Obituaries

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Erma "Joann" Baxter

Erma "Joann" Baxter

Feb 10, 2013

Erma “JoAnn” Baxter, age 77, of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Sunday February 10, 2013. JoAnn was born October 14, 1935 at Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Harry Richard Lee and Erma Theora Hebdon Lee. She attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High School. She played clarinet in the Rigby High School Band. She married Hyrum Forrest...

Beverly Heyrend Jacobs

Beverly Heyrend Jacobs

Feb 8, 2013

Beverly Larue (Heyrend) Jacobs was born on August 20, 1940 at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Harvey and Wilma (Farnsworth) Heyrend. She died, after a lengthy illness, on February 8, 2013 while under Hospice care in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. With an avid sportsman for a father, Beverly spent many weekends on camping/fishing trips, fondly recalling her...

Hyrum "Hy" Forrest Baxter

Hyrum "Hy" Forrest Baxter

Feb 6, 2013

Hyrum “Hy” Forrest Baxter, 82, of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at his home. He was born February 6, 1931 in St. Anthony, Idaho, to William Wallace Baxter and Effi Durney Baxter. He was raised and attended schools in St. Anthony, graduating from St. Anthony High School. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict....

Donnell W. Hunter

Donnell W. Hunter

Feb 4, 2013

Donnell W. Hunter, 82, of LaBelle, passed away Monday, February 04, 2013, from complications of heart surgery, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born June 5, 1930, in Rigby, Idaho to William Wallace Hunter and Bertha O’Donnell Hunter. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education...

Tex Owen Bloxham

Tex Owen Bloxham

Feb 3, 2013

Tex Owen Bloxham, 75 of Rigby, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born April 8, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Darwin Owen Bloxham and Helen Rounds Bloxham. He was raised in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He continued his education at Ricks College. On June 22, 1956,...

Jack Allen Clark

Jack Allen Clark

Jan 31, 2013

Jack Allen Clark, 64, of Independence, Idaho passed away January 31, 2013, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Jack was born February 13, 1948, in Rexburg, Idaho a son of John Allen Clark and Eva Erica Eschler Clark. Jack was raised in Independence, Idaho and attended school at Madison Jr. High and graduated from Sugar Salem...

Stanley Duke Lords

Stanley Duke Lords

Jan 28, 2013

Stanley (Stan) Duke Lords, age 60, of Rigby, died Monday January 28, 2013. Stan was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son to Irvin (Duke) Lords and Blanche Livermore Lords. He attended schools in Idaho Falls and Tetonia, Idaho. He married Kimberly Hamblin April 2, 1999 in Utah. He worked as an electrician throughout his life. He enjoyed fishing, camping,...

Julia Marcene Stoltenberg

Julia Marcene Stoltenberg

Jan 26, 2013

Julia Marcene Weeks Stoltenberg, age 82, of Rigby, died at Rexburg Nursing and Rehab Saturday, January 26, 2013. She was born August 21, 1930 at Irwin, Idaho a daughter to James Hyrum Weeks and Dora Ellen Clark. She attended Ririe Schools graduating from Ririe High School. She then attended the Chicago School of Nursing graduating in 1951. She worked as...

Aloha Marie "Sammy" Radford Oleson

Aloha Marie "Sammy" Radford Oleson

Jan 25, 2013

Aloha Marie “Sammy” Radford Oleson, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, January 25, 2013, at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls, from a long-term illness. She was born June 9, 1941, in Rigby to Therle Faye Radford and Martha LaMetta Collier Radford. She was raised in Menan and attended schools in Rigby. She married Keith McDaniel July 5,...

Lynn Theodore Reiman

Lynn Theodore Reiman

Jan 24, 2013

Lynn Theodore Reiman, 87, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living Facility in Idaho Falls. He was born December 8, 1925, in Warm River, Idaho, to Joseph Theodore Reiman and Blanche Priscilla Murdoch Reiman. He spent his early years in Warm River and later moved to Ashton, Idaho, where he graduated from...

