Obituaries

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Nellie Gray Williams

Nellie Gray Williams

Jan 18, 2004

Nellie Gray Williams, 82, of Rigby, died Sunday January 18, 2004 at the Idaho Falls Care Center in Idaho Falls. Nellie was born March 27, 1921 at Tarboro, North Carolina a daughter of Robert James Carter and Bessie Edmondson Carter. She attended Schools in Tarboro. She married Marvelin Bass in Tarboro. They were later divorced. She then met and married...

Cleo Lavon Radford

Cleo Lavon Radford

Jan 14, 2004

Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 West Main Street Rigby, Idaho 83442 745-6604 Cleo Lavon Radford, 84 of Rigby, died Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at the Rexburg Nursing Center from complications of Cancer. Cleo was born May 4, 1919, at Melba, Idaho a daughter of James Leon Gallup and Lina Lavon Coles Gallup. She attended Antelope and Clark Schools. She married Etsel...

Harold Thomas Barnes

Harold Thomas Barnes

Dec 26, 2003

Harold T. Barnes, age 70, of Milo, died at the Idaho Falls Care Center Friday, December 26, 2003. Harold was born May 21, 1933, at Shelton, Idaho a son of Tommy Francis Barnes and Elsie Peterson Barnes. He married Denee Marie Romriell December 4, 1963 at Milo. Their Marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on April...

Gary Demonte Briggs

Gary Demonte Briggs

Dec 25, 2003

Gary Demonte Briggs, 66 of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Gary was born September 7, 1937, at Thornton, Idaho a son of Edward Briggs and Hazel Anderson Briggs. He grew up and attended schools in Madison County graduating from Madison High School. He married Janis Ellsworth on December 22, 1959 at...

Merelene Yvonne Hanson

Merelene Yvonne Hanson

Dec 14, 2003

Merelene Yvonne Hanson, 71, of Rigby, Idaho died Sunday, December 14, 2003 at her home in Rigby. Merelene was born May 31, 1932 in Hibbard, Idaho the daughter of Samuel Sommers and Grace Estella Rock Sommers. She attended school in Hibbard and graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho. She Married Donald Eugene Hanson on October 23, 1948 in...

Harriett Adele Helphenstine Allen

Harriett Adele Helphenstine Allen

Dec 13, 2003

Harriett Adele Helphenstine Allen, age 75, died December 13, 2003 in San Diego, California. Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 20, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in the Ucon Cemetery under the direction of Eckersell Funeral Home.

Duenes Shane G

Duenes Shane G

Dec 12, 2003

Our loving husband, father, son, and brother, Shane G. Duenes, 31, of Idaho Falls, Idaho was called home on December 12, 2003. He fought a long courageous battle against cancer. He fought his cancer like a warrior, never giving up. He past from this life surrounded by his family, in the comfort of his home. His journey here on Earth...

Leonel Howard Anderson

Leonel Howard Anderson

Dec 1, 2003

L. Howard Anderson, 90, of Rigby, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, in Rigby. He was born on June 1, 1913, in Acequia, Minidoka County, Idaho, the first son and fourth child of Hilda Ann Christina Hokanson and Leonel Anderson. The family moved to various locations with his father’s work, and young Howard attended schools throughout Idaho including in Sugar City,...

Betty E. Taylor

Betty E. Taylor

Nov 25, 2003

BETTY E. TAYLOR Our dear and beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Betty E. Taylor peacefully returned home to our Father in Heaven November 25, 2003, at the Beehive Home in Rigby, Idaho. She was born in Logan, Utah, December 30, 1920 to Farrell Thain Watson and Icie Virginia Bailey. She married her High School Sweetheart, Eugene Doyle Taylor March 27,...

Wilma Jeannette Rigby

Wilma Jeannette Rigby

Nov 20, 2003

Wilma Jeannette Rigby, 86, of Rigby, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born in Poulsbo, Washington on March 5, 1917 the only child of Ragna and Simon W. Murley. She attended schools in the Poulsbo and Bremerton, Washington area, graduating from Bremerton High School. After high school in 1939, Wilma attended the Nurses Training Program...

