Ruby Blodgett
Jan 7, 2009
Ruby Blodgett, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, January 07, 2009, at her home. She was born May 20, 1920, in Bates, Idaho to Nephi Sterling Clements and Sophia Roth Clements. She was raised in Bates and Lyman and attended Lyman schools. On March 16, 1939, she married Clarence Leroy Blodgett in Rexburg; On September 3, 1991, their marriage...
Georgia Doreen Haws
Jan 4, 2009
Georgia Doreen Haws, 77, of Rigby, died January 4, 2009 at The Gables Assisted Living Center in Ammon. She was born April 11, 1931, in Newdale, to Rayman Haws and Mary Olive Dodson Haws. She was raised and attended schools in Newdale and Sugar City. She lived in Menan, Idaho Falls, and Rigby. She was a member of The Church...
Leonora Ann Spencer
Dec 28, 2008
Leonora Ann Myler Spencer, 88, of Lewisville, died December 28, 2008, at Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby. Leonora was born October 12, 1920, in Dubois, to Orrin Monroe Myler and Mary Boyes Walker. She attended school in Idaho Falls. On October 12, 1938, she married Arnold Orson Spencer in Pocatello. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Cardston Alberta...
Hadley Clark Sorensen
Dec 25, 2008
Hadley Clark Sorensen, 85, of Boise, formerly of Menan, died December 25, 2008, at the Life Care Center of Boise. Hadley was born May 9, 1923 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Jens Clarence “Doc” Sorensen and Mable Poole Sorensen. He grew up and attended schools in Firth, I.F. and Camas, and graduated from High School at Hamer, Idaho....
Gilbert Ray Bates
Dec 19, 2008
Gilbert R. Bates of Rigby, Idaho passed away on December 19, 2008, at the age of 83. He leaves behind his beloved wife of nearly 65 years, Marguerite; his 2 daughters, Merralyn (Roger) Pearson and Pauline (Rick) Robison; his 5 grandchildren, Bret Pearson, Jody Aslett, Steve Pearson, Brian Herndon, and Teri Perez; and his 7 great grandchildren, Bodi, Haydin, Driztin,...
Velma Call Jordan
Dec 7, 2008
Velma Call Jordan, 85, of Milo, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2008, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born November 5, 1923, in Woodville, Idaho to Cecil A. Call, and Rhoda Irene Casper Call. She was raised and attended schools in Woodville, Shelley, and Rigby, graduating from the Rigby School District in 1941. She...
Verda Simmons
Dec 7, 2008
Verda Simmons, 86, of Pocatello, formerly of Hibbard and Teton, passed away Sunday, December, 7, 2008. She was born July 5, 1922, in Rigby, to Elbert Kirby Nielsen, and Ida Hanson Nielsen. She was raised and attended grade schools in Annis, and attended Midway High School. On Jan 31, 1940, she married Roy H. Simmons in Annis, in 1955; their...
Lorin Leroy Mortensen
Dec 5, 2008
Lorin LeRoy Mortensen, 73, of Rexburg, passed away, December 5, 2008, at his home. He was born October 18, 1935, in Rexburg, to LeRoy Mortensen and Esther Leona Daniels Brown Mortensen. He was raised in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School. He served in the Idaho National Guard. On March 29, 1963, he married Colleen Clark in the Idaho...
Ruth Pabst
Dec 5, 2008
Ruth Pabst, age 76, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Friday, December 5, 2008. Ruth was born November 25, 1932, at Moore, Idaho a daughter to Cecil Glenn King and Mary Ellen Hayes King. She attended Moore and Rigby, Idaho schools. She married William Alvin Pabst, June 9, 1950 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. She worked as an...
June Bates Josephson
Dec 5, 2008
June Bates Josephson, 90, of Chesterfield, died Friday, December 05, 2008, at her home. She was born August 8, 1918, in Chester, to Ernest George Bates and Mary Ellen Brown Bates. She graduated from Teton High School. On December 11, 1939 she married Morris Arnold Josephson in Rexburg, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple....
