Obituaries

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Vera Jane Richards

Vera Jane Richards

Jun 26, 2003

Vera Jane Richards, age 95, of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, June 26, 2003 at Rigby, Idaho. Vera was born March 28, 1908 at Warm River, Idaho the daughter of Ezra Sperry Davenport and Martha Arminta Higley Davenport. She graduated from High School in Shelley, Idaho. She worked at Earl Evan’s Drug Store in Idaho Falls, Idaho and later she retired...

Theodore Alma Larsen

Theodore Alma Larsen

Jun 21, 2003

Theodore Alma Larsen, age 77, of Ririe, Idaho, died at his home Saturday, June 21, 2003. Theodore was born February 26, 1926, at Independence, Idaho a son of Alma Moroni Larsen and Vera Adelaide Lucinda Daniels Larsen. He attended Rexburg area schools. On April 11, 1953, he married Wanda Fern Christensen in Poplar, Idaho. Theodore farmed in the Thornton, Rexburg...

Roy Leo Reed

Roy Leo Reed

Jun 21, 2003

Roy Leo Reed, age 86, of LaBelle, died Saturday, June 21, 2003, at his home from causes incident to his age. Roy was born May 15, 1917, at Lorenzo, Idaho a son of Freeman L. Reed and Lula Addaline Yearsley Reed. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He then attended Ricks College. Roy married Lola...

Ronald Demar Nebeker

Ronald Demar Nebeker

Jun 20, 2003

Ronald DeMar Nebeker, age 63, of Grant, Idaho, died Friday, June 20, 2003, at his home. Ron was born May 22, 1940, at Annabella, Utah, a son of DeMar Nebeker and Carrie Luzon Shaw Nebeker. He attended schools in the Richfield, Utah area graduating from Richfield High School. He attended college at Cedar City, Utah for 2 years and then...

Paul Warren Jeppson

Paul Warren Jeppson

Jun 15, 2003

Paul Warren Jeppson, age 81, died Sunday, June 15, 2003, at his home in Rigby. Paul was born October 4, 1921, at Blackfoot, Idaho, the son of Royal Moroni Jeppson and Blanche Gertrude Erdmann Jeppson. He was raised in Blackfoot and graduated from Blackfoot High School. He attended Utah State University, receiving a Bachelors degree in Zoology. Paul served in...

Merle Leroy Renken

Merle Leroy Renken

Jun 13, 2003

Merle LeRoy Renken; 80, of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, June 13, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Merle was born November 28, 1922 at Omaha, Nebraska the son of Ed H. Renken and Leora Sampson. He attended schools in California and served in the Army during World War II. He married Venda Browning on June 20, 1988 at Rigby, Idaho. He...

Carol Jessie Christensen

Carol Jessie Christensen

Jun 12, 2003

Carol Jessie Hilton Christensen, age 83, of Grant, died Thursday, June 12, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Carol was born December 9, 1919, at Darlington, Custer County, Idaho, a daughter of William Price Fullmer Jr. and Fannie Verona Whiting Fullmer. Carol attended schools in Menan, Lost River and Midway High School. She then attended...

Ralph William Summers

Ralph William Summers

Jun 11, 2003

Ralph William Summers, age 81, of Rigby and Ririe area died Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at the Beehive Homes of Rexburg. Ralph was born April 30, 1922 in Rigby, Idaho the son of Joseph Benjamin Summers and Georgia Nettie Leona Harris Summers. He attended school in the Clark area. He married Yoshiko Summers in Tokyo, Japan in 1956. Ralph joined...

Ira Leo Wadsworth

Ira Leo Wadsworth

Jun 6, 2003

Ira L. Wadsworth, age, 79 of Monteview, Idaho died Friday, June 6, 2003, at his home in Monteview. Ira was born on February 28, 1924, in Roy, Utah the son of Daniel Chester Wadsworth and Alta Baker Wadsworth. He was raised and graduated from school in Aberdeen, Idaho. He joined the Army Air Force in June of 1944 and was...

Erica Justine Hale

Erica Justine Hale

May 29, 2003

Erica Justine Hale, premature baby of Charles and Chanel Anna Porter Hale died Thursday, May 29, 2003 in Pocatello, Idaho at the Portnuef Medical Center. She is survived by her parents, Charles Hale Jr. and Chanel Anna Porter Hale of Aberdeen, Idaho. Her grandparents, Juile Cox, Thoe Owen Hale, Jeff and Pauline Davies and Carla Vee Moon. Her great grandparents,...

