Obituaries

Elsie Alberta Wolf
Sep 9, 2011
Elsie Alberta Wolf, age 89, of Rigby, died Friday September 9, 2011 at The Gardens Assisted Living in Rigby. Elsie was born on October 9, 1921. She was the third child of Alva Lawrence Burnett and Myrtle Martha Vail Burnett. Brothers were Percy Burnett (May 5, 1918) and Lawrence Lenton Burnett (May 12,1920). She attended the following schools. Davis Elementary,...
Lee J Treasure
Sep 2, 2011
Lee J Treasure, 86, of Ammon, died Friday, September 02, 2011, at his home. He was raised and attended schools in the Grant Area and graduated from Midway High School. He served in the US Army Air Force during WWII in the South Pacific. On December 27, 1946, he married Oriole Hanson in the Idaho Falls, LDS Temple; to this...
Elna Petersen Koon
Aug 29, 2011
Eliza Elna Petersen Koon, 90, of Rexburg, died Monday, August 29, 2011, at her home. She was born September 9, 1920, in Goshen, Idaho to Peter Walter Petersen and Hazel Butler Petersen. She was raised and attended schools in Archer. On February 7, 1941, she married Vance Clifton Koon in Lyman, Idaho. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls...
Larue Robinson Clark
Aug 29, 2011
LaRue Robinson Clark, 80, of Ucon, died Monday, August 29, 2011, at her home. She was born March 5, 1931, in Ucon to Oliver LeRoy Robinson and Julia Lott Robinson. She was raised on the family homestead in Ucon and attended Ucon Schools. She continued her education in Arizona at Mesa Community College. On September 6, 1949, she married Terrell...
D. Terry Adams
Aug 27, 2011
Donald Terry Adams, 59, of Tooele, Utah, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2011 at his home. He was born September 30, 1952 to Ralston “Rollie” and Rachel Horner Adams. The third of four children, he was followed a short 13 minutes later by his twin brother, Gary. Until the age of five, he lived in Yacolt, Washington, where the family...
Michael G. Zaugg
Aug 22, 2011
Michael G. Zaugg, 47, of Ririe, died Monday, August 22, 2011, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. He was born March 3, 1964, in Ogden, Utah to Alonzo Nebeker Zaugg and Ellen Mae Gordon Zaugg. He was raised and attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. On February 19, 1988, he married Vonda Jill Jacobson in the...
Norma Ann Ireland
Aug 22, 2011
Norma Ann (Riddle) Ireland, 77, of Rigby, passed away at her home on August 22, 2011. She was born in Bruneau, Idaho to Frank and Ruth Riddle and married Hugh Calvin Ireland on August 21, 1955 in Mountain Home, Idaho. Together, Hugh and Norma established Ireland’s Acres Mobile Home Park in Rigby in 1969, which remains a family-owned business. Norma...
Harold Frank Baker
Aug 21, 2011
Harold Frank Baker, 60, of Menan, died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born June 30, 1951, in Rigby, to Norman Baker and Josephine Smith Baker. He was raised and attended schools in Ammon and graduated from Bonneville High School. On April 14, 1979, he married Maria Torres in Menan. They...
Alice Rae Cramer Bloxham
Aug 20, 2011
Alice Rae Cramer Bloxham, 74, of Rigby, died Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born March 24, 1937, in Idaho Falls, to Walter Cramer and Amy Rawle Cramer. She was raised and attended schools in Ucon, and graduated from Bonneville High School. On June 22, 1956, she married Tex Owen Bloxham...
Nina Gayle Burch
Aug 15, 2011
Nina Gayle Nielsen Burch passed away on August 15, 2011 at her home in Idaho Falls. She was born April 28, 1929 in Hyrum, Utah. She graduated from Utah State Agricultural College with a bachelor's degree in Dietary Science. She worked for many years as a switchboard operator for the Idaho National Energy Laboratory. She played piano and organ and...
