Harold Vern Studebaker
Oct 11, 2014
Harold Vern Studebaker, 85 of Rigby, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at his home. He was born January 11, 1929 in Wendall, Idaho to Vern Simon Studebaker and Elizabeth Schiehing Studebaker. He was raised and attended schools in Salmon and graduated from Salmon High School. Harold enlisted in the US Navy in 1951 and was honorably discharged in 1955. On...
Grace Sutton Rice
Oct 3, 2014
Grace Sutton Rice, 90, of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away after a long illness on October 3, 2014, she was under the care of hospice. Grace Ida Sutton Rice was born in Archer, Idaho on February 24, 1924 to Charles Vestal Sutton and Ida Allen Sutton. She was raised in Archer and enjoyed spending time her many cousins picking wild...
Victor Brendon Mueller
Oct 3, 2014
Victor Brendon Mueller, 27, was struck by a motor vehicle Friday Oct. 3, 2014, in Midvale, Utah where he died instantly. Victor was born July 14, 1987 in Cheverly, Maryland to Brent Wade Mueller and Almedis Rodriguez Mueller. He spent his first 6 years between Maryland, New York, and Arizona while his father was finishing medical school along with medical...
Mary Eliza Kite
Oct 2, 2014
Mary Eliza Willmore Kite, 95 of Rigby, died Thursday, October 02, 2014 at Great Oaks Assisted Living in Rigby. Mary was born December 19, 1918 in Hibbard, Idaho to Herbert James Willmore and Mary Drucilla Parker Willmore. She was raised in Rexburg, and spent summers on the family’s dry farm in Clementsville. She graduated from Madison High School in...
Donna Walker French
Sep 29, 2014
Donna Walker French, 86 of Roberts, died Monday, September 29, 2014 at The Gables of Ammon. Donna was born April 18, 1928 in Lewisville, Idaho to Mayor Mike Walker and Maple Rapp Walker. On January 15, 1947 she married Earl W. French in Roberts, Idaho. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on October 14, 1997. Donna...
Gary Raymond Lewis
Sep 26, 2014
Gary Raymond Lewis, age 82, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, September 26, 2014 at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Gary was born April 15, 1932, in Roberts, Idaho a son to Raymond Floyd Lewis and Bessie M. Harkness Lewis. Gary married Beth Ann Blakely January 4, 1957 at Elko, Nevada She preceded him in death June 20,...
Vonda Dean Sorensen
Sep 23, 2014
Vonda Dean Sorensen, 89, of Rigby, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at her home. She was born November 5, 1924, in Annis to Harvey Killian and Lavon Hardcastle Killian. She was raised and attended schools in Camas and graduated from Hamer High School. On July 22, 1944 she married H.C. Sorensen in Sparta, Wisconsin. Vonda worked as Postmistress in Camas,...
Alfred Lee Franck
Sep 23, 2014
Alfred Lee Franck, 77 of Monteview died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at his home. He was born Sept 7, 1937 in Idaho Falls, to Lee Walter Franck and Thelma Mary Allen Franck. He was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls, Rigby, and Roberts. On February 13, 1959, he married Roberta May Williams in Dillon, Montana. Alfred farmed in the...
Janet E. Romriell
Sep 18, 2014
Janet E. Romriell, 71 of Rigby, died Thursday, September 18, 2014 at her home. She was born July 21, 1943 in Pocatello to Lloyd Delmont Romriell and Mildred Elizabeth Hancock Romriell. She was raised and attended schools in Pocatello. Janet was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She worked for Deseret Industries for 22 years....
Nancy Smith
Sep 17, 2014
Nancy Ikyko Smith, loving wife, mother and friend, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014. She was born June 25, 1933; a daughter of Singerori and Michi Kosako in Takao, Taiwan, Nancy married Billy Blair Smith on July 25, 1962, in Fukuoka, Japan. They spent 52 happy years together. Nancy attended school in Kagoshima, Japan and lived in several locations in...
Melvin John Hansen
Sep 8, 2014
Melvin John Hansen, 86, of Hamer, passed away September 8, 2014, at EIRMC in Idaho Falls. Melvin was born in American Fork, Utah, July 26, 1928, to George Heber Hansen and Maud Lowe. He was the youngest of 5 children. His parents moved to Hamer when he was five years old. He went to school in Hamer and graduated from...
Jared Eldon Hawke
Sep 8, 2014
Beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, and friend Jared Hawke, 29, passed away from a long battle of brain cancer on September 8, 2014 surrounded by his wife and family who loved him. Jared was born on July 8, 1985 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to the late Steven Hawke and Deborah Reed. He graduated from Rigby High School and also obtained...
Randall Everett Sorenson
Sep 6, 2014
Randall Everett Sorenson, 94 of Rigby died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Morning Star Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Randall was born April 25, 1920, in Smithfield, Utah to Charles Henry Sorenson and Mary Elizabeth Barker Sorenson. He was raised and attended schools in Smithfield, Utah, graduating from North Cache High School. He continued his education at Utah State University...
Guenavere Hannah Boyce
Aug 29, 2014
Guenavere Hannah Robison Boyce, age 90, of Rigby, died at her home, Friday August 29, 2014. She was born February 27, 1924 at Archer, Idaho, the youngest child of Ivan Oscar and Lorena McIntier Robison. She grew up in the Archer, Lyman area and attended school there. Her mother died when she was 12 years old and she and her...
Suzanne Ball Christen
Aug 27, 2014
Suzanne Ball Christen, 35 of Clarksburg, MD died at her home August 27, 2014. Suzanne had fought for more than seven years with Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). While she wasn't expected to survive much more than a year or two, she fought diligently through various treatments to spend more time with her husband and family. Suzanne was born...
Alice Griffeth Hansen
Aug 21, 2014
Our loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Alice Griffeth Hansen, 82, of Rigby, Idaho, passed peacefully away in her home Thursday, August 21, 2014, on her 64th wedding anniversary, surrounded by her family. She was born January 22, 1932, in Preston, Idaho, to Rachel and Thurman Griffeth. She is survived by her husband Earl E. Hansen; children: Shauna (Fred) DeCoria...
Brandon Raymond Thompson
Aug 20, 2014
Brandon Raymond Thompson, 32, of Rigby, departed this life, Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Brandon was born June 22, 1982, the 6th of seven children of Lyle Irven Thompson and Anita Marie Mills Thompson. Brandon attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education at Ricks College, BYU-Idaho, and Boise State University receiving his Bachelors in Civil Engineering....
Edgar Poole Green
Aug 20, 2014
Edgar Poole Green, 73, died at his home in Shelley, Idaho on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was born December 24, 1940 in Menan, Idaho to Robert Dennis Green and Mary Harriet Poole Green. He was raised in Menan for 10 years and then moved to Terreton. Edgar attended school in Menan and Hamer, graduating from West Jefferson High School....
Errol Wayne Tibbitts
Aug 13, 2014
Errol Wayne Tibbitts, 76, of Rigby, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. He was born November 19, 1937, in Rigby, Idaho, to Wayne E. Tibbitts and LaRetta Jones Tibbitts. He was the only son in the family, with two sisters, Barbara Jones and Marjorie Smith. He was raised in Lorenzo on the family farm,...
Margaret Eileen Madsen Hodges
Aug 13, 2014
On August 13, 2014, Margaret Eileen Madsen Hodges died unexpectedly at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Mom was the daughter of Loyal Mathew Madsen and Lenora Eileen Madsen; born on December 22, 1932 . She had 3 older brothers, Bob Keith and Darwin, and was followed by her sister Kathy, her brother Kenneth, and another brother Pete. When she...