Obituaries

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Joseph L. Warner

Joseph L. Warner

Dec 14, 2014

Major Joseph L. Warner passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014, after a brief illness. He was born August 7, 1975 to Richard and Joyce Warner. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School in 1993. He then started his Army career by enlisting as an interrogator in Military Intelligence. During this time, he attended the...

Nyman Dale Johnson

Nyman Dale Johnson

Dec 12, 2014

Nyman Dale Johnson, 75, of Rigby, died Friday, December 12, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Nyman was born January 15, 1939 in Logan, Utah a son to Dale Pulsipher Johnson and MarDean Nyman Johnson. He was raised in Logan until the age of 16 and they moved to Idaho Falls. He graduated from Idaho Falls...

Sarah Dixon

Sarah Dixon

Dec 12, 2014

Sarah Dixon, 18 of Ririe, passed away Friday, December 12, 2014 at her home. Sarah was born July 8, 1996 in Rexburg, Idaho to Chad Ken Dixon and Rebecca Ann Zappitello Dixon. She was raised and attended schools in Ririe, and was a 2014 graduate of Ririe High School. During high school Sarah participated in many extracurricular activities; she played...

Roy Fife

Roy Fife

Dec 9, 2014

LeRoy “Roy” Garth Fife, 78, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at his home of arterial pulmonary fibrosis. He was born November 24, 1936, in Lewisville, Idaho, to Aaron Clauvasa Fife and Jessie Juanita Miller Fife. He was raised and attended schools in Menan and Rigby, Idaho. On August 29, 1958, he married Helen Marie Jones in the...

Hippie Chesak

Hippie Chesak

Dec 5, 2014

James Allen Chesak aka “Hippie”, 62 of Rigby, died Friday, December 05, 2014 at his home. He was born May 24, 1952 in Florence, Arizona to James “Jim” W. Chesak and Gladys May Snider Chesak. He was raised by the one he loved as mom; Beula Chesak and his dad Jim. He attended schools in Star Valley, Wyoming and Idaho...

Marjorie Palmer Brady

Marjorie Palmer Brady

Dec 5, 2014

Marjorie Palmer Brady, age 90, died at the Gables of Ammon Friday, December 5, 2014. She was born August 14, 1924, in Iona, Idaho to Don Treasure and Hazel Magleby Treasure. She was raised in the Garfield area attending Rigby schools and graduated from Rigby High School. On September 2, 1947 she married Drue E. Palmer in the Idaho Falls...

Elaine Ball Archibald

Elaine Ball Archibald

Dec 5, 2014

Elaine Ball Archibald, 67, passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Rexburg, after a nearly four-year battle with brain cancer (glioblastoma). Elaine was born in Idaho Falls on July 2, 1947, to Ronald James and Emily Madsen Ball. She had a happy childhood in Lewisville, riding horses and swimming in canals. Being from a farm family she also weeded beets,...

Susan Rebecca Green

Susan Rebecca Green

Dec 4, 2014

Susan Rebecca Green, 54, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Thursday, December 4, 2014, at the home of her son in Idaho Falls. Susan was born August 25, 1960, in Idaho Falls, a daughter of Franklin Delano Evans and Shirley Ann Shipley Evans. Susan was raised and attended schools in Fernley, Nevada. She married Barry Taylor on February 2, 1979 at...

Maralyn Hill Lovell

Maralyn Hill Lovell

Dec 2, 2014

Maralyn Hill Lovell, 88, of Ririe passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at The Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg, Idaho. She was born July 31, 1926 at the family home in Ucon, Idaho, to Robert E. Hill and Fanny Marguerite Monsen Hill. After graduating from Ucon High School, she attended Ricks College where she received a teaching certificate. Teaching first...

Mary N. Grover

Mary N. Grover

Nov 30, 2014

Mary N. Grover, 69, our beloved daughter, mother, wife, sister, grandmother and friend passed from this life and entered into eternity on November 30, 2014 after a valiant battle with breast cancer. She was born on November 16, 1945, the second child of P.C. and Edith Bowen, Jr. She was raised in Ashton and Spencer and attended Clark County schools,...

