Obituaries

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Carolyn Joyce Young

Carolyn Joyce Young

Dec 9, 2005

Carolyn Joyce Young, age 70, of Ririe, died Friday, December 09, 2005 at her daughters home in Shelley. Carolyn was born May 29, 1935 in Racine, Wisconsin the daughter of George Freeman Coontz and Ruby Huff Coontz. She attended school in Racine, Wisconsin and graduated from Racine High School. She married Preston Doyle Young September 5, 1965 in North Hollywood,...

Ralyn Collier

Ralyn Collier

Dec 4, 2005

Eckersell Funeral Home 101 W. Main Rigby, ID 83442 208-745-6604 Photo with e-mail RaLyn Collier, 44, of Sacramento, California died Sunday, December 4, 2005 at the Woodland Memorial Hospital in Woodland , California. RaLyn was born March 30, 1961 in Rigby, Idaho at the Maternity Center, the daughter of John Collier and Vaunda Rae Wilson Collier. She attended schools in...

Leland Nels Nielson

Leland Nels Nielson

Dec 3, 2005

Leland “Lee” Nels Nielson, age 96 of Ririe, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Saturday, December 3, 2005. Lee was born September 28, 1909, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Edgar O. Nielson and Katherine Ann Bevans. Lee grew up and attended schools in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Cleveland High School, where he participated in sports. Lee spent...

Larrydot Johnson Green

Larrydot Johnson Green

Dec 1, 2005

LarryDot Johnson Green, age 90, of Rigby, died Thursday, December 1, 2005 at home with her family. She was under the care of Hospice Alliance of Rexburg. LarryDot was born August 4, 1915 at Rigby a daughter of Fountain Syre Johnson and Bertha Jane Howe Johnson. She attended Rigby schools graduating from Rigby High School. She married Cecil Albert Green,...

Dora Mae Mccullough

Dora Mae Mccullough

Nov 28, 2005

Dora Mae McCullough, age 80, of Rigby, died at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab Center in Rexburg, Monday, November 28, 2005. Dora was born February 4, 1925 at Mammoth, Utah a daughter of Charles Edward Hillman and Mary Emily Harker Hillman. She married Bill McCullough September 8, 1945 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. During the 2nd World War she was a...

Lloyd Elmer Galbraith

Lloyd Elmer Galbraith

Nov 26, 2005

Lloyd Elmer Galbraith 88, died November 26, 2005 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab. Lloyd was born September 28, 1917 in Lyman, Idaho to Archie Galbraith and Selma Kjelin Galbraith. He attended grade school in Lyman and graduated from Madison High School. He worked on a hay ranch in Dillon, Montana in the summers and would come home in the...

Ardis Kofoed

Ardis Kofoed

Nov 25, 2005

Ardis Shaw Kofoed, age 79, of Annis, died at her home in Annis, Friday, November 25, 2005. Ardis was born July l7, 1926, at Salt Lake City, Utah to James Albert Shaw and Mary Ann Thatcher Shaw. She attended schools in the Teton Basin (Tetonia) graduating from Teton High School. She then attended Ricks College and Idaho State University receiving...

Carl Junior Bradshaw

Carl Junior Bradshaw

Nov 25, 2005

Carl Junior Bradshaw, 69, of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Friday, November 25, 2005. Carl was born May 24, 1936 at Rexburg, a son of Carl Raymond Bradshaw and Selma Elsie White Bradshaw. He attended schools in Rexburg and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He served an apprenticeship with Herdti Electric in Rexburg. He married MaryLou...

Carl D Johnson

Carl D Johnson

Nov 20, 2005

Carl D Johnson, 82, of Terreton, Idaho died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Carl was born June 10, 1923 at Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Robert Hoggan Johnson and Rachael Edith Butler. He attended school at the Grant Grade School and graduated from Midway High School. He attended Machinist School in Bremerton, Washington. He served in...

