Obituaries

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Talmage Dwane Clayton

Talmage Dwane Clayton

Sep 3, 2004

Talmage “Tim” Clayton, age 76, died Friday, September 3, 2004 at his home in Rexburg. Tim was born June 1, 1928 at Ucon, Idaho a son of Thomas Hugh Clayton and Louvenia Dorcas Slaughter. He attended schools in Ucon graduating from Ucon High School. During High School Tim played trombone in the high school band. Tim was a member of...

Clifford Elmer Day

Clifford Elmer Day

Aug 24, 2004

Clifford Elmer Day, 61, of Roberts, Idaho died Monday, August 23, 2004 at his home in Roberts after a long fight with cancer. Clifford was born August 31, 1942 in Greeley, Colorado the son of Clifford Barton Day and Dorothy Toots Christensen Day. He attended schools in Brush, Colorado and High School in Rigby, Idaho. He was a member of...

Marion Earl Taylor

Marion Earl Taylor

Aug 20, 2004

Marion Earl Taylor, 95, of Grant died August 20, 2004, at the Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. Marion was born on March 14, 1909 in Grant, Idaho a son of Joseph Lake Taylor and Nancy Elizabeth McEntire Taylor. He attended school in the Grant and Rigby area. Marion married Nellie Byram in Ucon, Idaho on November 15, 1927....

Kendall Dean Woods

Kendall Dean Woods

Aug 20, 2004

Kendall Dean Woods, 25, of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, August 20, 2004 in an automobile accident. Kendall was born on February 28, 1979, a son of Wesley Dean Woods and Suzanne Powell Woods. Kendall was raised in Rigby attending school there and graduating from Rigby High School. While attending high school he played football and baseball. He graduated from Seminary...

Daniel Levi Williams

Daniel Levi Williams

Aug 20, 2004

Daniel “Levi” Williams, 25, of Menan, Idaho died Friday, August 20, 2004 in an automobile accident. Levi was born on June 11, 1979 in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Daniel “Amos” Williams and LaRae Poole Williams. Levi was raised and attended school in the Menan and Rigby area. He graduated from Rigby High School. While in school he played football....

Kelly Lee Treasure

Kelly Lee Treasure

Aug 16, 2004

Kelly Lee Treasure, age 37, of Rigby, died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Monday, August 16, 2004. Kelly was born November 30, 1966, at Rexburg, Idaho a son of Lee J Treasure and Oriole Elaine Hanson Treasure. He grew up and attended schools in Driggs, Idaho. He also attended Ricks College. He married Laura Hull November 16, 1985...

Milton "Milt" Waters Andersen

Milton "Milt" Waters Andersen

Aug 16, 2004

Milton “Milt” Waters Andersen, age 88 of Rigby, died at his home Monday, August 16, 2004. Milt was born March 21, 1916 at Clark, Idaho a son of Albert and Vida Ester Waters Andersen. He grew up in the Clark area and attended Rigby Schools. During World War II Milt was a member of the W.P.A. and the P.W.A. He...

Floyd David Crystal

Floyd David Crystal

Aug 15, 2004

FLOYD DAVID CRYSTAL, age, 88 of Rigby, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Floyd was born July 7, 1916 at Garfield, Idaho, the son of David Raymond Crystal, and Ivy Jensen Crystal. He attended schools in Garfield. He married Harriett Eunice Johnson on June 25, 1935 in Rigby. Their marriage was...

Shirlee Geanne Dahl

Shirlee Geanne Dahl

Aug 14, 2004

Shirlee Geanne Dahl, 61, passed away peacefully in her home on August 14, 2004. Shirlee was born April 7, 1943, at Los Angeles, California a daughter of Eugene Elbert Presley and Lola Johnson Presley. She married Dennis Stratton Dahl on September 1, 1961 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Shirlee was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ...

John Charles Jones

John Charles Jones

Aug 9, 2004

John Charles Jones (known by his fellow workers as J.C.) was fatally injured in a head-on motorcycle accident at Deadwood, Meade County, South Dakota on August 9. He had gone to the Sturgis Motorbike Rally and was coming back from sightseeing on what is known as Rainbow Curve, a deadly stretch of highway. He collided with another cyclist. John was...

