Obituaries

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Ben Clark

Ben Clark

Aug 23, 2010

William Ben Clark, 86, of Rexburg, died Monday, August 23, 2010 at his home. He was born March 5, 1924, in Ririe, Idaho to William Barber Clark and Zina Opal Summers Clark. He was raised in Burton and Independence and graduated from Madison High School. He served in the US Army from January 1944 to April 1946, during WWII and...

Lyle Wren Scott

Lyle Wren Scott

Aug 22, 2010

Lyle Wren Scott, 96, of Ammon formerly of Annis, died Sunday, August 22, 2010, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. He was born May 15, 1914, in Annis, Idaho, to John Robert Scott and LuElla Campbell Scott. He was raised and attended school in Annis and Rigby, and graduated from Midway High School. On May 26, 1936,...

Gordon Lee Miller

Gordon Lee Miller

Aug 21, 2010

Gordon Lee Miller, 99, of Preston, Idaho, formerly of Shelley and Ririe, Idaho, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, August 21, 2010 at the Franklin County Transitional Center, a day after his 99th birthday. He was born August 20, 1911, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri to John Franklin Miller and Minnie Lee Shipley Miller. He married Zelpha Esther Scott on 22...

Michael Dean Summers

Michael Dean Summers

Aug 14, 2010

Michael Dean Summers, age 59, of Rigby, died Saturday, August 14, 2010, at E.I.R.M.C. Michael was born June 2, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son to Dean Lamar and Beth Irene Swensen Summers. He attended schools in Ririe graduating from Ririe High School. After High School he attended Ricks College and Eastern Idaho Vocational Technical School in Idaho Falls....

Brandi Marie Jennings

Brandi Marie Jennings

Aug 13, 2010

BRANDI MARIE JENNINGS, age 20 of Rigby died Friday August 13, 2010 in Rigby, Idaho. Brandi was born February 25, 1990, in Idaho Falls, Idaho; the daughter of Randall Kirk Jennings and Bonny Marie Spencer Jennings. Brandi grew up and attended Rigby Schools, graduating from Rigby High School. She was a Certified Nurse Assistant at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,...

Varrell Kay Lyman Sr.

Varrell Kay Lyman Sr.

Aug 10, 2010

Varrell Kay Lyman Sr. age 78, of Thornton, passed away from natural causes Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born in Burton, Idaho on February 20, 1932 to Eric Ambrose Lyman and Margaret McCulloch Lyman. He was the youngest of six siblings; two brothers, Leorn and Gary Dean Lyman and...

Joseph Everett Snyder

Joseph Everett Snyder

Aug 9, 2010

Joseph Everett Snyder, 78, of Pocatello, died Monday, August 9, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born February 15, 1932, in Georgetown, Idaho to Naomi Martha Larsen Snyder and Robert Clarence Snyder. During his youth, he grew up in Georgetown, Pocatello and Rockford, and graduated from Snake River High School. He then served in the US Air Force as...

Richard Wren Ellis

Richard Wren Ellis

Aug 9, 2010

Richard Wren Ellis, 60, of Rigby, died Monday, August 9, 2010, at his home, from complications due to a brain tumor. He was born June 29, 1950, in Rigby to Thomas Wren Ellis and Gladys Cordon Ellis. His early boyhood years were spent living in Annis. His family later bought a ranch in Driggs, Idaho, where he graduated from Teton...

Wanda Moss Mortimer

Wanda Moss Mortimer

Aug 6, 2010

Clara Wanda Moss Mortimer, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2010, at the age of 95 years. Wanda, as she was known throughout her life was born on April 17, 1915 to Joseph Crich and Clara L. Horman Moss in Iona, Idaho. She graduated from Iona High School and Ricks College with a Teaching...

Ladell Jones

Ladell Jones

Aug 1, 2010

Albert Ladell Jones, 75, of Rigby, died Sunday, August 1, 2010, at his home. He was born April 10, 1935, in Lewisville, Idaho, to Lee Albert Jones and Zina Bernice Stringham Jones. He attended schools in Lewisville and Rigby and continued his education at B.Y.U. in Provo, Utah, studying metallurgy. He married Janet Purser on July 28, 1964 in the...

