Marva June Briggs
Dec 11, 2009
Marva June Atkinson Briggs, age 83, of Rigby, died at The Gardens, in Rigby Friday December 11, 2009. Marva was born October 12, 1926, in Rexburg, Idaho, the third child of Thomas Atwell Atkinson and Millie Lake Atkinson. When she was very young, she moved with her parents to El Segundo, California. They moved back to Lyman, Idaho in 1936...
Jimmy Wayne Gould
Dec 6, 2009
Our loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Jimmy Wayne Gould, 78, of Rigby, died Sunday December 6, 2009, at EIRMC. He was raised and attended schools in Durrant, Oklahoma. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War, and was stationed on the USS Mann. He then moved to Benicia, CA, where he married Arie Kathryn Alexander, together, they...
Valerie Mitchell
Dec 4, 2009
Valerie Kaye Hill Mitchell, 73, of Rigby, passed away December 4, 2009, in her home in Arizona of an extended illness. She was born November 12th, 1936, in Rigby, Idaho to Kenneth Johnson Hill and Iola Blackburn Hill. She attended schools in the Rigby area and graduated from Rigby High School in 1955. She attended BYU and also Idaho State...
Emmett Michael Cederstrom
Dec 4, 2009
Emmett Michael Cederstrom, the infant son of David and Brook Cederstrom of Rigby, spent a few, brief minutes in this world, then passed to the next. The joy and love that filled the months leading up to his birth on Friday, December 4, 2009, will be cherished by all who shared in them. Already beloved by his family, he was...
Dylan Lee Weiershausen
Dec 3, 2009
Dylan Lee Weiershausen, 14 month old son of Katy Weiershausen, and Jim and Lydia Lynch, passed away Thursday, December 3, 2009, at EIRMC. He was born September 22, 2008, in Pocatello, Idaho. He was a very happy and content baby who loved to ride four wheelers and camp with his family. He also loved to boogey to music. God gave...
Scott Christensen
Dec 2, 2009
Scott Christensen, 53, of Rigby, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Intermountain Medical Center in Utah. He was born September 3, 1956, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Jay Christensen, and Shirley Rawle Christensen. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby. On February 14, 2003, he married Diane Christensen, in Ririe, Idaho. He worked as a Meat Cutter at...
Lavell H. Johnson
Dec 1, 2009
LaVell H. Johnson, 75, of Driggs, died December 1, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born March 7, 1934, in Driggs, Idaho, to Kenneth LaVell Johnson and Marie Margaret Hansen Johnson. He was raised and attended schools in Driggs, graduating from Teton High School. He continued his education at the University of Idaho at Moscow. On January...
John Olson
Nov 21, 2009
John “Jack” Carl Olson, 97, of Rexburg, died November 21, 2009, at the home of his daughter. Jack was born December 23, 1911, at Boise, Idaho to Carl Oscar Olson and Janie Louise Campbell Olson. He attended school in Rigby and graduated valedictorian of his class at 17, with his love for learning continuing throughout his life. He married his...
Joylene B. Watson
Nov 20, 2009
Joylene B. Watson, age 78 of Menan, died Friday, November 20, 2009, near Menan from injuries received in an automobile accident. Joylene was born October 12, 1931 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter to Ray Edward Browning and Thelma Kinghorn Browning. She attended Schools in Annis and graduated from Midway High School. She married Farrell Thain Watson Jr. August 20, 1951...
Carl Dean Lydon
Nov 19, 2009
Carl Dean Lydon, 66, of Rexburg, died Thursday, November 19, 2009, at his home in Rexburg. Carl was born January 27, 1943, in Elkhart, Indiana a son of Martin Patrick Lydon and Vera Marie Black. He attended school in Hawthorne, California and St. Joseph’s Catholic School until the eighth grade. He graduated from Lennox High School. He was a member...