Eula Joann Welker
Dec 4, 2008
Eula Joann Welker, 73, of Rigby, died December 4, 2008, at her home. She was born March 15, 1935, in Fairview, Wyoming, to Ruel Kimball Jenkins and Lovina Harmon Jenkins. She was raised in Fairview, Afton and Bear Lake. She attended School in Bear Lake and Graduated from Star Valley High School. On June 10, 1953, she married Orrin Louis...
Gail Emfield
Dec 4, 2008
Gail Emfield, 58, of Inkom, died at her home Thursday, December 4, 2008, of thyroid cancer. She was born January 26, 1950, in Lehi, Utah, to Hyrum Dee Hansen and Mary Anne Butler Hansen. She was raised and attended schools in Castle Dale, Utah. She graduated from Snow College and from Utah State University with a degree in Elementary Education,...
Charlotte Sessions Bahr
Nov 29, 2008
Charlotte Sessions Bahr, 58, of Tetonia, Idaho, died November 29, 2008, in an automobile accident near Tetonia, Idaho. Charlotte was born April 15, 1950, in Idaho Falls, Idaho and was the 5th of 7 children born to Fay & Ruth Sessions. She graduated from Bonneville High School in 1968 and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s of Education...
Garrick Fillmore
Nov 28, 2008
Garrick Fillmore, 104, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away November 28, 2008 of natural causes. Garrick was born October 29, 1904 to Edgar Thomas Fillmore and Mable Garrick Fillmore. He entered this world on the family farm in Clark Ward, Rigby, Idaho as the second born of six children. Preceding him in death are his parents and his brothers: Glenn, Blaine,...
Matthew Peter Krivitza
Nov 25, 2008
Matthew Peter Krivitza, 28 of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008. He was born November 10, 1980, in Groton Connecticut, to Alexander Joseph Krivitza and Cynthia Marie Barber Krivitza, at Groton New London Naval Base. He graduated from high school in Florida. In 2005 he moved to Idaho. He was engaged to be married to Nicole Jensen in December,...
Bonnie Jorgensen
Nov 18, 2008
Bonnie Jorgensen, 98, of Idaho Falls, died November 18, 2008, at her home. She was born April 27, 1910, in Salem, Idaho, to James Fredrick Shirley and Sarah Virgin Shirley. She attended schools in Sugar Salem and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. On November 20, 1936, she married Otto Lehi Jorgensen, in the Salt Lake City L.D.S. Temple. She...
Eudora M. Edwards
Nov 18, 2008
Eudora M. Rasmussen Edwards passed away November 18, 2008 at the Good Samaritan in Idaho Falls. She was born to Joseph and Constance Jensen Smith on April 6, 1913 in Preston, Idaho. Her father died when she was 4 years old. The family moved to the Blackfoot area. At the age of 19 she went to work as a cook...
Darlene Margaret Edelmayer
Nov 14, 2008
Darlene Margaret Edelmayer, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008, at her home. She was born December 9, 1940, in Roberts, the youngest of 13 children, to John Peter Edelmayer and Ora Mae Trembly Edelmayer. She was raised and attended schools in Roberts. She left home at an early age to start traveling the world. She visited...
Calvin Loy Moser
Nov 12, 2008
Calvin Loy Moser (73) passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at his home in Grant, Idaho surrounded by his loving wife and family after a valiant fight against leukemia. He was born July 28, 1935 to Francis Lyman Moser and Esther Miskin Moser in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He spent his early years in Coltman and then moved to Grant. He...
Herbert Royce Craghead
Nov 10, 2008
Herbert “Herb”Royce Craghead, 66, of Rigby, passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at his home from complications of an illness. Herb was born July 9, 1942 in Checotan, Oklahoma. He is the third of eight children born to Allen Benjamin Craghead and Vera Mae White Craghead. The family moved to California where Herb was raised and attended schools. He graduated...