Rex C. Groom
Nov 5, 2010
Rex C. Groom, 86, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away peacefully from age-related complications Friday, November 5, 2010 at the Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. He was born June 2, 1924, the second son to Charles Nathan Groom and Maud Rachel Allen in Ucon, Idaho. He attended schools in Ucon and graduated from high school there in...
Ora Green
Nov 5, 2010
Ora Hymas Green, 96, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rexburg, died at her home, Friday, November 5, 2010. She was born September 1, 1914, in Rigby to Wilford Watkins Hymas and Ethel May Call Hymas. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. She continued her education at Idaho State University and received her Nursing...
Claude Wilbur Welch
Nov 4, 2010
Claude Wilbur Welch, age 86, of Rigby, died at his home Thursday, November 4, 2010, from complications following a stroke. Claude was born April 4, 1924 at Salt Lake City, Utah the only child of Guy Wilbur Welch and Anna Irene Stephens Welch. He attended schools in Salt Lake City, Bountiful and graduated from Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah....
Warren Richard Merrill
Nov 1, 2010
Warren Richard “Dick” Merrill, 66, of Menan, died November 1, 2010 from complications following heart surgery. He was born October 27, 1944, to Sollymon Sylvenus Merrill and Ruth Marine Thorngren Merrill. He was the third of nine children. He was raised in the Menan area and graduated from Rigby High School in 1963. Following graduation, he enlisted in the USAF...
Monty P. Freeman
Nov 1, 2010
Monty P. Freeman, 64, of Rigby, died Monday, November 01, 2010 at his home. He was born October 9, 1946, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Paul Frank Freeman and Betty Jane Wilson Freeman, he was raised in Plano and attended schools in Sugar City, graduating from Sugar City High School. He served in the Army National Guard 116th Engineering Battalion from...
Richard Oscar Hart
Oct 29, 2010
Richard Oscar Hart, 80, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, October 29, 2010 in Idaho Falls from complications of a stroke. He was born May 29, 1930, in Idaho Falls to Charles Oscar Hart and Alice Hamblin Hart. He attended Menan Elementary School, Madison Junior High, and graduated from Madison High School. He received further education at Rick’s College. He served...
Ila Jean Spatig
Oct 27, 2010
Ila Jean Lang Spatig, 65, of Rigby, died Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 15, 1945, in Vancouver, Washington, to Edward Lang and Louise Rogers Lang. She was raised and attended school in Vancouver, Washington, graduating from Ft. Vancouver High School. She continued her education at BYU Provo, and received her degree...
Doyle Jay Burnside
Oct 26, 2010
Doyle Jay Burnside, Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, rejoined Our Heavenly Father October 26, 2010 due to complications of a stroke. He was born May 7, 1928 in Chapin, Idaho to Lawrence Jay Burnside and Elizabeth Samantha Nickell. He grew up in the Darby area and there he found his love for the outdoors. With 5 sisters...
Brent Bailey Smith
Oct 25, 2010
Brent Bailey Smith, 67, of Ririe, died October 25, 2010, at his home, after an extended illness. He was born December 11, 1942, in Shelton, Idaho to Floyd Merle Smith and Mary Amanda Bailey Smith. He was raised and attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School. On November 25, 1961, he married Onda K. Summers in Shelton, Idaho;...
Billie Jean Cooley
Oct 24, 2010
Billie Jean Cooley, 77, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away October 24, 2010, at her home in Roberts after battling years of Alzheimer’s disease. Billie was born February 22, 1933 in Jellico, Tennessee to Elbert and Elizabeth Huddleston. She attended school in Jellico, TN; Akron, OH, and California. She was the second to the oldest of five children. She...
Henrietta Morgan
Oct 24, 2010
Henrietta Morgan, 87, of Menan, died Sunday, October 24, 2010, at her home. She was born June 20, 1923, in Marysville, Idaho to Lucius Hale Hendricks and Claudia Gennette Dayley. She was raised and attended schools in the Rexburg area, graduating from Madison High School. She married William Blaine Morgan December 30, 1941, in LaBelle, together they had 6 children....
Clair J. Koplin
Oct 21, 2010
Clair J. Koplin, 74, of Rigby, Idaho, husband, brother, father, grandfather, friend, mentor and especially hero left this earth peacefully on October 21, 2010 after a long, valiant battle with kidney disease. Clair was born February 21, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Edward and Lucille Koplin. His early years taught him to love and appreciate family above all...
Maurine Engberson
Oct 19, 2010
Maurine Engberson, 93, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at her home. She was born January 17, 1917, in Rexburg, to Alma Edward Beck and Mary Tressa McNeil Beck. She was raised and attended schools in Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School. As a youth she spent enjoyable summers on the dryfarm at Green Canyon. She continued her...
Patricia Yates Smith
Oct 19, 2010
Patricia Yates Smith, of Ucon, Idaho, our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully, October 19, 2010 at home surrounded by her family. Pat was born November 13, 1941 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Thomas Harper Yates and Muriel Morris Yates. She attended grade school and High School at Rigby. She received an LDS Seminary Scholarship to Ricks College,...
Emma Purser
Oct 19, 2010
Emma Balls Purser passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 in Rigby, Idaho at the age of 94. She was born on March 2, 1916 in Hyde Park, Utah to Charles Heber and Myrtle Vera Seamons Balls. She attended school in Hyde Park and then at North Cache High School in Richmond, Utah. Emma married Bartley Ray Purser on March...
Kenneth Henry Davis
Oct 15, 2010
Kenneth “KEN” Henry Davis, age 91, died at his home in Ucon, Friday, October 15, 2010. Ken was born November 7, 1919 in Archer, Idaho a son of Delbert Henry Davis and Lenora Jakeman Davis. He attended Madison County schools graduating from Madison High School where he loved playing football. In 1942 he married Vauna B Bailey in Tacoma Washington....
Gail Walker
Oct 15, 2010
Gail Walker, 85, of Ammon, ID formerly of Rigby, passed away Friday, October 15, 2010. Gail was born December 21, 1924, the eldest son of Mike (Mayor) and Maple Walker. He was raised and attended schools in Lewisville, graduating from Midway High in 1943. Upon graduation he enlisted in the US Navy and served in the Pacific Fleet during WWII....
Dorothy Doak
Oct 11, 2010
Dorothy Greenwood Watson Doak, 90, of Rigby, died Monday, October 11, 2010 at the home of her granddaughter in Rigby. She was born August 27, 1920, in Rigby, one of 10 children to Oroson Greenwood and Lydia Ellsworth Greenwood. She was raised and attended schools in Jefferson County, graduating from Ririe High School. She met and married Alfred Watson, they...
Gary Keith Christensen
Oct 8, 2010
Gary Keith Christensen, 72 of Terreton died Friday, October 08, 2010 at his home. He was born August 5, 1938 in Idaho Falls, the third child of Keith Christensen and Blanche Hyatt Christensen. He was raised and attended schools in Goshen and Shelley, as a youth he enjoyed riding his horse to the foothills and playing along the way. He...
Reneé Pocock Graham
Oct 2, 2010
Reneé Pocock Graham, 79, of Rigby, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2010 in Idaho Falls. Reneé was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Ray Luke Pocock and Maurine Richmond Pocock. She was the first of 8 children. She was raised in Moody, Idaho. She attended Moody Elementary School, Sugar City High School, Ricks College and Idaho State University....