Joseph Lloyd Burt
Mar 20, 2011
Joseph Lloyd Burt, 29, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011. He was born on April 9, 1981, in Rexburg, Idaho to Russell and Linda Burt. Growing up Joe lived in Parker Idaho, Bountiful Utah, and Rigby Idaho. As a young boy he played the trumpet, participated in the scouting program and JROTC and enjoyed attending gun shows, hunting,...
Glen Lewis Merrill
Mar 19, 2011
Glen Lewis Merrill, 82, of Rigby, died Saturday, March 19, 2011, at his home. He was born June 18, 1928, in Annis, Idaho, to Eldon Elias Merrill and Nancy Ann Dinsdale Merrill. He attended Annis Elementary and Midway High School, graduating in 1946. On August 4, 1948, he married Donna Ranae Casper in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He was...
Beverly Cook
Mar 17, 2011
Beverly Cook, 79, of Ucon, died March 17, 2011, at her home. She was born April 12, 1931, in Rigby to William Royal Glenn and Martha Maggie Neville Glenn. She was raised and attended schools in California where she lived until she was 16, she then moved back to Rigby and attended Rigby High School. On April 12, 1946 she...
Ward Lee Hancock
Mar 12, 2011
Ward Lee Hancock, of Lewisville, Idaho, passed away at home from an on-going illness on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Ward was born January 19, 1971, in Rexburg, Idaho to Wallace Garen Hancock and Eileen Jones Hancock. Growing up in Lewisville, his best friend was his older brother Benny, who preceded him in death. Ward graduated from Rigby High School in...
Bobby Dean Smout
Mar 6, 2011
Bobby Dean Smout, 72, of Challis, formerly of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born May 2, 1938, in Lewisville, Idaho to Wilmer W. Smout and Edith Mortensen Smout. He was raised in Lewisville and attended schools in Rigby. In 1958, he married Aloha Simon, they later...
Ireta H. Sommer
Mar 2, 2011
Ireta H. Sommer, 85, of Menan, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at The Gardens of Rigby. She was born July 2, 1925, in Tetonia to Chris Mickelson and Mary Ann Hill Mickelson. She was raised and attended schools in Tetonia. On March 18, 1947, she married Ross Sommer in Dillon Montana. Together they had five children. In 1959 they moved...
Laura M. Grover
Feb 28, 2011
Laura M. Grover, 83 of Idaho Falls, ID passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 in her home following a brave fight with cancer. Laura was born December 31, 1927, in Driggs, Idaho to Robert and Mary Eliza Mackley. She grew up in the Driggs area with four sisters Roberta, Genevie, Mable, Carrie and one brother, David Mackley. She attended Teton...
Lenna Dee Barber
Feb 26, 2011
Lenna Dee Barber (Hobson), 62, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 at her home in Draper, Utah. Her gracious battle with ALS was an inspiration to all who know and love her. Lenna was born November 29, 1949, the second daughter of Albert and Myril Hobson in Pocatello, Idaho. She attended elementary and secondary schools in Pocatello and continued to...
Leona Elizabeth Stromberg
Feb 19, 2011
Leona Elizabeth Bloxham Stromberg, 98, of Ririe, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born January 14, 1913, in Downey, Idaho to Fredrick Fitzjohn Bloxham and Esther Jane Davis Bloxham. She was raised and attended schools in Downey. On January 21, 1935, she married Alvin B. Stromberg; their marriage was solemnized in...
Nina Mildred Sucher
Feb 15, 2011
Nina Mildred Miles Sucher, 87 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born August 20, 1923, in Rigby, to Paul Snow Miles and Evelyn Prophet Miles. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On March 6, 1942, she married Donald Davis...
Earleen Scott
Feb 11, 2011
Opal Earleen Ricks Scott, 74 of Twin Falls passed away on February 11, 2011 with her family by her side following a short battle with cancer. Earleen was born April 1, 1936 to Joseph Earl and Opal Ward Ricks in Rexburg, Idaho. She grew up in Rexburg, Ririe, and Idaho Falls. She graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho...
Shane Kirk Wareham
Feb 8, 2011
Shane Kirk Wareham, 42, of Rigby, died Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born March 19, 1968 in Rexburg, the son of Tonia Wareham Juenke. He was raised and attended schools in Menan and Midway. On May 26, 1995, he married Dawn Boyce in Idaho Falls, together they had 3 children....
Nathan Cory Williams
Feb 7, 2011
Nathan Cory Williams, 35 of Rigby, died Monday, February 7, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born October 16, 1975, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Richard Craig Williams and Susan Lowe Williams. He was raised and attended schools in Nevada, graduating from Edward C. Reed High School, in Sparks, Nevada. He continued his...
Janet Wright Purser
Jan 31, 2011
Janet Wright Purser, 77, of Rigby, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born December 6, 1933, in Wendell, Idaho to Charles Melvin Wright and Hilda Victoria Erickson Wright. She was raised in Lewisville and attended schools in Midway and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On August 27, 1954, she married...
Lucile Sylvia Johnson
Jan 29, 2011
Lucile Sylvia Johnson, 71, of Rigby, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born May 2, 1939, in Thorton, Idaho, to Glen Reid Hansen and Sylvia Margrete Davies Hansen. She attended schools in Rigby, Graduating from Rigby High School; she then continued her education at ISU. She married Noel Dee Johnson...
Rosella "Rody" Christensen
Jan 29, 2011
Rosella Marie “Rody” Christensen, 70, of Terreton died Saturday, January 29th, 2011. She was born November 18, 1940 in Idaho Falls, the first child of George Heinrich Siems and Linnie Louise Simpson Siems. She was raised and attended schools in Shelley, as a youth she enjoyed roller skating, swimming in the canal, and tending to her younger brothers. On June...
Keith Abram Ward
Jan 28, 2011
Keith Abram Ward, 71, of Rigby, died Friday, January 28, 2011, in Mesa Arizona. He was born October 26, 1939, in Rigby to Calvert Abram Ward and Nina Larsen Ward. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1958 and then served a mission in the North Central Stake Minnesota Mission, which included Manitoba Canada. He graduated from USU in Logan,...
Ron Guymon
Jan 26, 2011
Ron J. Guymon, 38, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at his home in Rigby. He was born January 14, 1973 in Rexburg, Idaho to Leon and Maxeen Paskett Guymon. Ron was raised and attended schools in Rigby where he graduated from Rigby High School. Following high school he attended Ricks college in Rexburg for a time. On June 9, 1994...
Leland Reece
Jan 25, 2011
Leland Reece, 77, our beloved Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather went home to be with Jesus January 25th, 2011. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on May 20, 1933 to Roscoe & Amanda Reece. He grew up in Felt, Idaho and worked the family farm with his four brothers. This is where he found his love for the outdoors. He...
William J. Johnson
Jan 22, 2011
William J. Johnson, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and fisherman died peacefully January 22, 2011 in Penngrove California, at the age of 80. William was a former resident of Grant and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is survived by 7 children, 34 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and 3 foster children. He was preceded...