Obituaries

Hugh Calvin Ireland
Apr 13, 2007
Hugh Calvin Ireland, 76, of Rigby, passed away at this home on April 13th, 2007. He was born June 16, 1930, at Boise, Idaho a son of Paul Walter Ireland and Alberta Hobsen Ireland. He married Norma Ann Riddle, August 21, 1955 in Mountain Home, Idaho. Hugh lived to work and work hard! Hugh spent four years in the Navy...
Coral Blanch Johnson
Apr 5, 2007
Coral Blanch Johnson, 77, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, April 5, 2007 at home in Idaho Falls. Coral was born in Elmo, Utah a daughter to Archie Thomas Guymon and Ellen Blanch Nelson Guymon. She attended schools in Utah and Idaho and graduated at Madison High School. She married Lee Earnest Hill in August of 1948, together they had six...
Ardell Frank Higley
Apr 5, 2007
Ardell Frank Higley, age 63, of Idaho Falls died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, April 5, 2007. He was born January 10, 1944 in Rigby, Idaho, a son of the late Lloyd Frank Higley and Rayeld Peterson Pfost. Ardell was raised in the Rigby area, was a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and loved...
John Ryan Groth
Apr 3, 2007
John Ryan “J.R.” Groth, age 47 of Rigby died at his home Tuesday, April 3rd 2007. He was born August 3, 1959 in Idaho Falls Idaho, a son of the late William Lloyd Groth and Virginia Ellen Ryan Groth. He was raised in Lewisville and attended school in Midway and Rigby. June 30, 1989 he married Debbie Diane Barzee in...
Alberta Smuin
Apr 3, 2007
Alberta Smuin, age 87, of Terreton, died Tuesday, April 03, 2007, at the home of her daughter in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born February 29, 1920, in Vernal, Utah, a daughter of Ezra Coleman Boren and Bertha Ann Kendall Boren. She was raised and attended school in Vernal, Utah and...
Gwendolin Donna Groom
Mar 26, 2007
Gwendolin “Gwen” Donna Groom age 82, of Garfield died at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, March 26, 2007. She was born May 5, 1924, the only daughter of Joseph R. Smith and Eliza Ann Maxfield Smith. She spent her youth and attended school in Coltman, graduated from Ucon High School in 1942 and later attended The Business...
Wilma Cook Ririe Pettit
Mar 26, 2007
Wilma Cook Ririe Pettit, 93, of Salem, Oregon, formerly of Ririe, died March 26, 2007 of natural causes. She was born August 26, 1913 in Milo, Idaho a daughter of George Hunter Cook and Elva Elizabeth Garn Cook. She attended schools in Milo, graduated from Ucon High School and attended the Business College in Idaho Falls. She married Eldon Clyde...
Lana Anderson Clements
Mar 22, 2007
Lana Anderson Clements, 62, of Salt Lake City died at LDS Hospital March 22, 2007. She was born in Martinez, California on November 12, 1944 to Harold and Irene Anderson and spent her childhood in Northern California. Lana attended BYU where she received a Masters Degree in business. She taught business classes at Provo High and spent 13 years as...
Jared James Fisher
Mar 22, 2007
Jared James Fisher, 32, of Logan Utah, died in Ogden Utah, Thursday, March 22, 2007. Jared was born June 26, 1974 at LaJolla, California a son of Michael James Fisher and Lorraine Garrett Fisher. Jared spent his youth and attended schools in Rock Springs Wyoming, graduating from Rock Springs High School. He graduated from Western Wyoming College and attended Utah...
Carl Edward Linger
Mar 21, 2007
Carl Edward Linger, 93, of Terreton, died at his home, Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Carl was born October 29, 1913, at Coltman, Idaho a son of Oscar Warder Linger and Lillie Jane Reger Linger. He attended Level School north of Mud Lake. He married Audrey Smith, September 16, 1940, in Idaho Falls. He was a member of the Baptist Church....
Rowena Beth Killian
Mar 21, 2007
Rowena Beth Dixon Killian, 85, of Lewisville, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls. She was born August 15, 1921, at Rigby, Idaho, a daughter to Paul A. Dixon and Nola Allen Dixon. She married Elmo L. Killian, September 23, 1940 at Lewisville. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple. She was...
William Paul Allred
Mar 19, 2007
William Paul Allred, loving husband and father, quiet gentleman, carpenter, mechanic, traveler, and farmer passed away surrounded by family on March 19, 2007, after a rich life of 87 years. Paul was a lifelong resident of southern Idaho. He was born in Lorenzo to William Coral and Anne Taylor Allred on October 22, 1919. Coral and Anne were divorced and...
Mary Elizabeth Ball
Mar 13, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Welchman Ball, age 89, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at Rexburg Nursing and Rehab in Rexburg. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Mary was born November 10, 1917, at Grover, Wyoming a daughter to David Samuel Welchman and Margaret Ann Hodge Welchman. She was raised in Salt Lake City and graduated from East High...
Peggy Jo Bell
Mar 12, 2007
Peggy Jo Bell, age 66, of Roberts, died at home Monday, March 12, 2007. She was born February 22, 1941 at Rexburg, Idaho a daughter to Lyle Melvin Birch and Merle Strong Birch. She attended Ashton, Idaho Schools graduating from North Fremont High School. She attended Ricks College. She married David Harker Bell, November 17, 1961 in the Idaho Falls...
Baily Jo Bell
Mar 12, 2007
Baily Jo Bell, daughter of Mindy and Chet Bell, was born on March 12, 2007, at Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls. She passed away the same day. She is survived by her parents; a brother, Ayden Chet Bell; and grand parents, Michelle Johnson and Darwin McClure and William and Vicki Bell. Memorial Graveside services will be held at 11:00...
Olive Myrle Coles
Mar 9, 2007
Myrle Prophet Coles, a life-long resident of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Friday, March 9, 2007, at the age of 97. Myrle was born January 31, 1910, to David D. and Lillian Saxton Prophet. She was the sixth child in a family of twelve. Her childhood was spent on the family farm east of Rigby and on the ranch south of...
Franklin Dwight Jones
Mar 9, 2007
Franklin Dwight Jones, 74 of Idaho Falls, died at his home on March 9, 2007 of thyroid cancer. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Franklin was born on November 15, 1932 in Stockton, Kansas, a son of Dwight Paul Jones and Cecile Ramsey Jones. He was raised and attended school in Stockton and Minneola, Kansas....
Kasie Pattee
Mar 7, 2007
Kasie Pattee , infant daughter of John Corey Pattee and Shayla Ann Walsh Pattee died at Madison Memorial Hospital Wednesday, March 7, 2007. She is survived by her parents John Corey Pattee and Shayla Ann Walsh Pattee of Menan, a brother Dakota Pattee of Menan, grandparents Robert and Nancy Pattee of Idaho Falls, Tom and Mary Walsh of Rexburg, great...
John Gaylen Young
Mar 7, 2007
John Gaylen Young of Idaho Falls, formerly of Menan, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications following surgery. He was born in Logan, Utah, September 12, 1925 as the fifth of fourteen children born to Einar August and Ruby England Young. He grew up in and attended schools at Logan and River...
Rose Harrop Hoopes
Mar 7, 2007
Rose Harrop Hoopes, 85, of Idaho Falls, formerly of LaBelle, beloved wife mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, died March 7, 2007 at E.I.R.M.C. after surgery. She was born December 25, 1921, in LaBelle, Idaho at the home of her parents Jesse Samuel Harrop and Myrtle Cady Roston Harrop. She attended schools at LaBelle and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School....