Obituaries

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Robert Cole Millet

Robert Cole Millet

Mar 8, 2015

Robert Cole Millet, 71 of Rigby, Idaho died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Robert was born May 16, 1943, in Provo, Utah a son of Lorin Elmer Millet and Ruth Maria Henry Millet. He was raised and attended school in Orem, Utah and Rigby, Idaho, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education...

Robert Boyd Robertson

Robert Boyd Robertson

Mar 6, 2015

Robert Boyd Robertson, age 83, of Rigby, died March 6, 2015, at his home in Rigby. Boyd was born December 15, 1931, in Plano, Idaho a son of Robert Clifford Robertson and Geneva Palmer Robertson. Boyd was raised and attended school in Plano and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...

Della Margaret Merrill

Della Margaret Merrill

Mar 1, 2015

Della Margaret Galbraith Merrill, age 94, of Menan, Idaho, passed away peacefully Sunday March 1, 2015 surrounded by her loving family at the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rexburg, Idaho. She and her husband were long time residents of Annis, Idaho and had just recently moved to Menan, Idaho. Della was born December 12, 1920 at Lyman, Idaho a...

Elmer George Wilde

Elmer George Wilde

Mar 1, 2015

Elmer George Wilde, 85 died of natural causes on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at his home in Roberts surrounded by his family. Elmer was born June 21, 1929 in Arco, Idaho to Andrew George Wilde and Alice Rae Burton Wilde. He attended elementary school in Shelley. His father, Andrew, was killed in a car accident when Elmer was 12 years...

Joan Frances Hamilton

Joan Frances Hamilton

Feb 27, 2015

Joan Francis Hamilton, age 72, of Rigby, passed away at The Gardens in Rigby, Friday, February 27, 2015 after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Joan was born August 20, 1942 in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Clarence and Esther Annen. She grew up in Pingree, Springfield and Aberdeen and then graduated from Aberdeen High School. She married Ed Fehringer in 1960...

Lamont Ray Thorngren

Lamont Ray Thorngren

Feb 24, 2015

LaMont Ray Thorngren, age 76, of Rigby, passed away at his home, Tuesday February 24, 2015. LaMont was born October 31, 1938 in Rigby, Idaho a son of Glen and Elna Larsen Thonrgren. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Idaho Falls High School. He married Verna Mae Humpherys June 6, 1958 in Idaho Falls. Their marriage was later...

Roee Grigg

Roee Grigg

Feb 20, 2015

Rosalee June “Roee” Durrant Grigg, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015 at her home. Roee was born September 22, 1948, in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Garvin J. Durrant and Perlee Wheeler Durrant. She was raised and attended school in Ririe until 1964, where she moved to Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School in...

Bonnie Mae Mcdaniel

Bonnie Mae Mcdaniel

Feb 18, 2015

Bonnie Mae Brown McDaniel, age 83, passed away at her home in Idaho Falls, Wednesday February 18, 2015. Bonnie was born March 19, 1931 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Joseph Norman Brown and Orial B. Taylor Brown. She grew up and attended schools in the Rigby and Ucon area. She married Karl McDaniel March 30, 1950 in the Idaho...

Virginia Mame Prophet

Virginia Mame Prophet

Feb 17, 2015

Virginia Mame Chiles Prophet, 94, of Rigby, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. Virginia was born January 5, 1921, in Rigby, Idaho, to Bartren Chiles and Mary Isabell Peacock Chiles. She attended Rigby schools and graduated from Rigby High School. She married David Deering Prophet in Rigby on May 6, 1941. They...

Herb A. Thomas (Hanner)

Herb A. Thomas (Hanner)

Feb 17, 2015

Herb A. Thomas (Hanner) age 54, passed away at his home in Ririe, Tuesday February 17, 2015. Herb was born on October 7, 1960, in Santa Rosa, California a son to Larry and Sheila Hanner. He worked as a Derek Hand in the Oil Fields and construction. Herb was an avid reader. He enjoyed autobiographies, Wild West books, with his...

