Obituaries

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James Clare Reed

James Clare Reed

Aug 3, 2013

James Clare Reed, 94, of Ririe, passed away August 3, 2013, at his home. He was born August 23, 1918 on Butler Island near Ririe, Idaho to James Henry Reed and Maude Armstrong Reed, and spent his childhood assisting on the family farms near Ririe and Birch Creek. He attended school in Ririe Idaho and was in the first freshman...

Robert Wayne Barney

Robert Wayne Barney

Aug 2, 2013

Robert Wayne Barney, 63, of Rigby, Idaho passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at his home after a 4 year courageous battle with prostate cancer. Rob was born November 4, 1949 in Rigby to Blain C. and Donna Anderson Barney. He grew up in Grant and Menan and attended Rigby High School. In 1967 he married Vicky Hansen and had...

Tisha Lynn Carter

Tisha Lynn Carter

Jul 30, 2013

Tisha Lynn Carter, 44, of Rigby, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the Rigby County Living Center; she was under the care of Teton Home Health and Hospice. She was born October 29, 1968, in Pocatello to Delbert G. Carter and Marilyn Walker Carter. She was raised and attended schools in Pocatello and was an honorary graduate of Highland High...

Maurine Niederer

Maurine Niederer

Jul 27, 2013

Maurine Niederer, 94, of Taylorsville, Utah, formerly of Mud Lake, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, at her home. She was born October 11, 1918, in Pysht, Washington to Harold Robert Andersen and Reeta Loy Stocks Andersen. She was raised and attended schools in Teton City and Bernice, Idaho. She attended high school in Arco and graduated from Moore High School....

Charles Reese Sanders

Charles Reese Sanders

Jul 26, 2013

Charles Reese Sanders, 98, of Hamer, Idaho, died peacefully at his home, Friday, July 26, 2013. Reese was born October 9, 1914, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Charles Albert Sanders and Sarah Howell Sanders. The first eight years of his life were spent living at various times in Lima, Montana; Rexburg, Idaho; and Hamer, Idaho. His family moved permanently to Hamer...

Sherrie Jones

Sherrie Jones

Jul 25, 2013

Sherrie Jones, age 50, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, July 25, 2013. She was born November 16, 1962, in Rexburg, Idaho to Oliver Larry Lee and Carolyn Clark Lee. She was raised and attended schools in Terreton; she graduated from I-Tech with a degree in Office Technologies. On November 16, 1978, she married Wesley Alan Jones in Osgood, Idaho; they...

Glen C. Scott

Glen C. Scott

Jul 19, 2013

Glen C. Scott, 89, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Roberts, passed away July 19, 2013. He was born in Annis, Idaho December 2, 1923, to John R. Scott and Luella Campbell Scott. He was the youngest of 7 children. He was raised in Annis and attended school at Midway, graduating from Midway High School in 1941. Shortly after graduation, at...

Fermin Lemus

Fermin Lemus

Jul 14, 2013

Fermin Lemus, 22, of Rexburg, died Sunday, July 14, 2013 in Rigby. He was born March 8, 1991, in Lindsey, California to Susano Lemus and Felipa Hernandez Lemus. He was raised and attended schools in the Terreton and attended Madison High School. He worked for Dickinsons Frozen Foods in Sugar City. Fermin was a member of the Catholic Church. He...

Mary Jane Danielson

Mary Jane Danielson

Jul 12, 2013

Mary Jane Danielson, 61, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Lewisville died Friday, July 12, 2013, at Eagle Rock Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 5, 1952, in Rigby to Carl Vern Danielson and Alice Marquerite Winder Danielson. She was raised and attended schools in Annis and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. She married Jose Lopez...

Sandra Kay Hall

Sandra Kay Hall

Jul 12, 2013

Sandra Kay Hall, age 61, of Rigby, died at her home Friday July 12, 2013. Sandra was born December 14, 1951 at Trenton, Michigan a daughter to John Henry Williamson and Beatrice Snellman Williamson. She attended school in Michigan. She married Paul Dean Hall February 16, 1971 in Jerome, Idaho. She worked as an administrative secretary for 15 years at...

