Obituaries

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Larry George Summers

Larry George Summers

Oct 31, 2005

Larry George Summers, 69, of Ririe, died Monday, October 31, 2005 at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Larry was born October 16, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Laurence George Summers and Rosa Edith Hunter Summers. He was raised in Ririe attending Ririe schools. He graduated from Ririe High School where he was active in band. He...

Lois Jane Beckstead

Lois Jane Beckstead

Oct 27, 2005

Lois Jane Beckstead, 67, of Rigby, died October 27, 2005 at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehab of kidney failure. Lois was born March 10, 1938 in Clark, Idaho a daughter of Blaine Hamilton Fillmore and Ellen Elizabeth Parks Fillmore. She was raised and attended school in Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. After high school she attended Sacred Heart...

Elizabeth Neise Satterfield

Elizabeth Neise Satterfield

Oct 24, 2005

Elizabeth Neise Satterfield, infant child of Samuel David Satterfield and Clarissa Ranae Smith Satterfield, was born and passed away October 24, 2005, at the University of Utah Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Samuel and Clarrissa of Rexburg, grandparents, Bruce Kelly and Carol Lee Satterfield of Iona, and Ronald Trent and Diane Smith of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Graveside services will be...

Donna Lou Rutledge

Donna Lou Rutledge

Oct 22, 2005

Eckersell Funeral Home 101 W. Main Rigby, Idaho 83442 208-745-6604 photo with e-mail family tribute On October 22, 2005, our beloved mother, wife and dear friend, Donna Lou Rutledge lost her courageous battle with cancer surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband Virgil G. Rutledge and children, Monty (Chris) Rutledge of Rigby, Lana (Jay) Hill of Twin...

Gwenevere Hymas Reed

Gwenevere Hymas Reed

Oct 19, 2005

Gwenevere Hymas Reed, 84, of Ririe, Idaho died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 in Idaho Falls. She was born March 29, 1921 near Rigby, Idaho to Wilford Watkins Hymas and Ethel May Call Hymas. From a very early age she displayed an amazing gift in music which she continued to develop and which she freely shared all of her life. She...

Eileen Passey Ringel

Eileen Passey Ringel

Oct 17, 2005

Eileen Passey Ringel, 80, exchanged mortality for eternal life on October 17, 2005 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Eileen was born October 9, 1925 to Ida Susan Howell and Leo Fowler Passey in Lanark, Bear Lake County, Idaho. She was the third child of eight children. She attended the two room school house in Lanark where she developed...

Joann Spaulding

Joann Spaulding

Oct 16, 2005

JoAnn Nielsen Spaulding, 71, passed away on October 16, 2005 from pneumonia. She was surrounded by her family. She was born on November 10, 1933 to Andrew Baxter Nielsen and Ann Walters Nielsen. She was the youngest of five children. JoAnn was raised in the Rigby area and received her education there. She was active in band, drama, and athletics....

James Marshall Hagen

James Marshall Hagen

Oct 11, 2005

James Marshall Hagen, 81, of Rigby, died Tuesday October 11, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jim was born March 2, 1924 in Coeur D Alene, Idaho a son of Charles Bernestine Hagen and Jennie Holt Hagen. He was raised and attended school in Coeur D Alene and graduated from Coeur D Alene High School. He attended Olaf...

Mable Olive Bates

Mable Olive Bates

Oct 6, 2005

Mable Olive Bates, 97, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rigby, died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at her home at Three Fountains in Idaho Falls. Olive was born on March 24, 1908 in Hyrum, Utah a daughter of Josiah Godfrey and Gunda Boletta Petersen Godfrey. She was raised and attended school in Ucon. Olive married Veral Veness Bates on November 2,...

Darrell Lewis Dimos

Darrell Lewis Dimos

Oct 6, 2005

Darrell Lewis Dimos, 80, of Rigby died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at his home in Rigby. Darrell was born November 19, 1924 in Osceola, Indiana a son of John Dimos and Flossy Aller Dimos. He married Gladys Ames on September 29, 1947 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They later divorced. Darrell married Darlene Winder on July 1, 1976 in Rigby, Idaho....

