Obituaries

Kenneth Ragan
Nov 12, 2007
Kenneth Ragan, age 98 of Shelley, died at his home Monday, November 12, 2007. He was born September 2, 1909 at Blackfoot, a son of Ray Ragan and Minnie J. Kinney Ragan. He attended schools in Shelley and graduated from Blackfoot High School. He attended Pharmacy School at Idaho State University in Pocatello. Ken served with the United States Army...
J Lynn Benson
Nov 11, 2007
J Lynn Benson, 83, of Rigby, died of cancer at his home, Sunday, November 11, 2007. He was born to Alva Henry and Emma Lorena England Benson, September 4, 1924, at Moreland, Idaho. Lynn was raised and attended schools in Moreland, graduating from Moreland High School. He continued his education at Ricks College, received his Bachelors Degree at Brigham Young...
Wanda Thorpe
Nov 10, 2007
Wanda Thorpe, Age 88, of Roberts died Saturday, November 10, 2007 at East Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born August 4, 1919 at Bedford, Wyoming, a daughter of Gilbert Ivie, and Geneva Dana Ivie. She was raised and attended schools in Thayne and Etna, Wyoming. June 7, 1938 she married John Wyatt Thorpe in Idaho Falls;...
Elmo Lloyd Killian
Nov 2, 2007
Elmo Lloyd Killian, age 88, of Lewisville died Friday, November 2, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Elmo was born February 6 1919, at Poplar, Idaho, to Earl Killian and Sarah Coles Killian. Elmo attended schools in the Poplar area. He served in the U.S. Army in the Philipeans during WWII. Elmo Married Rowena Beth Dixon...
Maxwell Fredrick Beyeler
Nov 1, 2007
Maxwell Fredrick Beyeler age 89, of Rigby, passed away on November 1, 2007 at his home. He was born May 15, 1918 at the John Hart ranch at Wardboro, Idaho. His parents were Frederick Beyeler and Lena Watson Beyeler. He had the following brothers and sisters: Virginia (Harvey) Kennington, Elmo (Melba) Beyeler, Gordon (Thelma) Beyeler, and the twins, Fay (Dale)...
Belva Eldredge
Nov 1, 2007
Belva Eldredge, age 90, of Lyman died November 1, 2007. She was born February 18, 1917 at Lyman, a daughter of William Henry Freeman and Hazel Jane Jacobs Freeman. She was raised in the Lyman area and attended Cedar Point School. July 16, 1939 she married Dell Boden Eldredge in Yuma Arizona. March 15, 1990 their marriage was solemnized in...
Donald George Hayes
Oct 25, 2007
Donald George Hayes died on October 25, 2007. He was born July 22, 1959 in Idaho Falls, ID to Terry L. Hayes and VeOna Hansen Hayes. He married Kristine Marie Duncan on February 14th, 1988. Kris chose this day not for the romance but because it was the one time of the year when there were no open hunting seasons....
Brenda Lee Richards
Oct 21, 2007
Brenda Lee Richards, age 35 of Rigby died at her home Sunday, October 21, 2007. She was born November 6, 1971 at Arco a daughter of James Earl Mathews and Margaret Ann Noble Mathews. She attended Terreton Elementary graduating from West Jefferson High School; she continued her education at I.S.U. with a degree as a Medical Secretary. September 20, 1991...
Dell Henry Hamilton
Oct 18, 2007
Dell Henry Hamilton, age 93 of Rigby, died in his home Thursday, October 18, 2007. He was born July 16, 1914, at Hibbard, Idaho a son of Maroni Hamilton and Lillie Keppner Hamilton. He was raised and attended school in the Hibbard area. May 24, 1940, he married Belva Drake in Rigby, Idaho. He worked as a Sheep Shearer, Mason...
Muriel Beverly Slagowski
Oct 17, 2007
Muriel Beverley Slagowski, age 82, of Garfield died October 17, 2007 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehab. She was born March 23, 1925 at Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Thomas Lorenzo Barnes and Irene Penman Barnes. She was raised in Evanston, Wyoming and attended schools there. April 20, 1947 she married Wayne Slagowski in Evanston, Wyoming. In 1984 they moved...
