Obituaries

Halley Jean Blair
Apr 21, 2005
Halley Jean Blair, 77, of Rigby, passed away peacefully at her home in American Fork, Utah Thursday April 21, 2005. She was born January 13, 1928 in Abraham, Utah to Clay and Jetta Rushton. After graduating from high school she worked as a secretary for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. She married Erwin J. Blair on September...
Richard J. Dick Olson
Apr 16, 2005
Eckersell Funeral Home101 West Main Rigby, Idaho 83442 2 photos with this tribute OLSON, Richard J. (Dick) LTC (Ret.) (Age 85) – passed away Saturday, April 16, after a short illness with his wife, Beverly, at his side. He was born January 18, 1920 to Carl Oscar and Janie Louise Olson in Rigby, Idaho. After graduating from high school he...
Grace Joy Ball
Apr 15, 2005
Grace Joy Ball, daughter of Darrin Willard and Christa Joy Ball died April 15, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the University Hospital. The family will have graveside services, Saturday, April 23, 2005 in the Annis Little Butte Cemetery at 11:00 a.m.
Lila Josephine Taylor
Apr 15, 2005
Lila Josephine Taylor; age 80, died Friday, April 15, 2005 at her home in Rigby. Lila was born April 21, 1924 in Jackson, Wyoming, the daughter of David Henry Cheney and Lila Josephine Huff Cheney. Lila grew up and attended schools in Jackson, and Wilson, Wyoming. She graduated from Jackson-Wilson High School. and with an associate’s degree from Ricks College...
Alice Louise Clark
Apr 13, 2005
Alice “Louise” Clark; 62 of Annis, Idaho died Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at her home. Louise was born May 31, 1942 in Rigby, Idaho, the daughter of Harold William Higley and Mary Alice Roth Higley. She attended elementary schools at Union and Lyman and high school in Salmon and Rexburg, Idaho. She continued her education attending Ricks College studying electronics...
Lenore Poole Casper
Apr 9, 2005
Lenore Poole Casper, 77, of Ammon, Idaho died Saturday, April 9, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the hospital. Lenore was born June 14, 1927 in Menan, Idaho, the daughter of Joseph William and Inez Mary Thomas Poole. She attended school in Menan, Idaho at the Menan Elementary. She graduated in 1945 from Midway High School and later attended the...
Letha Louize Johnson
Apr 6, 2005
Our loving mother, grandmother, and sister, Letha Louize Johnson; was called home to her Heavenly Father surrounded by her family Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Letha was born April 14, 1924 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Reuben Armenius Waters and Emma Louize Pugmire Waters. She attended school in Ammon, Idaho and graduated from Ammon High...
De Mar Hall Andersen
Apr 2, 2005
De Mar Hall Andersen, 71, of Rigby died at his home on Saturday, April 02, 2005. De Mar was born August 4, 1933 in Annis, Idaho a son of Seren David Andersen and Artemissia Hall Andersen. He attended schools in Annis and Midway. He joined the Navy on May 22, 1951 he served in the Korean War. He received his...
June Niederer Andersen
Apr 1, 2005
JUNE Niederer ANDERSEN, age 77, of Rigby, died at the Rexburg Care Center, Friday, April 1, 2005. June was born June 30, 1927, at Archer, Idaho, the daughter of Arthur Emil Niederer, and Mary Ann Briggs Niederer. She grew up in the Archer, Rexburg areas, and attended Archer Elementary School. She graduated from Madison High School. She attended beauty college...
Jannie Virginia Scott
Mar 31, 2005
Jannie Virginia Miller Scott, 87, of Ririe, died Thursday, 31 March 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls due to complications from pneumonia. She was born in New Franklin, Howard, Missouri, on 7 July 1917 the fifth of thirteen children of John Franklin and Minnie Lee Shipley Miller. Her early years were spent on the Missouri River...
Jill Muir
Mar 29, 2005
Jill Muir, 42, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Jill was born August 6, 1962 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Miles David Taylor and JoAnn H Kossman Taylor. She attended Bonneville High School and graduated from Skyline High School and then Idaho State University. Jill married Bart...
Myron Irvin Hancock
Mar 29, 2005
Myron Irvin Hancock, 57, passed away March 29th, at his home in Menan, Idaho after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 3, 1947, in Rigby, Idaho to Irvin LeRoy and Verba Jensen Hancock. He attended Menan elementary, graduated from Rigby High School in 1965, and attended Ricks College. On December 1, 1967 he married the love of...
N. Blake Boyce
Mar 27, 2005
N. Blake Boyce, 64, of Lewisville, Idaho died Sunday, March 27, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born March 18, 1941 in Rigby, Idaho to Reed S. and Fern Puzey Boyce. He married JoAnn Ellen Young on August 10, 1960 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They were married 44 years. He attended...
Joann B. Larsen
Mar 22, 2005
JoAnn B. Larsen, 68, of Ririe, died at her home, Tuesday, March 22, 2005. JoAnn was born May 15, 1936 in Idaho Falls, a daughter of Thomas Lyman Bowles and Martha Leone Lovell Bowles. She attended schools in Ririe graduating from Ririe High School. Following High School she attended Ricks College and received her degree in Nursing. She married Delbert...
Eldon W. Poole
Mar 21, 2005
Eldon W. Poole, age 81, of Rigby, Idaho, died Monday, March 21, 2005, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Eldon was born March 10, 1924 in Menan, Idaho, the son of Walter E. and Dora Elizabeth Rounds Poole. Eldon grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and Rigby. He graduated from Rigby High School. He married Vonda Fisher...
Blair Stanley Lewis
Mar 20, 2005
Blair Stanley Lewis, 79 of Idaho Falls, Idaho died March 20, 2005 in Idaho Falls from complications due to heart problems. Blair was born June 6, 1925 to Stanley Lewis and Eva Tuttle Lewis in Spanish Fork, Utah. Blair graduated from Rigby High School in 1943. He joined the Navy in 1944 after High School and served as a Radioman...
Mary Scott Depue
Mar 20, 2005
Mary Scott DePue, 86 of Morristown, Tennessee went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 20, 2005. Mary was born October 15, 1918 in Menan, Idaho to Louis C. and Phyzepha Scott. She was a member of the LDS Church. She is survived by her daughter, Shirley Wallace of Morristown, Tennessee and a son, Louis S. (Linda) Green of Temecula,...
Doris Mae Holimon
Mar 18, 2005
Doris Mae Holimon, 83 of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, March 18, 2005 at the hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Doris was born June 12, 1921 in Marseilles, Illinois, the daughter of Noah Lee Gaddis and Stella Mae Daniels Gaddis. She graduated from the Marseilles High School where she participated in band playing the saxophone. She married Francis Don Holimon on...
Eugene Curtis Preslar
Mar 18, 2005
Eugene Curtis Preslar, 93, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Friday, March 18, 2005 at his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born May 18, 1911 in Robin, Idaho the son of Leslie Preslar and Zoa Curtis Preslar. Gene was raised in Marshcenter, Idaho between McCammon and Arimo. He attended local schools there. He farmed in Robin and Gooding ,...
Garth Edwin Soderquist
Mar 14, 2005
Garth Edwin Soderquist, 82 of Terreton, Idaho died March 14, 2005 at his home in Terreton. Garth was born May 21, 1922 to Edwin and Venice Soderquist in Ferron, Utah. He lived in Ferron until he was six when the family moved to Rigby where he attended school until the 5th grade. Then the family moved to Osgood. Garth finished...