Obituaries

Durward Ervin Thomas
Jan 1, 2006
Durward Ervin Thomas, 93, died January 1, 2006 at his apartment at Teton House in Rexburg, Idaho. Durward was born May 24, 1912, at Mauston, Wisconsin, the son of Ervin Augustine and Lenora Wright Thomas. He grew up in Mauston, graduating from Mauston High School. He married Melissa Eunice Mellor on August 2, 1934 and was married for 67 years....
Nora May Wilkins Smith Hill
Dec 31, 2005
Nora May Wilkins Smith Hill, 94, passed away at her home in Rigby, Idaho, December 31, 2005 of causes incident to age. She was born to Andrew and Vida Cole Wilkins, January 5, 1911, in Coltman Idaho. She spent her growing up years in Ucon. After one year of high school, she moved to Idaho Falls to work for the...
Clara Mattie Noe Talbot
Dec 31, 2005
Clara Mattie Noe Talbot, 83, died at her home in Menan on December 30, 2005. Clara was born in 1922 in Edwardsville, Illinois on December 17, to Ralph Edward and Sylvia Mae Troutt Noe. She was raised in Zanesville, Ohio and served in the Women’s Air Corp during World War Two. On October 3, 1948 she married Henry Leon Talbot...
Edna I. Hayes
Dec 28, 2005
Edna I. Hayes, age 86, of Rigby, died Wednesday December 28, 2005, at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab Center in Rexburg. Edna was born October 2, 1919 at Ucon, Idaho a daughter to Edward James Rawle and Jennie Irene Barnes Rawle. She attended 1st grade at Riley Grade School in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2nd through the 8th grades in...
William Treasure "Bill" Simmons
Dec 23, 2005
William Treasure “Bill” Simmons, age 76, of Terreton, died at Madison Memorial Hospital, Friday December 23, 2005. Bill was born June 1, 1929 at St. Anthony, Idaho a son of Eli Alma and Sara Klingler Simmons. He attended schools in Monteview, Terreton, and Roberts, graduating from Roberts High School. He attended Brigham Young University for two years. He married Theola...
Thomas Theodore Swager
Dec 22, 2005
Thomas Theodore Swager, 84, of Rigby died Thursday, December 22, 2005, at his home. Tom was born July 20, 1921 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Carl William Swager and Frances Alberta Sullivan Swager. He was raised and attended school in Blackfoot. He attended Idaho State University and University of Idaho where he received a Bachelor’s Degree. Tom graduated...
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...
