Obituaries

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Alfred Lee Franck

Alfred Lee Franck

Sep 23, 2014

Alfred Lee Franck, 77 of Monteview died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at his home. He was born Sept 7, 1937 in Idaho Falls, to Lee Walter Franck and Thelma Mary Allen Franck. He was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls, Rigby, and Roberts. On February 13, 1959, he married Roberta May Williams in Dillon, Montana. Alfred farmed in the...

Janet E. Romriell

Janet E. Romriell

Sep 18, 2014

Janet E. Romriell, 71 of Rigby, died Thursday, September 18, 2014 at her home. She was born July 21, 1943 in Pocatello to Lloyd Delmont Romriell and Mildred Elizabeth Hancock Romriell. She was raised and attended schools in Pocatello. Janet was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She worked for Deseret Industries for 22 years....

Nancy Smith

Nancy Smith

Sep 17, 2014

Nancy Ikyko Smith, loving wife, mother and friend, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014. She was born June 25, 1933; a daughter of Singerori and Michi Kosako in Takao, Taiwan, Nancy married Billy Blair Smith on July 25, 1962, in Fukuoka, Japan. They spent 52 happy years together. Nancy attended school in Kagoshima, Japan and lived in several locations in...

Melvin John Hansen

Melvin John Hansen

Sep 8, 2014

Melvin John Hansen, 86, of Hamer, passed away September 8, 2014, at EIRMC in Idaho Falls. Melvin was born in American Fork, Utah, July 26, 1928, to George Heber Hansen and Maud Lowe. He was the youngest of 5 children. His parents moved to Hamer when he was five years old. He went to school in Hamer and graduated from...

Jared Eldon Hawke

Jared Eldon Hawke

Sep 8, 2014

Beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, and friend Jared Hawke, 29, passed away from a long battle of brain cancer on September 8, 2014 surrounded by his wife and family who loved him. Jared was born on July 8, 1985 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to the late Steven Hawke and Deborah Reed. He graduated from Rigby High School and also obtained...

Randall Everett Sorenson

Randall Everett Sorenson

Sep 6, 2014

Randall Everett Sorenson, 94 of Rigby died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Morning Star Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Randall was born April 25, 1920, in Smithfield, Utah to Charles Henry Sorenson and Mary Elizabeth Barker Sorenson. He was raised and attended schools in Smithfield, Utah, graduating from North Cache High School. He continued his education at Utah State University...

Guenavere Hannah Boyce

Guenavere Hannah Boyce

Aug 29, 2014

Guenavere Hannah Robison Boyce, age 90, of Rigby, died at her home, Friday August 29, 2014. She was born February 27, 1924 at Archer, Idaho, the youngest child of Ivan Oscar and Lorena McIntier Robison. She grew up in the Archer, Lyman area and attended school there. Her mother died when she was 12 years old and she and her...

Suzanne Ball Christen

Suzanne Ball Christen

Aug 27, 2014

Suzanne Ball Christen, 35 of Clarksburg, MD died at her home August 27, 2014. Suzanne had fought for more than seven years with Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). While she wasn't expected to survive much more than a year or two, she fought diligently through various treatments to spend more time with her husband and family. Suzanne was born...

Alice Griffeth Hansen

Alice Griffeth Hansen

Aug 21, 2014

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Alice Griffeth Hansen, 82, of Rigby, Idaho, passed peacefully away in her home Thursday, August 21, 2014, on her 64th wedding anniversary, surrounded by her family. She was born January 22, 1932, in Preston, Idaho, to Rachel and Thurman Griffeth. She is survived by her husband Earl E. Hansen; children: Shauna (Fred) DeCoria...

Brandon Raymond Thompson

Brandon Raymond Thompson

Aug 20, 2014

Brandon Raymond Thompson, 32, of Rigby, departed this life, Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Brandon was born June 22, 1982, the 6th of seven children of Lyle Irven Thompson and Anita Marie Mills Thompson. Brandon attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education at Ricks College, BYU-Idaho, and Boise State University receiving his Bachelors in Civil Engineering....