Carol Ida Johnson

Carol Ida Johnson

Jul 11, 2013

Carol Ida Scott Johnson, 79, of Rigby, died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at her home; after a long courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born December 24, 1933, in Annis, Idaho to Albert Josiah Scott and Ida Belle Hanson Scott. She was raised in Annis, and attended Midway and Rigby High School. On December 7, 1950, she married Harold...

Dottie Drake

Dottie Drake

Jul 9, 2013

Dottie Drake, age 78, died Tuesday July 9, 2013 at The Gardens in Rigby. Dorthella Patricia Drake was born May 24, 1935 at Mt. Pleasant, Utah a daughter to Hartley Johnson and Dortha Ramero Johnson. Her father died when she was an infant and she was raised by Berkley White. She attended schools in Springville, Utah. She married Richard Hatfield...

Vesta Mae Galbraith Adams Robison Lee

Vesta Mae Galbraith Adams Robison Lee

Jul 9, 2013

Vesta Mae Galbraith Adams Robison Lee, 94, of Rexburg, formerly of Rigby, died Tuesday July 9, 2013 at The Homestead assisted living center of Rexburg. She was born May 4, 1919, in Lyman, to Francis Galbraith and Nettie Ruanna Sutton Galbraith. She was raised and attended schools in Lyman and Cedar Point, graduating from Madison High School. She married Robert...

Randy Henrie

Randy Henrie

Jul 7, 2013

Clinton Randoulph Henrie, age 37, of Rigby, died at his home Sunday July7, 2013. Clinton was born June 10, 1976 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son to Robin Marie Walters and his biological father Clinton Freeman Tinker. He was raised by his father Thomas Everett Henrie and mother Robin in Rigby. He attended Rigby schools graduating from Rigby High School...

Georgia Lynn Smith

Georgia Lynn Smith

Jul 6, 2013

Georgia Lynn Madsen Smith, age 65, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday July 6, 2013, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Georgia was born January 29, 1948 in Rigby to Robert E. Madsen and Betty Lindsay Madsen. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. Following her graduation she was employed at Idaho First National...

Merlin Dale Gray

Merlin Dale Gray

Jul 5, 2013

Merlin Dale Gray, 73, of Lincoln, Montana, formerly of Menan, died Friday, July 5, 2013. He was born October 27, 1939, in Rexburg, Idaho to George Daniel Gray and Edna Grace Davey Gray. He was raised in Plano until age 5, the family then moved to Menan. He attended schools in Menan, Rigby and Roberts. On June 2, 1961, he...

Charles David Kelsey

Charles David Kelsey

Jul 1, 2013

Charles David Kelsey, 73, of Rigby, passed away Monday, July 1, 2013. He was born February 26, 1940, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Claude Kelsey and Nettie Singleton Kelsey. He was raised and attended schools in Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School. After graduation he enlisted in the US Army, where he was a Golden Glove Boxer. On November 26,...

Dale Russell Phillips

Dale Russell Phillips

Jul 1, 2013

Dale Russell Phillips, 74, of Idaho Falls, died July 1, 2013 at his home. He was born July 8, 1938, in Idaho Falls to Lee Phillips and Wanda Bowles Phillips. He was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area, graduating from Rigby High School. On July 3, 1957, he married Wanda Workman in the Idaho Falls, LDS Temple. He...

Colleen Waddoups

Colleen Waddoups

Jul 1, 2013

Colleen Waddoups, 63, of Rigby, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 11, 1950, to LeRoy Smith and Olive Westover Smith. She was raised and attended schools in Riverside, and graduated from Snake River High School. She then attended Technical College to become a secretary. On July 14, 1983,...

Preston George Beasley

Preston George Beasley

Jun 30, 2013

Preston George Beasley, age 68, of Lewisville, died at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab in Rexburg, Sunday June 30, 2013. Preston was born April 23, 1945 at Blackfoot, Idaho a son to Milton George Beasley and Rita Adams Beasley. He was raised in Shelley, Blackfoot, Fort Hall and Pocatello. He married Alvirena Jane Waters, July 31, 1965 in Casper, Wyoming....