Obituaries

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Jeffrey Dean Carter

Jeffrey Dean Carter

Jan 20, 2007

Jeffrey Dean Carter arrived December 24, 1980 two months premature. January 20th 2007. He was killed in a car accident. He was a well loved individual and all of his family and friend’s feel that he left this world the same way he arrived: much to early. He is survived by his daughter Isabelle Noelle Carter, his parents Roy and...

Johnnie Mae Koon

Johnnie Mae Koon

Jan 20, 2007

Johnnie Mae Koon, 70, of Rexburg, died Saturday, January 20, 2007, at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center. Johnnie was born July 29, 1936 in Blue, Oklahoma, a daughter of John Clark Hedgcock and Ida Mae McGeehee Hedgcock. She attended schools in Modesto, California. She married Jack Edgar Koon on April 2, 1957 in Tijuana, Mexico. She worked at Me N Stans...

Afton Miskin

Afton Miskin

Jan 19, 2007

Afton Miskin, 89, of Terreton, Idaho, passed away at home on January 19, 2007. She was born July 13, 1917 to G.C. and Frieda Gneiting in Garfield, Idaho. She grew up in Garfield where she attended elementary school. She graduated from Ucon High School. On September 11, 1935, she married Guy Miskin in the Logan LDS Temple. They lived in...

Keith A. Scott

Keith A. Scott

Jan 18, 2007

Keith A “Scotty” Scott, age 83, of Rigby died Thursday, January 18, 2007 at his home in Rigby. Keith was born August 18, 1923, in Lyman, Idaho. He attended Midway High School. He married Marjorie June Winchester December 7, 1946 in Thomas, Idaho. They later solemnized their marriage in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple on December 12, 1981. He was...

Lola Z. Young

Lola Z. Young

Jan 15, 2007

Lola Z. Young age 79, of Rigby, died Monday, January 15, 2007, at the Eastern Idaho Reginal Medical Center. Lola was born March 15, 1927 in Shelley, Idaho a daughter of Ralph Zufelt and Henrietta Walker Zufelt. She was raised and attended schools in the Shelley area. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Charles R. Maxwell

Charles R. Maxwell

Jan 14, 2007

Charles R. Maxwell, 67, of Rigby, died Sunday January 14, 2007 at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born December 29, 1939 in Merced, California to Andrew Jackson Maxwell and Laura Adeline Elliott Maxwell. He grew up in Chowchilla, California. He married Barbara Graham in Chowchilla, California July 1957. He moved his wife and three daughters...

Terry L. Hayes

Terry L. Hayes

Jan 13, 2007

Terry L. Hayes of Lewisville died Saturday, January 13, at the EIRMC following a sudden illness. Terry was born at Rigby, Idaho on September 11, 1936 to George W. and Odessa "Deck" Sarah Hill. He entered the world at the family home. His early years were spent in the care of his Grandmother Hayes and Aunt Katie while his parents...

George Allen Ditmore Iii

George Allen Ditmore Iii

Jan 9, 2007

George Allen Ditmore III, age 33, of Rigby, died at home, Tuesday, January 9, 2007 from an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. George was born August 21, 1973 at Wausau, Wisconsin a son of Allen Henry Ditmore Sr. and Roseanne Zalesky Ditmore. He married Janeene Anne Porter September 30, 2000 in Idaho Falls, They divorced in 2006. He established G.P.S., George’s...

Edward Chester Leavitt

Edward Chester Leavitt

Jan 8, 2007

Edward “Eddie” Chester Leavitt 91, of Kalispell, Montana died Monday, January 08, 2007, at the North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Montana after a brief illness. Eddie was born on March 10, 1915 to George Henry and Isabella Alice Leavitt in Clinton, Utah. He was the sixth of eight children. All have preceded him in death. Eddie graduated from high school...

Leah Pearl Siepert

Leah Pearl Siepert

Jan 5, 2007

Leah Pearl Siepert, 79, of Rexburg, died at her home, Friday, January 5, 2007. Leah was born January 6, 1927, at Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ede Uriah Andersen and Elizabeth Elzada Campbell Andersen. She attended schools in Teton Basin. She worked as a waitress in Idaho Falls, Rexburg, St. Anthony, Jackson, Wyoming and Island Park. She married Keith Jacob Siepert...

