Obituaries

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Clyde Gillespie

Clyde Gillespie

Aug 22, 2013

Clyde R. Gillespie, 77 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2013, after a two year battle with cancer. Clyde was born on March 18, 1936 in Farragut, Iowa to Clyde and Vera Maxine Gillespie. Clyde was raised in Tetonia, ID and graduated from Driggs High School. He spent six years in the military and attended Idaho State University and...

Steven George Golder

Steven George Golder

Aug 22, 2013

Steven George Golder, age 71, of Menan, passed away, at his home, Saturday, August 22, 2015. Steven was born December 20, 1943 in Rexburg, Idaho a son to Ralph Hill Golder and Elizabeth Gray Golder. Steven was raised in Menan. He graduated from Rigby High School and attended Ricks College and Utah State University. On October 1, 1966, he married...

Jasen D Jorgensen

Jasen D Jorgensen

Aug 15, 2013

Jasen D Jorgensen, 37, of Frenchtown, Montana, died from complications of pancreatitis, Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 4, 1975 in Rexburg, Idaho to James D Jorgensen and Linda Goody Jorgensen and was raised in Ririe, Idaho. Jasen graduated from Ririe High...

Clara "Coke" Winscot

Clara "Coke" Winscot

Aug 13, 2013

Clara “Coke” Skerjanc Winscot, 74, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, at her home in Rigby, Idaho surrounded by her family. She was born to William and Lenna Skerjanc January 12, 1939. She attended and graduated from Butte High School. She married her high school sweetheart Charley Sherman Winscot Jr. on January 27,...

Lola Belle Hansen

Lola Belle Hansen

Aug 12, 2013

Lola Belle Hansen, 86, of Rigby, died Monday, August 12, 2013 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 27, 1927, in Driggs, Idaho to Evan Burbank Floyd and Norma Grover Floyd. She was raised and attended schools in Driggs, graduating from Teton High School. On June 18, 1947, she married DeWayne L. “Dutch” Hansen in...

Bradley Eugene Zundel

Bradley Eugene Zundel

Aug 7, 2013

Bradley Eugene Zundel, age 61, of Rigby, died Wednesday August 7, 2013, at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brad was born September 22, 1951 in Rigby a son to Jack Garth Zundel and Chloe Winger Zundel. He attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. He married Teresa Rodney and they later divorced. He then married...

Beth J. Gould

Beth J. Gould

Aug 5, 2013

Beth J. Gould, age 62 of Menan died Monday, August 05, 2013. She was born August 17, 1950, in Rigby, Idaho to Jesse Youngstrom and Ina Beth Bates Youngstrom. She attended Ricks College for 1 ½ years. She attended and graduated from beauty school in Rexburg, then worked at Connie Beauty Salon in Rigby. She also worked at the Rigby...

James Clare Reed

James Clare Reed

Aug 3, 2013

James Clare Reed, 94, of Ririe, passed away August 3, 2013, at his home. He was born August 23, 1918 on Butler Island near Ririe, Idaho to James Henry Reed and Maude Armstrong Reed, and spent his childhood assisting on the family farms near Ririe and Birch Creek. He attended school in Ririe Idaho and was in the first freshman...

Robert Wayne Barney

Robert Wayne Barney

Aug 2, 2013

Robert Wayne Barney, 63, of Rigby, Idaho passed away Friday, August 2, 2013 at his home after a 4 year courageous battle with prostate cancer. Rob was born November 4, 1949 in Rigby to Blain C. and Donna Anderson Barney. He grew up in Grant and Menan and attended Rigby High School. In 1967 he married Vicky Hansen and had...

Tisha Lynn Carter

Tisha Lynn Carter

Jul 30, 2013

Tisha Lynn Carter, 44, of Rigby, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the Rigby County Living Center; she was under the care of Teton Home Health and Hospice. She was born October 29, 1968, in Pocatello to Delbert G. Carter and Marilyn Walker Carter. She was raised and attended schools in Pocatello and was an honorary graduate of Highland High...

