Obituaries

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Lanelle Allen

Lanelle Allen

Apr 23, 2012

LaNelle Allen, 61, of Rigby, passed away Monday April 23, 2012 surrounded by her family, at Madison Memorial Hospital, from complications of cancer. She was born October 16, 1950, in Pocatello, Idaho to Perry Earl Brady and Velma Scott Brady. She was raised and attended schools in Magna, Utah, Annis, Idaho and Rigby, Idaho graduating from Rigby High School. She...

Dee Val Poulsen

Dee Val Poulsen

Apr 21, 2012

Dee Poulsen, age 70, passed away at home on April 21, 2012 after a year- long battle with pancreatic cancer. Dee was born on November 27, 1941 in a small log cabin east of Rigby to Earl Poulsen and Erma Hymas Poulsen. His siblings are Don (Phyllis) Poulsen of Seattle Washington, Linda (Gale Browning) of Green Valley Arizona and Perry...

Delpha Clements Van Zant

Delpha Clements Van Zant

Apr 20, 2012

Delpha Clements Van Zant, 87, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Magalia, California, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She and her twin sister were born July 29, 1924, in Hibbard, Idaho to William Joseph Clements and Rebecca Violet McKenna Clements. They were the youngest of seven children. She was raised and...

Marlin Benjamin Schlenker

Marlin Benjamin Schlenker

Apr 19, 2012

Marlin “Swede” Benjamin Schlenker, 50, of Rigby, died Wednesday, April 19, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born May 4, 1961, in Jamestown, North Dakota to Benjamin A. Schlenker and Betty Widmer Schlenker. He was raised and attended schools in Jamestown. On August 27, 1983, he married Tammy Lynn Robbins in Afton, Wyoming. To...

Molly Jean Widerburg

Molly Jean Widerburg

Apr 15, 2012

Molly Jean Widerburg, 85, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. She was born February 12, 1927, in Rigby to Harlen Later and Leonore Rebecca Stahl Later. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School in 1946. On December 27, 1945, she married Jack Homer McAllister, they later...

Josefina Marmolejo Caudillo

Josefina Marmolejo Caudillo

Apr 14, 2012

Josefina Marmolejo Caudillo, age 75 of Rigby, died at her home Saturday, April 14, 2012. Josefina was born March 11, 1937 in Romita, Gto. Mexico a daughter of Atilano Marmolejo and Loreto Chavez. She was raised in Romita, Mexico and on August 29, 1957 she married Manuel Caudillo in Romita, Gto., Mexico. They moved to Shelley in March of 1978...

Gary V. Ashbocker

Gary V. Ashbocker

Apr 8, 2012

Gary V. Ashbocker, 79, of Lewisville, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born in Archer, Idaho to Albert and Louise Ashbocker on March 31, 1933. He enjoyed the time he spent working the family farm with his 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He attended school...

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

Apr 7, 2012

Helen Durrant Hayes, 90, of the Ririe and Rigby, Idaho area, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 8, 1922, on Butler Island near Ririe, Idaho to John Roland Durrant and Sadie Geneva Radford Durrant. She attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School and was a lifelong resident...

Rachel Annette Olsen

Rachel Annette Olsen

Apr 6, 2012

Rachel Annette Olsen, age 41 of Rigby, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at her home with her parents by her side. She was under the care of Solace Home Health. Rachel was born November 24, 1970 in Provo, Utah, the oldest child of Joseph Brent and Rebecca Mary Totten Olsen . She is survived by her parents and siblings: Mary...

Yvonne May

Yvonne May

Apr 4, 2012

Yvonne May, 69, of Dubois, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born May 17, 1942, in Jackson, Wyoming to Hirva James Clark and Virginia Henniger Clark. She was raised and attended schools in Jackson Wyoming. On February 13, 1961, she married the love of her life and lifelong companion...

Harvey Groth

Harvey Groth

Apr 3, 2012

John Harvey Groth, 83 of Ririe, died peacefully, Tuesday, April 03, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born December 29, 1928, in Banning, California to John Raymond Groth and Lela Maud Park. He was raised and attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School. He served honorably in the US Army with rank...

Donnetta Fisher Merrill

Donnetta Fisher Merrill

Mar 24, 2012

Donnetta Fisher Merrill, 94 of Idaho Falls, formerly of Annis, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Turtle and Crane assisted living center in Idaho Falls. She was born March 1, 1918 in Annis, Idaho to Hyrum James Fisher and Artemissia Clark Fisher. She was raised and attended schools in the St. Anthony area. On July 27, 1935 she married Eldon...

Penny Linne Buckland

Penny Linne Buckland

Mar 21, 2012

Penny Linne Buckland Dilworth, 62, of Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born April 5, 1949, in Carey, Idaho to Melvin Reed Dilworth and Val Jean Draper Dilworth. She was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls. Penny loved children and ran a day care center in her...

Francisco Lazalde

Francisco Lazalde

Mar 18, 2012

Francisco Lazalde Chihuahua, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012. He was born October 5, 1925, in Sain Alto, Zacatecas, Mexico to Macario Lazalde and Andrea Chihuahua. He was raised in Mexico and on February 1, 1948, he married Maria C. Lazalde in Sain Alto, Mexico. He moved to Rigby in 1966 and was one of the...

Brian Blaine Rumsey

Brian Blaine Rumsey

Mar 18, 2012

Brian Blaine Rumsey, 23, of Rigby, passed away March 18, 2012, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born October 4, 1988, to Michael and Tammie Rumsey in Murray, Utah. Brian spent his first year and half in Utah. In 1990 Brian moved with his family to Rigby, Idaho. He attended school there, graduating from Rigby High School...

Deward Charles Jensen

Deward Charles Jensen

Mar 16, 2012

Deward Charles “D.C.” Jensen, 94, of Ogden, formerly of Idaho Falls, died Friday, March 16, 2012 in Ogden, Utah. He was born February 2, 1918, in Burton, Idaho to Charles Jensen and Grace Elizabeth Larsen Jensen. He served in the U.S. Army from 1936 to 1939. On October 15, 1940, he married Velda Selma Searle in Rigby, Idaho; their marriage...

Lloyd Ray "Dutch" Hicks

Lloyd Ray "Dutch" Hicks

Mar 14, 2012

Lloyd Ray “Dutch” Hicks, 71, of Garfield and Grant areas, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a short, but fierce battle with cancer. Lloyd was born May 2, 1940 the third of 5 sons to Lee and Elva Brown Hicks. He attended school in Rigby and later pursued certificates and degrees in Mechanical...

Leroy Carl Gould

Leroy Carl Gould

Mar 9, 2012

On the 19th of April 1950 a son was born to Carl and Dorothy Gould. They named him LeRoy Carl. He grew to be a young man whose family moved several times. Starting at Idaho Falls to Ucon, Idaho and when he was in the 3rd grade the family moved to Menan, Idaho out in the country in a two...

Mary Pieper

Mary Pieper

Mar 9, 2012

Mary Olsen was born in Brigham City, Utah, on November 27, 1915—the 5th child of 9—to Rupert and Genevieve Olsen. She passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012, at her home in Rigby, Idaho. Mary contracted typhoid fever as a young child and was very ill for many weeks. She attended schools in Brigham City and graduated from Box Elder...

Gail Darlene Linger

Gail Darlene Linger

Mar 6, 2012

Gail Darlene Linger, 59 of Terreton, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born January 31, 1953, in Rigby to Carl Edward Linger and Audrey Louise Smith Linger. She attended West Jefferson schools, and graduated from West Jefferson High School in 1971. Gail worked as a baker for Smith’s Food King and...