Obituaries

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Lyle H. Cottle

Lyle H. Cottle

Sep 25, 2007

Lyle H. Cottle, age 92, of Menan, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at his home in Menan from causes incident to age. He was surrounded by members of his loving family. He was born October 11, 1914, at the family home in Menan, the middle of nine children born to William Stephen and Elizabeth Rawson Cottle. He...

Ann Jeannette Eileen Curtis

Ann Jeannette Eileen Curtis

Sep 25, 2007

Ann Jeannette Eileen Curtis, age 70, of Rigby, died at Rigby Country Living, Tuesday, September 25, 2007. She was born March 15, 1937, at Bradford, England, a daughter of Harold Newsham and Ann Pape Newsham. She grew up and attended schools in Bradford, England and Graduated from high school there. September 25, 1957, she married Lyman Eugene Curtis in Wellingborough,...

Nikolas Dean Jenkins

Nikolas Dean Jenkins

Sep 22, 2007

Nikolas Dean Jenkins, age 44, of Rigby, died Saturday, September 22, 2007 in his home. Nikolas was born April 7, 1963, in Rexburg, Idaho, a Son of Von Reed Jenkins and Patsy Randall. He married Tiffiny Sue Dalling in the Idaho Falls Temple on October 8, 1988. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at...

Mary Ellen Walsh

Mary Ellen Walsh

Sep 19, 2007

Mary Ellen Walsh, age 50, of Rexburg, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Mary was born February 10, 1957, at South Bend, Indiana, a daughter of Richard Joseph Rich and Alice Eleanor Keinath Rich. She grew up and attended schools in Littleton, Colorado, graduating from Arapaho High School. She played city league softball in Colorado....

James Lavar Gardner

James Lavar Gardner

Sep 19, 2007

James LaVar Gardner, Age 76, of Idaho Falls died at his home Wednesday, September 19, 2007. He was born December 20, 1930 at Idaho Falls, a son of Earl Joseph Gardner and Erma Marguerite Holst Gardner. He was raised in Labelle and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High school. January 5, 1950, he married Verna Ann Byram in...

Afton Broulim

Afton Broulim

Sep 16, 2007

Our beloved and dear Afton Broulim, age 96 of Rigby, passed away at her home, surrounded by her family Sunday, September 16, 2007. She was born January 16, 1911 at Rigby, a daughter of William A. Tall, and Belle Kinghorn Tall. She was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area. She was a graduate of Rigby High School and...

Sawyer David Lafountain

Sawyer David Lafountain

Sep 15, 2007

Sawyer David LaFountain, age 16 weeks gestation was stillborn, September 15, 2007 at his home in Rigby. Sawyer was born, September 15, 2007 a son of Danny Ray LaFountain and Marceline DeAnn Beyer. He is survived by his parents, a sister Raelyn LaFountain of Rigby, Kyra LaFountain of Rigby, his grandparents, Juli Beyer of Idaho Falls, Patrick Beyer of Rigby,...

Helen Hedelius

Helen Hedelius

Sep 14, 2007

Helen Wetzel Hedelius was born October 16, 1916, in Poplar, Idaho, and died September 14, 2007, in Bountiful, Utah, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident a week earlier. She was the seventh child of John Howard and Maude Ellen Mattson Wetzel. As her father was a farmer, her early years were spent in a rural setting. She attended schools...

Leona G. Butikofer

Leona G. Butikofer

Sep 14, 2007

Leona G. Butikofer, age 98 of Coltman died at her home, Friday, September 14, 2007. She was born Jan 13, 1909 at Labelle, a daughter of Jens Christian Gundersen and Karoline Louise Andersen Gundersen. She was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area and was a classmate of Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of the television. August 28, 1928,...

Eldred Lee

Eldred Lee

Sep 10, 2007

Eldred Lee, age 93, of Grant passed away peacefully on Monday, September 10th, 2007, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls from causes incident to age, surrounded by members of his loving family. He was born April 5th, 1914, in the family home in Grant, the youngest of six children born to John Lee and Eliza Ann...

