Kenneth J. Cox
Jul 5, 2012
Kenneth J. Cox, 82, of Rigby, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at his home. He was born September 20, 1929, in Grant, Montana to Amasie Cox and Lois May Denny Cox. He enlisted in the US National Guard and served in Korea. On December 17, 1953, he married Louyne Killian in Rigby; they later divorced. Kenneth attended and graduated from...
Bessie Dora Van Leuven
Jul 2, 2012
Bessie Dora Van Leuven 89, of Roberts passed away Monday, July 2, 2012, at her home. She was born June 30, 1923 to Joseph Lloyd and Dora Elizabeth Simmons Rasmussen in Coltman, Idaho. She was the oldest of ten children. The family moved to Ucon, where Bessie attended school, graduating from Ucon High School in 1941. She then went into...
Kathleen Leon Scott
Jun 26, 2012
Kathleen Leon Scott, 84 of Idaho Falls, formerly of Roberts, passed away quietly in her sleep June 26th, 2012. She was born in Billings, Montana on July 9th, 1927 to Walter Leon Clark and Dorothy Brewer Clark. When she was 5 she moved to Boise, ID, and graduated from Franklin High School in 1945. She met the love of her...
Mary Evelyn Gardner
Jun 25, 2012
Mary Evelyn Dunn Gardner, 73, of Rigby passed away Monday, June 25, 2012, at her home. Mary was born June 8, 1939, in Seven Bridges, Pennsylvania to Donald Robert Dunn and Pruella Edith Toombs Dunn. She was raised in Seven Bridges, Pennsylvania and attended Potter County High School. On May 4, 1958, she married William James Gardner Sr. in Ulysses,...
Ross James Hope
Jun 23, 2012
Ross James Hope, 89 passed away peacefully Saturday, June 23, 2012 at his home in Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by his family. He was born May 31, 1923, in Hibbard, ID to James Eli Hope and Emily Withers Hope. He was raised and attended schools in Sugar City. On March 15, 1949, he married Jean Beck in the Idaho Falls LDS...
Irby Cassel Oliver
Jun 19, 2012
Irby Cassel Oliver, 72 of Ririe passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at his home. He was born march 27, 1940 in Antlers, Oklahoma to John LeRoy Oliver and Essie Lee Titsworth. He attended schools in Bakersfield, California, and Puyallup, Washington. He served in the U.S Navy from 1959 to 1968 and from 1978 to 1989, retiring after 21 years....
Karen Ann Mullins
Jun 18, 2012
Karen Ann Bowen Mullins, 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, June 18, 2012, at the Rexburg Care and Rehab Center. She was born February 7, 1948, in Idaho Falls, to Bernal R. Bowen and Alice Garrett Bowen. She was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She continued her education at Eastern Idaho...
Richard Keith Mccardell
Jun 18, 2012
Richard Keith McCardell, age75, of Rigby, died at his home, Monday, June 18, 2012. Richard was born November 6, 1936 at Pocatello, Idaho a son of Keith Bronson McCardell and Gladys Fern Harris. As a young boy he herded cattle and was taught to work hard. He attended schools in Pocatello, graduating from Pocatello High School. He then attended Idaho...
Kyle Jay Clifford
Jun 16, 2012
Kyle Jay Clifford, 61, of Rexburg, passed away Saturday, June 16, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born August 21, 1950, in Rigby to Douglas Clifford and Fern Pfost Clifford. He was raised in Menan and graduated from Rigby High School. He continued his education at BYU and ISU, graduating...
A. "Sam" Bernice Wood
Jun 14, 2012
Afton "Sam" Bernice Wood 89, passed away Thursday June 14, 2012, at her home in Ammon Idaho. She was born November 23, 1922 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Henry Clark and Lydia Martha Wadsworth Clark, the 8th of 10 children. She was raised and attended schools in Bonneville County and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. On April 14, 1948...
Lois Tolley Campbell
Jun 13, 2012
Lois Tolley Campbell, 89, of Rigby Idaho, passed away Wednesday, June 13th at the home of her daughter in Kaysville, Utah, due to cause’s incident to age. Lois was born June 1, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ernest and June Chandler Tolley. The family later moved to Rigby, Idaho where Lois attended school, graduating from Rigby high school...
Jesus "Jes" Daniels Jr.
Jun 10, 2012
Jesus “Jes” Daniels Jr., age 65, of Salmon, died at his daughter’s home, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Jesus was born December 26, 1946 at Buckeye, Arizona a son of Jesus Daniel Sr. and Maria Federico Daniel. He attended Adams school in Gilroy, California and graduated from San Benito Joint Union High School in Hollister, California in 1965. He then served...
Velma E. Taylor
Jun 10, 2012
Velma E. Taylor, 82, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Rexburg Care and Rehab. She was born November 27, 1929, in Rigby, to Isreal James Purser and Bertha Fern Rolfe Purser. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On November 14, 1947, she married Lorin John Taylor. Velma is a member...
Betty Lou Ellis
Jun 6, 2012
Betty Lou Ludlow Ellis, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at her home. She is finally free from pain. She was born July 10, 1931 in Annis, Idaho, the third and youngest child of William Ludlow and Gertrude Mary Bruce Ludlow. She had very fond memories of spending time with her cousins at her grandparents’ farm...
Florence Martha Moore
Jun 6, 2012
Florence Martha Bowles Moore, 92, of Grant passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at her home, with her family by her side. She was under the care of Idaho Home Health and Hospice. She was born January 4, 1920, in Garfield to Earnest Richard Bowles and Clarissa Hancock Bowles. She was raised and attended schools in Milo and Ririe. On...
Kenneth Gerald Walker
Jun 5, 2012
Kenneth Gerald Walker, 71, of Lewisville, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at his home. He was born June 9, 1940, in Menan to Gerald Walker and Blanche Campbell Walker. He graduated from Rigby High School then continued his education at Ricks College and Utah State University, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree. On October 11, 1963, he married Janet...
Arzula D. Ellis
Jun 3, 2012
ARZULA DELTHA MILLER ELLIS, 89, died 3 June 2012 peacefully at her home in Rigby. She was the seventh of ten children born 16 July 1922 in a 2-room log home on a farm in the Menan area, to Henry Edwin and Caroline Gneiting Miller. She was expected to care for her elderly grandmother and younger nieces and siblings at...
Dennis Harvey Graham
Jun 3, 2012
Dennis Harvey Graham, 63, of Rigby, died Sunday, June 3, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born June 22, 1948, in Rexburg to Harvey William Graham and Ellen Ellis Graham. He was raised and attended schools in Annis and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On February 7, 1974, he married Martia Louise Koon...
Wayne Merchant Slagowski
Jun 1, 2012
Wayne Merchant Slagowski, age 88, of Rigby, died Friday June 1, 2012 at No Place Like Home Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Wayne was born February 1, 1924 at Decatur, Illinois a son of Lyle Slagowski and Mary Lind Slagowski. He grew up and attended schools in Mountain View, Wyoming. He served in the United States Army during World War...
Dale Lavern Olsen
May 31, 2012
Dale LaVern Olsen, 89, of Rigby, died Thursday, May 31, 2012, in Rigby. He was born Oct. 2, 1922, in Rigby, Idaho, to Henry and Florence Lundquist Olsen. He was the fourth child born in a family of seven children. He received his early education in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School, where he participated in band, orchestra, basketball...