Obituaries

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Alice Mae Grover

Alice Mae Grover

Aug 30, 2005

Alice Mae Grover, age 77, of Rigby, died at her home Tuesday, August 30, 2005. Alice was born May 31, 1928, at Moore, Idaho a daughter of Cecil Glen King and Mary Ellen Hayes King. She attended Moore and Rigby, Idaho schools. She married Melvin Grant Grover September 12, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple. She was an active member...

Clyde R. Beck

Clyde R. Beck

Aug 28, 2005

Clyde R. Beck, age 78 of Menan, died at his home in Menan, Sunday, August, 28, 2005. Clyde was born December 13, 1926 at Burton, Idaho a son of William Beck and Rosa Rottweiler Beck. He attended schools in Hamer and Menan Graduating from Midway High School. Cllyde served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Japan...

Ruby Mae Gardner

Ruby Mae Gardner

Aug 24, 2005

Ruby Mae Gardner, 63, of Ucon, Idaho died Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at her home in Ucon. Ruby was born May 11, 1942 in Rexburg, Idaho the daughter of LeRoy Adelbert Palmer and Venice Bagley Palmer. She attended schools in St. Anthony and graduated from South Fremont High School. She married Richard “Dick” Gardner on April 29, 1960 in Egin...

Hannah Erma Clifford

Hannah Erma Clifford

Aug 23, 2005

Hannah Erma Clifford, 85 of Idaho Falls, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Tuesday, August 23, 2005. Hannah was born December 7, 1919, at Lyman, Idaho a daughter of Josiah Abriam Butler and Elizann Robison Butler. She attended school in Lyman. She married Theo LeRoy Clifford November 22, 1939 at Rexburg, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the...

Robert Monroe Warrick

Robert Monroe Warrick

Aug 23, 2005

Robert Monroe Warrick, 26, of Rigby, Idaho died Tuesday, August 23, 2005 in Rigby. Robert was born February 20, 1979 in LaGrande, Oregon the son of Walter J Warrick and Claudia Grayce Morgan Warrick. He grew up and attended school in McCall, Idaho and graduated from McCall – Donnelly High School. He was a member of the LDS Church and...

Donald O. Berry

Donald O. Berry

Aug 19, 2005

Donald O. Berry, 67, lost his courageous battle with small cell lung cancer on August 19, 2005. Don was born on February 9, 1938 to the late Bud and Ruth (Beeman) Berry in Denver, CO. When he was 12 years old, he moved with his family to San Diego, CA. He graduated high school at Point Loma High in San...

Abraham Whittaker

Abraham Whittaker

Aug 18, 2005

Abraham Whittaker, 82, of Idaho Falls, died August 18, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 29, 1922 in Archer, Idaho, to Henry Whittaker and Bessie Pauline Ginn Whittaker. The second delivered of twins and the seventh of fourteen children, 10 boys and 4 girls. He grew up in and around Archer and Rexburg. Leaving...

Samuel Alvin Bates

Samuel Alvin Bates

Aug 18, 2005

Samuel “ALVIN” Bates, 93, of Menan, Idaho died Thursday, August 18, 2005, in Rexburg, Idaho at the Teton House Assisted Living. Alvin was born September 10, 1911, in Ucon, Idaho, a son of Samuel A. Bates and Elizabeth Ann Steele Bates. Alvin attended schools in the Milo, Ucon and at Rigby High School. He married Thelma Alberta Hayes on November...

June Johnson Bishop

June Johnson Bishop

Aug 18, 2005

June Johnson Bishop, 85, of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, August 18, 2005 in Rigby. June was born June 5, 1920 in Preston, Idaho the daughter of Floyd and Clara Kern Johnson. She attended schools in Panocha, Nevada, Preston, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School. She attended the University of Idaho at Pocatello and Utah State Agriculture College in Logan,...

Jack Burt Fehmel

Jack Burt Fehmel

Aug 11, 2005

Jack Burt Fehmel, 93, of Ririe, died at his home on Thursday, August 11, 2005. Jack was born on June 11, 1912, in Magdeburg, Germany a son of Oskar Fehmel and Martha Vogel Fehmel. He attended school in Germany until he moved to the United States with his family. Jack worked for different poultry companies in Salt Lake City, Utah...

