Obituaries

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Heber James Hammon

Heber James Hammon

Sep 10, 2013

Heber James Hammon, 44 of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at his home. He was born September 16, 1968, in Idaho Falls to Dean Waters Hammon and Barbara Mae Barnes Hammon. He was raised in Menan and attended schools in both Menan and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He then attended and graduated from Vogue Beauty School,...

Betty Wheeler Henrie

Betty Wheeler Henrie

Sep 10, 2013

Betty Gene Wheeler Henrie, 82, of Ririe, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at her daughter’s home. She was born February 15, 1931 in Rigby, to Hyrum Elvin Palmer and Genevieve Empey Palmer. She attended elementary school in Milo and then attended Ucon High School. On September 14, 1948, she married Oliver Alvin “Bud” Wheeler in the Salt Lake City, LDS...

Lynn Elmer Briggs

Lynn Elmer Briggs

Sep 8, 2013

Lynn Elmer Briggs, 75 of Rexburg, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at The Gardens of Rigby care facility. He was born December 25, 1937, in Rexburg to Eric Elmer Briggs and Clea May Weekes Briggs. He was raised and attended schools in Archer, graduating from Madison High School. He enlisted in the US Navy in January of 1960; he served...

James Keith Garrett

James Keith Garrett

Sep 8, 2013

James Keith Garrett, 84, of Rigby, died Sunday, September 8, 2013, at his home. He was born in Poplar, Idaho, in September of 1929 to James Hyrum Garrett and Stella Killian Garrett. He was raised and attended schools in Lewisville, graduating from Midway High School in 1947. He attended a trade school in Denver Colorado and worked there until joining...

Linda Clegg

Linda Clegg

Sep 5, 2013

Linda Clegg, 61 of Ammon, formerly of Rigby, died Thursday, September 5, 2013; she was in the care of DeeOn Waters, the staff and all of her sisters at New Beginnings in Ammon. She was also under the care of Hearts For Hospice. She was born October 17, 1951 in Rigby to William Everett Clegg and Gail Southwick Clegg. She...

Araceli "Sally" Ellsworth

Araceli "Sally" Ellsworth

Sep 4, 2013

Araceli (Sally) Martinez Ellsworth, 65, of Lewisville passed away peacefully with her family by her side Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. She fought a courageous eight year battle, without complaint, before succumbing to the ravages of cancer. She was born January 20, 1948 to Magdalena Martinez and Guillermo Trejo in Mateguala,...

Robert "Bob" Lee Dodge

Robert "Bob" Lee Dodge

Sep 2, 2013

Robert “Bob” Lee Dodge, age 77 of Ririe, died at Rexburg Care and Rehab in Rexburg, Monday September 2, 2013. Bob was born August 24, 1936 at Deer Lodge, Montana a son to Everett Earl and Thelma Augusta Crook Dodge. He attended schools in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He married Mildred “LaRue” Moore October 24, 1980 in Ririe. Their marriage was...

Marie Christina Bramwell

Marie Christina Bramwell

Aug 31, 2013

Marie Christina Bramwell, age 91, of Lewisville, died Saturday August 31, 2013. Marie was born September 16, 1921 in Roberts, Idaho a daughter to Thomas Elmer and Johanna Marie Larson Watts. She attended Roberts schools graduating from Roberts High School. She then attended Idaho State University in Pocatello. She married Keith Brown Bramwell, June 18, 1948 in Idaho Falls. Their...

Alfred Kenneth Knutson

Alfred Kenneth Knutson

Aug 31, 2013

Alfred (Al) Kenneth Knutson, age 95 of Grant, passed away at his home, Saturday, 31 August 2013. He was born 26 October 1917, to Albert O. and Karen Rein Knutson in Ellingson, South Dakota. He received his education in Swanson country school near Ellingson and graduated from High School in Bucyrus, North Dakota. After graduation he came west because of...

Reed Arlo Grover

Reed Arlo Grover

Aug 30, 2013

Reed Arlo Grover born January 27, 1960 at the Rigby Maternity home to Arlo LeRoy and Karen Beth Lovell Grover died at his home Friday, August 30, 2013 He attended Ririe schools, graduating from Ririe High School. He played football and wrestled. Reed learned welding as a trade at EITC, but was very accomplished in the carpentry industry. He worked...

