Obituaries

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Ida L. Palmer

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Thora French

Thora French

Jun 20, 2008

Thora Hall Belnap French, 93, of Roberts, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2008 at Rexburg Nursing Home of causes incident to age. She was born March 12, 1915 in Hooper, Utah to George Ellis Belnap and Mabel Hall Belnap. She attended elementary school in Burton, ID. The family then moved to Rigby where she attended eight grade, they then moved...

Eva Frances Pickering

Eva Frances Pickering

Jun 19, 2008

Eva Frances Pickering, age 88, of Plano, Iowa died June 19, 2008 at the Corydon, Iowa hospital. She was born October 25, 1919 in Nenzel, Nebraska to Mathias and Maria Rosa Nollette Boltz. She grew up and attended school in Nenzel, Nebraska. On May 10, 1939 she married John Malcolm Pickering and to this union were born 3 children. Frances...

Janice Ann Reneau

Janice Ann Reneau

Jun 18, 2008

Janice Ann Reneau, 68 of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at her home. She was born January 18, 1940, in Ashton, Idaho, a daughter of Tom Reneau, and Elva Davis Reneau. She attended schools in Ashton and graduated from Ashton High School. On September 13, 1963 she married Larry Whitaker in Ashton. They were later divorced. After...

Rex G. Clark

Rex G. Clark

Jun 12, 2008

Rex G Clark, age 68, of Annis, died at Idaho Falls Health and Rehab in Idaho Falls Thursday, June 12, 2008. Rex was born March 25, 1940 at Sugar City, Idaho a son to Glen and Elizabeth Saxton Clark. He attended Sugar City Schools, graduating from Sugar Salem High School in 1958. Following high school graduation he worked in potato...

Vera Welch

Vera Welch

Jun 12, 2008

Vera Welch, age 84, of Rigby, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at her home. She was born August 5, 1923, in Farmington, Utah, a daughter of Arnold Miller Steed and Hattie Hayes Steed. She attended schools in Farmington and graduated from Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah. On June 10, 1943, she married Claude Wilbur Welch in San Diego, California;...

Mae M. Freeman Larson

Mae M. Freeman Larson

Jun 10, 2008

Mae M. Freeman Larson, 95, of Rexburg, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation of incidence due to age and complications from an earlier hip fracture. She was born February 13, 1913, in Rigby, Idaho, to Jens Christian Gunderson and Karoline Louise Anderson Gunderson. She grew up in LaBelle, Idaho and attended grad school in the...

Mitchel Dean Ball

Mitchel Dean Ball

Jun 9, 2008

Mitchel Dean Ball, age 83 of Redding California, previously of Ucon passed away June 9, 2008. He was born March 25, 1925 in Ucon to Mitchel Ball and Lydia Wilkins Ball. He worked for the Railroad for many years and served in the US Navy for two years. After his marriage to Ann Hanni they moved to Dumuir California. She...

Garvin James Durrant

Garvin James Durrant

Jun 8, 2008

Garvin James Durrant, 81, of Rigby, died June 8, 2008, at his home after a battle with cancer. He was born February 13, 1927 in Ririe, Idaho to James Earl Durrant and Leah Agnes Park. He grew up in Ririe, where he married his high school sweetheart, PerLee Wheeler, in Ririe, Idaho on June 8, 1946. Their marriage was later...

John Pete Olsen

John Pete Olsen

Jun 7, 2008

John Pete Olsen, 72 of Tetonia, Idaho died June 7th 2008 at his home. He was born October 30, 1935 in Ashton, Idaho to Julia Mellnee Bell and Leslie Rudolph Olsen. He grew up in Teton Valley. His life revolved around his family and his horses. In the past 72 years there hasn’t been a mountain or stream between Salmon...