Obituaries

Wayne A Violette
Apr 13, 2014
Wayne A. Violette passed away unexpectedly at his home Sunday, April 13, 2014. He was born May 4, 1941, in Anaconda, Montana. He was the only child of Al and Evelyn Fjetland Violette.The family moved to Monteview, Idaho in 1944 where Wayne lived until he attended and graduated from Idaho State Trade and Technical College, majoring in electronics. He moved...
J. Dale Browning
Apr 6, 2014
J. Dale Browning, 97 of Rigby, died Sunday, April 6, 2014 at his home. He was born August 28, 1916, in Ozone, (Bone) Idaho to James Green Browning III and Ada Poole Browning. He was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls. On May 4, 1941 he married Dorothy “Vickie” Fern Mitchell in Idaho Falls; their marriage was solemnized in...
Yvonne Smith
Apr 6, 2014
Yvonne Anderson Jeffs Smith, 71, of Felt, Idaho died Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from complications following back surgery. Yvonne was born February 21, 1943, to Morace and Marvella Anderson. She was raised in Thornton and Lyman and attended Union Lyman School, and graduated from Madison High School. She then attended Beauty...
Dale Ray Summers
Apr 5, 2014
Dale Ray Summers, 67 of Rigby, died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Teton Acute Care and Rehab in Idaho Falls. Dale was born August 15, 1946 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ray Summers and Margaret Spencer Summers. He attended schools in Ririe. On October 29, 1962 he married Virginia Anne Price in Dillon, Montana. To this union they added 3...
Roberta Windsor
Apr 4, 2014
Roberta Windsor, 59, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away in her home Friday, April 4, 2014. Her body was donated to science at The University of Utah. Arrangements were under the direction of Eckersell Memorial Chapel.
Virgil Reed Stewart
Apr 3, 2014
Virgil Reed Stewart, 85 of Dubois, died Thursday, April 3, 2014 at his home. He was born February 20, 1929 in Teton City, Idaho to Reed Frank Stewart and Sarah Marie Willey Stewart. He was raised and attended school in Teton, Lost River, and at the age of 12 he moved to Grant, Montana. He worked on ranches and...
Glenda May Cope
Mar 30, 2014
Glenda May Cope, 62, of Hamer, died Sunday, March 30, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 11, 2014 at West Jefferson Cemetery.
Brenda Mae Opsahl
Mar 27, 2014
Brenda Mae Anderson Westover Opsahl passed away Thursday, March 27, at her summer home in Oceanside, Calif. She was cared for and surrounded by her loving children in her final days. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Alan Opsahl and her immortal love, Boyd Westover. Brenda was born May 9, 1942, in Thornton, to Otto Mack and Leatha...
Kay Warren Taylor
Mar 27, 2014
Kay Warren Taylor, 65 of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, March 27, 2014 at his home after a year-long illness. Kay was born April 6, 1948 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to John William Taylor and Virginia Brown Taylor. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School, and then continued his education at Idaho State University and Boise State University. He worked for...
Mary Lou Groth
Mar 25, 2014
Mary Louise Hunter Groth, 77 of Ririe, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at The Gardens Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born January 2, 1937, in Idaho Falls to David Earl Hunter and Mary Ella Olney. Her mother died when she was very young and she was raised by her father Earl and mother, Hettie Hunter. She attended schools...
Ida "June" Crowder
Mar 23, 2014
Ida “June” Crowder, 96 of Lewisville died Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. June was born April 16, 1917 in Big Horn Basin, Wyoming to Thomas Katen Riley and Ella Rebecca Snyder Riley. She was raised and attended schools in Burlington, Wyoming. On January 1, 1938 she married Wilmer Ernest Crowder in Worland, Wyoming;...
Junius Taylor
Mar 17, 2014
Junius Lyman Taylor returned home to his Father in Heaven on March 17, 2014. His passing took place in Grant, Idaho, which he called home for all of his 92 years. Junius was born in a log cabin on October 18, 1921 to Rachel Field Taylor and Lyman Taylor Jr. He came into this world the 5th of 6 children....
Rickie Lamoyne Munns
Mar 14, 2014
Rickie LaMoyne Munns, passed away Friday March 14, 2014 at Good Samaritan in Idaho Falls of natural causes. Rickie was born March 5, 1949 the oldest child to Ralph Dean Munns and Merle Beazer Munns. He was a happy, adorable, good natured baby. When Rickie was young he was diagnosed with epilepsy, CP, MR, and Microcephaly. He lived at Nampa,...
Ned S Sauer
Mar 12, 2014
Ned S Sauer, 75, of Rigby, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at his home. He was born November 11, 1938, in Idaho Falls to John Joseph Sauer and Nellie K Staker Sauer. He was raised and attended schools in the Grant and Lewisville areas; he graduated from Rigby High School. Ned continued his education at the University of Idaho in...
Donette Eliason Ringel
Mar 11, 2014
Donette Eliason Ringel passed peacefully from this life to the next on March 11, 2014 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Brigham City, Utah on January 5, 1950 to Don and Carol Ipsen Eliason. She was raised on a ranch in Holbrook, Idaho and attended elementary school in Holbrook, Idaho until the 4th grade...
Hazel Campbell Andersen
Mar 8, 2014
Hazel Campbell Andersen, 97 of Rigby, Idaho, died Saturday, March 08, 2014 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born June 14, 1916, in Bybee, Idaho (near Rigby) to Jonathan Cornelius Campbell and Elizabeth Temple Villet Campbell. She was raised and attended schools in Swan Valley, Idaho and Cascade, Montana. She continued her education at Ricks College...
Ted C. Furniss
Mar 6, 2014
Ted C. Furniss, 86 of Grant, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at his home. He was born June 12, 1927 in Bates, Idaho to George C. Furniss and Sarah Ann Nelson. He was raised and attended schools in the Teton Basin and attended Teton High School. He served in the US Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. He married...
Reece G. Stacey
Mar 4, 2014
Reece G. Stacey, age 66 of Lorenzo, passed away at his home, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. At his request there will be no services. Condolences may be sent to his family in care of Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 West Main Street, Rigby 83442.
Helen Mabel Browning
Feb 22, 2014
Helen Mabel Browning, 93 of Rigby, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at her home. She was born July 27, 1920 in Shelley, Idaho to William Wesley Mitchell and Olive Myrtle Betty Mitchell. She was raised and attended schools in Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School in 1938. On January 26, 1941 she married Charles A. Tracy in Shelley, Idaho. He...
Golden Virgil Peterson
Feb 15, 2014
Golden Virgil Peterson, age 89 of Rigby, passed away Saturday morning, February 15, 2014 in his home. He was born April 19, 1924 in Garfield, Idaho to John Henry Peterson and Florence Mary Peterson. He attended school in Mudlake and Roberts. He graduated from Ricks College and got his Masters Degree from Arizona State. Golden served a full time LDS...
