Obituaries

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Billie Beck

Billie Beck

Oct 1, 2011

Venna “Billie” Beck age 83, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011 surrounded by her family at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She had been under the care of Solice Hospice for several weeks. Billie was born June 5, 1928 to parents Vendon and Maude Kent Prophet. She grew up and attended schools in Rigby. She married Robert George Burns...

Marva Joy Stacey

Marva Joy Stacey

Sep 25, 2011

Marva Joy Stacey, 67, of Idaho Falls died Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 9, 1944, in Lorenzo, Idaho to Robert Stacey and Lois Isabella Boulter Stacey. She is survived by sister, Patricia Stacey, of Lorenzo, Idaho, brothers, Reed E. (Laura) Stacey, of Ehrenberg, Arizona, Reece G. Stacey, of...

Conley D. Clayton

Conley D. Clayton

Sep 21, 2011

Conley D. Clayton, 76, of Rigby, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011. He was born October 5, 1934, in Longrun, Missouri to Ralph Haskins and Lizzie Clayton. He was raised and attended schools in Longrun, Missouri. On May 18, 1954, he married Juanita Arlene Walters in Idaho Falls, Idaho. To this union they added three children. He worked in the potato...

Brady Blaine White

Brady Blaine White

Sep 20, 2011

Brady Blaine White, 61, of Menan, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at his home, after a valiant battle with cancer for 8 years. He was born March 23, 1950, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Blaine White and Maxine Liebert White. He was raised in Plano, attended schools in Sugar City and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. On March 7, 1971,...

Ryan Kenneth Walker

Ryan Kenneth Walker

Sep 18, 2011

Ryan Kenneth Walker was born on March 28, 2011 to Dale Brian and Jennifer Ann (Haas) Walker in Rexburg, Idaho. Ryan’s older brother, Robert James “RJ”, welcomed him home with a lot of love. From the time he was born, Ryan was a happy baby…always full of life and love. He always greeted family and friends with a huge smile...

May Call Adamson

May Call Adamson

Sep 16, 2011

May Medora Call Adamson, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Terreton, passed away Friday, September 16, 2011, in Idaho Falls, of pancreatic cancer. May was born May 12, 1921, in Chesterfield, Idaho to Israel Bowen Call and Charlotte Vienna Davids. Her early memories there were of playing in the fields and foothills along with her many cousins. At age twelve she...

Faith & Hope Wilkinson

Faith & Hope Wilkinson

Sep 16, 2011

On September 16, 2011, Faith Lorraine & Hope Nacole Wilkinson infant twin daughters of Byron and Nacole Wilkinson returned back to their Heavenly Father. They are survived by their parents,Byron and Nacole Wilkinson, of Rigby, grandparents, Robert & Gina Guinn, of Ririe, Robert and Annette Wilkinson, of Twin Falls, uncle Jared (Melissa) Guinn, of Ririe, aunts, Camille Guinn, of Ririe,...

Tina Stone

Tina Stone

Sep 13, 2011

Caroline “Tina” Stone, 69, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011, in Rexburg, Idaho, after a courageous battle of lung and brain cancer. Tina was born on May 27, 1942, in Odessa Minnesota to Alfred and Berdina Nitz. On June 19, 1965, she married her true love and best friend, Terril “Terry” Stone in Rexburg, Idaho. They were...

Wayne Watson Keppner

Wayne Watson Keppner

Sep 11, 2011

Wayne Watson Keppner, age 88, of Menan, died at his home Sunday, September 11, 2011. Wayne was born February 22, 1923 in Hibbard, Idaho a son to Joseph Keppner and Catherine Watson Keppner, the ninth child with four older brothers and sisters. He attended schools in Hibbard and Rigby. He graduated from Midway High School in 1941. He earned letters...

Elsie Alberta Wolf

Elsie Alberta Wolf

Sep 9, 2011

Elsie Alberta Wolf, age 89, of Rigby, died Friday September 9, 2011 at The Gardens Assisted Living in Rigby. Elsie was born on October 9, 1921. She was the third child of Alva Lawrence Burnett and Myrtle Martha Vail Burnett. Brothers were Percy Burnett (May 5, 1918) and Lawrence Lenton Burnett (May 12,1920). She attended the following schools. Davis Elementary,...

