Obituaries

Cindy D. Brown
Jul 28, 2011
Cindy D. Brown, 49, of Ririe, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 26, 1962, in Rexburg, Idaho to Arnold Wayne Bowen and Diana Vay Briggs Bowen. She was raised and attended schools in Dubois and Ririe. On May 8, 1981, she married Kenneth Robert Brown in Ririe, Idaho. To...
Gary Ronald Browning
Jul 20, 2011
Gary Ronald Browning died July 20, 2011, surrounded by his family, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, from respiratory complications due to a fall. Gary was born to Anna Thelma and Henry Vernal Browning on March 23, 1938, in Ogden, Utah. He and his family moved to Vale, Ore., in 1946, and then to...
June Yates
Jul 20, 2011
June Breitkreutz Cowan Yates, age 88, of Ririe, died in Idaho Falls, Wednesday July 20, 2011. June was born June 15, 1923 at Groton, South Dakota a daughter of Bernhard Frank Breitkreutz and Cecelia Susan Graff Breitkreutz. She attended McKinley grade school in Aberdeen, South Dakota and graduated from Aberdeen High School. In high school she was the editor of...
Norman Ben Gunderson
Jul 18, 2011
Norman Ben Gunderson, 46, of Menan, died Monday, July 18, 2011, in Grace, Idaho, from injuries sustained in a plane crash. He was born March 1, 1965, in Rexburg, Idaho to Kay Ben Gunderson and Nola Marie Olaveson Gunderson. He graduated from Rigby High School with the class of 1983. He continued his education at Ricks College and Eastern Idaho...
Isaac Ben Gunderson
Jul 18, 2011
Isaac Ben Gunderson, 16 of Menan, died Monday, July 18, 2011, in Grace, Idaho, from injuries sustained in a plane crash. He was born December 31, 1994 in Rexburg, Idaho to Norman Ben Gunderson and Lauren Andersen Gunderson. He attended Midway Elementary, Rigby Jr. High, Rigby High School and participated in football, band, and had enrolled in Eastern Idaho Technical...
Grant Fred Stucki
Jul 17, 2011
Having lived life to the fullest, Grant Fred Stucki, 92, of Milo, died on July 17, 2011. Born June 21, 1919, to Gottfried and Louie Ann Sharp Stucki in Murray, Utah, he spent his youth in Coltman, graduating from Ucon High School. He served an LDS mission in Toronto, Canada, was always active and faithful in Church callings, including Scoutmaster,...
Venice Miller Mcgarry
Jul 17, 2011
Venice Miller McGarry, 92, of Hamer died Sunday July 17, 2011, at the Heritage Homes Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Venice was born January 17, 1919 at Parker, Idaho the third daughter of Horace and Ida May Karlson Miller. She attended Parker Elementary School and South Fremont High School. She married Loren McGarry on June 28, 1938. They purchased the...
Ronald Lynn Clawson
Jul 13, 2011
Ronald Lynn Clawson, 73, of Roberts, Idaho died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at his home. He was born January 7, 1938, in Ogden, Utah, to David A. Clawson and Olive Belle Marston. He graduated from Davis High School. He then served in the Utah National Guard and Army Reserves and retired as a Sergeant Major. On March 8, 1957, he...
Barbara Schmidt
Jul 6, 2011
Barbara Parkin Schmidt, 86, of Rigby, Idaho died Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at her home. She was born June 6, 1925, in Ogden, Utah to Leo C. Parkin and Algie Hatch Parkin. She was raised and attended schools in Odgen, Utah and graduated from Ogden High School. She continued her education at Weber State College. On June 17, 1949, she...
Charles "Chick" Rock
Jul 5, 2011
Charles “Chick” Everett Rock, 91, of Lewisville, died July 5, 2011 at the home of his daughter Patsi. He was born June 17, 1920 in Cottonwood, Idaho, to Edgar Clyde Rock and Louisa Eggertz Rock. He was raised and attended schools in Howe and Roberts and graduated from Midway High School. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1941 and...