Nellie Hall

Nellie Hall

Jan 23, 2013

Nellie Hall, of Hamer, died January 23, 2013 at the age of 97. She was born December 13, 1915, one of 13 children to Houston Herbert Parks and Mary Edna Connell Parks. Nellie was born and raised in Rigby, Idaho, and attended schools there. She married Charles Hall on March 26, 1934 and moved to Hamer that same year. Nellie...

Nancy Roberta Berry

Nancy Roberta Berry

Jan 20, 2013

Nancy Roberta Street Berry, 85, beloved wife, mother, Nana, Great-Grandmother, sister, and dear friend passed away at home Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the arms of her loving husband. She was born in Park City, Utah to David Lawrence and Lillis Virginia Street and was the eldest of four children. She married her high school sweetheart, Howard Murdock Berry on...

Rodney Leo Pumphrey

Rodney Leo Pumphrey

Jan 19, 2013

Rodney Leo Pumphrey, age 71 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer he went home to be with his Lord on Saturday January 19th, 2013 while his family was by his side. Rod was born January 18th, 1942 at Denver Colorado – son to Leo Nelman Pumphrey and Julia Edith Wallace Pumphrey. He attended schools in Colorado and Portland, Oregon,...

Gladys Louise Werman

Gladys Louise Werman

Jan 18, 2013

Gladys Louise Werman, passed away Friday January 18, 2013 at the Sunbridge Rexburg Nursing Center at the age of 88 of natural causes. Gladys was born February 4, 1924 to Frank and Etta Drake Strupp in Annis, Idaho. She married Vern Austin Browning and together had 5 children. They later divorced. She then married Rudy Werman and they lived in...

Bruce Neil Thomson

Bruce Neil Thomson

Jan 17, 2013

Bruce Neil Thomson, 49, of Logan, Utah, passed away on January 17th, 2013. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on December 14th, 1963 to Lynn and Mary Lou Thomson. He graduated from Madison High School and Ricks College. He was an Eagle Scout and served a mission for the LDS Church in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Bruce enjoyed playing piano and...

Maxine C. Anderson

Maxine C. Anderson

Jan 15, 2013

Maxine C. Oliverson Anderson, 73 of Rigby passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at the home of her daughter, Cindy, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with an extended illness. She was under the loving care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice/Janiel Campbell. She was born June 7, 1939, in Franklin, Idaho the fifth of seven children,...

Ruth Jones Payne Nelson

Ruth Jones Payne Nelson

Jan 14, 2013

Ruth Jones Payne Nelson, 99, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, January 14, 2013, 17 days before her 100th birthday. She was born January 31, 1913, in Lewisville to Joseph Wilford Jones and Harriet Alice Robinson Jones, the youngest living child of 14. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School and continued her education at...

Rhoda Lott

Rhoda Lott

Jan 11, 2013

Rhoda Campbell Lott, age 85, of Annis, died Friday, January 11, 2013 at The Gables in Idaho Falls. Rhoda was born January 24, 1927 at Annis, Idaho a daughter to Eli Campbell and Sarah Maude Baron Campbell. She attended Annis and Midway schools. She married Hyrum Doil Lott, March 1, 1945 at Dillon, Montana. She was a member of the...

Ronald Elmo Andersen

Ronald Elmo Andersen

Jan 7, 2013

Ronald Elmo Andersen 64, of Rigby, passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at his home, after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born February 16, 1948 in Rigby, to Joseph Elmo Andersen and June Niederer Andersen, and was the oldest of 8 children. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1966 then continued his education at Wyoming Technical...

Darlene Marie Moser

Darlene Marie Moser

Jan 2, 2013

Darlene Marie Moser, 73, of Rigby, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at her home of cancer. She was born in Rigby, Idaho to Jesse and Alta Briggs and was raised in Lewisville, Idaho. Darlene married her best friend, Ross Moser, on April 18, 1939 in the Idaho Falls Temple. She was an active member of the LDS church, serving in...