Judy Lloy Davidson
Aug 15, 2011
Judy Ryder Davidson passed away from complications of Alzheimer’s August 15, 2011 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Judy was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on April 11, 1941 a daughter of Lloyd and Jeanette Cleveland Ryder. She attended Hawthorne and Eagle Rock Elementary, OE Bell Junior High and Idaho Falls High School. Her family lived in New Sweden from the time...
Monte D Call
Aug 15, 2011
Monte D. Call age 74, of Rigby, died Monday August 15, 2011, at his home. Monte was born October 11, 1936, in Blackfoot, Idaho a son of Sydney Call and Vera Swensen Call. Monte was raised and attended school and graduated from Blackfoot High School. He married Bonnie Landon on November 14, 1958. They were later divorced. He married Cherlyn...
Rosa Gilbert Rindlisbaker
Aug 14, 2011
Rosa Gilbert Rindlisbaker, 95, of Blackfoot, died Sunday, August 14, 2011, at Bingham Memorial Hospital and Extended Care in Blackfoot. She was born October 11, 1915, in Whitney, Idaho to James Harris Gilbert and Jennie Swainston Gilbert. She was raised and attended schools in Bancroft, graduating from Bancroft High School. On November 9, 1934, she married Fredrick Christian Rindlisbaker in...
Steven Jensen
Aug 12, 2011
Steven Jensen age 54 , of Monteview died at his home Friday August 12, 2011. Steven was born October 14, 1956, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Alvin Doyle Jensen and Joyce M Cordon Jensen Richins. He attended school in Mud Lake. He later received his GED while serving in the United States Army. He loved to hunt, fish, spend...
Ira "Sonny" Henry Spaulding
Aug 9, 2011
Ira “Sonny” Henry Spaulding, 78, of Ririe, died Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 1, 1932, in Choke Cherry, Idaho, to Ira George Spaulding and Christine Marie Gladys Thompson. He was raised in Choke Cherry and attended schools in Antelope, Heise, Ririe, and graduated from Ririe High School. Sonny worked for the...
Douglas Roy Bennion
Aug 3, 2011
Douglas Roy Bennion 50 of Rigby Idaho, died Wed August 3rd, 2011, At Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, after a valiant struggle, surrounded by his family. Doug was born May 15th, 1961 in Soda Springs Idaho, the third child and only son of Roy Mervin Bennion and Gereldene Kunz Bennion. He attended schools of Soda Springs. Doug worked in...
Virginia Lu Taylor
Aug 1, 2011
Virginia Lu “Granny” Taylor, 86, of Rigby, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family, Monday, August 1, 2011, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. She was born May 25, 1925, in St. Anthony, to Walter Curtis Mosier and Mary Melinda Harshbarger Mosier. She was raised and attended schools in St. Anthony, and graduated from South Fremont High School. She then...
Alan W Wolfensberger
Aug 1, 2011
Alan W Wolfensberger, 65 of Rigby, died suddenly of heart failure at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Monday, August 1, 2011. He was born May 25, 1946, in Rigby, to Henry Otto Wolfensberger and Verna Wood Wolfensberger. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School with the class of 1964. He also attended Ricks College....
Cheyenne Russell Sara
Jul 30, 2011
Cheyenne Russell Sara, 30, of Rigby, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011, at his home. He was born May 1, 1981, in Oceanside, California to Edward John Sara and Mary-Lynn Munns Sara. He was raised in and attended schools in Ririe. Attended Rocky Mountain Jr. High, Bonneville High School and graduated from Rigby High School. Cheyenne is a member of...
Tony Ray Hathaway
Jul 29, 2011
Tony Ray Hathaway, age 55, of Rigby, died Friday, July 29, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Tony was born July 9, 1956 at Rigby, Idaho a son of Jediah “Bud” Hathaway and Pamela Wareham Hathaway. He attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. He married Tammi Helm, June 4, 1982 in Menan. Their...
