Obituaries

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Eugene Ellington Smith

Eugene Ellington Smith

Jul 4, 2005

Eugene Ellington Smith, (known as Enock or Nick) age 86, returned to his eternal home July 4, 2005. He was born to Joseph Ellington Smith and Vergie May Greene, November 30, 1918 at Teton Basin Fox Creek. His younger years were spent in the Twin Falls area - Hollister, where his father passed away when he was 12 years old....

Jose Antonio Varela-Tena

Jose Antonio Varela-Tena

Jul 4, 2005

Jose Antonio Varela-Tena, 34 of Rigby, died Monday July 4, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries he received in an automobile accident. Antonio was born June 13, 1971, at Colonia Garcia, Chih, Mexico a son of Jesus Jose Varela and Juana Verela Tena. He was raised in Mexico and came to the United States at the age...

Alta Phillips Egbert

Alta Phillips Egbert

Jul 2, 2005

Alta Phillips Egbert, age 92, died holding the hand of her eternal companion, Dick Egbert, on July 2, 2005 of causes incident to age. She left a legacy of courage, tenacity and commitment to God and family. Her beloved husband, grandchildren and many relatives and friends, will miss her. Alta was born at home on March 22, 1913, to Milton...

Jennifer Renee Marler

Jennifer Renee Marler

Jul 2, 2005

Jennifer Renee’ Marler, age 32, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Ririe, died Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. Jennifer was born December 12, 1972 at Idaho Falls to James R. Lovell and Hope Hjelm Lovell. She attended schools in Ririe graduating from Ririe High School. She married Ryan Burk Marler, November 25, 2000 at Idaho Falls....

Vonda Fisher Poole

Vonda Fisher Poole

Jun 25, 2005

Vonda F. Poole, 80, of Rigby, died Saturday, June 25, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Vonda was born February 11, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho daughter of William Merriott Fisher and Nina Grace Jensen Fisher. She was raised and attended school in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. She graduated from BrighamYoungUniversity majoring in Clothing and Textiles....

Richard "Dick" Carl Swager

Richard "Dick" Carl Swager

Jun 21, 2005

Richard C. “Dick” Swager, 87, of Rigby, Idaho died June 21, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Dick was born June 20, 1918 in Idaho Falls, a son of Carl Swager and Francis Sullivan Swager. He attended school in Blackfoot and graduated from Rigby High School. He attended Idaho State University and graduated from University of Denver in...

Amber Grover Lovell

Amber Grover Lovell

Jun 15, 2005

Amber Grover Lovell, 86, of Ririe, Idaho died at her home on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. She was born on December 25, 1918 in Labelle, Idaho a daughter of Ursel Leroy Grover and Alice Hutchens Grover. She attended schools in Rigby and Mud Springs, graduating from Ririe High school and also Ricks College. Amber worked on the farm for her...

Fern Martha Purser

Fern Martha Purser

Jun 10, 2005

Fern Martha Purser, 82, of Rexburg, Idaho and formerly of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, June 10, 2005 in Rexburg at the Teton House. Fern was born February 4, 1923 in Milo, Idaho the daughter of Henry Edmund Palmer and Eliza Pearl Bird Palmer. She attended schools in Bates and Rigby, Idaho. She married Elwood C. Page in Rigby, Idaho. They...

Rosetta Christiansen Smith

Rosetta Christiansen Smith

Jun 4, 2005

Rosetta Christiansen Smith, 84, of Rigby, Idaho died Saturday, June 4, 2005 at the Madison Memorial Hospital. Rosetta was born August 1, 1920 in Lava Hot Springs a daughter of Edward Williams and Hazel May Reese Williams. She was raised and attended school in Blaser, a train stop town by Lava Hot springs, and graduated high school in Lava Hot...

Nancy Ellice George

Nancy Ellice George

May 30, 2005

Nancy Ellice George, 66, of Lewisville, died Monday, May 30, 2005 at her home in Lewisville. She was born on January 29, 1939 in Sacramento, California a daughter of William Louis King and Sadie Ellice Treherne King. She attended school in the Sacramento school district in California and graduated high school in 1956. She was married to Jack Foster in...