Christie Jean Berrett

Christie Jean Berrett

Sep 7, 2007

Christie Jean Berrett, age 45, of Roberts, died Friday, September 7, 2007 at her home in Roberts. Christie was born October 21, 1961 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Max Call and Nina Jean Amy Hoggan. She was raised in the Clark County area and graduated from the Clark County High School. She attended college in Riverton, Wyoming on...

Dennis Josiah Blackburn

Dennis Josiah Blackburn

Sep 4, 2007

Dennis Josiah Blackburn, age 65, of Menan died at his home Tuesday, September 04, 2007. He was born November 11, 1941, at Burley, Idaho, to Alfred Lamb Blackburn and Dolly Grace Anderson Blackburn. Dennis was raised and attended schools in the Rigby and Thornton areas. He continued his education at Vo-Tech to become a denturist. He served in the Army...

Linda Ann Barzee

Linda Ann Barzee

Aug 31, 2007

Linda Ann Barzee, age 60, of Roberts, died at her home Friday, August 31, 2007 following a short illness. She was born July 11, 1947 at Long Beach, California a daughter of William Sizemore and Annette Mars Sizemore. Linda was raised in the Long Beach and Bellflower, California areas. She attended schools in Bellfower, and graduated from high school there....

Dora Jean Erickson

Dora Jean Erickson

Aug 31, 2007

Dora Jean Armstrong Erickson, 79, passed away Friday, August 31, 2007 at the home of her daughter in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Jean was born during a blizzard on January 28, 1928, the second child and only daughter of William Leslie (Les) and Dora Harmon Armstrong. She was raised in the Rigby area active in softball and journalism (interests she maintained...

Beatrice Liljenquist Hall

Beatrice Liljenquist Hall

Aug 28, 2007

Beatrice Liljenquist Hall, age 97 of Rigby, died in her home Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Beatrice was born June 18, 1910, at Rexburg, a daughter of Otto Erastus Liljenquist and Ivy May Allen Liljenquist. Beatrice was raised in the Rexburg area; she attended Adams and Jefferson Elementary as well as well as Madison High School. October 12, 1931 she married...

Diane Elizabeth Hulse

Diane Elizabeth Hulse

Aug 28, 2007

Diane Elizabeth Hulse, age 77 of Ririe, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Diane was born April 7, 1930 in Pasadena, California a daughter of Theodore Atherton Cass and Grace Elizabeth Benham Cass. Diane was raised and attended schools in the Pasadena & Redlands area. She continued her education at Pasadena City College. Later she...

Herbert Floyd Winger

Herbert Floyd Winger

Aug 27, 2007

Herbert “Herb” Floyd Winger, age 67, of Idaho Falls died Monday, August 27, 2007 at his home. Herb was born May 13, 1940 at Driggs Idaho, a son of Floyd Winger and Anna Laura Merch Winger. He was raised in the Driggs and Rigby areas and graduated from Rigby High School. July 9, 1965 he married Edna Gaye Lemmon, they...

Sharon Lavonne Snavely

Sharon Lavonne Snavely

Aug 26, 2007

SHARON LaVonne Snavely, age 67 of Rigby, died Sunday, August 26, 2007 in Rigby. Sharon was born May 13, 1940 in San Mateo, California, the daughter of William R. Lee and Helen E. Jacobsen Lee. Sharon grew up and attended schools in Redwood City, California, and attended High School in Arcata, California. She married Dean Snavely December 31, 1961 in...

Lowell C. Moore

Lowell C. Moore

Aug 21, 2007

Lowell C. Moore of Roberts passed away Tuesday evening August 21, 2007 at his home. Lowell was born in Idaho Falls April 8, 1918 to Ethel White Moore and B.J. (Joe) Moore. He grew up in Ririe, Menan and Idaho Falls. Lowell graduated from Idaho Falls High School and engaged in farming west of Roberts. He met and courted a...

Verla Wilding

Verla Wilding

Aug 18, 2007

Verla Wilding, 92, of Milo died Saturday, August 18, 2007 at her home in Milo. Verla was born October 4, 1914 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Samuel Clifford Bowles and Sarah Campbell Bowles. She was raised and attended school in Milo. She was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in the Primary, Young...