Lee J Treasure

Lee J Treasure

Sep 2, 2011

Lee J Treasure, 86, of Ammon, died Friday, September 02, 2011, at his home. He was raised and attended schools in the Grant Area and graduated from Midway High School. He served in the US Army Air Force during WWII in the South Pacific. On December 27, 1946, he married Oriole Hanson in the Idaho Falls, LDS Temple; to this...

Elna Petersen Koon

Elna Petersen Koon

Aug 29, 2011

Eliza Elna Petersen Koon, 90, of Rexburg, died Monday, August 29, 2011, at her home. She was born September 9, 1920, in Goshen, Idaho to Peter Walter Petersen and Hazel Butler Petersen. She was raised and attended schools in Archer. On February 7, 1941, she married Vance Clifton Koon in Lyman, Idaho. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls...

Larue Robinson Clark

Larue Robinson Clark

Aug 29, 2011

LaRue Robinson Clark, 80, of Ucon, died Monday, August 29, 2011, at her home. She was born March 5, 1931, in Ucon to Oliver LeRoy Robinson and Julia Lott Robinson. She was raised on the family homestead in Ucon and attended Ucon Schools. She continued her education in Arizona at Mesa Community College. On September 6, 1949, she married Terrell...

D. Terry Adams

D. Terry Adams

Aug 27, 2011

Donald Terry Adams, 59, of Tooele, Utah, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 at his home. He was born September 30, 1952 to Ralston “Rollie” and Rachel Horner Adams. The third of four children, he was followed a short 13 minutes later by his twin brother, Gary. Until the age of five, he lived in Yacolt, Washington, where the family...

Michael G. Zaugg

Michael G. Zaugg

Aug 22, 2011

Michael G. Zaugg, 47, of Ririe, died Monday, August 22, 2011, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. He was born March 3, 1964, in Ogden, Utah to Alonzo Nebeker Zaugg and Ellen Mae Gordon Zaugg. He was raised and attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. On February 19, 1988, he married Vonda Jill Jacobson in the...

Norma Ann Ireland

Norma Ann Ireland

Aug 22, 2011

Norma Ann (Riddle) Ireland, 77, of Rigby, passed away at her home on August 22, 2011. She was born in Bruneau, Idaho to Frank and Ruth Riddle and married Hugh Calvin Ireland on August 21, 1955 in Mountain Home, Idaho. Together, Hugh and Norma established Ireland’s Acres Mobile Home Park in Rigby in 1969, which remains a family-owned business. Norma...

Harold Frank Baker

Harold Frank Baker

Aug 21, 2011

Harold Frank Baker, 60, of Menan, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born June 30, 1951, in Rigby, to Norman Baker and Josephine Smith Baker. He was raised and attended schools in Ammon and graduated from Bonneville High School. On April 14, 1979, he married Maria Torres in Menan. They...

Alice Rae Cramer Bloxham

Alice Rae Cramer Bloxham

Aug 20, 2011

Alice Rae Cramer Bloxham, 74, of Rigby, died Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born March 24, 1937, in Idaho Falls, to Walter Cramer and Amy Rawle Cramer. She was raised and attended schools in Ucon, and graduated from Bonneville High School. On June 22, 1956, she married Tex Owen Bloxham...

Nina Gayle Burch

Nina Gayle Burch

Aug 15, 2011

Nina Gayle Nielsen Burch passed away on August 15, 2011 at her home in Idaho Falls. She was born April 28, 1929 in Hyrum, Utah. She graduated from Utah State Agricultural College with a bachelor's degree in Dietary Science. She worked for many years as a switchboard operator for the Idaho National Energy Laboratory. She played piano and organ and...

Judy Lloy Davidson

Judy Lloy Davidson

Aug 15, 2011

Judy Ryder Davidson passed away from complications of Alzheimer’s August 15, 2011 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Judy was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on April 11, 1941 a daughter of Lloyd and Jeanette Cleveland Ryder. She attended Hawthorne and Eagle Rock Elementary, OE Bell Junior High and Idaho Falls High School. Her family lived in New Sweden from the time...