Obituaries

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Gene Roy Boyle

Gene Roy Boyle

Jun 13, 2004

Gene Roy Boyle, 61, of Rigby, passed away Sunday June 13, 2004, due to injuries incurred from a horse accident. Gene was born July 6, 1942, in Driggs, Idaho to Pearl Ada Drake and Blaine Patten Boyle. He was raised in Victor and attended Teton High School where he participated in wrestling and the dance band. Gene married Tamara Nielson...

Virl Newell Jardine

Virl Newell Jardine

Jun 7, 2004

Virl Newell Jardine, 86, of Idaho Falls passes away Monday, June 7th, at his home of cancer under the care of Aspen Foundation for Hospice Care. Virl arrived here in Idaho Falls on February 21, 1918 the son of parents Rhoda Mary Newell Jardine and Lester Hamilton Jardine. Having lived most of his 86 years in Idaho Falls, he graduated...

Walter Carl Hendrickson

Walter Carl Hendrickson

May 31, 2004

Eckersell Funeral Home 101 West Main Rigby, Idaho 83442 208-745-6604 Walter Carl Hendrickson; age 88, of Grant, Idaho and formerly of Wallace, Idaho died Monday, May 31, 2004 at his home. Walt was born April 22, 1916 at Burke, Idaho the son of John Eric and Bertha Lundgren Hendrickson. He attended schools in Wallace, Idaho and graduated from Wallace High...

Darlene Gilbert

Darlene Gilbert

May 28, 2004

Darlene Beal Gilbert, 59, of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Friday, May 28, 2004. Darlene was born January 27, 1945 at Coalville, Utah a daughter of Jesse Darl Beal and Melba Mae Lewis Beal. She attended schools in Kansas and graduated from South Summit High School. She married Frank Shephard, they latter divorced. On August 24, 1984...

William Jedediah Raymond

William Jedediah Raymond

May 28, 2004

Picture included with e-mail. Please run this obituary again as we gave it to you, there were errors in the paper. The historical part that he served as one of the churches oldest Bishops and that he was preceded by his granddaughter Lexi Munns was omitted. Jedediah in his name was incorrect as well, this is the correct spelling. William...

Irene Wanda Byington

Irene Wanda Byington

May 26, 2004

Irene Wanda Byington, 91, of Ririe, Idaho died Wednesday, May 26, 2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Wanda was born September 21, 1912 at Lorenzo, Idaho the daughter of John L. Hunsaker and Sarah Theresa Smout Hunsaker. She attended schools in LaBelle, Idaho and Lehi, Utah. She married Eugene Parley Byington on September 20, 1930 at Pocatello, Idaho. Their marriage was...

Erma Delilah Jackson

Erma Delilah Jackson

May 23, 2004

Erma Delilah Jackson, 84, of Rigby died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Erma was born on March 5, 1920 in Etna, Wyoming the daughter of Nephi Francis Christiansen and Maggie Sophia Hansen Christiansen. She attended Cole School near Boise. Erma lived in Menan for 35 years. Erma married Elwin Llewellyn Jackson on February 26,...

John Dorrington Scarborough

John Dorrington Scarborough

May 16, 2004

J.D. "Cowboy" Scarborugh John Dorrington Scarborough, age 83, died Sunday May 16, 2004 in the Pocatello Veterans Home. J.D. was born August 9, 1920, at Lajunta, Colorado, the son of John Jasper Scarborough and Nellie Dorrington Scarborough. J.D. grew up and attended schools in Casper, Wyoming, and graduated from Natrona High School in Casper, Wyoming. J.D. enlisted in the National...

Hugh Max Brighton

Hugh Max Brighton

May 15, 2004

Hugh Max Brighton, 81, of Idaho Falls, died at his home Saturday, May 15, 2004. Max was born September 14, 1922, at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of William Stuart Brighton and Lillian Fratas Brighton. He attended schools in Idaho Falls. On September 6, 1949 he married Miriam Louise Johnson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was an active...

Reed Bush Hayes

Reed Bush Hayes

May 13, 2004

Reed Bush Hayes; 84, of the Ririe and Rigby, Idaho area, died Thursday, May 13, 2004 in Idaho Falls at the home of his son JR following an extended illness. He was born November 21, 1919 at Ririe, Idaho to Isaac G and Minnie Bush Hayes. He was a life long resident of the area. He attended schools in Richmond,...

