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...
Mary Elizabeth Carter
Jan 27, 2012
In loving memory of Mary E. Carter, age 88, passed away at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center of Idaho Falls, Friday, January 27, 2012. She was born in Rigby, June 9, 1923 a daughter to Henry and Mary Richardson Griffin. She attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School in 1938. She grew close to friends in High School...
Jerold Dale "J.D." Steen
Jan 23, 2012
Jerold Dale “J.D.” Steen, 79, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, January, 23, 2012, at his home. He was born March 21, 1932 in Stahl, Missouri to William Bernie Steen and Martha Ecil Sharp Steen. He was raised and attended schools in Melba, Idaho. On June 2, 1951 he married Phyllis Lorraine Wood in Gifford, Washington. Their marriage was solemnized in...
Leslie "Les" R. Howe
Jan 16, 2012
Leslie “Les” R. Howe, 88 of Rigby, died Monday January 16, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. He was born April 17, 1923, in Rigby, Idaho to Richard Leslie Howe and Lela Lois Hawker Howe. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He attended the University of Utah for special training...
Gloria M. Taylor
Jan 13, 2012
Gloria M. Taylor passed away on January 13, 2012 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby, Idaho. She was born Gloria Mae Wood on November 17, 1934 near Driggs, Idaho to parents who gave her and her six older brothers a good life on the rural farm they called home. She worked hard and played hard, often describing her...
Elton Lorenzo Harmon
Jan 7, 2012
Elton Lorenzo Harmon, age 88, of Milo, died Saturday, January 7, 2012 at The Gardens of Rigby. Elton was born January 21, 1923 at Milo, Idaho a son of Lorenzo Barnes Harmon and Victoria Christensen Harmon. He attended Milo & Iona schools and graduated from Ammon High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1942 until 1945...
George Richard Juenke
Jan 5, 2012
George Richard Juenke, 76, of Rigby, died Thursday, January 05, 2012, at his home. He was born May 28, 1935, in Hastings, Minnesota, to Richard Clement Juenke and Doris Orene Taplin Juenke. He was raised and attended schools in the Farmington area, graduating from Farmington High School. He served honorably in the US Navy from 1954 to 1964, and was...
Joyce Nelson Allred
Jan 5, 2012
Joyce Nelson Allred, 81, of Rigby died Thursday, January 05, 2012 at her home. She was born August 8, 1930 in Rexburg, to Ferrel A. Nelson and Chloe Hanks Nelson. She was raised in Rexburg, attended Washington Elementary, and graduated from Madison High School. She continued her education at Ricks College, Brigham Young University then graduated from Utah State University...
John Wesley Barton
Jan 4, 2012
John “Big John” Wesley Barton, 64, of Menan, died Wednesday, January 04, 2012 peacefully at his home. He was born July 9, 1947 in Murray, Utah to Wesley Franklin Barton and Faye Gardner Barton while they lived in Midvale, Utah. He was raised and attended schools in Moab, Utah, graduating from high school in Moab. He continued his education in...
Franklin G Kinghorn
Dec 30, 2011
Franklin G. Kinghorn, age 88, of Lewisville, died December 30, 2011 at his home in Lewisville. Frank was born March 20, 1923, in Lewisville, Idaho a son of James Franklin and Elise M. Green Kinghorn. He was raised and attended school in Buhl and Lewisville and graduated from Midway High School. He was an active member of The Church of...
Rex Merlin Merrill
Dec 29, 2011
Rex Merlin Merrill, 75, of Rigby, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born April 9, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Rex Smith Merrill and Mildred Ione Tolley Merrill. He was raised and attended schools in Menan, graduating from Rigby High School. After high school, he joined the US Army...