Obituaries

Emilio Jose Hernandez-Gonzalez
Mar 23, 2008
Emilio Jose Hernandez-Gonzalez, 53, of Rigby died at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. He was born November 12, 1954, at Canada de Pastores, Mexico, a son of Calletano Hernandez Zabala and Esther Gonzales Calderon. He was raised and attended schools in Mexico. In 1972 he immigrated to Hagerman, Idaho and in 1976 he moved to the Rigby area. January...
Gilbert T. Mckinlay
Mar 22, 2008
Gilbert T. McKinlay, age 90, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at his home. He was born February 3, 1918 at Teton City, a son of James Wausen McKinlay and Dorcas Josephine Meservy McKinlay. He attended schools in Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School. While in high school he served as the first President of the Madison High...
Beatrice Mary Freeman
Mar 21, 2008
Beatrice Mary Scholes Freeman, age 86 of Ririe, died Friday, March 21, 2008 at her home. She was born March 22, 1921 at Rigby, a daughter of Walter Adam Scholes and Gladys Beatrice Alice Keveren Scholes. She attended Rigby schools and graduated from Rigby High School. On October 16, 1941 she married Floyd Edmund Freeman in the Logan LDS Temple....
Dakota Michael Perkins
Mar 20, 2008
Dakota Michael Perkins, age 11 of Rigby, died Thursday, March 20, 2008. He was born September 9, 1996 at Blackfoot, a son of Mitchell Franklin Perkins and Karla Adele Pugmire Perkins. He was raised in Rigby and attended school at Jefferson Elementary. Dakota was a member of the Boy Scouts of America. He enjoyed animals, rodeos, hunting and spending time...
Lloyd Jay Passey
Mar 16, 2008
Lloyd Jay Passey, age 82, of Rigby, passed away at Madison Memorial Hospital Sunday, March 16, 2008. He was born March 27, 1925, at Magrath, Alberta, Canada, a son of Charles Ace Passey and Elva Coleman Passey. He was raised in Magrath and attended schools there. During WWII he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy and served in the European...
Martie Latrell Johnson
Mar 15, 2008
Martha “Martie” Latrell Johnson, 73, of Rigby, died at her home Saturday, March 15, 2008. She was born November 29, 1933 at Lakeland, Florida a daughter to James Floyd Sadler and Verna Kathryn Lawhern Sadler. She attended schools in Lakeland, Florida and earned her LPN from Eastern Idaho Vocational Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She married Nyman Dale Johnson December...
Brittany Taylor
Mar 15, 2008
Brittany Taylor, age 28, of Rigby died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Brittany was born March 3, 1980 at Heber, Utah a daughter of Bruce LeRoy and Gail Phillips Taylor. She graduated from Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah in 1999. While in High School she enjoyed Shooting Archery and competed in...
B. Sessions
Mar 12, 2008
Olive B. Sessions, age 86 of Victor, passed away in Rigby, at the home of her daughter Wednesday, March 12, 2008. She was born May 26, 1921 at Layton, Utah, a daughter of Calvin Darius Corbridge and Ethel Isabell Bone Corbridge. She was raised in Layton and graduated from Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah. She continued her education at...
Donna Belle Martin
Mar 11, 2008
Donna Belle Martin, age 80, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Donna was born May 19th, 1927 at Osgood, a daughter of Albert Joseph Carpenter and Lila Belle Martin. She married Charles Stuart Martin on November 19, 1943 in Dillon Montana. Their marriage was solemnized April 26, 1950 in the Idaho Falls...
Vila Pearl Hawkins
Mar 11, 2008
Vila Pearl Hawkins, age 84, of Rigby, passed away at Rexburg Nursing Center, Tuesday, March 11, 2008. She was born May 12, 1923, at Idaho Falls, a daughter of Oliver Perry Lemmon and Vonda Mae Pope Lemmon. She was raised in Rigby and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. September 10, 1941, she married Jack Baxter Hawkins in Preston, Idaho....