Dwain A. "Pete" Peterson

Dwain A. "Pete" Peterson

Jan 4, 2007

Dwain A. “Pete” Peterson, 79, of Rigby, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dwain was born May 7, 1927, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Raymond C. and Mary Ellen Cleverly Peterson. He grew up on a farm east of Rigby. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He...

Susan Ann Hodges

Susan Ann Hodges

Jan 1, 2007

Susan Ann Hodges age 50, of Rigby died Monday, January 1, 2007 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Susan was born January 1, 1957 in Bellflower, California a daughter of Jerome Bernard Ebenkamp and Leanore Claire Layton Ebenkamp. She attended school at Victor Elementary, West Torrance High School, El Camino Jr. College in Gardena, California and the University of...

Rex Rolfe

Rex Rolfe

Dec 29, 2006

Rex Rolfe, A man of few words but much influence, Sgt. Rex Rolfe, 85, of Rigby, Idaho died December 29, 2006. Born and raised in Rigby, Rex made his home here and was a pillar in the community and his Church. He stood as a family patriarch and was a tremendous example to everyone he came in contact with. Rex...

Mildred Louise Miles

Mildred Louise Miles

Dec 25, 2006

Mildred Louise Miles, 83, of Rigby, died, Monday, Decmeber 25, 2006, in Boise, Idaho. She was born November 1, 1923 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Carl Oscar Olson and Janie Louise Campbell Olson. She was raised and attended school in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She worked for Berlin’s Grocery Store and then for the telephone company for...

Grant Orlin Gunderson

Grant Orlin Gunderson

Dec 25, 2006

A tribute to our beloved husband, brother and friend, on Christmas day, December 25, 2006 Grant Orlin Gunderson age 59 passed away at home with his loving wife and family around him. For a year and a half Orlin fought cancer, liver disease, a collapsed lung and two heart attacks. Orlin fought like a warrior to live and showed us...

Jimmy "Jim" Ray Stephenson

Jimmy "Jim" Ray Stephenson

Dec 25, 2006

Jim Ray Stephenson, age 61, of Rigby, died at his home Monday, December 25, 2006. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Jim was born April 12, 1945 at Missoula, Montana a son of Floyd M. and Vina Bonnie Blyeu Stephenson. He lived in Missoula, Montana until his family moved to Idaho where He attended and...

Orrin Vernice Douglass

Orrin Vernice Douglass

Dec 22, 2006

ORRIN VERNICE DOUGLASS age 82, of Tetonia, Idaho, died December 22, 2006 in Rexburg, Idaho. Vernice was born September 4, 1924 at Glenns Ferry, Idaho, the son of Orrin Charles, and Stella Madsen Douglass. Vernice grew up and attended elementary schools in Cache, where he walked or rode a horse to school. He graduated from Teton High School, where he...

Elden Ross Packer

Elden Ross Packer

Dec 22, 2006

Elden Ross Packer, age 79, of Rigby, died Friday, December 22, 2006, at Rosetta Assisted/Senior Living in Idaho Falls. Elden was born April 10, 1927, at Blackfoot, Idaho a son of Arden Sharp Packer and Mable Walters Packer. He married Fern Ethel Petersen Oakden, November 27, 1997. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....

Darsel Merle Morgan

Darsel Merle Morgan

Dec 19, 2006

Darsel Merle Morgan, age 84, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Darsel was born May 18, 1922, at Clark, Idaho a son of Vernal Edward Morgan and Jennie Aletha Heyrend Morgan. He attended Rigby Schools. On October 6, 1940 he married Virginia Call in Idaho Falls. He served in the United States...

Oscar Kenwood "Ken" Jones

Oscar Kenwood "Ken" Jones

Dec 17, 2006

Oscar “Ken” Jones, age 74, of Rigby, died at his home Sunday, December 17, 2006 from an apparent heart attack. Ken was born January 29, 1932 at Rigby a son of Clemence Lanor “Berry” Jones and Stella Pearl Lemmon Jones. He attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. He then attended Ricks College and the University of Idaho....