Maurine Niederer

Maurine Niederer

Jul 27, 2013

Maurine Niederer, 94, of Taylorsville, Utah, formerly of Mud Lake, died Saturday, July 27, 2013, at her home. She was born October 11, 1918, in Pysht, Washington to Harold Robert Andersen and Reeta Loy Stocks Andersen. She was raised and attended schools in Teton City and Bernice, Idaho. She attended high school in Arco and graduated from Moore High School....

Charles Reese Sanders

Charles Reese Sanders

Jul 26, 2013

Charles Reese Sanders, 98, of Hamer, Idaho, died peacefully at his home, Friday, July 26, 2013. Reese was born October 9, 1914, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Charles Albert Sanders and Sarah Howell Sanders. The first eight years of his life were spent living at various times in Lima, Montana; Rexburg, Idaho; and Hamer, Idaho. His family moved permanently to Hamer...

Sherrie Jones

Sherrie Jones

Jul 25, 2013

Sherrie Jones, age 50, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, July 25, 2013. She was born November 16, 1962, in Rexburg, Idaho to Oliver Larry Lee and Carolyn Clark Lee. She was raised and attended schools in Terreton; she graduated from I-Tech with a degree in Office Technologies. On November 16, 1978, she married Wesley Alan Jones in Osgood, Idaho; they...

Glen C. Scott

Glen C. Scott

Jul 19, 2013

Glen C. Scott, 89, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Roberts, passed away July 19, 2013. He was born in Annis, Idaho December 2, 1923, to John R. Scott and Luella Campbell Scott. He was the youngest of 7 children. He was raised in Annis and attended school at Midway, graduating from Midway High School in 1941. Shortly after graduation, at...

Fermin Lemus

Fermin Lemus

Jul 14, 2013

Fermin Lemus, 22, of Rexburg, died Sunday, July 14, 2013 in Rigby. He was born March 8, 1991, in Lindsey, California to Susano Lemus and Felipa Hernandez Lemus. He was raised and attended schools in the Terreton and attended Madison High School. He worked for Dickinsons Frozen Foods in Sugar City. Fermin was a member of the Catholic Church. He...

Mary Jane Danielson

Mary Jane Danielson

Jul 12, 2013

Mary Jane Danielson, 61, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Lewisville died Friday, July 12, 2013, at Eagle Rock Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 5, 1952, in Rigby to Carl Vern Danielson and Alice Marquerite Winder Danielson. She was raised and attended schools in Annis and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. She married Jose Lopez...

Sandra Kay Hall

Sandra Kay Hall

Jul 12, 2013

Sandra Kay Hall, age 61, of Rigby, died at her home Friday July 12, 2013. Sandra was born December 14, 1951 at Trenton, Michigan a daughter to John Henry Williamson and Beatrice Snellman Williamson. She attended school in Michigan. She married Paul Dean Hall February 16, 1971 in Jerome, Idaho. She worked as an administrative secretary for 15 years at...

Carol Ida Johnson

Carol Ida Johnson

Jul 11, 2013

Carol Ida Scott Johnson, 79, of Rigby, died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at her home; after a long courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born December 24, 1933, in Annis, Idaho to Albert Josiah Scott and Ida Belle Hanson Scott. She was raised in Annis, and attended Midway and Rigby High School. On December 7, 1950, she married Harold...

Dottie Drake

Dottie Drake

Jul 9, 2013

Dottie Drake, age 78, died Tuesday July 9, 2013 at The Gardens in Rigby. Dorthella Patricia Drake was born May 24, 1935 at Mt. Pleasant, Utah a daughter to Hartley Johnson and Dortha Ramero Johnson. Her father died when she was an infant and she was raised by Berkley White. She attended schools in Springville, Utah. She married Richard Hatfield...

Vesta Mae Galbraith Adams Robison Lee

Vesta Mae Galbraith Adams Robison Lee

Jul 9, 2013

Vesta Mae Galbraith Adams Robison Lee, 94, of Rexburg, formerly of Rigby, died Tuesday July 9, 2013 at The Homestead assisted living center of Rexburg. She was born May 4, 1919, in Lyman, to Francis Galbraith and Nettie Ruanna Sutton Galbraith. She was raised and attended schools in Lyman and Cedar Point, graduating from Madison High School. She married Robert...