Dorothy Mae Walton

Dorothy Mae Walton

Jul 30, 2010

Dorothy Mae Walton, age 62, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at her home in Rigby. Dorothy was born August 14, 1947, at St. Anthony, Idaho a daughter to Frank Abraham and Berthena Clements Woolsey. She attended schools in Rigby. She married Arthur Lake, he preceded her in death. She then married Ken Struhs, he preceded her in death. In 1983,...

Gene Salsberry

Gene Salsberry

Jul 28, 2010

Leonard E. “Gene” Salsberry, 66, of Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born January 31, 1944 in Greencastle, Missouri to Edwin Eugene Salsberry and Margie Mae Davis Salsberry. He was raised and attended schools in Novinger, Missouri. He married Doris Downen, they later divorced. On November 22, 1977, he married Charlene...

Jim Moore

Jim Moore

Jul 28, 2010

James “Jim” Lowell Moore, 63, of Roberts, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at his home, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born April 28, 1947, in Idaho Falls to Lowell Clark Moore and Geraldine Wagner Moore. He attended school in Roberts and graduated from Roberts High School; he continued his education at the University of Idaho. He...

Michael Spencer Mccullough

Michael Spencer Mccullough

Jul 27, 2010

Michael Spencer McCullough, 31, passed from this life doing something he loved, scuba diving in Lake Coeur d’Alene on July 27, 2010. We knew we were in for an adventure when he entered this life at a whopping 11 pounds, and he didn’t disappoint. Born May 14, 1979 in Merced, CA to Michael Earl McCullough and Sheryl Lynn Kerr McCullough,...

Pat J. Dunn

Pat J. Dunn

Jul 25, 2010

Patricia Jean Dunn, 65, of Rigby, died Sunday, July 25, 2010. She was born December 30, 1944, in Rigby, to James “Jim” Bazil and Melba Williams Bazil. She was raised in LaBelle and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On November 17, 1973, she married Robert Russell Dunn in Rigby; their marriage was later solemnized in the...

Sarah Joyce Schneiter

Sarah Joyce Schneiter

Jul 22, 2010

Sarah Joyce Streeper Schneiter, age 70, died at her home in Rexburg, Thursday, July 22, 2010 surrounded by family. She was born November 20, 1939, to Denis Howard and Sarah Lyle Rhodes Streeper in Idaho Falls. She attended school in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School in 1958. She also attended Ricks College. She married Bobby Clair Schneiter February...

Billy Gneiting

Billy Gneiting

Jul 19, 2010

William “Billy” Marvin Gneiting, 85, of Ammon, formerly of Garfield, died Monday, July 19, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 4, 1924, in Garfield to William Gneiting and Mable Jenkins Gneiting. He was raised and attended grade school in Garfield and attended Ucon High School. He served in the US Navy from January 1, 1944...

Eveline L. Green

Eveline L. Green

Jul 19, 2010

Eveline L. Green, 88, of Rigby, died Monday, July 19, 2010, at the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 14, 1921, in Darby, Idaho to Lars Peter Larsen and Matilda Leishman Hill Larsen. She was raised and attended schools in Darby and Driggs Idaho. On April 8, 1944, she married Harvey Morgan Green in Idaho Falls; their...

John Burdett Strupp

John Burdett Strupp

Jul 19, 2010

John Burdette Strupp, 58, of Rigby, died Monday, July 19, 2010. He was born April 10, 1952, in Rigby to Bud Lynn and True Campbell Strupp. He graduated from Bonneville High School and continued his education at Ricks College and ISU Vo-Tech. On June 15, 1974, he married Marilyn Hutchison, in Challis, Idaho, together they had 4 children. They later...

Lynette Marie Rogers

Lynette Marie Rogers

Jul 19, 2010

Lynette Marie Thomas Rogers, 58, formerly of Dubois, Idaho, went to be with her Heavenly Father on the 19th of July 2010, due to complications from diabetes, while visiting at the home of her mother in Dubois. She was born on November 9, 1951 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Lynn Rees Thomas and Lucy Salina Hatch Thomas. She attended and...