Obituaries

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Evan Ray Jones

Evan Ray Jones

Oct 14, 2003

Evan “Ray” Jones, age 75, of Menan, Idaho died Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. Ray was born February16, 1928, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Wilford Thomas Jones and Stella Mae Eschler Jones. Ray attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. Ray served in the Army for 6 years operating...

Dale Lee Hiatt

Dale Lee Hiatt

Oct 11, 2003

Dale Lee Hiatt, age 66, of Rigby, died Saturday, October 11, 2003, at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Dale was born October 5, 1937, at Ogden, Utah a son of Jesse Eliah Hiatt and Erma Drabble Hiatt. He graduated from Rigby High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 19 March 1957 to 8 March 1962. He...

Edna Leolin Lafountain

Edna Leolin Lafountain

Oct 11, 2003

Edna Leolin LaFountain; 82, of Rigby, Idaho died Saturday, October 11, 2003 in Rigby, Idaho. Edna was born October 12, 1921 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the daughter of Philias Leger and Edna Anna Bourgois Leger. She attended schools in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and was a member of the Catholic Church. She married Lester Francis LaFountain on February 14, 1941 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts....

Donna Rosezelle Voyles

Donna Rosezelle Voyles

Oct 9, 2003

Donna Rosezelle Voyles, age 75, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Thursday, October 09, 2003. Donna was born at the Nebeker homestead on November 4, 1927 in Clark, Idaho to Alvin Edwin Nebeker and Rebecca Beebe Rosezelle Runolfson Nebeker. She attended school in Annis and Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She worked at the Dill Pickle Inn during high school....

Sue Killian Hoag

Sue Killian Hoag

Sep 30, 2003

Sue Hoag, age 62, of Ririe, died Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Sue was born November 15, 1940, at Milo, Idaho, a daughter of Delbert Henry Killian and Mary Campbell Killian. She attended schools in Poplar, Ririe, Ucon and graduated from Bonneville High School. She married Myron Stanley Hoag, July 9,...

Albert Randal Furrows

Albert Randal Furrows

Sep 15, 2003

Albert Randal Furrows, age 44, died, Monday, September 15, 2003, near Rigby from injuries received in an automobile accident. Randy was born September 19, 1958, at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Albert Richard and Jeannine Gloria Watts Furrrows. He attended schools in Roberts and Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. He received his associates degree from Ricks College and...

Elsie Marie Hill

Elsie Marie Hill

Sep 4, 2003

Elsie Marie Galbraith Hill, age 90, of Lyman, Idaho, our sweet sweet mother, sister, and grandmother returned home to our Heavenly Father, Thursday, September 4, 2003. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving children and grandchildren. Elsie was born in Lyman, June 4, 1913 to Francis and Nettie Sutton Galbraith. She was the second child of seven. She was...

Richard Charles "Dick" Woods

Richard Charles "Dick" Woods

Sep 3, 2003

Richard Charles “Dick” Woods, 77, of Roberts, Idaho died Wednesday, September 03, 2003, at his home in Roberts. Dick was born September 9, 1925, at Clark, Idaho the son of Raymond Stanley Woods and Mabel Winifred Balmforth Woods. He attended schools in Clark, Rigby and Roberts graduating from Roberts High School. Dick served with the Merchant Marines during World War...

Eldon Albert Tirrell

Eldon Albert Tirrell

Aug 27, 2003

Eldon Albert Tirrell, age 93, of Rigby, died August 27, 2003, at his home in Rigby. Eldon was born on December 8, 1909 in Cedar Fort, Utah the son of Albert Tirrell and Elizabeth Jane Lovell Tirrell. He was raised and attended school in Antelope, Idaho. Eldon cleared the land and farmed at antelope. He also owned and operated Rigby...

Harold "Hal Vilhauer

Harold "Hal Vilhauer

Aug 20, 2003

Harold “Hal” Vilhauer, 61 of Rigby, Idaho died at his home on August 20, 2003 after a valiant battle with cancer. Hal was born on September 16, 1941 in Rupert, Idaho the son of Herman and Ruth Vilhauer. He was raised and attended schools in Rupert, Idaho graduating from Minico High School. He attended Carbon College in Price, Utah on...

