Francisco Lazalde
Mar 18, 2012
Francisco Lazalde Chihuahua, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012. He was born October 5, 1925, in Sain Alto, Zacatecas, Mexico to Macario Lazalde and Andrea Chihuahua. He was raised in Mexico and on February 1, 1948, he married Maria C. Lazalde in Sain Alto, Mexico. He moved to Rigby in 1966 and was one of the...
Brian Blaine Rumsey
Mar 18, 2012
Brian Blaine Rumsey, 23, of Rigby, passed away March 18, 2012, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born October 4, 1988, to Michael and Tammie Rumsey in Murray, Utah. Brian spent his first year and half in Utah. In 1990 Brian moved with his family to Rigby, Idaho. He attended school there, graduating from Rigby High School...
Deward Charles Jensen
Mar 16, 2012
Deward Charles “D.C.” Jensen, 94, of Ogden, formerly of Idaho Falls, died Friday, March 16, 2012 in Ogden, Utah. He was born February 2, 1918, in Burton, Idaho to Charles Jensen and Grace Elizabeth Larsen Jensen. He served in the U.S. Army from 1936 to 1939. On October 15, 1940, he married Velda Selma Searle in Rigby, Idaho; their marriage...
Lloyd Ray "Dutch" Hicks
Mar 14, 2012
Lloyd Ray “Dutch” Hicks, 71, of Garfield and Grant areas, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a short, but fierce battle with cancer. Lloyd was born May 2, 1940 the third of 5 sons to Lee and Elva Brown Hicks. He attended school in Rigby and later pursued certificates and degrees in Mechanical...
Leroy Carl Gould
Mar 9, 2012
On the 19th of April 1950 a son was born to Carl and Dorothy Gould. They named him LeRoy Carl. He grew to be a young man whose family moved several times. Starting at Idaho Falls to Ucon, Idaho and when he was in the 3rd grade the family moved to Menan, Idaho out in the country in a two...
Mary Pieper
Mar 9, 2012
Mary Olsen was born in Brigham City, Utah, on November 27, 1915—the 5th child of 9—to Rupert and Genevieve Olsen. She passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012, at her home in Rigby, Idaho. Mary contracted typhoid fever as a young child and was very ill for many weeks. She attended schools in Brigham City and graduated from Box Elder...
Gail Darlene Linger
Mar 6, 2012
Gail Darlene Linger, 59 of Terreton, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born January 31, 1953, in Rigby to Carl Edward Linger and Audrey Louise Smith Linger. She attended West Jefferson schools, and graduated from West Jefferson High School in 1971. Gail worked as a baker for Smith’s Food King and...
Bertha Anna Mackenzie
Mar 3, 2012
Bertha Anna Jenkins Robison Mackenzie, 97, of Rigby, passed away March 3, 2012 of cause’s incident of age. She was born December 2, 1914 in Vernal, Utah to Joseph Jenkins and Hannah Cook Jenkins. On November 25, 1933 she married Thomas Robinson. They were blessed with three children. Tom passed away June 1, 1954. She later married Kenneth Mackenzie and...
Laree Gail Anderson
Mar 2, 2012
LaRee Gail Anderson, 70, of Rexburg, passed away Friday, March 02, 2012, surrounded by her family, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born November 7, 1941, in Rexburg, Idaho to John Henry Hope and Thora Evelyn Taysom Hope. She was raised and attended schools in Rexburg. On November 14, 1959, she married R. G. Monk...
Keith Harold Smout
Feb 28, 2012
Keith Harold Smout, 62 of Rigby, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, in Dilley, Texas from injuries sustained in a semi-truck accident. He was born May 29, 1949, in Rigby, Idaho to Loy James Smout and Velma LaRae Freeman Smout. He was raised and attended school in Ririe. He married LaRae Purser Jackson; together they had a son and a daughter;...
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...