Obituaries

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Alta Dansie

Alta Dansie

Jun 10, 2010

Alta Fransen Dansie, 93, of Rigby, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born August 20, 1916, in Thornton, to Carl Christian Fransen and Edith Arnold Fransen. She attended Cedar Point elementary, graduated from Madison High School in 1935,. On December 20, 1937, she married Jerry Dansie in the Salt Lake City...

Janet Christensen Clark

Janet Christensen Clark

Jun 9, 2010

Janet Christensen Clark, 77, of Frisco, Texas, formerly of Rigby, Idaho, passed away June 9, 2010, at Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas, from a brain aneurysm. Janet was born at the family home on the 26th of March, 1933 in Vernal, Utah, to Leon Peter and Mazie Smith Christensen. She was born just minutes after her twin sister JoAnne....

Joyce Roberts

Joyce Roberts

Jun 7, 2010

Eldora Joyce Roberts, 76, of Menan, died Monday, June 07, 2010, at her home. Joyce was born December 11, 1933, in Afton, Wyoming, a daughter of Herbert Durward Lee and Hannah Marie Bassett Lee. She attended school in Afton until the eighth grade. She married Griffith VanNoy Roberts on August 11, 1948 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She worked in the...

Connie Wilkins

Connie Wilkins

Jun 6, 2010

Connie Wilkins, 98, of Idaho Falls died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born October 11, 1910, in Sugar City, to Jesse William Freeman and Annie Rebecca Lawman Freeman. She attended schools in the Rexburg area and as a youth, spent her summers in the Clementsville area. She married Glen Crowther September 6, 1930...

Juan Gutierrez

Juan Gutierrez

Jun 5, 2010

Juan Gutierrez, 60, of Rigby, passed away June 5, 2010, at EIRMC surrounded by his family and friends. He was born June 12, 1950 at Tamazula, Jalisco, Mexico to Jose T. Gutierrez and Romona Pulido. On March 15, 1999, he married the love of his life Manuela Torres, in Idaho Falls, and they have lived happily in Rigby since. Juan...

Clyda Jean Cabral

Clyda Jean Cabral

May 28, 2010

Clyda Jean Cabral, age 77, of Island Park, Idaho died at Madison Memorial Hospital Friday May 28, 2010. Clyda was born March 6, 1933 in Rigby, Idaho, a daughter to Alvin Rhodes Briggs and Zenda Atkinson Briggs. She was raised on a farm in Rigby and attended schools in Rigby graduating from high school in 1952. She attended Nursing School...

Aileen R. Lewis

Aileen R. Lewis

May 27, 2010

Aileen R. Lewis, 90, of Lewisville, died Thursday, May 27, 2010, at her home. She was born November 16, 1919, in Grant to Rees Hyrum Rees and Frances Ann Young Rees, and was raised by Warren and Pearl Webster. On October 29, 1940, she married Allen I Lewis in the Logan LDS Temple, together they had 6 children. She was...

Bob Peterson

Bob Peterson

May 24, 2010

Robert “Bob” Eugene Peterson, 69, of Rigby, died Monday, May 24, 2010, at his home. He was born November 27, 1940, in Rigby, to Harold Eugene Peterson and Ruth Campbell Peterson, he was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He married Vyrla Robertson in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple, together they had 4 children. She...

Barbara Katharina Taylor

Barbara Katharina Taylor

May 19, 2010

Barbara “Betty” Katharina Taylor, 75, of Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at her home, after a long battle with cancer. She was born November 30, 1934, in Bad Tölz, Germany to Adolf and Maria Nägler. She was raised and attended schools in Bad Tölz, Germany. After her school days, she worked in the Hofapotheke and trained to be...

Georgia Chase

Georgia Chase

May 16, 2010

Georgia Chase, 87, of Rexburg, formerly of Ririe, died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at her home in Rexburg. She was born August 29, 1922 in Lorenzo, to Lavern Williams and Elvina Carpenter Williams. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby. On April 29, 1938, she married Von Albert Chase. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS...

