Obituaries

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Nina Mildred Sucher

Nina Mildred Sucher

Feb 15, 2011

Nina Mildred Miles Sucher, 87 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born August 20, 1923, in Rigby, to Paul Snow Miles and Evelyn Prophet Miles. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On March 6, 1942, she married Donald Davis...

Earleen Scott

Earleen Scott

Feb 11, 2011

Opal Earleen Ricks Scott, 74 of Twin Falls passed away on February 11, 2011 with her family by her side following a short battle with cancer. Earleen was born April 1, 1936 to Joseph Earl and Opal Ward Ricks in Rexburg, Idaho. She grew up in Rexburg, Ririe, and Idaho Falls. She graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho...

Shane Kirk Wareham

Shane Kirk Wareham

Feb 8, 2011

Shane Kirk Wareham, 42, of Rigby, died Tuesday, February 08, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born March 19, 1968 in Rexburg, the son of Tonia Wareham Juenke. He was raised and attended schools in Menan and Midway. On May 26, 1995, he married Dawn Boyce in Idaho Falls, together they had 3 children....

Nathan Cory Williams

Nathan Cory Williams

Feb 7, 2011

Nathan Cory Williams, 35 of Rigby, died Monday, February 7, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born October 16, 1975, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Richard Craig Williams and Susan Lowe Williams. He was raised and attended schools in Nevada, graduating from Edward C. Reed High School, in Sparks, Nevada. He continued his...

Janet Wright Purser

Janet Wright Purser

Jan 31, 2011

Janet Wright Purser, 77, of Rigby, died Monday, January 31, 2011, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was born December 6, 1933, in Wendell, Idaho to Charles Melvin Wright and Hilda Victoria Erickson Wright. She was raised in Lewisville and attended schools in Midway and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On August 27, 1954, she married...

Lucile Sylvia Johnson

Lucile Sylvia Johnson

Jan 29, 2011

Lucile Sylvia Johnson, 71, of Rigby, died Saturday, January 29, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born May 2, 1939, in Thorton, Idaho, to Glen Reid Hansen and Sylvia Margrete Davies Hansen. She attended schools in Rigby, Graduating from Rigby High School; she then continued her education at ISU. She married Noel Dee Johnson...

Rosella "Rody" Christensen

Rosella "Rody" Christensen

Jan 29, 2011

Rosella Marie “Rody” Christensen, 70, of Terreton died Saturday, January 29th, 2011. She was born November 18, 1940 in Idaho Falls, the first child of George Heinrich Siems and Linnie Louise Simpson Siems. She was raised and attended schools in Shelley, as a youth she enjoyed roller skating, swimming in the canal, and tending to her younger brothers. On June...

Keith Abram Ward

Keith Abram Ward

Jan 28, 2011

Keith Abram Ward, 71, of Rigby, died Friday, January 28, 2011, in Mesa Arizona. He was born October 26, 1939, in Rigby to Calvert Abram Ward and Nina Larsen Ward. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1958 and then served a mission in the North Central Stake Minnesota Mission, which included Manitoba Canada. He graduated from USU in Logan,...

Ron Guymon

Ron Guymon

Jan 26, 2011

Ron J. Guymon, 38, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at his home in Rigby. He was born January 14, 1973 in Rexburg, Idaho to Leon and Maxeen Paskett Guymon. Ron was raised and attended schools in Rigby where he graduated from Rigby High School. Following high school he attended Ricks college in Rexburg for a time. On June 9, 1994...

Leland Reece

Leland Reece

Jan 25, 2011

Leland Reece, 77, our beloved Father, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather went home to be with Jesus January 25th, 2011. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on May 20, 1933 to Roscoe & Amanda Reece. He grew up in Felt, Idaho and worked the family farm with his four brothers. This is where he found his love for the outdoors. He...

William J. Johnson

William J. Johnson

Jan 22, 2011

William J. Johnson, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and fisherman died peacefully January 22, 2011 in Penngrove California, at the age of 80. William was a former resident of Grant and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is survived by 7 children, 34 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and 3 foster children. He was preceded...

Lynn Henry Radford

Lynn Henry Radford

Jan 21, 2011

Lynn Henry Radford, age 61, of Ririe, died Friday, January 21, 2011 in Teton County while Snowmobiling. Lynn was born June 17, 1949 at Rigby, Idaho, son of Etsel Henry Radford and Cleo Lavon Gallup Radford. He attended Ririe grade school and graduated from Rigby High School in 1967. He then attended Ricks College. He married Cindy Sue Hackworth “Curey”,...

Willard Alton Nichols

Willard Alton Nichols

Jan 20, 2011

Willard (Nick) Alton Nichols (age) 81, of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at his home. Willard was born October 7, 1929, at Ririe, Idaho to Samuel Charles Nichols and Sarah Genevieve Barker. He was the oldest of four boys. Willard joined the Navy at eighteen and served for 20 years as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class traveling...

Mildred Roberts Eschler

Mildred Roberts Eschler

Jan 19, 2011

Mildred Roberts Eschler, 89, passed away January 19, 2011 at Emeritus Assisted Living in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a lifelong medical condition. She was born September 3, 1921 in Sugar City, Idaho to Prentiss Roberts and Henrietta Furniss Roberts, the sixth of eleven children. She was raised and attended schools in Sugar City, Idaho. In 1943, she married Carl...

Donald Eugene Hanson

Donald Eugene Hanson

Jan 15, 2011

Donald Eugene Hanson, 81, of Rigby, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at the Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 7, 1929, in Rigby to Irvin Oleen Hanson and Laura Alice Christensen. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby. On October 23, 1948 he married Merlene Yvonne Sommers in Sugar City, together they had four children. His...

Laurie Gwen Brown

Laurie Gwen Brown

Jan 14, 2011

After a valiant battle against breast cancer and its complications, Laurel (Laurie) Gwen Sheffield Brown slipped into the next world to join her husband, Dennis, on January 14th, 2011. Her life was distinguished by a seemingly endless supply of kindness, gratitude, and faith. Laurie was born in Springville, Utah on July 7, 1947 to Erwin and Katherine Sheffield. As a...

Sherry Mae Fisher

Sherry Mae Fisher

Jan 13, 2011

Sherry Mae Fisher died peacefully Thursday, January 13, 2011. During the five years she fought cancer, she received an enormous amount of love and support from her friends and family, which she greatly appreciated. Despite her illness, she always viewed life as a glass half full, never complaining about anything. Sherry was born on April 5, 1941 in Idaho Falls...

Zelma May Peterson

Zelma May Peterson

Jan 12, 2011

Zelma May Peterson, 88, of Idaho Falls, Formerly of Garfield, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at the Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born January 29, 1922, in Lewisville to Arthur C. and Ruby Mae Barney Staten. On November 16, 1937, she married H. Ray Peterson. They made their home in Garfield, where they farmed for 48 years....

Alan Edzell Egbert

Alan Edzell Egbert

Jan 10, 2011

Alan Edzell Egbert , 94, passed away peacefully January 10, 2011 at The Gardens in Rigby, Idaho. He was born April 24, 1916, in Valeview, Idaho to Hyrum Edzell and Marion Morgan Egbert . He attended schools in Teton County and graduated from Teton High School in 1934. Alan married Erma Irene Sensenbach on August 28, 1937 at the family...

Jeana Schofield Lee

Jeana Schofield Lee

Jan 3, 2011

Jeana Comfort Schofield Lee, 76, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, January 3, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born October 14, 1934, in Idaho Falls to John William Schofield and Ruth Ellen Person Hansen Schofield. She was raised in Menan, and attended Midway High School and Rigby High School. On November 5, 1951, she...