Obituaries

Annie Strupp Olaveson
Nov 5, 2006
Annie Olaveson, 87, a resident of the Rigby area died November 5, 2006 at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls of complications resulting from an automobile accident. Annie was born November 1, 1919 in Annis, Idaho a daughter of Frank and Etta Mabel Drake Strupp. Annie attended school in Annis. Annie married Oscar Darrell “O.D.”Olaveson on June 2, 1935,...
Myrtle Hareland Ohman
Oct 30, 2006
Myrtle Hareland Ohman, 91, was born July 8, 1915 in Hannaford, North Dakota. Our angel of a mother was called to God to be an angel for many on October 30, 2006 surrounded by her children at her bedside. She defined the words mother grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend to so many. Her strength, commitment, Passion, sense of...
Kent Lee Foster
Oct 30, 2006
Our husband, father and grandfather Kent Foster has gone to be with our heavenly father on October 30, 2006. We will miss him surely but he is in a better place now in heaven with family and friends. Kent loved his family and doing whatever he could with them. His hobbies were fishing, camping, fourwheeling, skiing, and visiting with others....
Rolla Leora Staggs
Oct 30, 2006
Rolla Leora Staggs, 82, of Rigby died Monday, October 30, 2006, at the Golden Pines Assisted Living Center. Rolla was born on August 8, 1924 in Gilead, Nebraska a daughter of Henry H. Willems and Ida Bodtke Willems. She was raised and attended school in Gilead, Nebraska and graduated from Hebron High School in Hebron, Nebraska. She was a member...
Jeffrey Scott Kraupp
Oct 29, 2006
Jeffrey Scott Kraupp, 44, of Ririe, died Sunday, October 29, 2006, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Jeffrey was born April 1, 1962 at Idaho Falls to Jacob Frank Kraupp and Donna Sigman and was raised by Jacob Frank Kraupp and Amy Jane Kinghorn Kraupp. He attended school in Lewisville, Menan and Rigby. He worked as a truck driver...
Joyce Lounsbury Barber
Oct 27, 2006
Joyce Lounsbury Barber, 74, of Archer, Idaho died October 27, 2006, at Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born August 24, 1932, in Rupert, Idaho to Ralph Oren and Alice Fern Broadhead Lounsbury. She grew up and graduated from high school in Ririe, Idaho. On June14, 1950, she married Ronald Lincoln Barber at Ririe, Idaho and on March 16, 1966 they...
John Albert York
Oct 27, 2006
John Albert York, 64, of Rigby, died October 27, 2006 of injuries received in an automobile accident. John was born September 28, 1942, a son of Joseph A. York and Eva Collier York. He attended Tipton Elementary and Tipton High School in Tipton, Oklahoma. He married Glenda Jean Potter December 19, 1964 at Maggie Valley, North Carolina. He worked for...
Shane C. Morgan
Oct 23, 2006
Shane C. Morgan was born August 20, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Joe C. Morgan and Sydney Pedler Morgan. He passed away October 23, 2006 at Idaho Falls, Idaho of natural causes. He attended elementary school in Sandy, Utah. The family then moved to Shelley, Idaho in March of 1977 where he graduated from high school. In the...
David Reed Sanders
Oct 19, 2006
David REED SANDERS, age 59 of Hamer, Idaho died at his home in Hamer, Thursday, October 19, 2006. Reed was born June 15, 1947 at Rigby, Idaho, the son of David Ray Sanders and Geneva Brown Sanders. Reed grew up and attended schools in Hamer. He graduated from West Jefferson High School in1965. He attended the University of Idaho at...
Muriel Dee Barnes
Oct 16, 2006
Muriel Dee Barnes, age 70, of Lewisville, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Muriel was born October 8, 1936, at Downey, California a daughter of Jesse C Lyons and Muriel DeWitt Lyons. She attended schools in St. Anthony graduating from South Fremont High School. She also attended Idaho Falls LDS Hospital School...
Raymond Nels Quinton
Oct 16, 2006
Raymond “Ray” Nels Quinton, age 81, of Terreton, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at his home in Terreton. Ray was born December 6, 1924 at Woodville, Idaho a son of Alfred James Quinton and Ella Teressa Sorenson. He attended schools in Osgood and Firth, Idaho. He married Kay Mary Byrne May 22, 1955 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He...
David Joseph Ball
Oct 15, 2006
David Joseph Ball, age 63 of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Saturday, October 14, 2006. David was born January 23, 1943, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the son of Leland Walker Ball, and Elva Pearl Jackson Ball. David grew up and attended grade school in Lewisville, Idaho. He attended Midway Junior High School and graduated from Rigby High...
Orville J. Larsen
Oct 15, 2006
Orville J. Larsen, age 96, of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, October 15, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Orville was born August 8, 1910 at Gridley, California a son of George M. Larsen and Elsie M. Smith Larsen. He attended Menan Elementary School, Midway High School and Ricks College. He married Margaret Martin, November 20, 1934 in the Logan,...
Nellie Ida Welker
Oct 10, 2006
Nellie Ida Hall Welker, 97, of Rigby, died Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center. Nellie was born June 28, 1909 at Annis, Idaho a daughter to Cumer Green Hall and Zola Christopherson Hall. She attended Cache and Oasis Elementary Schools in Teton Basin and was honored as the school’s best speller while attending. She lived...
Elza Cabral Moreira Da Silva Harris
Oct 10, 2006
Elza Cabral Moreira da Silva Harris, 79, of Ririe, died Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at the Gables Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Elza was born February 9, 1927 in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil a daughter to Carlos Moreira da Silva and Alba Dulce Cabral Moreira da Silva. Our beautiful Mom lived a very lively and fulfilling...
Mohonri Moreancumer Bishop
Oct 9, 2006
Mohonri M. Bishop, 88, of Rigby, died Monday, October 9, 2006, at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. He was born November 29, 1917, at Delta Utah, a son of John Avery Bishop and Lemira Walker Bishop. He attended schools in Delta, Utah and Utah State University earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served in the United...
Doris Ann Raymond
Oct 9, 2006
Doris Ann Raymond, 91, of Idaho Falls, died at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, October 9, 2006. Doris was born May 28, 1915 at Rudy (Ririe) Idaho, a daughter to Andrew Josias Young and Priscilla Jane Weaverling Young. She attended Ririe schools. On June 5, 1934 she married John Pearis Raymond, in Rigby. Their marriage was later solemnized...
June Baker Willis
Oct 6, 2006
June Baker Willis, 75, beloved friend, sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed into the arms of her Lord on Friday, October 6th, 2006, after bravely battling Alzheimer’s and complications thereof. Her gentle spirit and warm smile will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her son, Charles L. Willis, Jr., daughter, Charlotte Dougan, sister, Lois...
Lucile Lund Maloney
Oct 4, 2006
Lucile Taylor Lund Maloney, age 86, passed away on Wednesday October 4th 2006 at her home in Rigby following a brief battle with cancer. She has been under the loving care of her granddaughter Holly Maloney and Hospice Alliance. Lucile was born on September 9, 1920 at the family home in Garfield, Idaho to Fern Wride Taylor and George Alvin...
Joyce Anderson
Oct 2, 2006
Joyce Johnson Anderson, 72, died October 2, 2006 in Idaho Falls. Joyce was born on July 9, 1934, in Rigby to Alvin Cleo Johnson and Josephine Perry Johnson. She grew up in Rigby, and at a very young age eloped with her sweetheart, Max Duaine Anderson, in 1951. Of this marriage came eight wonderful children, consisting of five girls and...