Obituaries

Nyal B. Briggs
Oct 2, 2006
Nyal B. Briggs, age 71, of Rexburg, died Monday, October 2, 2006 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Nyal was born May 3, 1935 at Rexburg, Idaho a daughter to Noal A. Bigler and Lila Agnes Jeppesen Bigler. She attended Rexburg area schools. She married Lennis Briggs in Lyman, Idaho June 22, 1960. She worked for many years with Benchmark...
Annie Stella Petersen
Oct 1, 2006
Annie Stella Petersen, age 77, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Sunday, October 1, 2006, at Liberty Square Retirement Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Ann was born March 19, 1929 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of William August Dineen and Stella Christy Sessions Dineen. She was raised and attended school in Idaho Falls and Roberts and graduated from Roberts High...
Lera Packer Thomson
Sep 28, 2006
Lera Packer Thomson, age 94, of Rexburg, Idaho, died at her home Thursday, September 28, 2006. Lera was born November 13, 1911, at Franklin, Idaho, the daughter of James Manuel Packer and Lonetta Johnson Packer. Lera grew up and attended schools in Franklin, Idaho, and graduated from Franklin High School. She earned a bachelors degree from Ricks College and a...
Blanche Christensen
Sep 13, 2006
Blanche Christensen, age 84, of Menan, died at her daughters home in Menan, Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Blanche was born November 16, 1921 at Chesterfield, Idaho a daughter to George William Bower and Clara Malissa Campbell. She attended schools in Chesterfield and graduated as the valedictorian of her class from North Gem High School in Bancroft, Idaho. She graduated from...
Jenafer Marilyn Monroe
Sep 7, 2006
Jennafer Marilyn Monroe, passed away Thursday, September 07, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jennafer was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho December 21, 1961 to David “Sandy” & Mickey Byington Monroe. She was the oldest of seven children. Jennafer attended schools in Ririe, Idaho and was very active in sports. She especially loved baseball and water volleyball where she...
Nathan Jared Robbins
Sep 6, 2006
Nathan Jared Robbins, 32, of Rigby, died Wednesday, September 6, 2006. Nathan was born September 17, 1973, in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Edward Everette Robbins and Ruby LaVonia Faulkner Robbins. He was raised and attended school in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Danny Buckland
Sep 4, 2006
Danny Buckland, age 53, of Rexburg, died Monday, September 4, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Danny was born February 14, 1953 in Rigby a son to Laurence Buckland and Eva Ward Dayley Buckland. He attended schools in Archer and Lyman and Madison Jr. High. He served with the United States Army stationed in Korea. He...
Gary Howard Rhodes
Sep 2, 2006
Gary Howard Rhodes, 73, longtime resident of LaBelle died Saturday, September 2, 2006 in the Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following surgery and a life-long heart condition. He was born January 28, 1933, to William Howard and Noma Ellen Geisler Rhodes in Rigby, Idaho. He attended Midway High School and participated in Seminary, Sports, and Future Farmers of America. He...
Elden Hyrum Williams
Sep 2, 2006
Elden Hyrum Williams, of Ririe, died Saturday, September 2, 2006, at Heritage Park Care Center in Roy, Utah. Elden was born January 20, 1918, at Malad, Idaho a son of George J. Williams and Nellie Griffith Williams. He attended schools in Malad, Idaho graduating from Malad High School and Utah State University where he earned a degree in Ag-Science. He...
Robert Morace Koon
Sep 1, 2006
Robert Morace Koon , 86, of Independence, died Friday, September 1, 2006 at his home. Robert was born in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Morace Graves Koon and Maude Doris Anderson Koon. He was raised and attended school in Madison County and San Bernardino, California where he excelled at sports. Robert married Robinette Mary Larsen on September 1, 1939 in...
Arthur Eugene Buker
Aug 18, 2006
Arthur Eugene Buker, age 90, of Idaho Falls, died Friday August 18, 2006, at his home in Idaho Falls. He was born November 25, 1915, in Pittsburg, California to Herbert W. and Ida May Booth Buker. He married Hazel Virginia Carr, April 1, 1939, in Reno, Nevada. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple August...
Evaleen Nielsen Hogg
Aug 15, 2006
Evaleen Nielsen Hogg, 68, of Garfield, died at her home Tuesday, August 15, 2006 from complications following surgery. She was born January 4, 1938, at Murray, Utah a daughter to Elmer Ray Nielsen and Eva Sarah Orton Nielsen. When she was 8 years old, she moved with her family to Burley, Idaho where she attended Burley Schools. In high school...
Robert Irel Green
Aug 10, 2006
Robert I. Green, 74, of Roberts, died Thursday, August 10, 2006 of Cancer in Idaho Falls at the Gables. He was born August 16, 1931 in Menan to Robert Walter Green and Afton Ellsworth Poole Green. He attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War from...
Ida Mae Thomas
Aug 10, 2006
Ida Mae Stimpson Thomas, 87, of Lewisville, died, Thursday, August 10, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Ida was born July 5, 1919, at St. Anthony, to John Stimpson and Sarah Elizabeth Singleton Stimpson. She was raised just outside St. Anthony on the family farm and attended St. Anthony schools. In high school she was on...
Marcia Hardin
Aug 6, 2006
Marcia Jane Hardin, age 65, of Arco, died Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Jane was born July 26, 1941 at Anaconda, Montana a daughter of Silas Charles Stoddard and Alverta Inez Parks Stoddard. She attended schools in Idaho Falls, graduating from Holy Names High School in Spokane, Washington. She married Donald Andrew...
Derek Wray Struhs
Aug 6, 2006
Derek Wray Struhs, age 28, of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, August 6, 2006 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Derek was born on September 17, 1977 in St. Anthony, Idaho a son of Ken Boyd Struhs and Dorothy Mae Woolsey Struhs. He was raised in Idaho Falls and attended school at the Dora Erickson Elementary and graduating from Bonneville...
Gwyneth Irene Summers Schwartz
Aug 6, 2006
Gwyneth Irene Summers Schwartz, 84, of Terreton, died Sunday, August 6, 2006 in Terreton. Gwyneth was born February 8, 1922, in Rexburg, Idaho a daughter of Charles Henry Fisher and Ida Mae McKenna Fisher. She was raised and attended school in Rexburg and graduated from Sugar City High School. Gwyneth was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Verna Wolfensberger
Aug 4, 2006
Verna Wolfensberger age 93, of Rigby, died Friday, August 4, 2006, at the Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. Verna was born July 1, 1913, in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Merit Josiah Wood and Margret Hubbard Wood. She attended school and graduated in Rigby. Verna married Henry Wolfensberger on November 10, 1934 in Dillon, Montana. She worked for...
Danny John Monroe
Aug 4, 2006
DANNY John MONROE, age 42, of Rigby, died at his home Friday, August 4, 2006. Danny was born December 21, 1963 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the son of John Wade & Judy Monroe and Lona Heck Nipple. Danny grew up and attended schools in Rigby, and Ririe, and graduated from Ririe High School. He was a member of the Church...
Lucille C. Ker
Aug 2, 2006
Lucille Chapple Ker, age 80, of Ririe, died Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. Lucille was born July 6, 1926 at Milo, Idaho a daughter to Walter Chapple and Mable Jane Bates Chapple. She graduated from Rigby High School. She married Robert Norton Ker, March 24, 1946 at Rigby. Their marriage was solemnized in the...