Obituaries

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...
Bessie Elizabeth Morgan
Apr 17, 2013
Her Granddaughter calls Granny her “Kindred Rebel”. Rebel or no, Bessie Elizabeth Morgan “Did it her Way.” Bessie Elizabeth Morgan passed away on April 17, 2013, at a local care center in Boise, Idaho. Bessie was born to William Thomas Morgan and Ester Elizabeth Simper Morgan at the homestead on the south fork of the Snake River in LaBelle, Idaho...
Marian G. Clarke
Apr 16, 2013
Vera “Marian” Stephens Clarke, 96 of St. George, Utah, formerly of Rexburg, and Pocatello, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She was born on November 17, 1916 in Menan, Idaho to Alvin Shippen and Elizabeth Ellen Hart Green. She grew up and attended school in Rigby. She married Merlon Cook Stephens on October 26, 1935 in...
Beulah Merrill Ashment
Apr 12, 2013
Beulah Merrill Ashment, 93, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Grant, Idaho passed away Friday, April 12, 2013 at Bonadventure Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born November 8, 1919, in Annis, to Eldon Merrill and Nancy Dinsdale Merrill. She was raised and attended schools in Annis, graduating from Midway High School. On September 26, 1939, she married Ivan...
Rusty Keller
Apr 11, 2013
Irvin Neil “Rusty” Keller, 77, of Rigby, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born July 19, 1935, in Rigby, to Irvin William Keller and Birdie Marie Bills Keller. He was raised and attended schools in the Rigby and Clark areas. He served in the US Army from 1957 to...
Dee Byrne
Apr 11, 2013
D’Anna “Dee” Carol Byrne, 66 of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rigby, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born December 5, 1946, in Idaho Falls to Clarence William Oliver and Gwendolyn Lowe Douglas Oliver. She was raised and attended schools in St. Anthony and Idaho Falls, graduating from Idaho Falls...
Adam Ruben Harris
Apr 9, 2013
Adam Ruben Harris, 33, of Rigby, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born October 25, 1979, in Denver, Colorado to Bradley Frank Harris and Jonie Mae Robinson Queen Harris. He was raised and attended schools in Teton Valley, graduating from Teton Valley High School. He was active in...
Stetson Troy Tuff Fowler
Apr 8, 2013
Stetson Troy Tuff Fowler, 18, of Dillon, Colorado passed away Monday, April 8, 2013 in Driggs, Idaho. He was born May 29, 1994 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Troy Larry Fowler and Rachelle Diane Loucks Fowler. He was raised and attended schools in the Sugar City, Salem Area. He attended and graduated from Summit High School in Colorado. Stetson worked...
Pat Raymond
Apr 5, 2013
Amy Dean “Pat” Raymond, 87, of Menan, passed away Friday, April 05, 2013 at Great Oaks Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born March 17, 1926, in Dillon, Montana to Earl D. Harkness and Marcia Barzee Harkness. She was raised and attended schools in Big Sheep Creek Basin, Montana and Roberts. On May 12, 1945, she married Joseph Milton...
Lavon Behrens
Apr 4, 2013
LaVon Smith Behrens, 92 of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rigby, passed away Thursday April 4, 2013 at her home. She was born July 4, 1920, in Arimo, Idaho to Wells Beck and Lydia Jane Roundy Beck. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby. On April 30, 1938 she married Earl Melbourne Smith in Logan Utah, he preceded her in...
Rex Radford
Apr 4, 2013
Rex Kay Radford, 76, of Etna, Wyoming, passed away on April 4, 2013, with loved ones by his side. He was born on December 15, 1936 in Ucon, Idaho to Franklin King and Elzina Pearl Radford. Rex was married to Linda Cherry Parkinson for time and eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple on May 28, 1958. Together they grew their...
T. Blaine Cordon
Apr 4, 2013
Theodore Blaine Cordon, 72, of Rigby passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Rexburg Care and Rehab Center. He was born August 4, 1940, in Rigby, Idaho to Leo LaVern Cordon and Lida Rae Durrant Cordon. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby. He served in the US Army and the National Guard. He married Elizabeth Lee, they later...
Jay Wendell Sparks Sr.
Apr 3, 2013
Jay Wendell Sparks Sr., 47, of Rigby, passed away at his home Wednesday, April 3, 2013. He was born June 26, 1965 in Tremonton, Utah to J. Wendell Sparks and Janeal Forsberg Sparks. He was raised and attended schools in Pocatello, graduating from Pocatello High School. He continued his education at ISU graduating from ISU School of Nursing as a...
Fern Griffin
Apr 3, 2013
Fern Housley Griffin, formerly from Rigby, ID passed away on April 3, 2013 at her son’s home in Castle Rock, Colorado at the age of 90. She was born on June 17, 1922 in Menan, Idaho. Her parents were Jesse and Leah Housley. She attended school in Rigby, Idaho. She was married December 18, 1940 to Kerney LeRoy Griffin in...
Dayna Mae Jacobs
Apr 1, 2013
Dayna Mae Jacobs, age 64, of Menan, passed away Monday, April 01, 2013, at The Gables of Ammon. Dayna was born June 25, 1948 at Rexburg, Idaho a daughter to Joseph Pershing and Lucile Schwendiman Jacobs. She was raised in Menan. She attended the Development workshop in Idaho Falls, Joshua D. Smith Foundation in Idaho Falls, St Leon Opportunity School...
