Ellis Austin Rice
May 26, 2013
Ellis Austin Rice, 90, of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away after a long illness, on May 26, 2013. He was under the care of Hospice. Ellis Austin Rice was born in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. He was adopted by Joseph and Charlotte Rice and was raised in Archer, Idaho. At the age of 12 he started working for local farmers. He...
John Casper Furniss
May 23, 2013
John Casper Furniss, 84 of Ammon, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born October 1, 1928, in Bates Idaho to William Furniss and Rhoda M. Moulton Furniss. He was raised in the Bates and Driggs areas and graduated from Teton High School. He continued his education at Utah State...
Michael Morris Hagemeister
May 19, 2013
Michael Morris Hagemeister, 44 of Midvale, Utah, died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at his home. He was born February 4, 1969 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Morris Hagemeister and Bethann Rushton Hagemeister. He was raised and attended schools in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, and enjoyed spending summers in the Rigby, Idaho with family. He worked as a...
Sky Marie Willcoxon
May 17, 2013
Sky Marie Willcoxon, age 10, of Lewisville, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013. She was born April 11, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Brandon James Willcoxon and Stormi Marie Anderson Willcoxon. She was a student at Midway Elementary School. Sky loved singing and dancing, and enjoyed music and reading. Sky and her sister Harly loved one another dearly, they...
Joe Everette Hubbs
May 17, 2013
Joe Everette Hubbs, 94, of Prescott, Arizona passed away Friday, May 17, 2013. He was born December 20, 1918 in Neosho, Missouri to Harvey Everette Hubbs and Lucy Hicks Hubbs. He was raised and attended schools in Colton, California. On Sept 20, 1940, he married Norma Hobbs in Riverside, California. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS...
Harly Ann Willcoxon
May 17, 2013
Harly Ann Willcoxon, age 8 of Lewisville, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013. She was born October 29, 2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Brandon James Willcoxon and Stormi Marie Anderson Willcoxon. She was a student at Midway Elementary School. Harly loved animals; especially horses. She also loved cowboy boots, dancing, teasing and laughing. Harly and her sister Sky loved...
Stephen Brent Strand
May 16, 2013
Stephen Brent Strand, age 60, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, with his loving wife by his side. He was born January 2, 1953 in Topeka, Kansas to Harold Dean Strand and Joanne L. Remsburg Strand. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in...
Wendy Denise Tall
May 16, 2013
Wendy Denise Munns Tall, 55, of Idaho Falls, died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at her home in Idaho Falls. Wendy was born February 15, 1958 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ralph Dean Munns and Merle Beazer Munns. She was raised and attended schools in the Menan and Rigby areas, graduating from Rigby High School in...
Wayne Mark Beck
May 12, 2013
Wayne Mark Beck, 87, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013. He was born Jan. 8, 1926 in Labelle, Idaho to Clarence Lee and Elsie Pauline Miller Beck. Wayne was raised with six brothers and sisters, Merlin, Reva, Ralph, Earl, Clea, and Von in Archer where he also attended school. He built life-long friendships with his peers in...
Satoko A. Nakayama
May 11, 2013
Satoko A. Nakayama, 94 of Rigby passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013 at her home. A private family service was held.
Nadine Blau Wright
May 7, 2013
Elsie Nadine Blau Wright, 85, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at her home. She was born July 18, 1927, on the Blau Ranch in Logan Co., Kansas, to Fredrick Blau and Elva Mandana Richardson Blau. She was raised and attended schools in Kansas, Arizona and Utah. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from BYU in...
Bart Steven Winger
May 7, 2013
Bart Steven Winger, 49, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Sydney, Montana. He was born May 16, 1963, in Rigby, Idaho to Herbert Floyd Winger and Gaye Lemmon Johnson. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby and Idaho Falls. Bart worked very hard and was very proud to have earned his GED. He worked for...
Lois Crystal Jones
May 5, 2013
Lois Crystal Jones, 85, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013, at her sister’s home in Goshen, Idaho. She was born September 11, 1927, in Garfield, Idaho, to Andrew Vern Crystal and Bessie Venetta Randall Crystal. Raised in Garfield, she attended Garfield Elementary School and graduated from Rigby High School in 1946. On December 31, 1947, she married Kenneth...
Harold R. Furness
May 3, 2013
Harold R. Furness, 87, of Terreton, passed away Friday, May 03, 2013, at his daughter’s home in Firth. He was born June 19, 1925 in Sugar City, Idaho to Tobias Furness and Lucy Ricks Furness. He was raised and attended schools in Sugar City, and graduated from Sugar City High School. Harold served in the US Navy during World War...
Austin W. Andersen
May 3, 2013
Austin W. Andersen, 89, of Houston Texas, formerly of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Friday, May 3, 2013, at his home. He was born August 6, 1923 in Rigby Idaho, the sixth child of ten children born to Albert Andersen and Vida Ester Waters Andersen. Austin attended Rigby High school where he met Lillie Baron. They were married March 4, 1943...
Betty Jean Killian
Apr 28, 2013
Betty Jean Killian, 78, of Rigby passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013 at her home. She was born November 19, 1934, in Ririe to Lloyd Killian and Alice Marie Damman Killian. She was raised and attended schools in Poplar, Ririe, and Provo, Utah. She graduated from Rigby High School as valedictorian and continued her education at Idaho Falls Business School....
Deloy Hammon
Apr 24, 2013
Wilford Deloy Hammon, 63, of Menan, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from complications of Kidney Failure. He was born August 17, 1949 in Idaho Falls to Wilford Lee Hammon and Mary Elizabeth Shaw Hammon. He attended schools in Menan and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education...
Leo Verl Selman
Apr 23, 2013
Leo Verl Selman, 83, a lifelong resident of Lewisville, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at his home. He was born November 3, 1929, in Lewisville to Joseph Hyrum Selman and Jennie Maude Barney Selman. He was raised and attended schools in Lewisville, graduating from Midway High School. On March 24, 1967, he married Wanda “Darlene” McMurtrey in the Idaho...
Adella Marie Howard
Apr 22, 2013
Adella Marie Howard, infant daughter of Mark Louis Howard and Summer Marie Parsons Howard of Rigby, was stillborn Monday, April 22, 2013 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 West Main Street, Rigby, with Bishop Adam Hall conducting. Burial will take place in the...
Cosme Lemus Avila
Apr 19, 2013
Cosme Lemus Avila, age 51, of Terreton, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013 at his home in Terreton. He was born September 27, 1961 in Mexico, a son to Jose Guadalupe Lemus and Isabel Avila. He worked throughout his life as a farm laborer and enjoyed music, work, action movies, spending time with his family and picnics with family and...