Marcene Giambra

Marcene Giambra

Nov 19, 2005

Marcene Giambra, age 77, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Marcene was born September 3, 1928, at Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Luther Anderson and Vera Louise Brown Anderson. She attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Joyce Elaine Witt

Joyce Elaine Witt

Nov 18, 2005

Joyce Elaine Witt, age 71, of Menan, died Friday, November 18, 2005, at Good Samaritan Care Center in Idaho Falls. Joyce was born May 30, 1934 at Palmer, Nebraska a daughter of Henry Taylor Witt and Ollie Dodd Witt. She attended schools in Fullerton, Nebraska until the 5th grade and then moved to Clark, Idaho in 1945. She graduated from...

Jeffrey Craig Weekes

Jeffrey Craig Weekes

Nov 16, 2005

Jeffrey Craig Weekes, 45, of Cypress, California died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California following surgery. He was born July 23, 1960 at Rexburg, Idaho the son of Steven Loyd Weekes and Glenda Merrill Weekes. He attended Spaulding grade school in Richland, Washington, Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, and Brigham Young...

Effie Hilma Biesack

Effie Hilma Biesack

Nov 12, 2005

Effie Hilma Biesack, age 91, of Salt Lake City, Utah, died at the home of her great nephew, Blaine Taylor in Salt Lake, Saturday, November 12, 2005. Effie was born September 5, 1914, in Rigby, Idaho, the daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht Petersen, and Ane Johanne Nielsen Petersen. Effie grew up and attended schools in Northern, California. As an active member...

Troy Sharum

Troy Sharum

Nov 10, 2005

Troy Sharum, 72, of Rigby, Idaho and formerly of California died Thursday, November 10, 2005 at his son’s home in Rigby. He was born September 10, 1933 at Wewoka, Oklahoma the son of James Sharum and May Arnett Sharum. Troy served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He worked as a carpenter in California and was a...

Jack Leroy Waddell

Jack Leroy Waddell

Nov 2, 2005

Jack LeRoy Waddell, 68, of Rigby, Idaho died November 2, 2005 at the University of Utah Burn Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jack was born September 29, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Samuel Eugene Waddell and Bertha Celia Dymack Waddell. He attended school at Lincoln Elementary in Idaho Falls. He married Verla Rae Oram on June...

Larry George Summers

Larry George Summers

Oct 31, 2005

Larry George Summers, 69, of Ririe, died Monday, October 31, 2005 at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Larry was born October 16, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Laurence George Summers and Rosa Edith Hunter Summers. He was raised in Ririe attending Ririe schools. He graduated from Ririe High School where he was active in band. He...

Lois Jane Beckstead

Lois Jane Beckstead

Oct 27, 2005

Lois Jane Beckstead, 67, of Rigby, died October 27, 2005 at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehab of kidney failure. Lois was born March 10, 1938 in Clark, Idaho a daughter of Blaine Hamilton Fillmore and Ellen Elizabeth Parks Fillmore. She was raised and attended school in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. After high school she attended Sacred Heart...

Elizabeth Neise Satterfield

Elizabeth Neise Satterfield

Oct 24, 2005

Elizabeth Neise Satterfield, infant child of Samuel David Satterfield and Clarissa Ranae Smith Satterfield, was born and passed away October 24, 2005, at the University of Utah Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Samuel and Clarrissa of Rexburg, grandparents, Bruce Kelly and Carol Lee Satterfield of Iona, and Ronald Trent and Diane Smith of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Graveside services will be...

Donna Lou Rutledge

Donna Lou Rutledge

Oct 22, 2005

Eckersell Funeral Home 101 W. Main Rigby, Idaho 83442 208-745-6604 photo with e-mail family tribute On October 22, 2005, our beloved mother, wife and dear friend, Donna Lou Rutledge lost her courageous battle with cancer surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband Virgil G. Rutledge and children, Monty (Chris) Rutledge of Rigby, Lana (Jay) Hill of Twin...

Gwenevere Hymas Reed

Gwenevere Hymas Reed

Oct 19, 2005

Gwenevere Hymas Reed, 84, of Ririe, Idaho died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 in Idaho Falls. She was born March 29, 1921 near Rigby, Idaho to Wilford Watkins Hymas and Ethel May Call Hymas. From a very early age she displayed an amazing gift in music which she continued to develop and which she freely shared all of her life. She...