Obituaries

Hiram Jackson Robison Jr.
Jul 14, 2007
Hiram Jackson Robison, Jr. age 58, of Roberts, died Saturday, July 14, 2007 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Hiram was born September 25, 1948 at Ancon, Panama Canal Zone, a son of Hiram Jackson Robison Sr. and Evelyn Elaine Cook Robison. Hiram was raised and attended schools in Panama. Later the family moved to Van Nuys California where he...
Earl Leroy Foster
Jul 14, 2007
Earl LeRoy Foster, age 65, of Rigby, died Saturday, July 14, 2007, near Swan Valley, Idaho from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. Earl was born February 16, 1942 at Idaho Falls a son of Charles Foster and Martha Jane Billman Foster. He attended schools in Idaho Falls, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He married Valene Hunter June 7,...
Ruth Maria Henry Millet
Jul 11, 2007
Ruth Maria Henry Millet, age 94, of Rigby died Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at the home of her son, in Rigby. Ruth was born February, 17, 1913, at Rigby, a daughter of Edward Joshua Henry and Nora Jane Cole Henry. She attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School, and continued her education at B.Y.U., Provo. March 23, 1933,...
Burdett Young Robison
Jul 5, 2007
Burdett Young “Tom” Robison, age 67, of LaBelle, died at Madison Memorial Hospital, Thursday, July 5, 2007. Tom was born July 6, 1939 at Rigby, a son of Roy Adrian Robison and Elva Young Robison. He attended schools in the Rexburg area, graduating from Madison High School. Following High School he served in the National Guard 116th Engineering Division in...
Steve D. Chase
Jun 29, 2007
Steve D. Chase, age 53, of Ririe, died Friday, June 29, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Steve was born Oct. 14, 1953 at Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Derwin E. Chase and Betty J. Ashbocker Chase. Steve attended schools in the Ririe area, graduating from Ririe High School; he continued his education at Idaho Vo-Tech, graduating as a Mechanic...
Mya Mae Allen
Jun 27, 2007
Our precious angel, Mya Mae Allen passed away on Wednesday, June 27th 2007. Mya was born to her loving parents Tyson Randall Allen and Laura Mae Burt Allen on July 29th 2006. Her smile was contagious, her laugh – sweet perfection. She loved music, dancing and talking on the phone. She touched so many lives – for much to short...
Richard Ivan Brower
Jun 26, 2007
Richard Ivan “Dick” Brower, 84, of Rexburg formerly of the Teton Valley, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at the Burley Care Center of a lingering illness. Dick was born May 17, 1923 in Felt, Idaho a son of William Earl Brower and Hazel Pauline Walton Brower. He was raised in Felt and attended school in the Teton valley and graduated...
Vernon R. Drake
Jun 26, 2007
Vernon R. Drake, 87, of Roberts, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born September 8, 1919 at Annis, Idaho, a son to Oscar Burton Drake and Alice Orel Walker Drake. He attended school at Annis. He Joined the U. S. Navy serving during World War II on the Battleship U.S.S....
Charles Michael Cottrell
Jun 25, 2007
Charles Michael Cottrell, 68, of St. Anthony, died Monday, June 25, 2007 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications of heart disease. Mike was born March 16, 1939 in San Diego, California a son of Chester Hoggan Cottrell and Mary Eileen Bogue Cottrell. Mike was raised in San Diego and attended schools there graduating from Point Loma High...
Opal V. Johnston
Jun 25, 2007
Opal V. Johnston, 75, of Dubois, died Monday, June 25, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Opal was born June 8, 1932 at Camas, Idaho a daughter of Charles Lynn Barney and Telva Leonard Barney. She was raised in Camas, and attended schools in Hamer. She married Thomas Robert Johnston Jr. August 15, 1948 at Menan,...
Kathleen Celeste Miller
Jun 24, 2007
Kathleen Celeste Miller, 55, of Rigby, died Sunday, June 24, 2007 at her home. Kathleen was born December 22, 1951 in Union Town, Pennsylvania a daughter of Welty Woodrow Miller and Nancy Viola Harper Miller. She was raised and educated in Union Town, Pennsylvania. Kathleen married James Wade in Union Town, Pennsylvania. They later divorced. She worked for Cocoa Police...
Joseph Sherwood Jr.
Jun 17, 2007
Joseph Sherwood Jr., age 77 of Rigby, died at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby Sunday, June 17, 2007. Joseph was born August 31, 1929 at Heman, Idaho, a son of Joseph Sherwood Sr. and Thelma Smith Sherwood. He attended schools in the West Yellowstone and Idaho Falls area. In 1952 he married Carol Joy Cousin, their marriage was...
Dorothy Hulet Pincock
Jun 13, 2007
Dorothy Hulet Pincock returned to her Heavenly Father on June 13, 2007. In her own words, Dorothy was born to “goodly parents,” Francis Edgar Hulet and Ella McEwen Hulet on 4 September 1928. She was raised in their loving and affectionate home in Wendell, Idaho. She grew up with a love of learning, of nature, and of the gospel of...
Lorin Levi Miles
Jun 13, 2007
Lorin Levi Miles, age 81 of Rigby, died at his home Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Lorin was born September 11, 1925 in Rigby, a son of Paul Snow Miles and Evelyn Jeanette Prophet Miles. He was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area, was named Valedictorian his 8th grade year, and graduated from Rigby High School. May 29, 1948...
Beth Ralph
Jun 11, 2007
Beth Ralph, age 86, of Idaho Falls, died of natural causes, at East Idaho Regional Medical Center, Monday, June 11, 2007. Beth was born the seventh of eight children to W.F. and Sadie Lessey Parish in the family home near Rigby, July 31, 1920. Graduation from Rigby High School followed her elementary schooling in the Rigby school district. In 1940...
Lillis Johnson
Jun 2, 2007
Lillis Johnson age 87, of St. Anthony died Saturday, June 2, 2007, at the Ashton Memorial Living Center. Lillis was born April 22, 1920 at Rigby, a daughter of John Peter Birch and Bertha Vilate Johnson Birch. She attended schools in Rigby and Star Valley. She worked as a telephone operator. She married Albert Freeman Johnson, November 29, 1952 in...
Blaine David Oram
Jun 1, 2007
Blaine David Oram, 65, of Thornton, Idaho died at his home, Friday June 1, 2007. He was born October 25, 1941 at Thornton, Idaho a son of Dave Verl Oram and Mildred Agnus Smith Oram. Blaine attended schools in Thornton and Madison High School. He married Maria Alana Pelton, June 17, 1961 at Roberts, Idaho. He worked for Labor Union...
Claudine Jeffs
May 31, 2007
Claudine Jeffs, age 74, of Rigby died at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 31, 2007. She was born August 20, 1932 at Rigby, a daughter of Eldon Claude Waters and Elmira Jane Brower Waters. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, and Pocatello. She married Neil Frank Jeffs November 25, 1985 in...
Ruth Ann Harker Williams
May 31, 2007
Ruth Ann Harker Williams, 92, of Lewisville, died, May 31, 2007. Ruth was born May 11, 1915 at Lewisville to Parley Harker and Elizabeth Boyes Walker. She attended schools in Lewisville and Graduated from Midway High School. She attended Ricks College and Brigham Young University. On April 14, 1936 she married Daniel Findlay Williams and was sealed in the Idaho...
Lydia Walz
May 29, 2007
Lydia Walz, 77, of Sivale California, formerly of Rigby, died May 29, 2007, at Santa Clara, California. Graveside services will be held Monday, June 4, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery.