Obituaries

Helen Smith
Dec 18, 2005
Helen Smith, age 98, of Rigby, died at her home Sunday, December 18, 2005. Helen was born at Jefferson County, Kansas July 23, 1907, a daughter of Samuel Leewood Persing and Bertha May Chatham Persing. She attended Jefferson County, Kansas Schools. On November 18, 1929, she married Luther Smith. They moved to Idaho in October of 1934 settling in Swan...
Darrell Eugene Conrad
Dec 16, 2005
Darrell Eugene “Bud” Conrad, age 80, of Rigby, died at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello, Friday, December 16, 2005. Bud was born September 2, 1925, at Idaho Falls a son to Leslie Eugene and Lodema Sophia Wilde Conrad. He attended schools in Iona. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific, Asiatic and...
Patricia "Trish" Christine Renard
Dec 15, 2005
Patricia “Trish” Christine Renard age 48, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, December 15, 2005, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Trish was born March 15, 1957, in Ashton, Idaho a daughter of Joseph Christopher Renard and Shirley Lee Phelps Renard. She was raised and attended school in Ashton and graduated from Ashton High School. She attended college in Colorado...
Carl Ralph Hoggan
Dec 13, 2005
Carl Ralph Hoggan; 69, of Hamer, Idaho died Tuesday, December 13, 2005 in Idaho Falls at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Carl was born May 14, 1936 at Rexburg, Idaho the son of Ralph Harrison Hoggan and Mary Isabella Walker Hoggan. Attended schools in Lorenzo, Rigby, Medicine Lodge and then back to Rigby where he graduated from Rigby High...
Lola Mae Larsen
Dec 10, 2005
Lola Mae Larsen, age 62, died at her home in Rigby Saturday December 10, 2005. Lola was born August 8, 1943 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Orin Blackburn Jeppson and Mary Adaline Belnap Jeppson. She attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. Following graduation she attended Ricks College and got a degree in Bookkeeping/Accounting. She married...
Carolyn Joyce Young
Dec 9, 2005
Carolyn Joyce Young, age 70, of Ririe, died Friday, December 09, 2005 at her daughters home in Shelley. Carolyn was born May 29, 1935 in Racine, Wisconsin the daughter of George Freeman Coontz and Ruby Huff Coontz. She attended school in Racine, Wisconsin and graduated from Racine High School. She married Preston Doyle Young September 5, 1965 in North Hollywood,...
Ralyn Collier
Dec 4, 2005
Eckersell Funeral Home 101 W. Main Rigby, ID 83442 208-745-6604 Photo with e-mail RaLyn Collier, 44, of Sacramento, California died Sunday, December 4, 2005 at the Woodland Memorial Hospital in Woodland , California. RaLyn was born March 30, 1961 in Rigby, Idaho at the Maternity Center, the daughter of John Collier and Vaunda Rae Wilson Collier. She attended schools in...
Leland Nels Nielson
Dec 3, 2005
Leland “Lee” Nels Nielson, age 96 of Ririe, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Saturday, December 3, 2005. Lee was born September 28, 1909, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Edgar O. Nielson and Katherine Ann Bevans. Lee grew up and attended schools in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Cleveland High School, where he participated in sports. Lee spent...
Larrydot Johnson Green
Dec 1, 2005
LarryDot Johnson Green, age 90, of Rigby, died Thursday, December 1, 2005 at home with her family. She was under the care of Hospice Alliance of Rexburg. LarryDot was born August 4, 1915 at Rigby a daughter of Fountain Syre Johnson and Bertha Jane Howe Johnson. She attended Rigby schools graduating from Rigby High School. She married Cecil Albert Green,...
Dora Mae Mccullough
Nov 28, 2005
Dora Mae McCullough, age 80, of Rigby, died at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab Center in Rexburg, Monday, November 28, 2005. Dora was born February 4, 1925 at Mammoth, Utah a daughter of Charles Edward Hillman and Mary Emily Harker Hillman. She married Bill McCullough September 8, 1945 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. During the 2nd World War she was a...
Lloyd Elmer Galbraith
Nov 26, 2005
Lloyd Elmer Galbraith 88, died November 26, 2005 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab. Lloyd was born September 28, 1917 in Lyman, Idaho to Archie Galbraith and Selma Kjelin Galbraith. He attended grade school in Lyman and graduated from Madison High School. He worked on a hay ranch in Dillon, Montana in the summers and would come home in the...
Ardis Kofoed
Nov 25, 2005
Ardis Shaw Kofoed, age 79, of Annis, died at her home in Annis, Friday, November 25, 2005. Ardis was born July l7, 1926, at Salt Lake City, Utah to James Albert Shaw and Mary Ann Thatcher Shaw. She attended schools in the Teton Basin (Tetonia) graduating from Teton High School. She then attended Ricks College and Idaho State University receiving...
Carl Junior Bradshaw
Nov 25, 2005
Carl Junior Bradshaw, 69, of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Friday, November 25, 2005. Carl was born May 24, 1936 at Rexburg, a son of Carl Raymond Bradshaw and Selma Elsie White Bradshaw. He attended schools in Rexburg and graduated from Sugar Salem High School. He served an apprenticeship with Herdti Electric in Rexburg. He married MaryLou...
Carl D Johnson
Nov 20, 2005
Carl D Johnson, 82, of Terreton, Idaho died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Carl was born June 10, 1923 at Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Robert Hoggan Johnson and Rachael Edith Butler. He attended school at the Grant Grade School and graduated from Midway High School. He attended Machinist School in Bremerton, Washington. He served in...
Marcene Giambra
Nov 19, 2005
Marcene Giambra, age 77, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, November 19, 2005 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Marcene was born September 3, 1928, at Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Luther Anderson and Vera Louise Brown Anderson. She attended schools in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Joyce Elaine Witt
Nov 18, 2005
Joyce Elaine Witt, age 71, of Menan, died Friday, November 18, 2005, at Good Samaritan Care Center in Idaho Falls. Joyce was born May 30, 1934 at Palmer, Nebraska a daughter of Henry Taylor Witt and Ollie Dodd Witt. She attended schools in Fullerton, Nebraska until the 5th grade and then moved to Clark, Idaho in 1945. She graduated from...
Jeffrey Craig Weekes
Nov 16, 2005
Jeffrey Craig Weekes, 45, of Cypress, California died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California following surgery. He was born July 23, 1960 at Rexburg, Idaho the son of Steven Loyd Weekes and Glenda Merrill Weekes. He attended Spaulding grade school in Richland, Washington, Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, and Brigham Young...
Effie Hilma Biesack
Nov 12, 2005
Effie Hilma Biesack, age 91, of Salt Lake City, Utah, died at the home of her great nephew, Blaine Taylor in Salt Lake, Saturday, November 12, 2005. Effie was born September 5, 1914, in Rigby, Idaho, the daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht Petersen, and Ane Johanne Nielsen Petersen. Effie grew up and attended schools in Northern, California. As an active member...
Troy Sharum
Nov 10, 2005
Troy Sharum, 72, of Rigby, Idaho and formerly of California died Thursday, November 10, 2005 at his son’s home in Rigby. He was born September 10, 1933 at Wewoka, Oklahoma the son of James Sharum and May Arnett Sharum. Troy served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He worked as a carpenter in California and was a...
Jack Leroy Waddell
Nov 2, 2005
Jack LeRoy Waddell, 68, of Rigby, Idaho died November 2, 2005 at the University of Utah Burn Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jack was born September 29, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Samuel Eugene Waddell and Bertha Celia Dymack Waddell. He attended school at Lincoln Elementary in Idaho Falls. He married Verla Rae Oram on June...
