Obituaries

Janice Lynn Burnside
Jan 3, 2011
Janice Lynn Jones Burnside, age 65, of Rigby, died at her home, Monday January 3, 2011. She was born December 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California to Gilbert LeRoy Jones and Evelyn Mae Kronberg. She attended schools in Pocatello, Idaho, Hayward, California and Bonneville High School. On April 25, 1964, she married her sweetheart Clyde Jay Burnside in Eureka, Nevada....
Dale Henry Hamilton
Jan 3, 2011
Dale Henry Hamilton, 70, of Rigby, died Monday, January 03, 2011. Dale was born November 23, 1940, in Lorenzo, to Dell H. Hamilton and Belva Drake Hamilton. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. On July 23, 1983, he married Wenette Archibald in Elko, Nevada. Together they had 4 children. Dale worked as a...
Robert Voyle Brown
Dec 31, 2010
Robert Voyle Brown, 83, of Rexburg, died Friday, December 31, 2010 at Heritage Homes of Rexburg. He was born May 4, 1927, in Parowan, Utah to Nephi Earl Brown and Wanda Jardine Brown. He was raised and attended schools in Menan graduating from Midway High School. He continued his education at Ricks College and Brigham Young University, earning a Master’s...
Virginia Lydia Hardy
Dec 30, 2010
Virginia Lydia Hardy, 85, of Menan, died Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born August 11, 1925, in Lyman, Idaho to Samuel L. Butler and Lydia McIntier Butler. She was raised and attended school in Lyman, attended Lyman Union School, and graduated from Madison High School. On March 14, 1944, she married Ira...
Thomas Ira Sipes
Dec 29, 2010
Thomas Ira Sipes, 58, of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010, at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg of cancer. Tom was born in Ely, Nevada the first son of Ira B. and Lillian Sipes. He was raised and attended schools in Tonopah, Nevada. Following high school graduation he, along with his best friend Bobby Loncar moved to Denver,...
J.D. Bloom
Dec 26, 2010
James “J.D.” Dale Bloom, 83, of Rigby, died Sunday, December 26, 2010, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. He was born April 23, 1927, in Flat River, Missouri to Paul Mason Bloom and Della May Slinkard Bloom. He was raised and attended grade schools in Flat River, Missouri and graduated from high school in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He...
Mary Whitworth Berrett
Dec 21, 2010
Mary Katherine Whitworth Berrett, 93, died December 21, 2010, at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehab Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Mary was born March 24, 1917, to George D. Whitworth and Clara Meese Whitworth Swauger at their home on Rapid Creek near Inkom, Idaho. She was the first of their five children. Four boys followed Mary: George, Bob, Jack...
John Marcus Moir
Dec 18, 2010
John Marcus Moir, 55, of Boise, died Saturday, December 18, 2010, at the Life Care Center, in Boise. A Graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 24, 2010, at the Annis Little Butte Cemetery, under the care of Eckersell Memorial Chapel in Rigby. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.
Elwood "Sam" Floyd Bates
Dec 18, 2010
Elwood “Sam” Floyd Bates, 82, of Rigby passed away Saturday, December 18, 2010, at his winter home in El Mirage, Arizona. Sam was born April 7, 1928, in Rexburg, Idaho to Floyd Joshua and Eliza Mae Bates. He was one of four children. He grew up in Rexburg, Idaho. On September 29, 1950 he married Ione Carter in Thomas, Idaho....
Michael Joseph Nolan
Dec 9, 2010
Michael Joseph Nolan, 71, passed away peacefully on Dec. 9, 2010, at Caresource Hospice Center in Salt Lake City, UT, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with multiple myleoma. Michael was born March 27, 1939 in Cortez, Co., to Antonio Nolan and Celia Salas Nolan. His family later moved to the Salt Lake City area. He received a...
Elma Annie Walker
Dec 3, 2010
Elma Annie Wright Walker, age 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, December 03, 2010, at the Rigby Homestead Assisted Living Center of natural causes. Elma was born July 6, 1924 in Freedom, Wyoming, a daughter of Charles Melvin and Hilda Victoria Erickson Wright. She attended schools in Lewisville graduating from Midway High School. She then attended Ricks College graduating...
Merlin Archibald
Nov 27, 2010
David Merlin Archibald, 95 of Rigby died Saturday, November 27, 2010, at The Gardens of Rigby. Merlin was born January 18, 1915, in Rexburg, Idaho to David Watson Archibald and Lillie Isabell Stallings. He was the oldest of 8 boys and 3 girls. They grew up on the ground homesteaded by his grandfather near the Rexburg cemetery and also in...
Keith B. Anderson
Nov 23, 2010
Keith B. Anderson, 84 of Rigby died Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. Keith was born July 7, 1926, in Murray, Utah to Charles Albert and Lima Hales Anderson. He attended Midway High School in Menan, ID and graduated from Blackfoot High School in Blackfoot, ID. After he graduated from high school, he went...
Leah Mary Andersen
Nov 22, 2010
Leah Mary Andersen, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at Mount Vernon Assisted Living of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Leah was born April 14, 1926, in Archer, Idaho the daughter of Lelen and Martha (Galbraith) Weekes. She grew up in Archer and attended school there. She was a member of the LDS Church. On August 26, 1943,...
Derwin Edward Chase
Nov 19, 2010
Derwin Edward Chase, 89 of Ririe, passed away November 19, 2010, at his home. Dirk was born March 10, 1921, to John Albert Chase and Florence Scott Chase. He was the sixth of eight children. He was raised in the Ririe Clark area and attended schools there. He went into the service in 1942 and served in the 2nd Air...
Florence Walters
Nov 17, 2010
Florence Walters, 69, of Rigby, went home to Jesus Wednesday, November 17, 2010, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Born to Vernon and Florence Brown Humphries on February 1, 1941 in Bremerton, Washington, she was later loved on and cared for by Bill and Nellie Jo Heaton. She graduated from North Central High School in Spokane, Washington. She went...
Erik Stephen Hanson
Nov 15, 2010
Erik Stephen Hanson, 30, of Del Ray Beach, Florida, formerly of Terreton, died Monday, November 15, 2010. He was born October 21, 1980, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada to Richard Hanson and Nancy Holman Hanson. He attended schools in, Hope Valley, Rhode Island and Provo, Utah, graduating from Glenns Ferry High School, Glenns Ferry, Idaho in the class of 1999....
Bonnie Marie Zollinger
Nov 13, 2010
Bonnie Marie Zollinger, 84, of Roberts died Saturday, November 13, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Bonnie was born April 17, 1926, in Natches, Texas a daughter of William and Lillian Randall Morrow. Her early schooling was in Texas. Later in life she attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho graduating in 1969. She married Dean C....
Cristel H. Smith
Nov 12, 2010
Cristel H. Smith, 91, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at the Lily and Syringa Assisted Living Center. Cristel was born July 3, 1919, in Alta, Wyoming a daughter of Albert S. Hill and Jensine “Zina” Larsen Hill. She attended school in Driggs and graduated from Driggs High School in 1937. She lived in the Milo area since...
Nina May Leonard
Nov 12, 2010
Nina May Leonard, 87, of Ririe, died Friday, November 12, 2010 at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center. She was born August 24, 1923, in Lewisville, Idaho to Edward James Rawle and Jennie Irene Barnes Rawle. She was raised in Lewisville and attended Midway schools. On August 24, 1940, she married Ercel Gilbert Leonard in Rigby; their marriage was...
