015
John Rial Ball, 73, of Lewisville, passed away at his home Wednesday March 18, 2015. John was born August 7, 1941 in Rigby Idaho, a son to Alfred Vernon Ball Sr. and Ruey Allen Ball. John farmed and ranched in the Lewisville/Monteview area for many years. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...
Leah Elnora Radford Blosch Hurley
Mar 17, 2015
Leah Elnora Radford Blosch Hurley, 91, of Rigby, passed away at The Gardens of Rigby, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Leah was the fourth of ten children born to Wesley W. Russell and Sylvia E. Peterson Russell. Her childhood was filled with adventure on the farm. The children loved to sing and their mother taught them to do so in harmony....
Demont "Ike" Crystal
Mar 13, 2015
Demont J “Ike” Crystal, age 88, of Grant, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Friday March 13, 2015. He was born May 3, 1926 at Garfield, Idaho a son to Andrew Vern Crystal and Bessie Venetta Randall Crystal. He was raised and attended schools in Garfield and Ucon. He married Glenna May Johnson March 26,...
Doris Lorraine Womack
Mar 11, 2015
Doris Lorraine Womack, 89, of Blackfoot, died March 11, 2015 at the Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. Doris was born May 8, 1925 in Groveland, Idaho the daughter of Malvern Leroy Wallace and Mary Maude Walker Wallace. Doris was raised on her family’s homestead ranch on Graves Creek 25 miles east of Blackfoot near the Blackfoot River. She married Almo...
Jacqueline N Boyce
Mar 11, 2015
Jacqueline N. Boyce, 84, of Rigby died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the Life Care Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Jacqueline was born January 13, 1931, in Moore, Idaho a daughter of James Alexander Noble and Alice LaVerda Reynolds Noble. She was raised and attended school in Moore and Arco and graduated from High school in Arco. She continued...
Lionel Vance Koon
Mar 11, 2015
On March 11, 2015 the world lost an amazing man. Lionel Vance Koon transitioned from this world after a valiant effort to survive esophageal cancer. Lionel was born May 31, 1942 in Lynwood, California while his parents, Robert and Robinette were stationed there at the end of WWII. The Koon’s soon moved back to Idaho where they raised Lionel and...
Clea Tolley Mattson Moss
Mar 11, 2015
Clea Tolley Moss, age 93, of Payson, Utah, passed away in Payson, Utah, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Clea was born January 11, 1922, in Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Ernest Theodore Tolley and Vera June Chandler Tolley. She married Mark Leroy Mattson, June 20, 1945 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Clea worked hard all her life. She loved gardening....
Lynn Packer Thomson
Mar 10, 2015
Lynn Packer Thomson, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on March 10, 2015 after 76 years of joyous living. Lynn was born in Rexburg, Idaho on October 20, 1938 to Lester Swainston and Lera Packer Thomson. He was raised on the family farm in Rexburg, Idaho and married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Lou Hoopes, on June 18, 1958 in...
Robert Cole Millet
Mar 8, 2015
Robert Cole Millet, 71 of Rigby, Idaho died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Robert was born May 16, 1943, in Provo, Utah a son of Lorin Elmer Millet and Ruth Maria Henry Millet. He was raised and attended school in Orem, Utah and Rigby, Idaho, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education...
Robert Boyd Robertson
Mar 6, 2015
Robert Boyd Robertson, age 83, of Rigby, died March 6, 2015, at his home in Rigby. Boyd was born December 15, 1931, in Plano, Idaho a son of Robert Clifford Robertson and Geneva Palmer Robertson. Boyd was raised and attended school in Plano and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
Della Margaret Merrill
Mar 1, 2015
Della Margaret Galbraith Merrill, age 94, of Menan, Idaho, passed away peacefully Sunday March 1, 2015 surrounded by her loving family at the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rexburg, Idaho. She and her husband were long time residents of Annis, Idaho and had just recently moved to Menan, Idaho. Della was born December 12, 1920 at Lyman, Idaho a...
Elmer George Wilde
Mar 1, 2015
Elmer George Wilde, 85 died of natural causes on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at his home in Roberts surrounded by his family. Elmer was born June 21, 1929 in Arco, Idaho to Andrew George Wilde and Alice Rae Burton Wilde. He attended elementary school in Shelley. His father, Andrew, was killed in a car accident when Elmer was 12 years...
Joan Frances Hamilton
Feb 27, 2015
Joan Francis Hamilton, age 72, of Rigby, passed away at The Gardens in Rigby, Friday, February 27, 2015 after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Joan was born August 20, 1942 in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Clarence and Esther Annen. She grew up in Pingree, Springfield and Aberdeen and then graduated from Aberdeen High School. She married Ed Fehringer in 1960...
Lamont Ray Thorngren
Feb 24, 2015
LaMont Ray Thorngren, age 76, of Rigby, passed away at his home, Tuesday February 24, 2015. LaMont was born October 31, 1938 in Rigby, Idaho a son of Glen and Elna Larsen Thonrgren. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Idaho Falls High School. He married Verna Mae Humpherys June 6, 1958 in Idaho Falls. Their marriage was later...
Roee Grigg
Feb 20, 2015
Rosalee June “Roee” Durrant Grigg, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015 at her home. Roee was born September 22, 1948, in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Garvin J. Durrant and Perlee Wheeler Durrant. She was raised and attended school in Ririe until 1964, where she moved to Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School in...
Bonnie Mae Mcdaniel
Feb 18, 2015
Bonnie Mae Brown McDaniel, age 83, passed away at her home in Idaho Falls, Wednesday February 18, 2015. Bonnie was born March 19, 1931 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Joseph Norman Brown and Orial B. Taylor Brown. She grew up and attended schools in the Rigby and Ucon area. She married Karl McDaniel March 30, 1950 in the Idaho...
Virginia Mame Prophet
Feb 17, 2015
Virginia Mame Chiles Prophet, 94, of Rigby, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. Virginia was born January 5, 1921, in Rigby, Idaho, to Bartren Chiles and Mary Isabell Peacock Chiles. She attended Rigby schools and graduated from Rigby High School. She married David Deering Prophet in Rigby on May 6, 1941. They...
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
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
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...