Obituaries

Louise Melvina Hutchison
Mar 31, 2003
LOUISE Melvina HUTCHISON, age 90, of Rigby, died Monday, March 31, 2003, in Rigby. Louise was born December 29, 1912, in Menan, Idaho, the daughter of Eldon E. Merrill and Nancy Ann Dinsdale Merrill. Louise grew up and attended schools in Annis and Rigby. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, were she served...
Claudia Wheeler Steltzer
Mar 15, 2003
Claudia Wheeler Steltzer; age 68 of Ucon, Idaho died Saturday, March 15, 2003 at her home in Ucon. Claudia was born September 11, 1934 at Ririe, Idaho the daughter of Fred Claude Wheeler and Zelpha Rosella Tirrell Wheeler. She attended school in Ririe, Idaho and graduated from Ririe High School. She married Alvin Julius Steltzer on September 3, 1953 in...
J (Jack) Garth Zundel
Mar 15, 2003
J (Jack) Garth Zundel; age 84 of Rigby, Idaho died Saturday, March 15, 2003 at his home in Rigby, Idaho. Jack was born April 26, 1918 at St. Anthony, Idaho the son of David Eugene Zundel and Mary Matilda Rumsey Zundel. He attended school in Egin, Idaho and worked with his dad in the family potato business and on the...
Ona Rounds Philis
Mar 14, 2003
Ona Rounds Philis, 82 of Wichita Falls, Texas died Friday, March 14, 2003 in Wichita Falls. Ona was born November 12, 1920 in Iona, Idaho the daughter of George Clarence Rounds and Sarah Elizabeth Dayton Rounds. She attended schools in Menan and Lewisville, Idaho graduating from Midway High School. Ona moved to California where she was involved in Restaurant and...
Nona B. Wilson
Mar 12, 2003
Nona B. Wilson, age 89, of Idaho Falls died Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Care Center. Nona was born February 20, 1914 in Inkom, Idaho the daughter of Myron DeWitt Baker and Olive Fisher Baker. She was raised and attended school in Inkom, Idaho and Garfield, Idaho. She worked for the Seed House, the cold storage and...
Jay Melvin Peterson
Mar 8, 2003
Jay Melvin Peterson, age 79, of Lyman, died Saturday, March 8, 2003, at his home. Jay was born June 23, 1923, at Lyman, Idaho a son of Homer Peterson and Luella Arnold Peterson. He married Anita Weekes May 5, 1945 at Dillon, Montana. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Jay began working for Burgraff Construction...
Zachary James Beard
Mar 6, 2003
Zachary J. Beard, age 19, of Grant, died March 6, 2003, from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born March 27, 1983, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Janette Nielsen and James Curtis Beard. He attended school in Rigby and graduated in 2001. He was raised in Rigby and Idaho Falls, and worked at Kelly Canyon Ski Resort. He...
Casey Ann Marie Griffith
Mar 6, 2003
Casey (Ann Marie) Griffith, age 16, of Ririe, Idaho died Thursday, March 6, 2003, in Lewisville from injuries received in an automobile accident. Casey was born March 16, 1986, in Rexburg, Idaho; a daughter of Jim Brice Griffith and Sherry Lynn Tolley Griffith. She attended schools in Ririe and was a Junior at Ririe High School. In high school she...
Lanona Rae Blakely
Mar 5, 2003
LaNona Rae Blakely 81, of Ririe died March 5, 2003 at the hospital in Idaho Falls. LaNona was born January 27, 1922 in Ririe, Idaho the daughter of James Earl Durrant and Leah Agnes Park Durrant. She was raised in Ririe and attended Ririe schools graduating from Ririe High School. LaNona married Dawn Seldon Blakley in Ririe, Idaho on May...
Richlan Pershing Jacobs
Mar 5, 2003
RICHLAN Pershing JACOBS age 57 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Richlan was born November 27, 1945, in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of Joseph Pershing Jacobs, and Lucile Schwendiman Jacobs. Richlan was member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, and attended the Idaho Falls Eighth Ward in the...