Marie Barbara Smith

Marie Barbara Smith

May 13, 2004

Marie “MARY” Barbara Smith, 83, of Idaho Falls, died at her home Thursday, May 13, 2004. Mary was born March 21, 1921 at Elko, Nevada a daughter of Ysidro Urriola and Esperanza Elu Urriola. She attended schools in Jack Creek, Nevada and Elko, Nevada. She then attended Heneger’s Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mary married George William “Billy”...

Emmett Jay Hall

Emmett Jay Hall

May 9, 2004

Emmett Jay Hall, 57, of Lewisville, Idaho died at his home Sunday, May 9, 2004. He was born November 23, 1946 at Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Ira Jay Hall and Letha Louize Waters Hall. He attended schools in Annis, Midway and Rigby High School. He married Lola Ann Hamilton, June 17, 1967 at Rigby, Idaho. They were later...

Clarence Dewey Hope

Clarence Dewey Hope

May 9, 2004

Clarence Dewey Hope, 99, of Rigby, died at his daughter’s home in Rigby Sunday, May 9, 2004. Clarence was born June 2, 1904 at Sugar Salem, Idaho a son of James Hope and Fannie Elzada Higley Hope. He attended schools at Salem, Idaho He married Zella Keppner October 15, 1924, in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS Temple. He was...

Vivian Marie Griffith

Vivian Marie Griffith

May 7, 2004

Vivian Marie Griffith, 85, of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, May 7, 2004 in Rexburg, Idaho at the Rexburg Nursing Center. Vivian was born November 20, 1918 at Pontiac, Michigan the daughter of John Foster and Ethel Lumm Foster. She married Lloyd James Griffith in Yuma, Arizona on June 18, 1935. He preceded her in death in 2001. She was a...

Veda Shippen Call

Veda Shippen Call

May 6, 2004

Veda Shippen Call Veda Shippen Call, peacefully passed from this life surrounded by her children on the evening of May 6, 2004, in Fresno, Ca.. Veda was born Mar. 11, 1929, to Thomas C & Cora Boyce Shippen in Menan, Idaho. She grew up in Lewisville, where she attended elementary school. She graduated from Midway High School and spent a...

Clarence Earl Swinehart Sr.

Clarence Earl Swinehart Sr.

May 4, 2004

Clarence Earl Swinehart Sr., 61, of Idaho Falls died Tuesday, May 04, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Clarence was born on August 8, 1942, in Flint, Michigan the son of Paul Allen Swinehart and Mary Kenworthy Swinehart. He attended school in Flint. Clarence married Linda Lee Craft on June 10, 1967 in Tijuana, Mexico. He was a...

Charley "Penny" Glee Potmesil

Charley "Penny" Glee Potmesil

Apr 25, 2004

Charley “Penny” Glee Potmesil; 82, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Sunday, April 25, 2004 in Idaho Falls at the Hospital. Penny was born April 13, 1922 in Chelsea, Oklahoma the daughter of Charles Mackin and Lola Thomas Mackin. She married Louis Lee on February 3, 1940 in Cassville, Missouri. He preceded her in death. She married Stanley Potmesil on November...

Jessie Vilate Sharp

Jessie Vilate Sharp

Apr 25, 2004

Jessie Vilate Sharp, 90, of Grant, Idaho died Sunday, April 25, 2004 in Pocatello, Idaho. Jessie was born January 15, 1914 in Grant, Idaho the daughter of Frances Ada Gardner and Pricilla Rose Randall Gardner. She attended schools in Rigby, Midway, Riverside and graduated from Blackfoot High School. She attended Nursing School in Idaho Falls, Idaho earning her LPN. She...

Betty Larae Landon

Betty Larae Landon

Apr 24, 2004

Betty LaRae Landon; 70, of Ririe, Idaho died Saturday, April 24, 2004 in Rigby, Idaho at the Pinebrook Assistive Living Center. Betty was born November 17, 1933 at Ririe, Idaho, the daughter of Buck Smith and Mary Rachael Mortensen Smith. She attended schools in Ririe, Idaho and graduated form Ririe High School. Betty married Alden M. Landon in Ririe, Idaho...

Ray Stanley Nebeker

Ray Stanley Nebeker

Apr 23, 2004

Ray Stanley Nebeker, 92, of LaBelle, Idaho died Friday, April 23, 2004 at his home in LaBelle. Ray was born February 26, 1912 in Milo, Idaho the son of John Halmag H. Nebeker and Pearl Sarah Ellen Price Nebeker. He attended school in Clark, Idaho until the eighth grade. His family moved to LaBelle to farm when he was young...