Zelta Hendricks
Jun 28, 2011
Zelta Hendricks, 89, of Pocatello, formerly of Rigby, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the Pocatello Care and Rehab Center. Zelta was born to Oral and Beatrice Walker on August 16, 1921, in Lewisville, Idaho. She has seven sisters and one brother. She attended Rigby High School. She earned her R. N. in 1942, at the LDS Hospital in Idaho...
Sarah Acor
Jun 24, 2011
Sarah Hammon Barzee Acor, 94, of Terreton died June 24, 2011. Sarah was born Dec. 18, 1916 at Ozone, Idaho, to Heber Levi Hammon and Sarah Ann Waters, the eighth of twelve children. She attended school in Ammon and graduated with honors from High School at Ucon. Sarah married Arlo E Barzee in the Salt Lake Temple on January 5,...
Naomi A. Wilson
Jun 20, 2011
Naomi A. Wilson age 87, of Rigby, died Monday June 20, 2011 at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Naomi was born September 12, 1923 at Carleton, Nebraska a daughter of Ray Sucher and Sylvia Morrow Sucher. She attended School in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She married Eldon N. Wilson November 15, 1941 in Idaho Falls....
Nadine Verna Keppner
Jun 19, 2011
Nadine Verna Johnson Keppner, 87, of Menan, died Sunday, June 19, 2011 at her home in Menan. Nadine was born July 4, 1923 in Lewisville, Idaho a daughter of William Nephi and Verna May Johnson. She attended school in Lewisville graduating from Midway High School. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in...
Joann Ellen Boyce
Jun 16, 2011
JoAnn Ellen Young Boyce, 70, of Lewisville, Idaho, passed away of a lingering illness, Thursday, June 16, 2011 at her home, surrounded by loved ones She was born January 31, 1941, in Archer, Madison, Idaho to Mark Lucein Young and Ellen Marie Orr Young. She was raised in Rigby, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School in 1959. She continued...
Ralph Kent Knutson
Jun 15, 2011
Ralph Kent Knutson, 59, formerly of eastern Idaho, now of Salt Lake City, Utah, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 of pancreatic cancer at the home of his best friend Bonnie Anderson. He was born December 8, 1951 in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Alfred K. Knutson and Phyllis Ripplinger Knutson. He attended elementary school and middle school in Dubois and Hamer,...
Edith Laverne Hall
Jun 11, 2011
Edith LaVerne Rainey Hall, 87, of Blackfoot, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Bingham Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Blackfoot. Edith was born September 1, 1923 in Annis, Idaho to Roy Sylvanus Rainey and Ida Sophia DeRoche Rainey. At the age of 6 her family moved to the Teton Basin Homestead of Cummer & Martha Leanora Hall. The...
Charles Leroy Davis
Jun 9, 2011
Charles “Chuck” LeRoy Davis, 76, of Terreton, Idaho, died Thursday, June 09, 2011, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. Chuck was born January 19, 1935 in Roberts, Idaho to John LeRoy Davis and Edith Elizabeth Nordstrom Davis. He grew up and attended schools in the Mud Lake/Terreton area making lifelong friends of many that he would meet. He married...
Mary Abbott
Jun 1, 2011
Mary Clough Abbott, age 75, of Rigby, died Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at Pine Brook Assisted Living in Rigby. Mary was born November 30, 1935 at Ogden, Utah a daughter to Henry Jessop Clough and Ethal Millar Clough. She attended Huntsville, Utah Grade School and Jr. High and graduated from Weber High School in Ogden, Utah. She married Dean J....
J. Don Dansie
Jun 1, 2011
J. Don Dansie, 72, of Rexburg, died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at his home. He was born December 21, 1938, in Rigby to Jerry F. Dansie and Alta Fransen Dansie. He attended schools in Rigby, and graduated from Rigby High School; he continued his education at Ricks College. On November 30, 1962, he married Helen Techick in the Idaho Falls...