Lois Darlene Miller

Lois Darlene Miller

May 25, 2005

Lois DARLENE Miller, 76, of Lorenzo, died at her home Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Darlene was born May 20, 1929, at Ririe, Idaho a daughter of Robert Stacey and Lois Isabella Boulter Stacey. She attended schools lin Ririe and Rigby graduating from Rigby High School. She married William Henry Miller on November 12, 1946 in Dillon, Montana. He preceded her...

Ida Green

Ida Green

May 23, 2005

Ida Green, age 84, of Rexburg, died at Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Monday, May 23, 2005. Graveside Services will be held Friday, May 27, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Hayden Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday at Eckersell Memorial Chapel in Rigby from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Hayden Cemetery under the direction of...

Letha Mcgrath

Letha Mcgrath

May 22, 2005

Letha McGrath, 90, of Rigby, died at her home, Sunday, May 22, 2005. Letha was born May 30, 1914, at Ogden, Utah a daughter of Elias Call and Lola LaVern Dean Call. She attended schools in the Ogden Area graduating from Ogden High School. She married John C McGrath Sr., February 29, 1964 in Juarez, Mexico. She spent her married...

Dwight Emery Gohr

Dwight Emery Gohr

May 21, 2005

Dwight Emery Gohr, 40, of Rigby, Idaho died, Saturday, May 21, 2005 near Palisades, Idaho from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Dwight, was born, June 1, 1964 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Jack Howard Gohr and Connie Mae Fowler Gohr. He attended schools in Menan, Roberts and Rigby, Idaho graduating from Rigby High School in 1982. He...

Doris Magdalene Sloan

Doris Magdalene Sloan

May 20, 2005

Doris Magdalene Johnson Sloan, 87, of Rigby, Idaho, died May 20th 2005 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born in her parent’s family farm house on May 12th, 1918 in Hayes Center, Nebraska the youngest of seven children to hard working parents Henry Johnson and Mary Walker Johnson. She attended High School at Hayes Center, Nebraska and...

Dow Conrad Bain

Dow Conrad Bain

May 19, 2005

Dow Conrad Bain, 83, of Idaho Falls died at his home May 19, 2005. Dow was born February 14, 1922 at Grimes, Oklahoma a son of William C. Bain and Wilda Bina Morrison Bain. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Green Acres Mortuary in Glendale, Arizona on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. The family will visit with...

Jessie Ruth Bingham Moss Nield

Jessie Ruth Bingham Moss Nield

May 18, 2005

Jessie R. Nield, age 81, of Ririe, Idaho, passed away on May 18, 2005, at the Rexburg Nursing Center in Rexburg, Idaho. Mom was born December 13, 1923, in Riverdale, Utah, the fourth of eleven children of Walter Edward and Lillian Rose Jespersen Bingham. Her family worked together raising watermelons, cantaloupes, and tomatoes and they were noted for being the...

Betty Ruth Madsen

Betty Ruth Madsen

May 15, 2005

Betty Ruth Madsen, 83, of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Sunday, May 15, 2005 from complications following a stroke. Betty was born November 4, 1921 in Idaho Falls to Charles Ira and Nellie Nebeker Lindsay. She grew up in the New Sweden area and attended Eagle Rock Elementary. The family moved to Rigby where she finished her...

Dean Waters Hammon

Dean Waters Hammon

May 13, 2005

DEAN W. HAMMON, age 77 of Menan, died Friday, May 13, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Dean was born October 5, 1927 at Ammon, Idaho the son of Heber Levi Hammon , and Sarah Ann Waters Hammon. Dean attended schools in Menan and Midway. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dean married Barbara...

Joseph Eurnur Hutchison

Joseph Eurnur Hutchison

May 13, 2005

Joseph E.Hutchison, 65, of Idaho Falls, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center May 13, 2005, from cancer. Joe was born December 11, 1939, at Missoula, Montana. He was raised by his grandparents Harry Hutchison and Grace May Daniels Hutchison. He attended schools in Harlowton, Montana. After graduating from Harlowton High School he served in the U.S. Army National Guard...