Levi Marthis

Levi Marthis

Feb 15, 2015

Matthew Levi Marthis, age 23, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday February 15, 2015 from injuries he received in an automobile accident. Levi was born May 24, 1991 in Idaho Falls a son to Matthew Arden Cook Marthis and April Marie Taylor. He attended schools at Falls Valley Elementary, Sandcreek Middle School and graduated from Hillcrest High School in 2009....

Maxine Ardellia Tracy

Maxine Ardellia Tracy

Feb 12, 2015

Maxine Ardellia Tracy, age 69, of Rigby, passed away at her home, Thursday February 12, 2015. Maxine was born September 26, 1945 at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a daughter to Marvelin Isaac Bass and Nellie Gary Carter Bass. She attended schools in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and graduated from Rocky Mount, High School. On June 19, 1964 she married Juan...

Virgil Elwood Powell

Virgil Elwood Powell

Feb 12, 2015

Virgil Elwood (Bud) Powell, age 92, of Rigby passed away at his home in Rigby Thursday February 12, 2015. Bud was born November 27, 1922 at St. Anthony, Idaho a son of Ulysses Grant Powell and Lavina Madsen Powell. He attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from St. Anthony High School. He attended and graduated from Ricks College when...

Eileen Hall

Eileen Hall

Feb 10, 2015

Eileen Hall, 82, of Roberts died February 10, 2015, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Eileen was born November 15, 1932, in Palisades, Idaho a daughter of George E. Cromwell and Pearl Loraine Petersen Cromwell. She was raised in the Palisades area and attended school in Irwin and Ririe High School. Eileen worked for Smitty’s Pancake House, Paris Café,...

Donna Ann Coleman

Donna Ann Coleman

Feb 5, 2015

Donna Ann Coleman, age 71, of Rigby, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2015 in Idaho Falls surrounded by her family. Donna was born September 30, 1943, in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Ruby Marlow and Horace Eugene Perry. She was raised and attended school in ­­­Rexburg. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and...

Jeannine Gloria Furrows

Jeannine Gloria Furrows

Feb 4, 2015

Jeannine Gloria Watts Furrows, age 86, of Roberts, passed away at Morning Star Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Wednesday February 4, 2015. Jeannine was born in Roberts to Thomas Elmer Watts and Johanna Larson Watts on July 4th 1928. She graduated from Roberts High School. She worked at the Roberts Drug Store during her high school years, as did each...

Dorothy Lee Messick

Dorothy Lee Messick

Feb 2, 2015

Dorothy Lee Messick, age 76, of Roberts, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, February 2, 2015. Dorothy was born December 15, 1938 in Idaho Falls, a daughter to Earl D Harkness and Marcia Barzee Harkness. She was raised and attended schools in Roberts. She married Darwin LeRoy Messick, April 15, 1961 in Osgood, ID....

James Howard Tibbitts Jr.

James Howard Tibbitts Jr.

Jan 30, 2015

James “Jimmy” Howard Tibbitts Jr. age 60 formerly of Lorenzo, died Friday, January 30, 2015 of a heart attack at his home in Rexburg. Jimmy was born May 5, 1954 in Idaho Falls to James Howard Tibbitts Sr. and JoAnn Taylor Tibbitts, of Lorenzo. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He attended 1...

Hart Grover

Hart Grover

Jan 30, 2015

Hart L Grover, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully, January 30, 2015 in St. Anthony, Idaho. Hart was born January 12, 1927 in Belfry, Montana to Leo and Lizzie Leone Grover. He grew up in Teton Valley and the Magic Valley areas with siblings Elmo, Leone, Ben, Joe, Beth and Mary. While just a young boy in Teton Valley,...

Donna Larue Dinsdale Rogers

Donna Larue Dinsdale Rogers

Jan 27, 2015

Donna LaRue Dinsdale Rogers, 86 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Donna was born July 5, 1928 in Annis, Idaho to Charles Benjamin Dinsdale and Hildred Hoffman Dinsdale. She was raised and attended schools in Annis and graduated from Midway High School. On June 3, 1953, she married Harold L. Rogers...