Obituaries

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
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
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
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
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
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...
Dennis Lavoy Jensen
Sep 18, 2005
Dennis LaVoy Jensen, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2005 at EIRMC After a valiant fight with Multiple Myloma. Dennis was born in Ashton, Idaho, January 30, 1941 to Burgess Kidd and Donna Humphrey. He was raised in Rigby, Idaho and adopted by Arden James Jensen. He graduated from Rigby High School. He joined the National Guard his senior year of...
Edna Grace Oram
Sep 17, 2005
Edna Grace Pearson Oram, age 88, died September 17, 2005 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. At the base of Table Rock Mountain on a cold and snowy January night, Edna Grace was born January 9, 1917 to Carl Albert and Grace Pearson. She was the fifth of nine children (Clyde, Verona, Jack, Helen, Merle, Aldyth, Marjorie, and Clarene)....
Robert Ray Mckinney
Sep 14, 2005
Robert Ray McKinney, 28, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Robert was born December 18, 1976 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Bob R. McKinney and Vickie Ann Wheeler McKinney. He attended Rigby schools including Rigby High School where he was active in sports. He married Andra Johnson October...
Daniel Ray Mowery
Sep 14, 2005
Daniel Ray Mowery, Sr. born July 18, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia, died from a sudden illness sometime Wednesday, September 14, 2005. He was called home. The Lord needs him more and he is at eternal peace. From the time Daniel was born, he had been a sensitive, intelligent person. After finishing high school, Daniel joined the United States Army. After...
Lavada Gwennie Simmons
Sep 13, 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...
Calvert Wayne Ivie
Sep 12, 2005
Calvert Wayne Ivie age 82 of Terreton, Idaho died Monday, September 12, 2005, at his home. Calvert was born December 23, 1922 in Richfield, Colorado, the son of Wilford Byron Ivie and Lucille Ann Peterson Ivie. He was a graduate of the 1941 Springville High School class. He served during World War II in the Navy as a Petty Officer...
Kevin Everett Clark
Sep 9, 2005
Kevin Everett Clark, age 26, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died Friday, September 9, 2005, due to critical injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Kevin was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho August 16, 1979 to Corinna Covert and Brent Clark. He lived in Ririe, Idaho until he joined the United States Navy in 1998. Kevin was ranked...
Lonnie Dell Gahart
Sep 7, 2005
Lonnie Dell Gahart, age 70, of Menan, died Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Lonnie was born May 19, 1935 at Yoder, Colorado a son of Adolf Gahart and Myrtle Marie Bear Gahart. He attended Exiter, California Schools. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean conflict and in Japan. He married...
Raymond Stanley Lindstrom
Sep 3, 2005
Raymond Stanley Lindstrom, 85, passed away September 3, 2005, in Rexburg, ID. He was born June 21, 1920 in Idaho Falls, ID to Harold Alrich and Laverne Dunmire Lindstrom. He was the second oldest of five boys. He was raised in Lewisville. He attended Lewisville Elementary and Midway High School. His mother passed away when he was 15, leaving his...
Glenda Green
Sep 3, 2005
Glenda Green, age 72, of Roberts, died of Cancer in Idaho Falls, Saturday, September 3, 2005. Glenda was born March 31, 1933, at Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Arthur Leon Rammell and Julia Pearl Daniels Rammell. She attended schools in Tetonia, Graduated from Teton High School in Driggs and attended Ricks College in Rexburg. She married Robert I. Green...
Deesta Widerburg
Sep 2, 2005
DeEsta Widerburg, 71, of Rigby, died at her home Friday, September 02, 2005. DeEsta was born June 17, 1934 at Annis, Idaho, a daughter to Henry Owen Ellis and Kathrine Morgan Ellis. She attended schools at Annis, Midway High School, Rigby High School and Madison High School. She married Melvin Dean Widerburg, December 27, 1967 at Idaho Falls, Idaho. She...
Thelda Taylor
Aug 31, 2005
Thelda Burns Taylor, 77, of Rigby, died Wednesday August 31, 2005 at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born May 16, 1928, in Burton, Idaho to Henry Stacey Burns and Margaret Hall Burns. She attended school in Burton and Rexburg, graduating from Madison High School. She attended Ricks College for...
Marilyn Ririe Tyler
Aug 30, 2005
Marilyn Ririe Tyler, age 75, of Ririe, died Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at her daughters home in Iona from natural causes. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Marilyn was born May 4, 1930 at Ririe, Idaho a daughter of Parley A. Ririe and Edna Jane Cook Ririe. She attended schools in Ririe graduating from Ririe...
Rhea Jeneanne Mecham Buttars
Aug 30, 2005
Rhea Jeneanne Mecham Buttars, 55, passed away August 30, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho of medical complications. She was born on January 31, 1950, in Blackfoot, Idaho the daughter of Evan Lyon Mecham and Evelyn Iris Schiess Mecham. She attended school in Blackfoot and Rexburg, Idaho and Provo, Utah. She married Chad Buttars...
