Obituaries

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
Jul 22, 2014
Lonny “J” Wilson, 76 of Rigby died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at his home. Memorial services are pending.
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...
Reginal Albert Maynard
Jul 18, 2014
Reginald Albert Maynard, 97 of Rigby, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 at his home. He was born August 24, 1916 in Burk’s Falls, Ontario, Canada to Albert George Edwin Maynard and Ellen McQuillan Maynard. He was raised and attended schools in Burke’s Falls and Toronto. He continued his education at Shaw Business College also located in Toronto. He worked...
Keith Robert Passey
Jul 18, 2014
Keith Robert Passey, 65 of Rexburg died Friday, July 18, 2014 at his home. He was born December 30, 1948 in Magrath, Alberta Canada to Lloyd Jay Passey and Carla Mae Gibson Passey. He graduated from Rigby High School then joined the US Army and served from 1969 to 1971. On July 18, 1975 he married Colleen Klingler in Hibbard,...
Yvonne Gould
Jul 17, 2014
Yvonne Lorene Gould 75, of Rigby, died Thursday, July 17, 2014 in Layton, Utah. Yvonne was born April 14, 1939 in Menan to R.E. Coles and Wauna Vilate Coles. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School as Valedictorian. On March 10, 1964 she married Jimmy Gould in California; their marriage was solemnized in the...
Verl Robinson Hatch
Jul 17, 2014
Verl Robinson Hatch, 87 of Rigby died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at his home in Rigby. He was born October 22, 1926 in Perry, Utah to Mark Holbrook Hatch and Hattie Leone Robinson Hatch. Verl was raised in Teton Valley, Idaho. In the spring of 1945, he joined the US Army and received basic training at Fort Ord, California, he...
Bernice Warren Smith
Jul 12, 2014
Bernice Warren Smith, 83, of Rigby, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Saturday, July 12, 2014. Bernice was born January 9, 1931 at Taunton, Massachusetts, a daughter to Elwood P. and Harriett Carr Bullock. She attended schools in Taunton, graduating from Taunton High School. She married William Joseph Smith March 18, 1951 in Presque Isle,...
Irma Adams Warburton
Jul 12, 2014
Irma Adams Warburton graduated from this earthly existence on July 12, 2014 in Rigby, Idaho. She was born January 6, 1930 in East Garland, Utah, to Delos Eldon and Angeline Maria Christensen Adams, third of five children. She grew up in Tremonton and graduated from Bear River High in 1948. She earned her Golden Gleaner Award from the MIA. She...
Max Cooper
Jul 12, 2014
Stanley Max Cooper, 74 of Shelton died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at his home. He was born June 11, 1940 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Stanley Alfred Cooper and Bertha Cecila Cleverley Cooper. He was raised in the Shelton Area and graduated from Bonneville High School. On December 13, 1957 he married Betty Mae Henderson in Idaho Falls; they were...
Patricia Ann Campbell
Jul 12, 2014
Patricia Ann Campbell, 72, of Rigby died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at her home. Patricia was born in Pocatello, Idaho on September 27, 1941. She is the second daughter of John and Wilma Keaton and was raised in Arco, Idaho. Patricia loved to quilt and design quilting patterns. She belonged to the Rigby Quilt Guild and also belonged to the...
Wilma Jean Boltz
Jul 12, 2014
Wilma Jean Andersen Boltz was born January 1, 1925 to Seren David Andersen and Artemissia Hall in Annis, Idaho. She died on July 12, 2014 in Bountiful, Utah, surrounded by family members. She was always a first; born on the first day of the year, first daughter, and first granddaughter on the Hall side. She graduated from Midway High School...
Mac Huskinson
Jul 11, 2014
Cleon “Mac” Huskinson, 76 of Ammon, formerly of Rexburg passed away Friday, July 11, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born August 9, 1937, in Sugar City, Idaho to William Henry Huskinson and Elsie McArthur Huskinson. He was raised and attended schools in St. Anthony, and Lincoln Idaho. On May 23, 1965, he married...
Kirt Ward Park
Jul 8, 2014
Kirt Ward Park, 50 of Ririe passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 after a 3 year battle with cancer. He was at his home surrounded by his family. Kirt was born January 25, 1964 in Idaho Falls to Kendall Ward Park and JoAnn Harding Park. He was raised in Ririe, graduated from Ririe High School and then continued his education...
Mason Jacob Empey
Jun 29, 2014
Mason Jacob Empey, 21 of Idaho Falls died Sunday, June 29, 2014. Mason was born November 21, 1992 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Donald Keith Empey and A. Michelle Leavitt. He was raised in Idaho Falls, attended Idaho Falls High School, and graduated from Lincoln High School. He played Lacrosse for the Idaho Falls Eagles where he was affectionately known...
James Lee Herring
Jun 29, 2014
James Lee Herring, age 79, of Menan, passed away at his home in Menan Sunday June 29, 2014. Jim was born December 30, 1934 in San Bernardino, California a son to Charles Wm. Herring and Bessie Wheelock Herring. He was raised in California, Oklahoma and Iowa. He married Charlene Anderson January 29, 1954 in Sioux City, Iowa. Jim was not...
Nila Ruth Dial
Jun 29, 2014
Nila Ruth Staples Dial, 85, died at her home in LaBelle on Sunday, June 29, 2014. She was born Feb. 14, 1929, in St. Anthony, the oldest daughter of Wilford Britton and Maggie Josephine (Margaret) Smith Staples. She married Elmo B. Dial on Oct. 18, 1949, in Goshen. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She was...
Ella May Berrett
Jun 29, 2014
Ella May Berrett age 86, of Roberts, passed away at Teton Post Acute Care in Idaho Falls, Sunday June 29, 2014. She was born April 28, 1928 at Coltman, Idaho a daughter to Francis Sylvester Johnson and Ella Elia Harris Johnson. She attended Ucon, Rigby and Midway schools graduating from Midway High School. She married Wayne Thomas Berrett September 10,...
Wilma Petersen
Jun 28, 2014
Wilma Blanchard Petersen, 82, of Idaho Falls, formerly of the Terreton-Mud Lake area, passed away June 28, 2014 at home from esophageal cancer. Her daughter, LaDonna was able to stay with her during the last two months to help take care of her. She was under the care of Onesource Hospice. She was born November 23, 1931 to Henry Devere...
Lynda Smith
Jun 26, 2014
Martha Lynda Smith, 66, of Rigby, died Thursday June 26, 2014 at her home. She was born September 4, 1947 in Driggs to E. Hal Rasmussen and LeIsle Greene Rasmussen. She was raised and attended schools in the Victor area and graduated from Teton Valley High School in Driggs. On November 5, 1965 she married Dennis B. Smith; they were...
