Obituaries

Johnnie Dale Williams
May 31, 2011
Johnnie Dale Williams, age 64, of Rigby, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries received in a Motorcycle Accident. He was born May 5th 1947 at Idaho Falls a son to Dale Williams and Donna Ruth Morgan Williams. He attended schools in Idaho Falls and Idaho Falls High School. He married his true love...
Doris Elleen Jones
May 31, 2011
Doris Elleen Quinton Jones, age 69, formerly of Rigby, died May 31, 2011 at her home in Aberdeen, Maryland. She was born August 7, 1941 in Ucon, Idaho to Alfred James Quinton and Ella Teressa Sorenson. On August 7, 1964 she married Roger Edwin Jones in the Idaho Falls LDS temple. She worked at the Atomic Energy Commission Site (now...
Stoney Dewayne Tucker
May 22, 2011
Stoney Dewayne Tucker, 47, of Lewisville, Idaho, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011 in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Stoney was born on December 2, 1963 in McAlester, Oklahoma the son of Jerry Don and Janet Gibson Tucker. He graduated from Western Height High School in Oklahoma City. Stoney married Lesa Burnside on June 28, 1990 in Grand Prairie, Texas. Stoney was a...
Gary Hainsworth
May 21, 2011
Gary Hainsworth, of Rigby, died Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Idaho Falls Care & Rehab in Idaho Falls following a heroic battle with a rare aggressive form of T Cell Lymphoma. Gary was born in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Robert Henry “Harry” Hainsworth and Dortha Holbrook Hainsworth Baker. He was raised in Ashton until the 9th grade when he...
Velma Faye John
May 20, 2011
Velma Faye Stacey John returned to her Heavenly Father on Friday, May 20, 2011. She was the first child born to Eldon Richard Stacey and Velma (James) Stacey in Rigby, Idaho on May 26, 1943. She was raised in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. She married Clinton Douglas Nebeker with whom she had four daughters. She had the...
Cordelia Ruth Casper
May 19, 2011
Cordelia Ruth Casper, infant daughter of Clifford and Krista Casper passed away Thursday, May 19, 2011, in Raleigh, North Carolina; she was born May 18, 2011. Her life here on earth was short, yet her impact on others is profound and far-reaching. She is survived by her parents, Clifford John Casper and Krista Lee-Ann Luke Casper, brothers; William Louis Casper...
Lynn Merrill Barrow
May 19, 2011
Lynn Merrill Barrow, 86, of Menan, died Thursday, May 19, 2011, at his home. He was born July 24, 1924, in Rigby, ID to Earl Raymond Barrow and Jessie Elizabeth Brown Barrow. He attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School in May 1943, while attending high school he also attended N.Y. A. Radio School. He enlisted in the...
Betty Gail Walker
May 16, 2011
Betty Gail Clegg Walker, 62, of Rigby, died Monday, May 16, 2011 at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born October 13, 1948, in Rigby to William Everett Clegg and Gail Southwick Clegg, she was raised and attended school in Ucon, graduating from Bonneville High School. On August 2, 1974, she married Darwin Gene Walker in Rigby; their...
Phyllis Forbes Embree
May 12, 2011
Phyllis was born on February 18, 1918 in Los Angeles, California. She was the second of three children born to Charles Forbes-Lindsay and Olga Wilhemina Brennecke. Phyllis was known for her kindness, grace, and striking beauty. In 1937 Phyllis was chosen as first-runner-up Rose Princess for the famous Tournament of Roses Parade. She began a modeling career, and her face...
Stella Marie Hammond
May 11, 2011
Our sweet mother and wife, Stella Marie Andrews Hammond, departed this life May 11, 2011 at her home in Rigby, Idaho. She was born the 19th of September 1933 in Logan, Utah. She was the 2nd of 5 daughters born to George Tomas Wright Andrews and Annona Burdella Carlson. The family moved to the Los Angeles, California area in 1937...
Leston Howard Woods
May 3, 2011
Leston Howard Woods, 70, of Ririe, died of a heart attack on May 3, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born March 11, 1941, in Junction, Utah, to Lawrence Wesley Woods and Carmaleta Brindley Woods. The family moved to Archer when he was 10 years old. He attended schools in Archer and Madison High...
Alta A. Campbell
Apr 29, 2011
Alta A. Campbell, 86, of Annis, died Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. She was born July 15, 1924, in Lorenzo, Idaho to Clarence Marion McMurtrey and Mabel Sophia Scott McMurtrey. She was raised and attended schools in Ririe and Clark, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School. On July 30, 1949, she married...
Casey James Eddins
Apr 29, 2011
Casey James Eddins, 21, of Menan, passed away, Friday, April 29, 2011. He was born May 14, 1989, in Rexburg, Idaho to Craig John Eddins and Jody Lyn Dorcheus Eddins. He attended Midway Schools in Menan, and Graduated from Rigby High School. He worked in building construction as a roofer. Casey is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
John Lawrence Radin
Apr 28, 2011
John Lawrence Radin, 59, of Menan, died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at his home. He was born October 8, 1951, in Los Angeles California to Harold Everett Radin and Nellis Ann Watson Radin. He was raised and attended schools in Los Angeles, graduating from Harvard Military School in Los Angeles. He continued his education at University of California at Berkeley...
Robert Ellsworth Madsen
Apr 25, 2011
Robert Ellsworth Madsen, 90, of Rigby, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at his home. He was born May 14, 1920, in Rigby, Idaho, to Loyal Matthew Madsen and Eileen Leonora Ellsworth Madsen. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. He served in the US Army during WWII and The Korean Conflict. On August 17,...
Sharon Talbot Green
Apr 24, 2011
Sharon Talbot Green, 64, of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at her home. She was born October 26, 1946, in Preston, Idaho to LaRay O. Talbot and Royla Perkins Talbot. She was raised and attended schools in Preston and graduated from Preston High School. She graduated from Idaho State University with a Masters Degree in Radiology. She worked...
Maurine Elison Tolman
Apr 23, 2011
Maurine Elison Tolman, age 91, of Lewisville, died peacefully Saturday April 23, 2011 at her home in Lewisville, surrounded by her daughters. Maurine was born December 24, 1919 at Blackfoot, Idaho to Marvin William Elison and Leone Coolbear Elison. She attended Blackfoot Schools graduating from Blackfoot High School. She enjoyed basketball and played for Blackfoot Junior High and High School...
Vonda Mae Brunt
Apr 22, 2011
Vonda Mae Brunt, age 81, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, April 22, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Vonda was born February 4, 1930 at Idaho Falls a daughter to Bert Strong and Reba Pope Strong. She attended schools in Idaho Falls, and in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School in 1948. She then attended L.D.S. Nursing School graduating...
Thayne Lamon Hansen
Apr 15, 2011
Thayne Lamon Hansen, 47, of Thornton, died at his home Friday April 15, 2011 from complications from cancer. He was under the care of Home Health and Hospice. Thayne was born July 29, 1963 at Rexburg, Idaho a son of George Fredrick and Dorothy Mae Briggs Hansen. He attended schools in Lyman, Archer and Rexburg graduating from Madison High School...
Robert "Bobby" Nance
Apr 12, 2011
Robert “Bobby” Nance, 65, of Rigby, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He was born January 31, 1946, in Cleveland, Ohio to Elmer Nance and Mae Irene Jones. He was raised in Cleveland and attended schools there. He served in the US Navy from 1963 to 1966 and achieved the rank of E4 BT3. Robert worked as a Water Softener Salesman,...
