Obituaries

Venice Lou Clowdus
Dec 10, 2015
Venice Clowdus, 84, of Darien, Connecticut formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away December 10, 2015 at St. Camillus Center in Stamford, Connecticut. Venice was born on September 19, 1931, to Lewis Milford Bowen and Mary Hannah Halverson Bowen in Springville, Utah. She attended school in Utah through ninth grade and was named Class Valedictorian of her ninth grade class. She...
Donald Boyd Denney
Dec 10, 2015
Donald Boyd Denney, 87, of Rexburg, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at his home. Don was born May 5, 1928 to Joseph Boyd Denney and Vivian Ladella Reynolds Denney in Downey, Idaho. He moved with his family to the Blackfoot area in 1938 and graduated from Blackfoot High School. He later attended Ricks College and graduated from BYU in...
Sheila M. Hanner
Dec 10, 2015
Sheila M. Hanner, age 78, of Ririe, passed away at her home Thursday, December 10th, 2015. Sheila was born August 30th 1937 in Preston, Missouri, a daughter to James LeRoy Miller and Francis Gertrude Miller. She grew up attending schools in Preston, Missouri. She owned and operated Restaurants in Ririe, Idaho. She was amazing sweet, touching all of those who...
John Charles Dawdy
Dec 8, 2015
John Charles Dawdy, age 78 of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home Tuesday, December 08, 2015. John was born August 26, 1937 at Spokane, Washington a son to Elmer Earl Dawdy and Gladys Stanton Dawdy. He served in the United States Army. He married Dorothy Dexter in Idaho Falls She preceded him in death. He worked as a Configuration...
Robert James Landon
Dec 4, 2015
Robert James Landon, age 76, of Rigby, passed away at home on Friday, December 04, 2015. Robert was born on May 4, 1939, in Idaho Falls to Harold and Zelma Landon. He was raised and attended school in Osgood, Salmon and Rigby. Graduating from Rigby High School. He married Margaret Mary Croft on June 2, 1961. He worked for Leo...
Sheila Marie Kerlee
Dec 4, 2015
Sheila Kerlee, age 73, passed away with loved ones near, on December 4, 2015, in Nampa, Idaho, due to pneumonia from dementia complications. Sheila was born in Burley, Idaho on September 2, 1942 to Robert and Norma Moon. At the age of sixteen she lost her mother and took on the emotional responsibilities of an adult. Sheila carried this ability...
Myrtle Alice Reddick
Dec 2, 2015
Myrtle Alice Reddick, 93, died Dec. 2, 2015, at her home in Rigby. She was born Jan. 16, 1922, in Idaho Falls, the daughter of Horace Ray and Luerilla Lee Hall. She had three older brothers, Earl, Arlo (Dutch) and Darius, and two younger sisters, Lois and Sharon. Working alongside her family, she grew up tying fleeces that her father...
Paul Dean Hall Sr.
Dec 1, 2015
Paul Dean Hall Sr., age 76, of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Paul was born September 29, 1939 in Pikeville, Kentucky a son to James Henry Hall and Pollie Hamilton Hall. He married Sandra Kay Williamson, February 16, 1971 in Jerome, Idaho. He served in the United States Army from 1961 until 1964....
Ronald Burke Hall
Nov 28, 2015
Ronald Burke Hall, age 77, of Roberts, passed away, at his home, Saturday, November 28, 2015. Ron was born May 29, 1938 at Hamer, Idaho a son to Charlie H. Hall and Nellie Mae Parks Hall. He attended schools in Hamer graduating from West Jefferson High School. He joined the Army National Guard and served in the Marine Corps. He...
Darrell Dee Ellis
Nov 28, 2015
Darrell Dee Ellis, age 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away at The Gardens of Rigby, Saturday, November 28, 2015. Dee was born August 18, 1933 in Rigby, Idaho a son to James Albert Ellis and Laura Fullmer Ellis. Later his family moved to Utah, where he attended school in Salt Lake City, Utah. On January 13, 1951 he married Karolyn...