Camden Blaise Gratiot
Mar 10, 2008
Camden Blaise Gratiot, 5 weeks old, returned to heaven March 10th 2008. He was born to Wade, Donna, Jaycee, and Keegan Gratiot on February 4, 2008. Although his stay was short, he was deeply loved by family and friends. Only 18 days old he was hospitalized for influenza but made a miraculous recovery in only three days. At just one...
Garry L. Bowen
Mar 9, 2008
Garry LeGrand Bowen, age 70, of Rigby, died at his home, Sunday, March 9, 2008. He was born October 5, 1937 at Idaho Falls, a son of Fred Bowen and Rula Josephson Bowen. He was raised in Bates and Driggs, Idaho, and was a graduate of Teton High School. He continued his education at Ricks College and graduated from Utah...
Robert L. Silcott
Mar 9, 2008
Robert L. Silcott of Clearfield, Utah died there March 9, 2008. Robert was born April 30, 1921, in Sterling, CO to Edna (Morgan) and Lloyd Silcott. He lived in Colorado his early years and traveled with his parents before settling in Rigby, Idaho with his mother. He attended school in Rigby and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He joined...
Ross Jay Marlow
Mar 8, 2008
Ross Jay Marlow, age 50, of Rigby, died at Home, Saturday, March 8, 2008, he was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Ross was born November 16, 1957, at Rigby, Idaho a son of John Alvin Marlow and Rosemary Thornock Marlow. He attended Rigby Schools graduating from Rigby High School in 1976. While in High School he...
Kathleen Susan Taylor
Mar 7, 2008
Kathleen Susan Taylor, age 54 of Rigby, died in her home Friday, March 07, 2008. She was born December 8, 1953, at Moscow, ID, a daughter of Robert Dean Pfiester and Norma Ann Calene Pfiester. She was raised and attended schools in Elk River, Idaho, graduating from Elk River High School. November 19, 1994 she married Mike R. Taylor in...
Sarah Phyllis Wilding Eldridge
Mar 1, 2008
Sarah Phyllis Eldridge, age 90, of Milo, died Saturday, March 01, 2008, at her home of natural causes. Sarah was born November 12th, 1917 to George David Wilding and Florence Hill Wilding. She married Wiley Fern (Bill) Eldridge on August 22nd, 1936 and they raised their family in the Sugar City, Rexburg and Island Park areas. When the Teton Dam...
Wretta Ellen Ward
Feb 29, 2008
Wretta Ellen Ward, age 90, of Rigby, died Friday, February 29, 2008 at Rexburg Nursing and Rehab in Rexburg, Idaho. Wretta was born February 26, 1918, at Hibbard, Idaho a daughter of Whitney Squires and Harriet Della Hendrick Squires. She attended Madison County Schools graduating from Madison High School. She married Melvin Ward in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple December...
Mary Elaine Poole
Feb 28, 2008
Elaine B. Poole, age 93 of Menan died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born September 1, 1914 at Millcreek, Utah to Mary Lovenia Boam Brinton and Samuel Howard Brinton. She attended grade school in Coltmann, Idaho, then graduated from Midway High School. After graduation she worked in Salt Lake City, and then was...
Evron Lemmon
Feb 27, 2008
Evron Dansie Lemmon, age 100 of Rigby passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born September 23, 1907 in Draper, Utah. Her Father was Charles Nephi Dansie and her Mother was Mary Amy Fitzgerald Dansie. Evron attended Rigby schools and graduated from Rigby High School with the class of 1925. She went...
Mary E. Moulton
Feb 26, 2008
Mary E. Moulton, age 87, of Rigby, died at The Gables of Ammon, Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Mary was born December 20, 1920, at Dubois, Idaho a daughter of William King Harvey and Emma Katie Yaggy Harvey. She attended schools in Hamer and Roberts. She married Orvil Westergard and they later divorced. She then married Oran Moulton. She was a...