Obituaries

Leah Katreena Weber
Feb 13, 2007
LEAH Katreena WEBER, age 75 of Annis, Idaho, died at her home in Annis Tuesday, February 13, 2007. She was born December 9, 1931 at Lewisville, Idaho, the daughter of Charles Benjamin Dinsdale and Hildred Hoffman Dinsdale. Leah grew up and attended schools in Annis, and attended Rigby High School. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus...
Frances Louise Martin
Feb 13, 2007
Frances Louise Martin 85, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Frances was born on September 19, 1921 in Johnson County, Texas the daughter of Acey Dean Samuels and Faye Josephene Elizabeth Haugh Samuels. She was raised in Texas, Oklahoma and, when she was 13, the family moved to Arizona. She married...
John Thomas Thomson
Feb 12, 2007
John “Jack” Thomas Thomson, 80, of Rigby, died Monday, February 12, 2007 at the home of his daughter in Eureka, Nevada. John was born May 26, 1926, at Rexburg, Idaho a son to Royal Thomson and Verna Gladys Ingram Thomson. He was raised in the Rexburg area and attended schools at Rexburg and Sugar City. He married Ann Rawson in...
Evelyn Mae Jones
Feb 11, 2007
Evelyn Mae Jones, age 80, of Rigby, died Sunday February 11, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Evelyn was born February 23, 1926, at Idaho Falls, a daughter to Charles Franklin Kronberg and Hazel Estelle Armstrong Kronberg. She attended Idaho Falls Schools graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She married Gilbert LeRoy Jones, in Idaho Falls,...
Gary Kennard Schiess
Feb 9, 2007
Gary Kennard Schiess, 41, died Friday, Feb. 9th, 2007 of an apparent heart attack at his home in Rigby, Idaho. Gary was born Dec. 27, 1965 in Logan, Utah to Donald Jay and Faye Pitcher Schiess. He attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho graduating from Madison High School in 1984. He went to Ricks College and to Southern Utah State in...
Rendon David Lovell
Feb 9, 2007
Rendon D. Lovell, 82 of Ririe, died of complications related to strokes, Friday, February 9, 2007 after residing three years at Rexburg Nursing and Rehab in Rexburg, Idaho. He was born July 30, 1924 at the family home in Ririe to George Hyrum Lovell and Harriett Larkin Borrowman Lovell. Rendon attended and graduated from Ririe High School prior to entering...
Mildred Hannah Corey
Feb 6, 2007
Mildred Hannah Corey, age 90, of Archer, Idaho, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007 in Rexburg, Idaho. Mildred was born December 21, 1916, the daughter of James Briggs, and Hannah Elizabeth Nelson Briggs. Mildred grew up and attended schools in Archer and Rexburg, Idaho. She married Darwin Corey, March 21, 1940 in the Logan L.D.S. Temple. She was an active member...
Steven Owen Hale
Feb 6, 2007
Steven Owen Hale, age 54 of Rigby, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Steven was born April 11, 1952 in Blackfoot, Idaho, the son of Owen Moss Hale and Mary Dellie Higby Hale. Steven grew up and attended schools in Pingree, Idaho. He graduated from Snake River High School, and attended...
Roberta Geisler
Feb 6, 2007
Roberta Geisler, 71, of Annis died February 6, 2007, at the Teton House Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Roberta was born November 14, 1935, a daughter of Charles Robert Cox and Hannah Dora Blake Cox. She attended schools in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. She joined the Air Force in December of 1953 and served until December of...
Reva Hill
Jan 30, 2007
Reva Lavon Hill, 79, of Rexburg, died at home Tuesday, January 30, 2007. Reva was born June 23, 1927 at Idaho Falls a daughter to Albert Leland Hobley and Ida Wilkins Hobley. She attended Rigby and Ucon Schools. She married Horace Edmund Hill, September 6, 1947 in Rexburg. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple March 14,...
Sterley Mondell Smout
Jan 29, 2007
Sterley Mondell Smout, 68, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, January 29, 2007 at Overton, Nevada from injuries he received in an automobile accident. Sterley was born February 3, 1938 at Annis, Idaho a son to Sterley Peter Smout and Shirley Tolman Smout. He married Jo Fordyce. They later divorced. He ranched in the Leadore area. He enjoyed drawing western theme...
Judie Dawn Renteria
Jan 28, 2007
Judie Dawn Renteria, 61, of Rigby, died at her home Sunday, January 28, 2007. Judie was born May 10, 1945 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter to Robert Lewis Oakden and Gretta Leone Boulter Oakden. She attended schools in Idaho Falls and Rexburg. She married Marlen Andersen February 3, 1965. They later divorced. She married Elpidio Renteria March 7, 1987...
Carol Anne Ragan
Jan 28, 2007
Carol Anne Ragan, age 69, of Idaho Falls, died at home Sunday, January 28, 2007. Carol was born August 4, 1937, at Mount Pleasant, Utah a daughter to Gy Carlton Hansen and Ethel Vendora Shepherd Hansen. She attended and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She then attended Brigham Young University. She married Rodney LaMarr Ragan, February 2, 1957 in...
Larry R Miller
Jan 27, 2007
Larry R Miller, age 62, of St. Anthony, died in Idaho Falls, Idaho January 27, 2007 of injuries received from a snowmobile accident. Larry was born September 2, 1944 in Rexburg, Idaho the son of Ronald B Miller and Elda Edna Dayton Miller. He attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from South Fremont High School where he was involved...
Helen Hammond Butikofer
Jan 25, 2007
Helen Hammond Butikofer, 76, of Menan, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving husband and family. Helen was born on November 7, 1930, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Irus Benjamin Hammond and Lila Nancy Call Hammond. She attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from St. Anthony High School. Following...
Phyllis Jean Hall
Jan 25, 2007
Phyllis Jean Hall, 69, of Menan, died Thursday, January 25, 2007, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg. Phyllis was born December 27, 1937 in Bemedii, Minnesota a daughter of John William Mercer and Agnes Mary Roy Mercer. She was raised in Minnesota and Spokane, Washington. She attended schools in Spokane. Phyllis was an active member of The Church...
Thomas Pierce
Jan 25, 2007
Thomas “Ivan” Pierce, age 85,of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Ivan was born May 19, 1921 at Lorenzo, Idaho the son of Ezekial Lee Pierce and Mary Lornia Mitchell Pierce. Ivan grew and attended schools in Annis, Idaho, and graduated from rigby High School. He married Frances Amelia Mae Walton August...
Merlin R. Smith
Jan 21, 2007
Merlin R. Smith, age 77, of Rigby, died in Idaho Falls, Idaho January 21, 2007. Merlin was born October 15, 1927 in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of Ariel Mellor Smith and Thelma Richards Smith. Merlin grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho, and graduated from Madison High School. He attended two years at Ricks College in Rexburg. He enjoyed...
Guy Alexander Poulsen Iv
Jan 20, 2007
Guy Alexander Poulsen IV, 23, of Rigby, died January 20, 2007, of injuries received in an automobile accident. Guy was born April 30, 1983, in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Guy A. Poulsen III and Aline Choules Brinkmann. He attended school in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He was on the Honor Role and was in the...
Keith Paul Byington
Jan 20, 2007
Keith Paul Byington, 86, of Ririe died Saturday, January 20, 2007, at his home in Ririe. Keith was born July 17, 1920, in Poplar, Idaho the son of John Parley Byington and Marguerite Brennetta Smith Byington. He was student body president while a senior at Ririe High School. Keith marrried Betty Morgan July 1, 1944 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Thier...