Duane "Dewey" Green
Oct 15, 2007
Duane "Dewey" Green, age 75, of Idaho Falls, died in Missoula, Montana, October 15, 2007. Dewey was born May 22, 1932, at Menan, Idaho a son of Leon Rulon Green and Valoria Johnson Green. He attended school in Menan and graduated from Rigby High School. He then attended 2 years at Idaho State University studying Electronics. He joined the United...
Lavern Dowdle Fullmer
Oct 14, 2007
Lavern Dowdle Fullmer died Oct. 14, 2007 at her home in West Valley City, Ut. She was born Aug.14, 1917 in Preston, Id. to Robert Hazen Dowdle and Lydia Bell Chapman. She married Mack V. Fullmer in the Salt Lake Temple on February 21, 1939. She was a great homemaker, gardener, cook, seamstress and ice cream maker. She was a...
Andy Devon Helm
Oct 14, 2007
Andy Devon Helm, age 82, of Menan, died at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls, Sunday, October 14, 2007. Andy was born May 18, 1925, at Newark, Texas a son of Joseph Agnes Helm and Maude Pauline Wilson Helm. After graduating from Midway High School he joined the United States Navy and served during World War II as a Signalman....
Charlie Spencer Solomon
Oct 13, 2007
After a long life of hard work and service, our beloved husband and father passed away peacefully at home on October 13, 2007 with his wife, Gay, and their six children by his side. Born November 9, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Nellie Cable Spencer and Charles Drew Solomon, Charlie was a faithful member of the Church of...
Robert L. Walker
Oct 13, 2007
Robert L. Walker, 75, of Rigby, Idaho, died October 13, 2007, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Robert was born October 2, 1932, in Bellingham, Washington a son of George S. Walker and Anna Marie Walker - Cain. He was raised and attended schools in the Bellingham Area. He married Arlene Joan Murray on August 26,...
Neal Allen Thompson
Oct 11, 2007
Neal Allen Thompson, 56, of Terreton, died October 11, 2007, at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Neal was born August 14, 1951, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Aaron Milton and Florence Deoine Bates Thompson. Neal was raised and attended schools in Dubios and graduated from Clark County High School. He attended Idaho State University after high school. Neal...
Louis Van Dolzer
Oct 3, 2007
Louis Van Dolzer, age 81, of Rigby, died October 3, 2007 at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehab. He was born July 28, 1926 at Rosemead, California, a son of Peter Van Dolzer and Ferol Caroline Rimer Van Dolzer. He was raised in the Rosemead, California area and attended school in El Monte. Two days after his 17th birthday he...
Barbara Gayle Hamilton
Sep 25, 2007
Barbara Gayle Hamilton, age 49, of Rigby, died at her home Tuesday, September 25, 2007. She was born April 24, 1958, at Rigby, a daughter of Delmar Hamilton and Belva Drake Hamilton. She was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area, and graduated from High school in Manhattan Kansas. June 19, 1976 she married David Gohr in Menan, they...
Emma Louise Harris
Sep 25, 2007
Emma L. Harris, age 93, of Ririe, died at Mount Vernon Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls, Tuesday, September 25, 2007. She was born November 12, 1913 at Farmington, Utah, a daughter of Lee Spackman and Mary Louise Morgan Spackman. She was raised and attended schools in the Layton area and graduated from Davis High School. May 20, 1938 she...
Velma Gardner Bush Dustin
Sep 25, 2007
Velma Gardner Bush Dustin Former Mayor of Driggs and Ririe School District Business Mamager dies at age 86. After a long life of service, Velma Dustin died in the home of her grandson Josh & Deneece bush of Rigby, Idaho, Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at the age of 86. Velma was born Nov. 29, 1920 in Shelley, Idaho, the daughter...
