Obituaries

Fern Poulsen Sharp
Jul 30, 2008
Fern Sharp, 92, of Rigby, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Homestead Assisted Living of Rigby. Fern was born February 17, 1916 a daughter to Joseph Emil Poulsen and Alice Haddon Cole Poulsen. She was raised in Garfield, attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School in 1934. She married Frank Sharp July 11, 1935 in the Logan,...
James L. Sadler
Jul 27, 2008
James L. Sadler passed away in American Fork, Utah on Sunday morning July 27, 2008. He was the son of Wallace Ford Sadler and Dorothy Taylor Sadler. He was born on April 6, 1946 in Magna, Utah just minutes before his twin brother, John. As a young boy, James had wonderful experiences growing up in Utah. He especially was thrilled...
Clea May Briggs
Jul 22, 2008
Clea May Briggs, 93 of Rexburg, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Good Samaritan Society in Idaho Falls. She was born May 10, 1915 in Archer, a daughter of George Lelen Weekes and Martha Galbraith Weekes. She attended schools in archer and graduated as Valedictorian from Madison High School. On September 8, 1934, she married Elmer E. Briggs in...
Patricia Ruth Walker
Jul 22, 2008
Patricia “Patsy” Ruth Gneiting Walker peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father and a joyous reunion with her husband, WmWayne Walker, Sr., on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Lewisville, Idaho. Patsy was born December 27, 1927, to Theodore and Ruth Whitworth Gneiting in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She lived her entire life in Lewisville, attending Lewisville Elementary school and graduating from Midway...
Heath Morgan Bezold
Jul 22, 2008
Heath Morgan Bezold, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona formerly of Rigby, Idaho died in Phoenix, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Heath was born December 9, 1974, at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Ronnie Jay Bezold and Marla Ellen Morgan Bezold. He attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. While in high school he received the Presidential Scholastic Fitness Award,...
Elva "Betty" Brower
Jul 21, 2008
Elva “Betty” Janiel Brower, 84, of Rexburg passed away Monday, July 21, 2008 at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born January 3, 1924 in Clark, a daughter of Wilford Harris Finn and Sarah Jeffs Finn. She attended schools in Clark and Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. On May 8, 1942 she married Richard Ivan Brower in Rigby; their...
Edna Mae Rottweiler
Jul 20, 2008
Edna Mae Rottweiler, 97, of Roberts passed away Sunday, July 20, 2008, at her home. She was born May 14, 1911 in Menan, a daughter of Alfred Levi Cowell and Nancy Catherine Clark Cowell. She was raised in Menan and attended Midway High School. On September 22, 1928, she married Paul Lawrence Rottweiler in Menan; their marriage was solemnized in...
Betty Larue Pulley Bennion
Jul 17, 2008
Betty LaRue Pulley Bennion Our kind and gentle mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend passed away July 17, 2008 of cancer. Betty was born March 25, 1927 in American Fork, Utah to Frank Melvin and Emma Elvira Palmer Pulley. She attended schools in American Fork and graduated from American Fork High in 1945. After high school she went to...
Violet Louise Foster
Jul 12, 2008
Violet Louise Foster, age 90, of Rigby, passed away July 12, 2008 at the home of her daughter in Rigby due to causes incident to her age. She was under the care of Creekside Hospice. She was born July 18, 1917, in San Diego, California a daughter to George B. Vasey and Elizabeth L. Broad Vasey. She married George K....
Ida L. Palmer
Jul 10, 2008
Ida L. Palmer, age 87, of Shelley, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2008 at her home. She was born December 31, 1920, in Lehi, Ut., a daughter of George Fredrick Kemp and Laura Louisa Butt. She attended schools in Lehi and graduated from Lehi High School. On May 14, 1953, she married George Worthing, in Magna, Utah; their marriage was...
Dale Taylor Clay
Jul 5, 2008
Dale Taylor Clay, age 87, of Red Bluff, California, died at Red Bluff Health Care Center Saturday, July 5, 2008. Dale was born July 31, 1920 at Idaho Falls a son of Everett Holley Clay and Myrtle Alice Dale Clay. He attended schools at Sunny Dell, Archer and Madison High School. Dale served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to...
Shirley Jeane Reyes
Jul 3, 2008
Shirley Jeane Reyes, 78 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2008 at her son’s home in Meridian. She was born February 18, 1930 in Lewisville, to Edward James Rawle and Jennie Irene Barnes Rawle. She attended school in Lewisville, Salt Lake City, and Rigby High School. June 22, 1947 she married Jay E. Christensen in Rigby, Idaho. Their marriage...
Mary Ann Furness
Jul 3, 2008
Mary Ann Lenz Furness, 77 of Terreton, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2008, at her home. She was born February 22, 1931, in Ashton, to Carl P. Lenz and Myrtle Anderson Lenz. She attended schools at Squirrel Elementary, Madison, South Fremont, and graduated from North Fremont High School. She continued her education taking extension courses in Idaho Falls, and studied...
Paul Thomas Cunningham Sr.
Jul 3, 2008
Paul Thomas Cunningham Sr. age 64, of Rigby, died at his home from natural causes Thursday, July 3, 2008. He was born April 14, 1944 at Clovis California a son of William Alfred Cunningham Sr. and Pauline May Harris Cunningham. He grew up and attended schools in North Fork, California. He married Sandra Dougherty they lived in California and then...
Shannon Maurine Jaramillo
Jul 1, 2008
Shannon Maurine Jaramillo, 67, of Menan, passed away July 1, 2008 at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born September 24, 1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Elmo T. Haggerty and Donna F. Davidson. Since her father was a salesman, she spent her childhood in various parts of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, and Idaho. She graduated from Missoula High School...
Tamara Stelzer
Jun 27, 2008
Tamara Stelzer, 30, of Menan, died Friday, June 27, 2008 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of injuries received in automobile and train accident. Tamara was born November 5, 1977 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Melvin Freeman and LaKauna Mason Freeman. She was raised and attended school in Burton and Rexburg graduating from Madison High School. She...
Dylan Michael Stelzer
Jun 27, 2008
Dylan Michael Stelzer, 11, of Menan, died Friday, June 27, 2008 of injuries received in an automobile and train accident. Dylan was born April 11, 1997, in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Tony Thomas Stelzer and Tamara Freeman Stelzer. Dylan was raised in Burton and Menan. He attended Burton Elementary and Midway Elementary. He enjoyed video games, riding his bicycle,...
Clyde Alonzo Moore
Jun 25, 2008
Clyde Alonzo Moore, 44, of Menan, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Rigby Country Living Center. He was born December 23, 1963, in Rexburg, to Francis Moore and Ada Martin Moore. He attended special education school in Idaho Falls and worked for Dean Boyce Farming in Menan and Larsen Farms in Terreton. Clyde enjoyed fishing. He is survived by his...
J. Berlin Osborn
Jun 25, 2008
J. Berlin Osborn, 92, of Menan, Idaho died June 25, 2008 at the Pinebrook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. Berlin was born April 2, 1916 to Warren Jasper Osborn and Ruby Twitchell Osborn. He was raised in Escalante, Utah and graduated from High School there. He attended Utah State University and received his Bachelors degree in Education. He taught school...
Roger Edwin Jones
Jun 21, 2008
Roger Jones, 69, of Aberdeen, Maryland, formerly of Rigby, passed away June 21, 2008 of congestive heart failure. He was born to Philip Hyrum and Lila Ruth Bateman Jones on August 19, 1938 in Shelley. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Shelley High School. He was called to serve a two year L.D.S mission to California....