Dorothy Dawdy

Dorothy Dawdy

Aug 11, 2005

Dorothy Dexter Dawdy, 57, of Idaho Falls, died August 11, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dorothy was born April 8, 1948 at St. Anthony, Idaho a daughter of Charles Randall Dexter and Dorothy Charlotte Loveland Dexter. She attended schools in St. Anthony and Pocatello graduating from Highland High School. She married John C. Dawdy August...

Leonard Lamoyne Barney

Leonard Lamoyne Barney

Jul 28, 2005

Leonard LaMoyne Barney, 79, of Hamer, died at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Thursday, July 28, 2005 LaMoyne was born February 8, 1926 at St. Anthony, Idaho a son of Lynn Charles and Telva Lovisa Leonard Barney. He attended schools in Camas and Hamer. He was involved in basketball and track and was valedictorian of his class. He married Mary...

Verna Ann Gardner

Verna Ann Gardner

Jul 25, 2005

Verna Ann Gardner, age 72 of Idaho Falls, died Monday, July 25, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Verna was born July 26, 1933 at Ucon, Idaho a daughter of Arley Byram and Mary Ann Perrenoud Byram. She attended Ucon Schools. She married James L. Gardner in Ucon January 5, 1950. She worked on the farm...

Robert Story Watson

Robert Story Watson

Jul 22, 2005

Robert Story “Bob” Watson, age 75, of Menan, died at his home, Friday, July 22, 2005. Bob was born March 17, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Glenn Laveda Watson and Thelma Oram Watson. He attended Menan School’s graduating from Midway High School. He attended BYU in Provo, Utah. He married Helen Nord, July 25, 1956 at Las...

Iola Blackburn Hill

Iola Blackburn Hill

Jul 22, 2005

Iola Blackburn Hill, 93, died July 22nd 2005 at Cypress Court in Mesa, Arizona of natural causes. Iola was born June 2nd 1912 in Lyman, Idaho to Heber and Leona Bybee Blackburn. She graduated in 1930 from Madison High School. In May 1934 she married Kenneth Johnson Hill and they made their home in Rigby where they operated a service...

Stella Call

Stella Call

Jul 17, 2005

Ruth Estella “Stella” Call, age 95, of Rigby, died Sunday July 17, 2005 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab Center in Rexburg. Estella was born April 4, 1910 at Lyman, Idaho a daughter of Carl Christian Fransen and Edith Arnold Fransen. She attended schools in Lyman, Rexburg and Rigby High School. She married Delbert Fremont Call, May 17, 1928 in...

Cleo Ben Wilding

Cleo Ben Wilding

Jul 17, 2005

Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 West Main Street Rigby, Idaho 83442 745-6604 Picture included with e-mail Cleo Ben Wilding, age 60, of Shelley, formerly of Monteview, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Cleo was born March 17, 1945 at Rexburg, Idaho a son of Benjiman Rawlins Wilding and Elda Hermina Zweifel. He attended...

Alice Louise Winder

Alice Louise Winder

Jul 17, 2005

Alice Louise Winder, 90, of Rigby, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at the home of her daughter. She was born May 4, 1915 in Scotia, California a daughter of Henry Otto Steimle and Emma Rang Steimle. Alice married George Winder on June 18, 1941 in Reno, Nevada. He preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter Kathy (Mike) Ohannesian of...

George Keith Madsen

George Keith Madsen

Jul 12, 2005

George Keith Madsen, 83, of Rigby, Idaho died July 12, 2005. He was born April 1, 1922 in Rigby to Loyal Mathew Madsen and Eileen Leonora Ellsworth Madsen. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby where he actively participated in sports. Before graduating from High School, he was called into active service as a member of the Idaho National...

John Patrick Wells

John Patrick Wells

Jul 11, 2005

John “Patrick” Wells, 29, of Rigby, Idaho died Monday, July 11, 2005 in Idaho Falls of injuries received from a motorcycle accident. Patrick was born May 10, 1976 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of John William Wells and Nadine Simpson Wells. He attended schools in Roberts, Rigby and West Jefferson High School. He was a member of the Rigby...