Verl Keith Mcmurtrey
Aug 4, 2012
Verl Keith McMurtrey, 83 of Rigby, died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at his home. He was born December 14, 1928, in Antelope Flats to Horace McMurtrey and Cora Fox McMurtrey. He attended schools in Antelope Flats and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On July 6, 1973, he married Bonnie Ashbocker in Ririe. He worked for Union Pacific Rail Road,...
George F. Stanton
Aug 4, 2012
George F. Stanton, age 65, of Woodbury MN, died on August 4, 2012 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul MN, after a courageous battle with emphysema. He was born the son of George S. and Mary Ann (Cardano) Stanton on September 21, 1946 in Winsted, CT. George proudly served in the US Army. He had been working in parts distribution...
Aaron J. Fife
Aug 2, 2012
Aaron J. Fife was born on December 30, 1925 to Aaron C. and Jessie Fife in Lewisville, Idaho. He was the oldest of eleven children. He passed away at home in Rigby, Idaho, August 2, 2012, at the age of 86, after a series of strokes. Aaron attended school in Lewisville, until his junior year. He then went to Seattle...
Gary Clinton Ellis
Jul 30, 2012
Gary Clinton Ellis, age 72, of Ammon, died Monday July 30, 2012 in Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born September 10, 1939 in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Melvin Purser Ellis and Irene Davies Ellis. He attended schools in Hamer graduating from West Jefferson High School. He was a member of F.F.A. He served in...
Gene Lafaye Miller
Jul 29, 2012
Gene LaFaye Miller, age 86, of Menan, passed away at his home Sunday, July 29, 2012. Gene was born February 20, 1926 at Menan, Idaho a son of Henry Edwin Miller and Caroline Gneiting Miller. He was raised in the Menan area attending schools in Menan and graduating from Midway High School. He joined the United States Navy and trained...
Samuel C. Chandler
Jul 29, 2012
Samuel Call Chandler, 93 of San Francisco, California, formerly of Rigby, Idaho, passed away July 29, 2012 at his home. He was born May 4, 1919 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to William James Chandler and Mary Nancy Call Chandler, the 6th of 12 children. He was raised and attended schools in Southeastern Idaho, beginning with first grade in a three-room...
Edsel Ray Baxter
Jul 29, 2012
Edsel (RAY) Baxter, age 84, of Terreton, passed away Sunday July 29, 2012 at his home. Born May 27, 1928 in Rigby, Idaho to Harry Luther Baxter and Ada Minerva Heyrend. Ray attended school in Rigby, where he also graduated from Rigby High School. He married LaVona Thueson June 11, 1947 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Together they raised...
Vernetta Williams
Jul 26, 2012
Vernetta Williams, 87 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born April 15, 1925 to Rulon and Lillie Cook at Idaho Falls, Idaho; the first child of five. She grew up on a farm in the Jameston area. She attended schools in the Shelley area, graduating from Shelley...
Ray Taylor
Jul 19, 2012
Delbert Ray Taylor, 87 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2012 at The Gardens of Rigby Assisted Living in Rigby, Idaho. He was born February 8, 1925 in Lewisville, Idaho to Delbert Guy and Eva Viola Clement Taylor, their second child in a family with six children. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Rex Lee Holden
Jul 5, 2012
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness.” Rex Holden died Thursday, July 5, 2012 in the home he built surrounded by family. He was born on January 13, 1944, the third child of Josephine and Earl Holden. An energetic and...
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...