Richard Alden Poulsen

Richard Alden Poulsen

May 25, 2003

RICHARD Alden POULSEN, age 46, of Centerville, Utah died at home, Sunday, May 25, 2003. Richard was born September 27, 1956, at Rigby, Idaho, the son of Richard Kay Poulsen and Coleen Poole Poulsen. He attended elementary schools in Rigby, Idaho, and Providence, Utah. He attended South Cache Junior High in Hyrum, Utah, and Skyview High School in Smithfield, Utah....

Darwin Derris Anderson

Darwin Derris Anderson

May 15, 2003

Darwin Derris Anderson, age 69, of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, May 15, 2003, at his home. Darwin was born on May 19, 1933, in Thornton, Idaho the son of LaReno Lamonte Anderson and Lillian Rose Lyman. He was raised in Thornton attending school in Thornton and Madison High. Darwin married Beth Welchman on December 30, 1991 in Rigby, Idaho. He...

Iris Ann Landon

Iris Ann Landon

May 6, 2003

Iris Ann Landon; 73, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born March 6, 1930 at Ririe, Idaho the daughter of Edwin Ransom Harris and Dorothy Ann Dutson Harris. She attended school at Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. She married Dennis Lamar Landon on March 16, 1960. Their marriage was...

Iris Ann Landon

Iris Ann Landon

May 6, 2003

Iris Ann Landon; 73, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born March 6, 1930 at Ririe, Idaho the daughter of Edwin Ransom Harris and Dorothy Ann Dutson Harris. She attended school at Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. She married Dennis Lamar Landon on March 16, 1960. Their marriage was...

Linda Faye Morris

Linda Faye Morris

Apr 24, 2003

Linda Faye Morris, age 50, of Rigby, Idaho, died Thursday, April 24, 2003. Linda was born November 5, 1952 at Pueblo, Colorado the daughter of Eugene Paul Ryan and Wanda Mae Evans Ryan. She attended school in Kansas, Colorado, and Utah. She graduated from Weber High School in Ogden, Utah. She married Larry Dee Morris June 12, 1972 at Scott...

Theora Field

Theora Field

Apr 19, 2003

Theora Cooper Field, 93 of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away Saturday, April 19, 2003 at her home. Theora’s parents settled in Iona and the Ririe Highway area in the early 1900’s where Theora attended church and graduated from school. Theora was born June 10, 1908 to James Aurelious and Amanda Olsen Cooper. Theora married Elmer Lindholm of Iona and had...

Florence Irene Simon

Florence Irene Simon

Apr 18, 2003

Florence Irene Simon; 68, of Roberts, Idaho died Friday, April 18, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Irene was born September 15, 1934 at Neligh, Nebraska the daughter of Clarence James Judd and Florence Ida Gustafson Judd. She was raised and attended school in Neligh and Oakdale, Nebraska. She married John B. Simon on July...

Mary C. Wilson

Mary C. Wilson

Apr 9, 2003

Mary C. Wilson, age 66, of Spencer, Idaho died Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Mary was born March 21, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Edward Grant Young and Hazel Nelson Young. Mary was raised in Idaho Falls attending Emmerson Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High and graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She was a member of The Church...

Frank Archie Kummer

Frank Archie Kummer

Apr 8, 2003

Frank Archie Kummer, age 65, of Lewisville, Idaho died Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at his home in Lewisville. Frank was born on August 23, 1938, the son of Charles Francis and Marie Chandler Kummer. He was raised in Soda Springs and attended school there. Frank continued his education at Idaho State University for two years. Frank served in the United...

Afton Arehart

Afton Arehart

Apr 1, 2003

Afton Arehart, age 66, of Idaho Falls died Tuesday, April 01, 2003 at the Golden Pines care center in Rigby. Afton was born on August 25, 1936 in Grant, Idaho the daughter of Abram Wayne Wilson and Vendetta Cook Wilson. She attended school in Roberts and Rigby. Afton married Jim F. Arehart on May 28, 1953 in Butte, Montana. Afton...