Obituaries

Judie Dawn Renteria
Jan 28, 2007
Judie Dawn Renteria, 61, of Rigby, died at her home Sunday, January 28, 2007. Judie was born May 10, 1945 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter to Robert Lewis Oakden and Gretta Leone Boulter Oakden. She attended schools in Idaho Falls and Rexburg. She married Marlen Andersen February 3, 1965. They later divorced. She married Elpidio Renteria March 7, 1987...
Carol Anne Ragan
Jan 28, 2007
Carol Anne Ragan, age 69, of Idaho Falls, died at home Sunday, January 28, 2007. Carol was born August 4, 1937, at Mount Pleasant, Utah a daughter to Gy Carlton Hansen and Ethel Vendora Shepherd Hansen. She attended and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She then attended Brigham Young University. She married Rodney LaMarr Ragan, February 2, 1957 in...
Larry R Miller
Jan 27, 2007
Larry R Miller, age 62, of St. Anthony, died in Idaho Falls, Idaho January 27, 2007 of injuries received from a snowmobile accident. Larry was born September 2, 1944 in Rexburg, Idaho the son of Ronald B Miller and Elda Edna Dayton Miller. He attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from South Fremont High School where he was involved...
Helen Hammond Butikofer
Jan 25, 2007
Helen Hammond Butikofer, 76, of Menan, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving husband and family. Helen was born on November 7, 1930, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Irus Benjamin Hammond and Lila Nancy Call Hammond. She attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from St. Anthony High School. Following...
Phyllis Jean Hall
Jan 25, 2007
Phyllis Jean Hall, 69, of Menan, died Thursday, January 25, 2007, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Phyllis was born December 27, 1937 in Bemedii, Minnesota a daughter of John William Mercer and Agnes Mary Roy Mercer. She was raised in Minnesota and Spokane, Washington. She attended schools in Spokane. Phyllis was an active member of The Church...
Thomas Pierce
Jan 25, 2007
Thomas “Ivan” Pierce, age 85,of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Ivan was born May 19, 1921 at Lorenzo, Idaho the son of Ezekial Lee Pierce and Mary Lornia Mitchell Pierce. Ivan grew and attended schools in Annis, Idaho, and graduated from rigby High School. He married Frances Amelia Mae Walton August...
Merlin R. Smith
Jan 21, 2007
Merlin R. Smith, age 77, of Rigby, died in Idaho Falls, Idaho January 21, 2007. Merlin was born October 15, 1927 in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of Ariel Mellor Smith and Thelma Richards Smith. Merlin grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho, and graduated from Madison High School. He attended two years at Ricks College in Rexburg. He enjoyed...
Guy Alexander Poulsen Iv
Jan 20, 2007
Guy Alexander Poulsen IV, 23, of Rigby, died January 20, 2007, of injuries received in an automobile accident. Guy was born April 30, 1983, in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Guy A. Poulsen III and Aline Choules Brinkmann. He attended school in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He was on the Honor Role and was in the...
Keith Paul Byington
Jan 20, 2007
Keith Paul Byington, 86, of Ririe died Saturday, January 20, 2007, at his home in Ririe. Keith was born July 17, 1920, in Poplar, Idaho the son of John Parley Byington and Marguerite Brennetta Smith Byington. He was student body president while a senior at Ririe High School. Keith marrried Betty Morgan July 1, 1944 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Thier...
Jeffrey Dean Carter
Jan 20, 2007
Jeffrey Dean Carter arrived December 24, 1980 two months premature. January 20th 2007. He was killed in a car accident. He was a well loved individual and all of his family and friend’s feel that he left this world the same way he arrived: much to early. He is survived by his daughter Isabelle Noelle Carter, his parents Roy and...
Johnnie Mae Koon
Jan 20, 2007
Johnnie Mae Koon, 70, of Rexburg, died Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center. Johnnie was born July 29, 1936 in Blue, Oklahoma, a daughter of John Clark Hedgcock and Ida Mae McGeehee Hedgcock. She attended schools in Modesto, California. She married Jack Edgar Koon on April 2, 1957 in Tijuana, Mexico. She worked at Me N Stans...
Afton Miskin
Jan 19, 2007
Afton Miskin, 89, of Terreton, Idaho, passed away at home on January 19, 2007. She was born July 13, 1917 to G.C. and Frieda Gneiting in Garfield, Idaho. She grew up in Garfield where she attended elementary school. She graduated from Ucon High School. On September 11, 1935, she married Guy Miskin in the Logan LDS Temple. They lived in...
Keith A. Scott
Jan 18, 2007
Keith A “Scotty” Scott, age 83, of Rigby died Thursday, January 18, 2007 at his home in Rigby. Keith was born August 18, 1923, in Lyman, Idaho. He attended Midway High School. He married Marjorie June Winchester December 7, 1946 in Thomas, Idaho. They later solemnized their marriage in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple on December 12, 1981. He was...
Lola Z. Young
Jan 15, 2007
Lola Z. Young age 79, of Rigby, died Monday, January 15, 2007, at the Eastern Idaho Reginal Medical Center. Lola was born March 15, 1927 in Shelley, Idaho a daughter of Ralph Zufelt and Henrietta Walker Zufelt. She was raised and attended schools in the Shelley area. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Charles R. Maxwell
Jan 14, 2007
Charles R. Maxwell, 67, of Rigby, died Sunday January 14, 2007 at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born December 29, 1939 in Merced, California to Andrew Jackson Maxwell and Laura Adeline Elliott Maxwell. He grew up in Chowchilla, California. He married Barbara Graham in Chowchilla, California July 1957. He moved his wife and three daughters...
Terry L. Hayes
Jan 13, 2007
Terry L. Hayes of Lewisville died Saturday, January 13, at the EIRMC following a sudden illness. Terry was born at Rigby, Idaho on September 11, 1936 to George W. and Odessa "Deck" Sarah Hill. He entered the world at the family home. His early years were spent in the care of his Grandmother Hayes and Aunt Katie while his parents...
George Allen Ditmore Iii
Jan 9, 2007
George Allen Ditmore III, age 33, of Rigby, died at home, Tuesday, January 9, 2007 from an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. George was born August 21, 1973 at Wausau, Wisconsin a son of Allen Henry Ditmore Sr. and Roseanne Zalesky Ditmore. He married Janeene Anne Porter September 30, 2000 in Idaho Falls, They divorced in 2006. He established G.P.S., George’s...
Edward Chester Leavitt
Jan 8, 2007
Edward “Eddie” Chester Leavitt 91, of Kalispell, Montana died Monday, January 08, 2007, at the North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Montana after a brief illness. Eddie was born on March 10, 1915 to George Henry and Isabella Alice Leavitt in Clinton, Utah. He was the sixth of eight children. All have preceded him in death. Eddie graduated from high school...
Leah Pearl Siepert
Jan 5, 2007
Leah Pearl Siepert, 79, of Rexburg, died at her home, Friday, January 5, 2007. Leah was born January 6, 1927, at Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ede Uriah Andersen and Elizabeth Elzada Campbell Andersen. She attended schools in Teton Basin. She worked as a waitress in Idaho Falls, Rexburg, St. Anthony, Jackson, Wyoming and Island Park. She married Keith Jacob Siepert...
Dwain A. "Pete" Peterson
Jan 4, 2007
Dwain A. “Pete” Peterson, 79, of Rigby, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dwain was born May 7, 1927, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Raymond C. and Mary Ellen Cleverly Peterson. He grew up on a farm east of Rigby. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He...