Obituaries

Eileen Passey Ringel
Oct 17, 2005
Eileen Passey Ringel, 80, exchanged mortality for eternal life on October 17, 2005 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Eileen was born October 9, 1925 to Ida Susan Howell and Leo Fowler Passey in Lanark, Bear Lake County, Idaho. She was the third child of eight children. She attended the two room school house in Lanark where she developed...
Joann Spaulding
Oct 16, 2005
JoAnn Nielsen Spaulding, 71, passed away on October 16, 2005 from pneumonia. She was surrounded by her family. She was born on November 10, 1933 to Andrew Baxter Nielsen and Ann Walters Nielsen. She was the youngest of five children. JoAnn was raised in the Rigby area and received her education there. She was active in band, drama, and athletics....
James Marshall Hagen
Oct 11, 2005
James Marshall Hagen, 81, of Rigby, died Tuesday October 11, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jim was born March 2, 1924 in Coeur D Alene, Idaho a son of Charles Bernestine Hagen and Jennie Holt Hagen. He was raised and attended school in Coeur D Alene and graduated from Coeur D Alene High School. He attended Olaf...
Mable Olive Bates
Oct 6, 2005
Mable Olive Bates, 97, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rigby, died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at her home at Three Fountains in Idaho Falls. Olive was born on March 24, 1908 in Hyrum, Utah a daughter of Josiah Godfrey and Gunda Boletta Petersen Godfrey. She was raised and attended school in Ucon. Olive married Veral Veness Bates on November 2,...
Darrell Lewis Dimos
Oct 6, 2005
Darrell Lewis Dimos, 80, of Rigby died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at his home in Rigby. Darrell was born November 19, 1924 in Osceola, Indiana a son of John Dimos and Flossy Aller Dimos. He married Gladys Ames on September 29, 1947 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They later divorced. Darrell married Darlene Winder on July 1, 1976 in Rigby, Idaho....
Ellen Clement
Oct 4, 2005
Ellen C. Clement, 86, of Lewisville, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2005, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born in Menan, Idaho, on February 3, 1919, to George and Ada Cherry. She was the eldest child born into the family and was followed by one sister and one brother. She grew up in Menan and her life was centered...
Velma Ann Byrne
Oct 3, 2005
Velma Ann Byrne of Rigby, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona died, at her Phoenix home, on October 3, 2005 from complications of cancer. She was born July 26, 1917, the daughter of Albert and Alice (Voutour) Drolet, at South Grafton, Massachusetts. Velma attended school in Grafton and served as the Student Body Secretary her senior year, the first woman to hold...
Lynn Ray Boice
Oct 3, 2005
Lynn Ray Boice, age 66, of Burton, died at his home, after a twenty year battle with diabetes, Monday, October 3, 2005. Lynn was born August 22, 1939 in Phoenix Arizona, the son of Lionel Romaine Boice, and Dora Ilene Duke Boice. Lynn attended Longview Elementary School, and graduated from North Phoenix High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Arizona...
Virginia Iona Holtry
Sep 27, 2005
Virginia Iona Holtry, 79, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at her home in Idaho Falls. Virginia was born on September 15, 1926 in Reading, Ohio a daughter of K.D. Dykes and Georgia Mae Sexton Dykes. She was raised and attended school in Ohio and Barboursville, Kentucky graduating from Barboursville high school. Virginia married Cecil Holtry on September...
Phillip Montano
Sep 27, 2005
Phil Montano, 74, of Rigby, died at his home Tuesday, September 27, 2005, of cancer. Phil was born July 9, 1931 at Holbrook, Arizona a son to Phillip and Dana Sanchez Montano. He attended schools in Long Beach, California. Following High School he served in the United States Navy as a fireman. He married Valerie May Witty, February 15, 1975...
Blanche H. Murdock
Sep 24, 2005
Blanche H. Murdock, 93, of Idaho Falls died Sat., Sept. 24, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Blanche was born July 28, 1912 in Ogden, UT to Edmund & Mary Ann (Bate) Hill. She was the 2nd of 8 children. Blanche had a very memorable childhood. She grew up on a farm in Lorenzo, ID, next...
Margarito Chino Ceron
Sep 24, 2005
Margarito Chino Ceron, age 30, died Saturday, September 24, 2005, near Menan from injuries he received in an automobile accident. Margarito was born January 26, 1975, at Tlaxacala, Mexico to Alverto Ceron and Artemia Lovato Ceron. He attended schools in Beunavista, Tlaxcala, Mexico. He came to the United States of America in 1996. He married Mabel Mendez, September 6, 2003...
Lavada Gwennie Strong Simmons
Sep 23, 2005
LaVada Gwennie Strong Simmons, 94, of Lorenzo, passed away September 23, 2005, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. She was born August 13, 1911, in Springville, Utah, to Joseph Mendenhall Strong and Gwenlleyn Elizabeth Jenkins Strong. She attended school in LaBelle, Idaho and Springville, Utah. On...
Jayne L. Moir
Sep 23, 2005
Jayne L. Moir, age 82, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, September 23, 2005, at the home of her daughter in Rigby. Jayne was born May 13, 1923 in Rigby, Idaho to Herbert Campbell and Effie Bates Campbell. She attended school in Rigby. Jayne married Clifford Ellis on August 17, 1940 and they had one daughter. He was killed on July...
Pamela Muir
Sep 22, 2005
Pam was born May 3rd 1963 in Rexburg Idaho and has passed away September 22nd 2005 at her home in Renton Washington after a brave and courageous battle with Cancer. She grew up in the Renton area, attending schools in the Kent School District. She graduated from Kentridge High School in 1981. Pam attended Brigham Young University and graduated with...
Dennis Lavoy Jensen
Sep 18, 2005
Dennis LaVoy Jensen, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2005 at EIRMC After a valiant fight with Multiple Myloma. Dennis was born in Ashton, Idaho, January 30, 1941 to Burgess Kidd and Donna Humphrey. He was raised in Rigby, Idaho and adopted by Arden James Jensen. He graduated from Rigby High School. He joined the National Guard his senior year of...
Edna Grace Oram
Sep 17, 2005
Edna Grace Pearson Oram, age 88, died September 17, 2005 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. At the base of Table Rock Mountain on a cold and snowy January night, Edna Grace was born January 9, 1917 to Carl Albert and Grace Pearson. She was the fifth of nine children (Clyde, Verona, Jack, Helen, Merle, Aldyth, Marjorie, and Clarene)....
Robert Ray Mckinney
Sep 14, 2005
Robert Ray McKinney, 28, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Robert was born December 18, 1976 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Bob R. McKinney and Vickie Ann Wheeler McKinney. He attended Rigby schools including Rigby High School where he was active in sports. He married Andra Johnson October...
Daniel Ray Mowery
Sep 14, 2005
Daniel Ray Mowery, Sr. born July 18, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia, died from a sudden illness sometime Wednesday, September 14, 2005. He was called home. The Lord needs him more and he is at eternal peace. From the time Daniel was born, he had been a sensitive, intelligent person. After finishing high school, Daniel joined the United States Army. After...
Lavada Gwennie Simmons
Sep 13, 2005
LaVada Gwennie Strong Simmons, 94, of Lorenzo, passed away September 23, 2005, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. She was born August 13, 1911, in Springville, Utah, to Joseph Mendenhall Strong and Gwenlleyn Elizabeth Jenkins Strong. She attended school in LaBelle, Idaho and Springville, Utah. On...