Levi Tyrell Maughn

Levi Tyrell Maughn

May 12, 2010

Levi Tyrell Maughan, 3 month old infant, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born February 6, 2010, in Rexburg to Tyrell Orlo Maughan and Rose Anne Christian Bjornvick Maughan. He is survived by his parents, Tyrell and Rose Maughan sisters, Emma Maughan and Lauren Maughan, brothers, Noah Tyrell Maughan...

Ray Bradshaw

Ray Bradshaw

May 10, 2010

George Ray Bradshaw, 76, of Annis, passed away at his home May 10, 2010 after a courageous battle with Emphysema. He was born 28 June 1933 in Egin, Fremont, Idaho, the sixth of seven children born to George and Jennie Bradshaw. He attended Egin Elementary school and St. Anthony High School. On Dec. 17, 1953 he married Phyllis Stoddard in...

Neal Erickson

Neal Erickson

May 8, 2010

J. Neal Erickson, 86, of Lewisville, died Saturday, May 8, 2010 in Idaho Falls. He was born May 10, 1923, in Lewisville, to Joseph Enoch Erickson and Dora May Goody Erickson. He attended schools in Lewisville and graduated from Midway High School. On September 7, 1940, he married Veda M. Green in Butte, Montana; their marriage was solemnized in the...

Horace Edmund Hill

Horace Edmund Hill

May 6, 2010

Horace Edmund Hill, 84, of Rexburg, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Rexburg. He was born January 3, 1926, in Rexburg to Edmund Hill and Mary Ann Bates Hill, he was raised in Rexburg and attended schools in Rigby. He Joined the US Navy on March 14, 1944 and was stationed in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, and sang in the...

Cloe Ann Beebe

Cloe Ann Beebe

May 6, 2010

Cloe Ann Beebe, 71, of Rigby, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at her home. She was born January 13, 1939, in Rigby, to Leo Lavern “Vern” Cordon and Lida Rae Durrant Cordon. She attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. She continued her education at Ricks College, and received her Associates Degree. She worked as a secretary at...

Rod Craig Duke

Rod Craig Duke

May 3, 2010

Rod Craig Duke, 53, of Roberts died Monday, May 3, 2010, at his home. He was born September 2, 1956, in Idaho Falls, to Wayne Meredith Duke and June Watts Duke. He grew up and attended schools in Roberts and Rigby. On March 4, 1977, he married Lana Jean Tanner, in Idaho Falls. They live in Roberts. Rod owned and...

Gaylen Ray Andersen

Gaylen Ray Andersen

Apr 28, 2010

Gaylen Ray Andersen, 56, of Rigby, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Gardens of Rigby. He was born April 24, 1954, in Rigby to Milton Waters Andersen and Mary Ardell Hunsaker. He was raised in Clark and attended schools in Rigby. He worked as pool plasterer in Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Jackson, Wyoming, New Jersey, Montana and throughout the United...

Gayle Jean Lee

Gayle Jean Lee

Apr 22, 2010

Gayle Jean Young Lee, 59, of Rigby, died April 22, 2010, in Tongatapu, Tonga. She was born March 28, 1951, in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, to Harden Douglas Young and Hannah Jean Thatcher Young. She was raised and attended schools in Coeur D’ Alene, graduating from Coeur D’ Alene High School. She continued her education at North Idaho College, Gonzaga University,...

Phil A. Mueller

Phil A. Mueller

Apr 21, 2010

Phil A. Mueller, 81, of Rigby, Idaho, died April 21, 2010, at his home. He was born December 24, 1928, in Pocatello, Idaho to Albert and Coletta Muller. He moved to Rigby with his family as a small boy. During high school he excelled in sports as quarterback for the undefeated football team and guard on the basketball team. Phil...

Glen Higley

Glen Higley

Apr 16, 2010

Glen Higley, 61, of Rexburg, died April 16, 2010, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. He was born March 26, 1949, in Rigby to Harold Higley and Mary Alice Roth Higley. He graduated from Rigby High School, and then continued his education at Ricks College in Rexburg. He was a self taught carpenter and builder and built and remodeled many...