Donna Marie Niederer

Donna Marie Niederer

Aug 27, 2013

Donna Marie Niederer, 96, of Sunnydell, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2013. She was born February 27, 1917, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a daughter of Mahlon Joseph and Olive Thomas Sherd. She married Gordon Niederer of Sunnydell, on September 18, 1943, in the Sherd family home in Michigan. Following Gordon’s discharge from the military, they settled in Sunnydell, Idaho...

Robert Lee Stringham

Robert Lee Stringham

Aug 27, 2013

Robert Lee Stringham, 82 of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at his home. He was born November 9, 1930, in Rupert, Idaho to Thomas LaVon Stringham and Molly Marie Ludwig Stringham. He graduated from Ucon High School in 1947 and enlisted in the US Air Force the same year; he served during the Korean War and was honorably...

Eddy Ray Cook

Eddy Ray Cook

Aug 25, 2013

Eddy Ray Cook, 76, of Ucon, died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls. He was born August 14, 1937, in Idaho Falls, to George Cook and Mildred Dorothy Adamson Cook in Idaho Falls. He was raised in Mud Lake and Shelly. On December 22, 1960, he married Beverly Lou Glen in Blackfoot, Idaho. In 1974...

Clyde Gillespie

Clyde Gillespie

Aug 22, 2013

Clyde R. Gillespie, 77 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013, after a two year battle with cancer. Clyde was born on March 18, 1936 in Farragut, Iowa to Clyde and Vera Maxine Gillespie. Clyde was raised in Tetonia, ID and graduated from Driggs High School. He spent six years in the military and attended Idaho State University and...

Steven George Golder

Steven George Golder

Aug 22, 2013

Steven George Golder, age 71, of Menan, passed away, at his home, Saturday, August 22, 2015. Steven was born December 20, 1943 in Rexburg, Idaho a son to Ralph Hill Golder and Elizabeth Gray Golder. Steven was raised in Menan. He graduated from Rigby High School and attended Ricks College and Utah State University. On October 1, 1966, he married...

Jasen D Jorgensen

Jasen D Jorgensen

Aug 15, 2013

Jasen D Jorgensen, 37, of Frenchtown, Montana, died from complications of pancreatitis, Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 4, 1975 in Rexburg, Idaho to James D Jorgensen and Linda Goody Jorgensen and was raised in Ririe, Idaho. Jasen graduated from Ririe High...

Clara "Coke" Winscot

Clara "Coke" Winscot

Aug 13, 2013

Clara “Coke” Skerjanc Winscot, 74, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at her home in Rigby, Idaho surrounded by her family. She was born to William and Lenna Skerjanc January 12, 1939. She attended and graduated from Butte High School. She married her high school sweetheart Charley Sherman Winscot Jr. on January 27,...

Lola Belle Hansen

Lola Belle Hansen

Aug 12, 2013

Lola Belle Hansen, 86, of Rigby, died Monday, August 12, 2013 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 27, 1927, in Driggs, Idaho to Evan Burbank Floyd and Norma Grover Floyd. She was raised and attended schools in Driggs, graduating from Teton High School. On June 18, 1947, she married DeWayne L. “Dutch” Hansen in...

Bradley Eugene Zundel

Bradley Eugene Zundel

Aug 7, 2013

Bradley Eugene Zundel, age 61, of Rigby, died Wednesday August 7, 2013, at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brad was born September 22, 1951 in Rigby a son to Jack Garth Zundel and Chloe Winger Zundel. He attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. He married Teresa Rodney and they later divorced. He then married...

Beth J. Gould

Beth J. Gould

Aug 5, 2013

Beth J. Gould, age 62 of Menan died Monday, August 05, 2013. She was born August 17, 1950, in Rigby, Idaho to Jesse Youngstrom and Ina Beth Bates Youngstrom. She attended Ricks College for 1 ½ years. She attended and graduated from beauty school in Rexburg, then worked at Connie Beauty Salon in Rigby. She also worked at the Rigby...