Ellen Clement

Ellen Clement

Oct 4, 2005

Ellen C. Clement, 86, of Lewisville, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2005, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born in Menan, Idaho, on February 3, 1919, to George and Ada Cherry. She was the eldest child born into the family and was followed by one sister and one brother. She grew up in Menan and her life was centered...

Velma Ann Byrne

Velma Ann Byrne

Oct 3, 2005

Velma Ann Byrne of Rigby, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona died, at her Phoenix home, on October 3, 2005 from complications of cancer. She was born July 26, 1917, the daughter of Albert and Alice (Voutour) Drolet, at South Grafton, Massachusetts. Velma attended school in Grafton and served as the Student Body Secretary her senior year, the first woman to hold...

Lynn Ray Boice

Lynn Ray Boice

Oct 3, 2005

Lynn Ray Boice, age 66, of Burton, died at his home, after a twenty year battle with diabetes, Monday, October 3, 2005. Lynn was born August 22, 1939 in Phoenix Arizona, the son of Lionel Romaine Boice, and Dora Ilene Duke Boice. Lynn attended Longview Elementary School, and graduated from North Phoenix High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Arizona...

Virginia Iona Holtry

Virginia Iona Holtry

Sep 27, 2005

Virginia Iona Holtry, 79, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at her home in Idaho Falls. Virginia was born on September 15, 1926 in Reading, Ohio a daughter of K.D. Dykes and Georgia Mae Sexton Dykes. She was raised and attended school in Ohio and Barboursville, Kentucky graduating from Barboursville high school. Virginia married Cecil Holtry on September...

Phillip Montano

Phillip Montano

Sep 27, 2005

Phil Montano, 74, of Rigby, died at his home Tuesday, September 27, 2005, of cancer. Phil was born July 9, 1931 at Holbrook, Arizona a son to Phillip and Dana Sanchez Montano. He attended schools in Long Beach, California. Following High School he served in the United States Navy as a fireman. He married Valerie May Witty, February 15, 1975...

Blanche H. Murdock

Blanche H. Murdock

Sep 24, 2005

Blanche H. Murdock, 93, of Idaho Falls died Sat., Sept. 24, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Blanche was born July 28, 1912 in Ogden, UT to Edmund & Mary Ann (Bate) Hill. She was the 2nd of 8 children. Blanche had a very memorable childhood. She grew up on a farm in Lorenzo, ID, next...

Margarito Chino Ceron

Margarito Chino Ceron

Sep 24, 2005

Margarito Chino Ceron, age 30, died Saturday, September 24, 2005, near Menan from injuries he received in an automobile accident. Margarito was born January 26, 1975, at Tlaxacala, Mexico to Alverto Ceron and Artemia Lovato Ceron. He attended schools in Beunavista, Tlaxcala, Mexico. He came to the United States of America in 1996. He married Mabel Mendez, September 6, 2003...

Lavada Gwennie Strong Simmons

Lavada Gwennie Strong Simmons

Sep 23, 2005

LaVada Gwennie Strong Simmons, 94, of Lorenzo, passed away September 23, 2005, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. She was born August 13, 1911, in Springville, Utah, to Joseph Mendenhall Strong and Gwenlleyn Elizabeth Jenkins Strong. She attended school in LaBelle, Idaho and Springville, Utah. On...

Jayne L. Moir

Jayne L. Moir

Sep 23, 2005

Jayne L. Moir, age 82, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, September 23, 2005, at the home of her daughter in Rigby. Jayne was born May 13, 1923 in Rigby, Idaho to Herbert Campbell and Effie Bates Campbell. She attended school in Rigby. Jayne married Clifford Ellis on August 17, 1940 and they had one daughter. He was killed on July...

Pamela Muir

Pamela Muir

Sep 22, 2005

Pam was born May 3rd 1963 in Rexburg Idaho and has passed away September 22nd 2005 at her home in Renton Washington after a brave and courageous battle with Cancer. She grew up in the Renton area, attending schools in the Kent School District. She graduated from Kentridge High School in 1981. Pam attended Brigham Young University and graduated with...