Obituaries

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Marcene Giambra

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...