Una Rae Horton
Nov 18, 2009
Una Rae Simpson, Horton, 62, of Rigby, passed away, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at her home. She was born February 18, 1947, in Afton, Wyoming, to Jess Simpson and Ivy Hunsaker Simpson. She graduated from Star Valley High School in 1965, shortly after she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. She married her best friend and soul mate, Frank Horton,...
Dirk Victor Lee
Nov 18, 2009
Dirk Victor Lee, age 50, of Rigby, died at his home from heart failure November 18, 2009. Dirk was born February 11, 1959 at Idaho Falls to Victor Lee and Martha Lou Grover Lee. He grew up in Milo graduating from Bonneville High School. He then attended Idaho Vocational Technical College in Idaho Falls to become a Auto Mechanic. He...
Brent Thomas Owen
Nov 17, 2009
Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 West Main Street Rigby, ID 83442 208-745-6604 Brent Thomas Owen, 44, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Aberdeen, died November 17, 2009. He was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on July 15, 1965, and spent his childhood years growing up in Aberdeen, Idaho. He is the son of John Thomas Owen of Malad, Idaho and Gayle...
Arvilla Mae Montgomery
Nov 9, 2009
Arvilla Mae Montgomery, 88, of Rigby, formerly of Fresno, California, Died Monday, November 9, 2009, at her home. She was born May 1, 1921, in Groton, South Dakota, to Bernhard F. Breitkreutz, and Cecelia Graff Breitkreutz. She was raised and attended schools in Groton, South Dakota. She worked in a dress shop in Fresno, at Woolworths and during WWII; she...
Devron James Mitchell
Nov 4, 2009
Devron James Mitchell, 46, of Idaho Falls, died November 4, 2009 at his home, of congestive heart failure. He was born December 27, 1962, in Boise, to James Mitchell, and Valerie Hill Mitchell. He attended schools in Rigby, and graduated from Skyline High School, in Idaho Falls. On August 1, 2000, he married Holly Morgan, in Rigby, Idaho. Devron and...
Fern Zweifel
Oct 29, 2009
Fern Zweifel, age 93, formerly of Ririe, passed away with her daughter, Leone, by her side on October 29, 2009, at an adult family home in Bellevue, Washington. Fern was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 15, 1916 to George and Freda Oberg Gordon. She graduated from high school in the Salt Lake City area. Fern married William...
Larine Boyle Todd
Oct 27, 2009
Larine Boyle Todd, 75, of Rigby, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at her home. She was born October 24, 1934, in Plano, Idaho, to Joseph Harry Rawson, and Pauline Alberta Mayne Rawson. She was raised and attended schools in St. Anthony and Ashton. She married William Samuel Morrow, they later divorced. Later she married Lorenz Wilhelm Schaefer, they later divorced....
Deborah Noma Sadovich
Oct 26, 2009
Deborah Noma Gifford Sadovich, 43, of Rigby died Monday, October 26, 2009. She was born on March 28, 1966 in St. George, Utah, to Marlin Gifford and Dixie Flanigan Gifford. She attended Hurricane High School, and later received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University-Idaho. On October 26, 1986, Deborah married Jason M. Sadovich in St. George Utah....
Carl Johnson
Oct 23, 2009
Carl Johnson, 62 of Rigby, died Friday, October 23, 2009, at his home. He was born March 25, 1947, in Driggs, Idaho, to Kenneth LaVell Johnson, and Marie Margret Hansen Johnson. He was raised and attended schools in Driggs and graduated from Driggs High School, following high school, he attended chef school at Idaho State University. On August 11, 1977,...
Zane Leroy Eddins
Oct 20, 2009
Zane Leroy Eddins, 83, of Monteview, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at Madison Memorial Hospital. He was born December 10, 1925, in LaBelle, Idaho, to George William Eddins and Sarah Meiklejohn Eddins. He attended schools in LaBelle, and Rigby. He served in the US Navy during WWII. On July 31, 1948, he married Patricia Reed in Caldwell, Idaho; their...