R. Dwain Keller
Mar 17, 2016
Royal Dwain Keller, 84, of Rigby, passed away suddenly at home Thursday, March 17, 2016, following surgery. Dwain was born Oct. 1, 1931, in Clark, Idaho to Irvin William and Birdie Marie Bills Keller. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby. He served an LDS mission to the Western Canada Mission from 1950-1952. On Aug. 13, 1954, he married...
Janis "Jan" Elaine Wheeler
Mar 17, 2016
Janis “Jan” Wheeler, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016 at her home, in Terreton, she was 81. Jan was born on February 9, 1935 in Buffalo, New York to Stanly Scurlock and Lorna Yox Scurlock. She was raised in South Wales, New York until the age of 10. The family then moved to East Aurora, New York where she attended...
Marion Wendell Blakely
Mar 16, 2016
Marion Wendell Blakely, age 90 of Ririe, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at The Gables of Ammon. Marion was born November 22, 1925, in Heise, Idaho to Joseph Collins Blakely and Alice Callings Blakely. He was raised and attended schools in Heise and Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School. He served in the US Army Air Corps. On June...
Bobby Dean Packard
Mar 16, 2016
Bobby Dean Packard, 74 of Menan, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bobby was born September 17, 1941 at Milacs, Minnesota to Robert Edgar Packard and Florence Marie Nelson Packard. He was raised and attended schools in Grants Pass Oregon and graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1959. He enlisted in the U.S....
Richard "Dick" James Purcell
Mar 16, 2016
Richard “Dick” James Purcell, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dick was born November 6, 1939 in Menan, Idaho a son to Maurice James Purcell and Leona Gunderson Purcell. He attended schools in Menan and graduated from Rigby High School. As a young man he enjoyed riding...
Lewis Edward Jones
Mar 15, 2016
Lewis Edward Jones, age 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday March 15, 2016 at the Gardens of Rigby. Lewis was born on November 7, 1926 to John LeRoy Jones and Viola Matilda Wallace. He grew up and attended schools in Roberts and Menan. Lewis married Laurel Gwen Glover on September 10, 1948 in Rexburg, Idaho; their marriage was later...
Avis Marie Hess
Mar 15, 2016
On March 15th, Avis “A”, Marie Ballard Hess, passed away at the age of 80, on February 15, 2016 in Idaho Falls, ID. She and her twin brother Leland, was born early on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, 1935 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Catholic boarding schools until she was in 8th grade, and graduated from Washington High School, in...
Richard Larry Rooke
Mar 15, 2016
Richard Larry Rooke, age 60, of Rigby, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Richard was born on July 9, 1955 to Dick Arnold Grossnickle and Maxine Clayburn. Richard was raised in Wilson and Jackson Wyoming, he attended Wilson Elementary school and Jackson High School. Richard went to collage to the University of Maryland and received an Associate’s Degree in...
Dean B. Kofoed
Mar 13, 2016
Dean B. Kofoed, 91, of Iona, Idaho, died quietly in his sleep, Sunday, March 13, 2016. He was born to Oliver LeRoy Kofoed and Mabel Byington Kofoed of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho on July 31, 1924. Dean served in the United States Navy during WWII in Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; and at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. He married...
Gary George Hulse
Mar 12, 2016
Gary George Hulse, born Oct. 7, 1937, passed away quietly at his home on Mar. 12, 2016 after battling major health issues for years. He was the oldest son of Julius George Hulse and Elva Mary Hunsaker. Gary was born in Rigby, Idaho where he attended grade school until his family moved to the Swan Valley/ Irwin area where he...
Bruce A. Eckersell
Mar 9, 2016
Bruce Adam Eckersell, 88 of Rigby, passed away at his home Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Bruce was born August 22, 1927, in Idaho Falls, the son of Adam Berdett and Pearl Thomson Eckersell. He attended Rigby schools, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education at Ricks College and then attended and graduated from the San Francisco College of...
Ted Vadnais
Mar 9, 2016
Theodore “Ted” L. Vadnais, 76 of Hamer, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Ted was born June 19, 1939 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Alfred Vadnais and LaVerne Behling Vadnais. He was raised and attended school in Kilgore, graduating from Clark County High School. On November 21, 1958, he married Clysta Madge...
Anna Johnson Gray
Mar 9, 2016
Anna “Ann” Johnson Gray passed away on March 9, 2016 at Queen Creek, Arizona. She was born May 27, 1914 to Andrew Johnson and Annie Neilson Johnson, in Woodrow, Idaho, at their family ranch homesteaded owned by her parents and located deep in the lavas between Hamer and Rexburg. Born a sickly child, she was not expected to live past...
Gay Janet Reno
Mar 1, 2016
Gay Janet Reno, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. Gay was born July 28, 1936, in Rigby to John Eddie Chase and Phoebe Arvida Griaff. She was raised on the family farm and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On September 9, 1958, she married...
Ronald Trueman Crossley
Feb 29, 2016
Ronald Truman Crossley, 82, of Rigby, passed away Monday, February 29th 2016 at Sage Grove Assisted Living in Rigby. Ronald was born December 10th 1933 in Rigby, Idaho a son to Truman Crossley and Geneva Severson Crossley. He attended grade school in Garfield and graduated from Rigby High School. He earned an engineering degree from the University of Idaho. He...
James Ray Hunting
Feb 28, 2016
James Ray Hunting, 68, of Rigby, passed away at his home, Sunday, February 28th 2016. He was born January 1st 1948 in Rigby, Idaho a son to James Lyle Hunting and Ila Jean Leonard Hunting. He attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High School in 1966. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He married Sherri...
W. Ronald Shippen
Feb 28, 2016
W. Ronald Shippen, 83, of Menan Idaho, passed away Sunday February 28, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 16, 1932 in the family home in Menan, the oldest son of Charles W. and Ruth Tomblinson Shippen. He grew up in Menan and lived there his entire life. He attended school in Menan, Midway, and graduated from...
Duane Harper
Feb 28, 2016
Murray Duane Harper, 81 of Rigby passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born May 8, 1934 in Rigby, Idaho to Murray Charles Harper and Cordelia Bright Harper. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education at ISU. He served in the US Army...
Ellen Drake
Feb 27, 2016
Ellen Drake, 104, of Lorenzo, passed away at Sage Grove Assisted Living in Rigby, Saturday, February 27th 2016. Ellen was born February 18th 1912, in Annis, Idaho a daughter to Warren Lester Merrill and Mary Hall Merrill. She attended schools in Annis graduating from the 8th grade. She married Elmer Raymond Drake, December 17th 1928 in Rigby, Idaho. She was...
Van B Thomson
Feb 27, 2016
Van B. Thomson, 85, loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, of Menan, Idaho returned home to his Heavenly Father, February 27th, 2016 at his home of natural causes. Van was born September 9th 1930 in Rexburg, Idaho a son to Royle Swaintson Thomson and Mary Leora Beck Thomson. He grew up in Moody and attended school in Moody and Sugar...