Marjorie Bybee Smith
Nov 22, 2015
Marjorie (Marj) Bybee Smith passed away of natural causes on November 22, 2015 at the age of 93 at her home away from home in Lyman, Idaho. Marj was born April 16, 1922 to Esther (Andersen) and Blueford Bybee and grew up helping on the family farm. She went to Cedar Point Elementary and Madison High School and she enjoyed...
Evan Gene Myler
Nov 18, 2015
Evan Gene Myler, 46 of Rigby, Idaho passed away November 18, 2015. Evan was born August 15, 1969, in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Ronald Gene and Marilyn Kite Myler. He was raised and attended school in Ririe. He was an all-conference high school wrestler and football player, and a standout classmate at Ririe High School. Evan was a member...
Judi Kay Butikofer
Nov 13, 2015
Judith Kaye Butikofer, age 68 passed away in her home on the 13th of November, 2015 due to cancer. Judi was born in Seattle Washington on October 21, 1947 to Irving Richard and Kaye Osborne. She was the oldest of four children. Judi spent her childhood in Everett, Washington. After graduating from Everett High School she attended the community college...
Lavina L. Gray
Nov 11, 2015
Lavina Lowvicy Burwell Avila Gray, age 94, passed away at The Gardens of Rigby, Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Lavina was born June 13, 1921 in Mud Lake, Idaho a daughter to Joseph Benjamin Potter and Lowvicy Staley Potter. She grew up and attended schools in the Mud Lake and Terreton Area graduating from Roberts High School. She married Fredrick Burwell,...
Floyd "Kee" Crank
Nov 9, 2015
Kee Crank, 76, of Rigby, passed away Monday, November 09, 2015, at the Eastern Idaho Reginal Medical Center. Kee was born December 9, 1938 in Black Mesa, Arizona, a son of Brig and Alice Russell Crank. He was raised and attended the Kayenta Boarding School in Kayenta, Arizona and graduated from the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, Utah. Kee...
William Henry Millet
Nov 5, 2015
William Henry Millet 76, of Rigby, Idaho passed away peacefully in his home on November 5, 2015, surrounded by his wife and children. Bill was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on April 14, 1939. His early years were spent in Utah until when, as a teenager, his family moved to Rigby, Idaho. Bill graduated from Rigby High School in 1957....
Bailee Rose Gomez
Nov 3, 2015
Bailee Rose Gomez, age 13, of Rigby, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Bailee was born June 6, 2002 in Rexburg, Idaho to Robert and Tammy Gomez. She grew up in Rigby, where she attended Rigby Middle School. She enjoyed reading books, listening to music, going to concerts with her mother, riding dirt bikes...
Kenneth Alvin Stromberg
Nov 3, 2015
Kenneth Alvin Stromberg, age 72, passed away at his home Tuesday, November 3, 2015. Kenneth was born April 2, 1943 at Idaho Falls, a son of Alvin Browning Stromberg and Leona Elizabeth Bloxham Stromberg. He attended several schools in his youth and graduated from Ririe High School. He married Delaina Ririe, January 28, 1966 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple....
Russell "Doc" Wayne Hansen
Nov 1, 2015
Russell “Doc” Wayne Hansen, 81, of Rigby, passed away at his home after a courageous battle with liver cancer, on Sunday November 1, 2015. He was born August 6, 1934 in Shelley, Idaho a son to Wayne Clifton Hansen and Della Grace Arave Hansen. He attended Shelley Elementary, Whitney Elementary, Preston High School, Blackfoot High School, University of Idaho in...
Clinton George Galbraith
Oct 30, 2015
Clinton George Galbraith, age 89, of Rigby, passed away of natural causes at his home Friday, October 30, 2015, surrounded by his family. Clinton was born May 21, 1926 in Lyman, Idaho to John Herbert Galbraith and Ida Mae Barber Galbraith. He was the fifth of seven children. Clinton attended school in the old rock school in Lyman, where there...