Edgar Poole Green

Edgar Poole Green

Aug 20, 2014

Edgar Poole Green, 73, died at his home in Shelley, Idaho on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was born December 24, 1940 in Menan, Idaho to Robert Dennis Green and Mary Harriet Poole Green. He was raised in Menan for 10 years and then moved to Terreton. Edgar attended school in Menan and Hamer, graduating from West Jefferson High School....

Errol Wayne Tibbitts

Errol Wayne Tibbitts

Aug 13, 2014

Errol Wayne Tibbitts, 76, of Rigby, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. He was born November 19, 1937, in Rigby, Idaho, to Wayne E. Tibbitts and LaRetta Jones Tibbitts. He was the only son in the family, with two sisters, Barbara Jones and Marjorie Smith. He was raised in Lorenzo on the family farm,...

Margaret Eileen Madsen Hodges

Margaret Eileen Madsen Hodges

Aug 13, 2014

On August 13, 2014, Margaret Eileen Madsen Hodges died unexpectedly at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Mom was the daughter of Loyal Mathew Madsen and Lenora Eileen Madsen; born on December 22, 1932 . She had 3 older brothers, Bob Keith and Darwin, and was followed by her sister Kathy, her brother Kenneth, and another brother Pete. When she...

Delwin B. Lehmberg

Delwin B. Lehmberg

Aug 11, 2014

Delwin B. Lehmberg, 74 of Lewisville, passed away Monday, August 11, 2014 in his sleep at his home. He was born August 5, 1940 to Wilson Brouilett Lehmberg and Neita Spencer Lehmberg in Marysville, Idaho. He joined his big sister, Marilyn Gaye. He was raised and attended schools in Macks Inn and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School in 1959....

Lucile Jacobs Osborn

Lucile Jacobs Osborn

Aug 10, 2014

Lucile Schwendiman Jacobs Osborn, age 91, of Menan, Idaho passed away Sunday night, August 10, 2014 at The Gables of Ammon. Lucile was born on April 29, 1923 in Newdale, Idaho to Rudolph and Clara Frances Schwendiman. She was the seventh of eight children. She grew up in Newdale, Idaho on her father's farm during the Great Depression. Lucile's greatest...

Ruth Eleanor Smith

Ruth Eleanor Smith

Aug 8, 2014

Ruth Eleanor Smith, 96, after a life filled to the fullest, passed away August 8, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls with family by her side. She was born February 11, 1918 in Hamer, Idaho to Manford and Sarah Elizabeth Turman. She was the youngest of five children and grew up with lots of other relatives...

Reyes Orozco

Reyes Orozco

Aug 7, 2014

Reyes Orozco-Montes “EL Guero Reyes” 67, of Rigby, Idaho passed away of an accidental death doing what he loved in the mountains of Montana on August 7th, 2014. He was born in Temosachic, Chihuahua, Mexico to Guadalupe and Meliton Orozco where he was raised alongside his 4 sisters and 1 brother as a faithful Catholic. As a young teenager being...

Donita Mae Whittaker

Donita Mae Whittaker

Aug 4, 2014

Donita Mae Whittaker, 54, of Lyman, Idaho passed away peacefully at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital in Salt Lake City on Monday, August 4, 2014, with her sister and best friend by her side, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 18, 1960 in Rigby, Idaho to Jacob Emmett Whittaker and Donna Mortensen Whittaker. She attended...

Lonny "J" Wilson

Lonny "J" Wilson

Jul 22, 2014

Lonny “J” Wilson, 76 of Rigby died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at his home. Memorial services are pending.

John Wallace Casper

John Wallace Casper

Jul 18, 2014

John Wallace Casper, 88 of Idaho Falls passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at Good Samaritan Care Center in Idaho Falls. He was born May 14, 1926 in Rigby to Clyde Wallace Casper and Ethel Mary Walker Casper. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He enlisted in the US Navy and served for...