Sidney Charles Mobley
Mar 1, 2003
Sidney Charles Mobley, 33, of Rigby, Idaho died Saturday, March 1, 2003 in Rigby, Idaho. Sid was born October 6, 1969 in San Francisco, California the son of Errol and Linda Hunting Mobley. He attended schools in the Rigby area and was a graduate of Rigby High School. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the Church of...
Freeda Talbot Denning
Feb 27, 2003
Freeda Talbot Denning; 83, of Grant, Idaho died Thursday, February 27, 2003 at the hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Freeda was born November 19, 1919 at Panguitch, Utah the daughter of Orson Albert Talbot and Sarah Leavitt. She married Warren C. Denning on August 27, 1939 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS...
Rik Tor Rix
Feb 20, 2003
Rik Tor Rix, age 52 of Menan died Thursday, February 20, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Rik was born January 7, 1951, in Springfield, Ohio the son of James Marion Rix and Alice Pauline Brumfield Rix. He attended schools in Springfield, Ohio. He attended Wright State University for 2 years in Fairborn, Ohio. Rik married Kitty Sue...
Brenda Hobley
Feb 18, 2003
Brenda Hobley; 53 of Boise, Idaho, formerly of Rexburg, Idaho, died Tuesday, February 18, 2003 in Boise, Idaho. Brenda was born July 11, 1949 in Rigby, Idaho the daughter of Jay R. Hobley and Grace Green Hobley. She was raised in Mud Lake attending schools there and graduating from West Jefferson High School. She attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho...
David Gene Cook
Feb 13, 2003
David Gene Cook; 66, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, formerly of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, February 13, 2003 at his home in Idaho Falls. Gene was born August 27, 1936 at Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Don Ford Cook and Clara Greenwood Cook. He attended schools in Ucon, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School in Rigby, Idaho. He served...
Edna Almeda Riniker
Feb 13, 2003
Edna Almeda Riniker; 87, of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, February 13, 2003 at the Pinebrook Assisted Living Center in Rigby, Idaho. Edna was born October 8, 1915 at Grant, Idaho the daughter of Rolla Constantine Hix and Eda Ellen Webster. She was raised in Grant, Idaho and attended schools in Grant and Rigby High. She married June Gordon Riniker on...
Alfred Ted Mark Ritchie
Jan 26, 2003
Alfred “Ted” Mark Ritchie; 62, of Rigby, Idaho died Sunday, January 26, 2003 at his home. Ted was born May 15, 1940 in Rigby, Idaho the son of Alfred J Ritchie and Elma Rayola Fox Ritchie. Ted grew up and attended Rigby schools. He married Carole Ann Jardine in Pocatello, Idaho on January 28, 1959. He was a member of...
Leah Randall
Jan 5, 2003
Our loving mother and grandmother, Leah May Lords Randall, 87, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2003, at Pocatello, Idaho, following an illness. She was born October 19, 1915, at Taylorville, Idaho, the daughter of Ella Catherine Cook and Daniel James Lords. She graduated from Ucon High School in 1933, and later married Edward Leroy “Ole” Randall on December 29,...
Billy Ray Sargent
Dec 31, 2002
Billy Ray (Bob) Sargent, 74, of Ririe, Idaho died December 31, 2002 in Salome, Arizona from a lingering illness. He was born April 9, 1928 in Grant, Idaho to Ray L. and Billie Nichols Sargent. He attended Menan grade school and Midway High School. He completed his education in the military. At the age of 17 in July of 1945...
Verle Francis Johnson
Dec 28, 2002
Verle Francis Johnson; 81, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Saturday, December 28, 2002 at his home in Idaho Falls. Verle was born at Lewisville, Idaho on May 31, 1921, the son of Francis Sylvester Johnson and Ella Eliza Harris Johnson. He was a graduate of Ucon High School. He was an active member of the LDS Church and served as...