Jeramy Lyman Orr
Feb 27, 2012
Jeramy Lyman Orr, 33, of Townsend Montana died Monday, February 27, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born September 12, 1978, in Pocatello, Idaho to George Lynn Orr and Shirley Renee’ McEwen. He was raised and attended schools in Orofino, Idaho, Kennewick and Cheney, Washington as well as North Little Rock Arkansas. He worked as a...
John William Hanson
Feb 26, 2012
John William Hanson, 92, of Rigby, died Sunday, February 26, 2012, at The Gardens of Rigby. He was born December 28, 1919 in Annis to Albert John Hanson and Ruby Hannah Smith Hanson. He was raised and attended schools in Annis, Idaho. On November 4, 1938, he married Donna Robison in Annis, Idaho. They moved to the state of Washington...
Jessie Ann Smith
Feb 25, 2012
Jessie Ann Smith, 77, of Rigby, formerly of Redondo Beach California, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2012, at The Gardens Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born December 2, 1934, in LaBelle, Idaho to Carl Edward Dodge and Della Rohrwer Dodge Gray. She was attended schools in Menan and Rigby. On June 2, 1953, she married James Dale Smith...
Viola Mckinley Asay
Feb 22, 2012
Viola McKinley Waldron Bugg Asay, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully February 22, 2012 surrounded by her family in Idaho Falls. She was born December 11, 1921 in Howe, Idaho to John and Rosa Larson McKinley; the eleventh of twelve children. She graduated from Mackay High School. In her youth she actively participated in music, drama, and athletics. Later...
Rhea Benson Morgan
Feb 19, 2012
Rhea Benson Morgan, mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister, 79, of Rigby, ID, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at her home. She was born September 6, 1932 in Rigby, Idaho to Lars Axel Benson and Comfort Luella Hardcastle Benson. She graduated from Rigby High School and married Keith Bruce Morgan also of Rigby. She worked at Idaho Fresh Pack for 17...
Tonia Winger Peterson
Feb 18, 2012
Tonia Winger Peterson, our beloved mother, daughter, and sister, 45, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, February 18, 2012, at her home. She was born July 31, 1966 in Rexburg, Idaho to Herbert Floyd Winger and Edna Gaye Lemmon Winger. She was raised in Rigby and Idaho Falls. She attended schools in Rigby until 5th grade, then attended Bonneville Jr. High...
Shirley L. Johnson
Feb 16, 2012
Shirley L. Johnson, 88, of Rigby, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family members, on Thursday, February 16, 2012. She was born February 3, 1924, in Iona, Idaho to Tom L. Williams and Lucille DaBell Williams. She attended schools in Rigby, and graduated from Rigby High School. She married Clyde O. Johnson on August 1, 1946 in Rigby,...
Florence Irene Allen
Feb 15, 2012
Florence Irene Allen, 94, of Terreton, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at her home, and was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born April 10, 1917, in Raymond, Nebraska to Frank Alonso Shafer and Bertha Louisa Burkey. She was raised and attended schools in Raymond and Emerald, Nebraska, graduated from Teacher’s College High School in Lincoln...
Bob Reed
Feb 14, 2012
Robert “Bob” William Reed, 85, of Ririe, died Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at his home. He was born February 16, 1926, in Poplar, Idaho to William Jennings Reed and Esther Sophia Browning Reed. He was raised and attended schools in Ririe and Antelope Idaho, graduating from Ririe High School. He continued his education at Ricks College, and Utah State University....
Richard Paul Nielson
Feb 12, 2012
Richard (Rick) Paul Nielson (53) died in his home in Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by loved ones on February 12, 2012, after a battle with brain cancer. Rick was born on December 16, 1958, to Lavern and Virginia (Gellings) Nielson, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the youngest of nine children. As a child Rick moved with his family to southern...
Don Lamar Boyle
Feb 12, 2012
Don Lamar Boyle, 75, of Victor died Sunday, February 12, 2012 in Beaver Dam, Arizona. He was born March 12, 1937 in Victor, Idaho, to Blaine and Pearl Boyle. He attended Victor Elementary School, and graduated from Teton High School in 1955, where he excelled as a cornet player under the direction of Clarence “Prof” Murdock. While attending college at...
Neil Reed Gray
Feb 12, 2012
Neil Reed Gray, 73, of Menan, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at his home. He was born September 22, 1938, in Rexburg, Idaho to George Samuel Gray and Edna Grace Davey Gray. He was raised and attended schools in Menan and graduated from Rigby High School. On February 26, 1959 he married Theda Franck in Menan. Their marriage was solemnized...
Deoine Thompson
Feb 11, 2012
F. Deoine Thompson passed away February 11, 2012 at her home in Hamer following a courageous battle with Alzheimers Disease during which she was cared for by her husband, neighbors, and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Deoine, a fourth generation Idahoan, was born in Rigby, Idaho on May 13, 1928, to Alvin B. and Leone Bates. She grew up in Rigby...
Alexandra Raquel Kidd
Feb 11, 2012
Alexandra Raquel Kidd, born December 30, 1991 to Foryl and Marti Kidd of Rigby, ID, quickly passed away February 11, 2012, at the age of 20 in an automobile accident. She was the seventh of ten children. She shared a close relationship with her siblings and her parents. Family was a very large part of her life. She was an...
Melba Cook Maas
Feb 10, 2012
Melba Cook Maas, age 86 of Roberts, passed away Friday, February 10, 2012 surrounded by her family, in Roberts, under the care of Shilo Cooley -Thurston , her granddaughter. Melba was born September 4, 1925, in Coltman, Idaho, a daughter of James Edward Cook and Christine Magdalena Buckmiller Cook. She was raised and attended school in Coltman, Midway, and graduated...
Nora N. Scott
Feb 6, 2012
Nora N. Scott Browning 98, of Rigby died Monday, February 06, 2012, at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was born January 19, 1914, in Fairview, Wyoming to Aaron Smith Nebeker and Elizabeth Bestall Margetts Nebeker. She attended Fairview Wyoming Grade School, and Afton Wyoming High School. On December 27, 1933, she married Lloyd Ephraim Scott in Pocatello, Idaho....
Rhoda Virginia Taylor
Feb 3, 2012
Rhoda Virginia Taylor, 78 of Shelley died Friday, February 03, 2012 at her home. She was born November 29, 1933, in Rigby, Idaho to Grant Casper and Emily Pearl Andrus Casper. She was raised and attended schools in Grant. On April 13, 1957 she married Max Earl Taylor. Rhoda was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Karen Ball
Feb 2, 2012
Karen Ball, 50 of Rigby, died Thursday, February 02, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born December 17, 1961 in Rigby, Idaho to H.F. Baxter and Erma Joann Lee Baxter. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby and Klein, Texas and received her GED from EITC in Idaho Falls. On April 3, 1982,...
Christine Grover
Feb 1, 2012
Christine Grover, 92, of Rigby, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at her daughter’s home. She was born May 3, 1919 in Dawson, North Dakota to Henry Schmierer and Christina Stadel Schmierer. She was raised and attended schools in Satdel, North Dakota and in Ralph, South Dakota. She came to Idaho when she was 14 years old by train. On January...
Larry Wayne Hoopes
Jan 28, 2012
Larry Wayne Hoopes 71, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rigby, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born July 11, 1940 in Dubois, Idaho to Wendell Larry Hoopes and Minota Francis Wharton. At a young age, eight or nine, he learned to steer the old truck. His dad would drive to work, put the truck in...