Joie Elaine Hilton

Joie Elaine Hilton

Nov 26, 2014

Joie Elaine McKean Hilton, age 94, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 in Rigby, Idaho. Joie was born March 14, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter to Joseph Emery McKean and Ruth Elizabeth Larsen McKean. She attended schools in Dividend, Goshen and Payson, Utah. She attended the UofU then Nurses Training at LDS Hospital School of Nursing in Salt...

Gavin Leonard Foster

Gavin Leonard Foster

Nov 26, 2014

Gavin Leonard Foster, 31, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014 peacefully at his home of natural causes. He was born July 16, 1983 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Brent Lee Foster and Maureen Axline Foster. Gavin attended schools in Menan, Rigby and graduated from Jefferson High School. Gavin’s infectious smile, tender heart and zest for life, golf,...

Petrea Ruth Dilley

Petrea Ruth Dilley

Nov 26, 2014

Petrea Ruth Dilley, 84 of Lewisville died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at her home; she was under the care of Solace Hospice. Petrea was born April 11, 1930 in Victor, Idaho to Thomas H. Barker and Ruth V. Johnson Barker. She was raised and attended schools in Victor. In 1948 She married Willis Mickelsen from St. Anthony, Idaho; he preceded...

Steven Eugene Morgan

Steven Eugene Morgan

Nov 25, 2014

Steven Eugene Morgan, age 61, of Rigby, died at home Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Steven was born November 27, 1952, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Welton Eugene Morgan and Phyllis Agnes Ames Morgan. He was raised in the Rigby area and attended school there. He married Alyss Marie Hunter on March 12, 1986 in Ririe. Their marriage was later...

Iris Irene Layton

Iris Irene Layton

Nov 22, 2014

Iris Irene Robinson Layton, 80, of Rigby passed away November 22, 2014. She was born October 08, 1934 in Glines, Utah to Thomas Alma Robinson and Bertha Anna Jenkins Robinson. She was the oldest of 3 children. On December 15, 1954, she married Benjamin Gloyd Layton; they were blessed with 3 daughters and 1 son. She was the Lorenzo Postmistress...

Lynn Walker

Lynn Walker

Nov 20, 2014

Roderick Lynn Walker, 84 of Rigby died Thursday, November 20, 2014 at his home. Lynn was born December 17, 1929 in Rigby, Idaho, the son of Lorenzo William Walker and Stella Jenkins Walker. He was raised and attended schools in Rexburg and Rigby. On June 25, 1952 he married Sharon Hall in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They were blessed...

Shawn D. Miller

Shawn D. Miller

Nov 18, 2014

On November 18th, 2014, Shawn D. Miller passed away in New York City. Shawn was born on November 22, 1971, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Larry R. Miller and Claudette Neilson Miller. He graduated from South Fremont High School with honors and received a full ride scholarship to Utah State. Shawn received his Bachelors degree in French and International Relations from...

Patsy Randall Jenkins

Patsy Randall Jenkins

Nov 17, 2014

Patsy Randall Jenkins age 77 of Idaho Falls, died Monday, November 17, 2014 at her home. She was born March 1, 1937 in Burley, Idaho to Grant Dilmon Randall and Anita Gierisch Randall. She was raised and attended schools in Burley. She attended Ricks College for 2 years, then Utah State University for an additional 2 years, receiving her Bachelor’s...

Arlo N. Wood

Arlo N. Wood

Nov 15, 2014

Arlo N. Wood, 76 of Rexburg, died Saturday, November 15, 2014 at his home. He was born May 27, 1938 in Idaho Falls to Lawrence Elba Wood and Elsie Matilda Nickel Wood. He attended schools in Bates and Driggs and graduated from Teton High School in 1956. During High School he participated in football, played the French horn in the...

Sharon M. Jones

Sharon M. Jones

Nov 13, 2014

Sharon Marlene Walker Jones, 78, of Rigby passed from this life at her home after bravely fighting cancer, Thursday, the Thirteenth day of November 2014, with her husband and daughters by her side. Sharon was born January 29, 1936 in Rigby, Idaho to Oral H. Walker and Beatrice Mortensen Walker. She was the 7th of eight children. She attended Rigby...