Zachary Daniel Meng

Zachary Daniel Meng

Nov 19, 2003

Zachary Daniel Meng, 20, of Rigby, died at his home Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Zachary was born August 29, 1983 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Charles Danny Meng and Raylene Tovey Johnson Meng. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Jefferson High School. He had a talent for art, a love of people and his family, and...

Zachery Daniel Meng

Zachery Daniel Meng

Nov 19, 2003

Zachary Daniel Meng, 20, of Rigby, died at his home Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Zachary was born August 29, 1983 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Charles Danny Meng and Raylene Tovey Johnson Meng. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Jefferson High School. He had a talent for art, a love of people and his family, and...

Richard Lee Campbell

Richard Lee Campbell

Nov 19, 2003

Richard Lee Campbell, 65, of Idaho Falls, died at Good Samaritan Center Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Richard was born November 24, 1937, at Rigby, Idaho a son of Gerven L. Campbell and Myrtle L. Johnson Campbell. He married Lois L. Selman, June 1, 1965 at Rigby, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He was...

Richard Lee Leathers

Richard Lee Leathers

Nov 13, 2003

RICHARD LEE LEATHERS II, age 36, of Rigby, Idaho, died at his home Thursday, November 13, 2003. Richard was born September 16, 1967, at Woodland, California, the son of Richard Lee Leathers Sr. and Mary Lynn Chapman Leathers. Richard graduated from Skline High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He married Julie Fay Morgan, May 12, 1990 in Rigby, Idaho. He...

Jordan Spencer Bybee

Jordan Spencer Bybee

Nov 3, 2003

Jordan Spencer Bybee, age 3, of Rexburg, died Monday, November 3, 2003, at Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah Jordan was born September 26, 2000, at Rexburg, Idaho a son of Brad Lee and Vonda Nicole Newman Bybee. He loved balls, to play games on the computer, looking at books, for daddy to read to him and his...

Ellen Magdalene Killian

Ellen Magdalene Killian

Nov 2, 2003

ELLEN Magdalene KILLIAN, age 69, died at her home in Rigby, Sunday, November 02, 2003 of ALS Lou Gehrig's disease. Ellen was born November 25, 1933, in Rigby, Idaho the daughter of David Osborne Glenn and Margaret Virginia Bagley Glenn. Ellen grew up and attended schools in the Garfield and Rigby area. She earned her G.E.D. then went on to...

Joseph Milton "Sock" Raymond

Joseph Milton "Sock" Raymond

Oct 31, 2003

Joseph Milton “Sock” Raymond, 98, of Menan, died at his home Friday, October 31, 2003. Sock was born January 2, 1905 at Plain City, Utah a son of Orson Curtis Raymond and Ann Rawson Raymond. He attended Menan Schools graduating from Midway High School. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Amy Dean “Pat” Harkness May 12,...

Everett Thomas Acor

Everett Thomas Acor

Oct 26, 2003

Everett Thomas Acor Sr., age 100, of Terreton, Idaho died Sunday, October 26, 2003, at his son’s home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Everett was born February 12, 1903 at Greeley, Colorado, the son of Clyde Loring Acor and Lena Mae Hannigan Acor. He married Marie Ellsworth on August 5, 1931 in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple. She preceded him in...

Linda Marie Barnes

Linda Marie Barnes

Oct 21, 2003

Linda Marie Barnes, 48, of Menan, Idaho passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at her home. She was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho where she graduated from Pocatello High School in 1973. She attended Idaho State University where she met her husband and eternal companion Scott Barnes. They were married August 17, 1978 and had their marriage solemnized in...

Rulon Roy Yearsley

Rulon Roy Yearsley

Oct 15, 2003

Rulon Roy Yearsley, age 97, of Hamer, a loving father and grandfather was called home to live with Heavenly Father. Rulon was born on May 8, 1906, in Menan, Idaho a son of William Lorenzo Yearsley and Alice Labasha Blaisdell Yearsley. He attended the Roberts High School. He married Esther Lerenia Hardcastle on April 21, 1944 in Idaho Falls, Idaho....