Jody Lynn Brown

Jody Lynn Brown

Aug 8, 2004

Jody Lynn Brown, 36, of Logan, Utah, died Sunday, August 8, 2004, near Ashton. Jody was born December 14, 1967 at Logan, Utah a son of Edward Lynn Brown Jr. and Valoy “Val” Loveday Brown. He attended Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls where he participated with the Rodeo Club, bull riding and Auto Tech Club. He attended Arizona Automotive...

John Everett Gneiting

John Everett Gneiting

Aug 5, 2004

John Everett Gneiting, age 88, of Salmon, died Thursday, August 5, 2004, at the Rexburg Nursing Center in Rexburg, Idaho. John was born April 30, 1916, at Dubois, Idaho a son of John and Esther West Gneiting. He married Jennie Zweifel on October 15, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He served with the United States Navy during World War II....

Kevin Layne Loveland

Kevin Layne Loveland

Aug 3, 2004

Kevin Layne Loveland, age 34, of Rigby, died Tuesday August 3, 2004, at Kumasi Ghana Africa.Kevin was born February 24, 1970, in Bellevue, Washington a son of Jerry Eldwin Loveland and Teena Armstrong Loveland. He was raised and attended schools in Rupert until he was 14 and then attended Middleton, High School where he played football. He married Carrie Elms...

Shane Lavere Pitman

Shane Lavere Pitman

Aug 1, 2004

Shane Lavere Pitman, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona died Sunday, August 1, 2004. Shane was born on November 8, 1974 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Lavere Baron Pitman and Cicilia May Blodgett Pitman. Shane attended school in Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Priest River, Boise and graduated from Rigby High School. Shane was currently attending Harley Davidson Mechanic School. He served...

Afton Idell Mitchell

Afton Idell Mitchell

Aug 1, 2004

Afton Idell Mitchell, 96, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Sunday, August 1, 2004 at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. Afton was born February 3, 1908 in Annis, Idaho the daughter of Warren Lester Merrill and Mary Idell Hall Merrill. She was raised and attended school in Annis and Rigby. Afton married Richard Mitchell on July 20, 1929 in...

Wilma Ilene Frandsen

Wilma Ilene Frandsen

Jul 26, 2004

Wilma Ilene Frandsen, age 66, of Idaho Falls, died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Monday, July 26, 2004. Wilma was born September 30, 1937 in Menan, Idaho, a daughter of Charles Albert Hunting and Audrey Jeanette Hall Hunting. She attended school in Menan Elementary, Rigby Jr. High and Rigby High School graduating in 1955. She married Van Frandsen...

Wilmer "Bill" Fred Taylor

Wilmer "Bill" Fred Taylor

Jul 16, 2004

Wilmer “Bill” Fred Taylor, age 87, of Rigby, died Friday, July 16, 2004 at his sons home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Wilmer was born July 5, 1917 at Rigby, Idaho a son of Curtis Wilmer Taylor and Annie Sofie Petersen Taylor. He attended schools in Rigby, Northern California where he lived for 10 years and Ricks College. He worked...

Dolores Rose Spencer

Dolores Rose Spencer

Jun 29, 2004

Dolores “Dee” Rose Spencer, 68, of Rigby died Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at her home in Rigby. Dee was born on December 24, 1935 in Taylor County, Iowa a daughter of James M. Allen and Helen Marie Spencer Allen. She was raised in Iowa. Dee married Ivan Paul Spencer on April 23, 1954 at the Baptist Church in Bedford, Iowa....

Ditzel Theodore Wages

Ditzel Theodore Wages

Jun 24, 2004

Ditzel Theodore Wages, 82, of Ririe, Idaho died Thursday, June 24, 2004 in Rexburg, Idaho. Ditzel was born October 4, 1921 at Perry, Idaho the son of Charles Franklin Wages and Coral Durrant Wages. He graduated from Ririe High School in Ririe, Idaho and attended Idaho State University in Pocatello and school in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the Army...

Edgar Ted Leon Wright

Edgar Ted Leon Wright

Jun 16, 2004

Edgar (Ted) Leon Wright, 76, long time resident of Rigby, died at his home Wednesday, June 16, 2004 due to complications of his long battle with cancer. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on December 30, 1927. He was the third of six children to Isaac Leon and Mary Mcleod Wright. He grew up in the Twin Falls area...