Gwen Ellen Griffith
Apr 13, 2015
Gwen Ellen Briggs Griffith, our beloved mother, passed away peacefully in her home on April 13th, 2015. Her passing will be mourned by all those who loved her. Gwen was born November 30th, 1933 to Isaac Briggs and Lulu M. Jones Briggs in Rigby, Idaho. She was raised with one sister, Yvonne, and her mother. Her father passed away when...
Ramon Ritchie Curtis
Apr 13, 2015
Ramon Ritchie Curtis of Rexburg, Idaho passed away at the age of 87, Monday, April 13, 2015 in Ucon, Bonneville County, Idaho, at the home of his daughter, Ramona and Paul Pearson. Ramon was born on October 4, 1927 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, to Noel E Curtis and Alta Berniece Ritchie Curtis. He grew up on farms in...
Carmen Edelmayer
Apr 13, 2015
To honor and remember Jack and Carmen Edelmayer a celebration of their lives will be held Friday, July 31, 2015 at Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 W. Main Street, Rigby from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the City of Roberts.
Jack Ralph Danks
Apr 12, 2015
Jack Ralph Danks, 73 of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jack was born April 4, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah a son of Seymour B. Danks and Delpha Hicks Ransom Danks. He graduated from Rigby High School. Jack married Linda Janae Young on October 10, 1963. Jack was a carpet...
Vaunda Rae Gahart
Apr 9, 2015
Vaunda Rae Gahart, 75 of Menan, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born October 31, 1939 in Menan, Idaho to George “Bill” William Wilson and Emma Leah Lane Wilson. She attended schools in Menan and Rigby. In October of 1956 she married John Robert Collier in Rigby, Idaho; they made...
Lucy N. Clark
Apr 7, 2015
Lucy N. Clark of Menan passed away, surrounded by her loving family on April 7, 2015 at Morning Star Senior Living in Idaho Falls. Lucy was born November 16, 1927 to Albert J. Nelson and Lucy Devine Benson at Teton City Idaho. She grew up in Teton City and attended schools in Rexburg and St. Anthony. She spent a year...
Robert "Bob" Louis Olsen
Apr 3, 2015
Robert “Bob” Louis Olsen, age 60, of Menan, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls Friday, April 3rd 2015. Bob was born April 7th 1954 in Idaho Falls to Louis Wayne and Mildred Alta Bowen Olsen. He attended special needs school in Grant, Roberts and Rigby. He was involved with Developmental Workshop for over 42 years;...
Ervin Earl Rohwer
Mar 28, 2015
Ervin Earl Rohwer, 83, of Rigby, died at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls, Saturday March 28, 2015. Ervin was born April 18, 1931, in Parker, Idaho a son of Irl Adolph Rohwer and Eudora Pearce Rohwer. He attended Rigby High School and Weber State University. On June 1, 1956, he married Venice Baugh In Wellsville, Utah. Their marriage was...
Ronald James Ball
Mar 26, 2015
Ronald James Ball, Jr. died Thursday, March 26, 2015 doing what he loved best, working on his farm. R.J. was born in Idaho Falls to Ronald and Emily Ball on June 10, 1943. He attended school at Lewisville Elementary, and Midway Jr. High. He then attended Rigby High school where he wrestled and was active in the FFA. He spent...
Carma Ririe Fillmore
Mar 22, 2015
Carma Ririe Fillmore died peacefully in Idaho Falls Teton Post Acute Care & Rehab Center on Sunday, March 22nd, 2015, aged 83. Carma was born on May 22, 1931 in Ririe, Idaho to James E. and Verna Perry Ririe. She attended Ririe Elementary and Ririe High School and completed her Teaching Degree at Ricks College before teaching school in Shelley,...
Dianna Jean Ball
Mar 22, 2015
Dianna Jean Powell Ball, 69, of Monteview, Idaho, passed away at home surrounded by family Sunday March, 22, 2015 after a hard-fought battle with metastatic breast cancer. Dianna was born in Roosevelt, Utah July 20, 1945 to Wayne and Ruby Powell. She grew up in Lehi, UT with sisters Bonnie Goodfellow (Don), Patricia, Shauna Wadley (Kent), and brother Duane (Dianne)....
Nedine Stowell
Mar 21, 2015
Nedine Maurer Stowell, 85, of Rigby, passed away at home March 21, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born in Gibson, ID April 17, 1929 to Daniel Fredrick and Sarah Elizabeth Maurer. At age 5 her family moved to Gardner, MT where her father worked for the National Park Service in Yellowstone Park. With the outbreak of WWII, her...
John Rial Ball
Mar 18, 2015
John Rial Ball, 73, of Lewisville, passed away at his home Wednesday March 18, 2015. John was born August 7, 1941 in Rigby Idaho, a son to Alfred Vernon Ball Sr. and Ruey Allen Ball. John farmed and ranched in the Lewisville/Monteview area for many years. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...
Leah Elnora Radford Blosch Hurley
Mar 17, 2015
Leah Elnora Radford Blosch Hurley, 91, of Rigby, passed away at The Gardens of Rigby, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Leah was the fourth of ten children born to Wesley W. Russell and Sylvia E. Peterson Russell. Her childhood was filled with adventure on the farm. The children loved to sing and their mother taught them to do so in harmony....
Demont "Ike" Crystal
Mar 13, 2015
Demont J “Ike” Crystal, age 88, of Grant, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Friday March 13, 2015. He was born May 3, 1926 at Garfield, Idaho a son to Andrew Vern Crystal and Bessie Venetta Randall Crystal. He was raised and attended schools in Garfield and Ucon. He married Glenna May Johnson March 26,...
Doris Lorraine Womack
Mar 11, 2015
Doris Lorraine Womack, 89, of Blackfoot, died March 11, 2015 at the Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. Doris was born May 8, 1925 in Groveland, Idaho the daughter of Malvern Leroy Wallace and Mary Maude Walker Wallace. Doris was raised on her family’s homestead ranch on Graves Creek 25 miles east of Blackfoot near the Blackfoot River. She married Almo...
Jacqueline N Boyce
Mar 11, 2015
Jacqueline N. Boyce, 84, of Rigby died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the Life Care Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Jacqueline was born January 13, 1931, in Moore, Idaho a daughter of James Alexander Noble and Alice LaVerda Reynolds Noble. She was raised and attended school in Moore and Arco and graduated from High school in Arco. She continued...
Lionel Vance Koon
Mar 11, 2015
On March 11, 2015 the world lost an amazing man. Lionel Vance Koon transitioned from this world after a valiant effort to survive esophageal cancer. Lionel was born May 31, 1942 in Lynwood, California while his parents, Robert and Robinette were stationed there at the end of WWII. The Koon’s soon moved back to Idaho where they raised Lionel and...
Clea Tolley Mattson Moss
Mar 11, 2015
Clea Tolley Moss, age 93, of Payson, Utah, passed away in Payson, Utah, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Clea was born January 11, 1922, in Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Ernest Theodore Tolley and Vera June Chandler Tolley. She married Mark Leroy Mattson, June 20, 1945 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Clea worked hard all her life. She loved gardening....
Lynn Packer Thomson
Mar 10, 2015
Lynn Packer Thomson, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on March 10, 2015 after 76 years of joyous living. Lynn was born in Rexburg, Idaho on October 20, 1938 to Lester Swainston and Lera Packer Thomson. He was raised on the family farm in Rexburg, Idaho and married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Lou Hoopes, on June 18, 1958 in...