Russell Wayne Ogden

Russell Wayne Ogden

Aug 18, 2003

Russell Wayne Ogden, was born June 15, 1968 in Denver, Colorado to Perry Wayne and Marie Hancock Ogden. He was raised in Cache Valley and attended schools there until his Senior year, when he moved to Rigby. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1986 and served in the U.S. Army at Bamberg, Germany through 1987. Russell married Miriam Young...

Wanda Allen Hanson

Wanda Allen Hanson

Aug 16, 2003

Wanda A Hanson, 89, of Annis, Idaho died Saturday, August 16, 2003 at the Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born April 3, 1914, in Sunnydell, Idaho along with her twin brother Wando, to the union of Amos Allen and Anna Agusta Eliason Allen. She graduated from the eighth grade in Sunnydell. While growing up during the depression...

Earl Brady

Earl Brady

Aug 4, 2003

EARL “PETE” BRADY, age 81, of Rigby, died August 4, 2003, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Earl was born July 12, 1922 in Poplar, Idaho, the son of Jordan Perry Brady, and Sarah Christensen Brady. Earl grew up and attended schools in Rigby. He graduated from Rigby High School. He married Velma Scott, June 16, 1946 in Labelle, Idaho, this marriage...

Arland Jay Ball

Arland Jay Ball

Aug 4, 2003

Arland Jay Ball, age 74, of Ucon, Idaho died Monday, August 4, 2003, at the Rexburg Nursing Center. Arland was born on August 21, 1928, in Ucon, Idaho, the son of Morris Marion Ball and Elsie Emilie Wilkins Ball. Arland was raised and attended schools in Ucon and Idaho Falls. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus...

Byron Franklin Cassity

Byron Franklin Cassity

Jul 28, 2003

Byron Franklin Cassity, age 82, of St. Anthony died Monday, July28, 2003, at the Rexburg Nursing Home. Byron was born May 13, 1921 in Groveland, Indiana the son of Ambrose D. Cassity and Laura Eggers Cassity. Byron was raised and attended school in Coatesville, Indiana. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theatre. He...

Kenneth Parley Bird

Kenneth Parley Bird

Jul 25, 2003

Kenneth Parley Bird, age 80, passed away July 25, 2003 in Rigby , Idaho where he resided. He was born May 6, 1923 in Milo Township, to Lewis Richard Bird Jr. and Mary Ann Davis. He married Carma Joyce Ingram on September 21, 1948 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. He is survived by his wife Carma of Rigby and...

Newell A. Piquet

Newell A. Piquet

Jul 17, 2003

NEWELL A. PIQUET, age 83, of Ucon, Idaho, died at his home, Thursday, July 17, 2003. Newell was born January 13, 1920 in Bates, Idaho, the son of Augustus Constant, and Mary Martin Piquet. Newell grew up and attended schools in Bates & Driggs, Idaho. He graduated from Driggs High School. Newell married Madonna Weekes, March 12, 1941 in the...

Paul William Griffith

Paul William Griffith

Jul 13, 2003

Paul William Grifftih, age 65, of Rigby, died Sunday, July 13, 2003, at the Idaho Falls Care Center. Paul was born April 27, 1938, in San Bernardino, California the son of Frank Elvis Griffith and Maurine Alberta Knitter Griffith. Paul graduated from Pacific High School in San Bernardino, California. He attended two years at the San Bernardino Valley College in...

Blaine Nile Chase

Blaine Nile Chase

Jul 1, 2003

Blaine Nile Chase, 52, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Tuesday, July 1, 2003, in Idaho Falls. Blaine was born in Rigby, Idaho on August 30, 1950, the son of Nile Frank Chase and Joyce Aeschbacher. He attended schools in Ririe, Idaho. He was a 1969 graduate of Ririe High School. He participated in football and track while at Ririe High...

Thelma Hutchens

Thelma Hutchens

Jun 27, 2003

Thelma Hutchens, 88, of Idaho Falls, Idaho formerly of LaBelle, Idaho died Friday, June 27, 2003 in Idaho Falls. Thelma was born November 11, 1914 at Shelton, Idaho the daughter of Ernest John Moore and Viola Cole Moore. She attended various schools in Southeastern Idaho. She had worked at the Rigby Seed House, Rushtons Meat Market, King B., Fresh Pak,...