Obituaries

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Ashlee R. Monson

Ashlee R. Monson

May 12, 2005

Ashlee Reese Monson, newborn daughter of Micheal Neils Monson and Marisa Brooke Wengren Monson, died May 12, 2005, at Mountain View Hospital. Survivors include her parents, Micheal and Marisa Monson; sisters, McKenna, Cassidy, and Mya Monson, all of Idaho Falls; brother, Tyler Petersen of Idaho Falls; grandparents, Gary and Sharon Mueller of Idaho Falls, Stuart and Brenda Wengren of Buhl,...

Claire Ann Yates

Claire Ann Yates

May 12, 2005

Claire Ann Yates, 20, of Rigby, Idaho and formerly of Pullman, Washington died Thursday, May 12, 2005 in Rigby. Survivors include; a daughter, Destry Lynn Stipe of Rigby, Idaho. Her father, John Raymond Yates of Pullman,Washington. Her mother, Phyllis L. Martin of Spokane, Washington. A sister, Whitney Yates of Pullman, Washington and two brothers, James Yates of Pullman, Washington and...

Janice Marie Prophet

Janice Marie Prophet

May 12, 2005

Janice Marie Prophet, age 57, of Rigby, died Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the E.I.R.M.C. Janice was born February 15, 1948 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of John Ray Storms and Nola Walker Storms. She attended grade school in Ammon, Jr. High school at Bonneville and graduated high school at Rigby. Janice married Dale Ray Prophet on March 4, 1966...

David Lawrence Moorefield

David Lawrence Moorefield

May 10, 2005

David Lawrence Moorefield, 59, of Rigby, died at Madison Memorial Hospital Tuesday, May 10, 2005. David was born 29 January 1946 at Cobleskill, New York a son of Emmett Bruce Moorefield and Rowena Alice Switzer Moorefield. He graduated from South Pass High School in California. He worked as a Highway Patrol Dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol, as a Forrest...

Vera Inez Geisler

Vera Inez Geisler

May 6, 2005

Vera Inez Geisler, 86, of Annis, Idaho died Friday, May 6, 2005 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Inez was born December 20, 1918 in Annis, the daughter of George Denzel and Elsie Merrill Rainey. She married Clyde Geisler, on January 17, 1934 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on...

Clifford Dale Ring

Clifford Dale Ring

May 5, 2005

Dale Ring, 71, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, May 5, 2005 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Dale was born November 14, 1933 at Wood Lake, Nebraska a son of Ernest Ring and Evelyn Hammond Ring. Dale worked throughout his life as a Long Haul Truck Driver. After he retired from driving truck he worked wherever he could as...

Alta Mae Clifford

Alta Mae Clifford

Apr 28, 2005

Alta MAE Clifford, age 93, of Rigby, died Thursday, April 28, 2005 in Rigby. Mae was born September 19, 1911 in Rexburg, Idaho, the daughter of William and Catherine Ann Petersen Walker. Mae grew up and attended schools in Pocatello, Idaho. She married Arnold Edgar Lee February 22, 1933 in Logan, Utah. He preceded her in death. She later married...

Duane Lee Eddins

Duane Lee Eddins

Apr 27, 2005

Duane Lee Eddins, 74, of Rigby, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Duane was born April 29, 1930, at LaBelle, Idaho a son of George William Eddins and Sarah Meiklejohn Eddins. He attended school in LaBelle and Caldwell, Idaho. He married Lois LaVerne Cope, February 1, 1952 in LaBelle. Their marriage was later solemnized in...

Rex Lyle Furness

Rex Lyle Furness

Apr 24, 2005

Rex Lyle Furness, 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Grant, Sunday, April 24, 2005 after being diagnosed a short time ago with cancer. He was born November 18, 1923, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Tobias Furness and Lucy Ricks Furness. He graduated from High School in Sugar City in 1941. He attended the southern branch of the University...

Winnie Hoggan Cottle

Winnie Hoggan Cottle

Apr 24, 2005

Winnie Hoggan Cottle, 89, of Menan died at her home April 24, 2005, surrounded by those who loved her. She was born August 3, 1915, in Lewisville, Idaho to Alma John and Ellen Jardine Hoggan. She attended Lewisville Elementary and Midway High School. On December 30, 1931, she married Lyle Cottle in Menan. Their marriage was later solemnized in the...

Irene Louise Ellis

Irene Louise Ellis

Apr 23, 2005

Irene Louise Ellis, 90, of Hamer, died Saturday, April 23, 2005 at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehab Center in Rexburg, Idaho. Irene was born April 10, 1915 at Idaho Falls a daughter of Benjamin Davies and Rose Zehnder Davies. She attended schools in Hamer. She married Melvin Purser Ellis, May 21, 1936 in Idaho Falls. Their marriage was later solemnized...

Halley Jean Blair

Halley Jean Blair

Apr 21, 2005

Halley Jean Blair, 77, of Rigby, passed away peacefully at her home in American Fork, Utah Thursday April 21, 2005. She was born January 13, 1928 in Abraham, Utah to Clay and Jetta Rushton. After graduating from high school she worked as a secretary for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. She married Erwin J. Blair on September...

Richard J. Dick Olson

Richard J. Dick Olson

Apr 16, 2005

Eckersell Funeral Home101 West Main Rigby, Idaho 83442 2 photos with this tribute OLSON, Richard J. (Dick) LTC (Ret.) (Age 85) – passed away Saturday, April 16, after a short illness with his wife, Beverly, at his side. He was born January 18, 1920 to Carl Oscar and Janie Louise Olson in Rigby, Idaho. After graduating from high school he...

Grace Joy Ball

Grace Joy Ball

Apr 15, 2005

Grace Joy Ball, daughter of Darrin Willard and Christa Joy Ball died April 15, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the University Hospital. The family will have graveside services, Saturday, April 23, 2005 in the Annis Little Butte Cemetery at 11:00 a.m.

Lila Josephine Taylor

Lila Josephine Taylor

Apr 15, 2005

Lila Josephine Taylor; age 80, died Friday, April 15, 2005 at her home in Rigby. Lila was born April 21, 1924 in Jackson, Wyoming, the daughter of David Henry Cheney and Lila Josephine Huff Cheney. Lila grew up and attended schools in Jackson, and Wilson, Wyoming. She graduated from Jackson-Wilson High School. and with an associate’s degree from Ricks College...

Alice Louise Clark

Alice Louise Clark

Apr 13, 2005

Alice “Louise” Clark; 62 of Annis, Idaho died Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at her home. Louise was born May 31, 1942 in Rigby, Idaho, the daughter of Harold William Higley and Mary Alice Roth Higley. She attended elementary schools at Union and Lyman and high school in Salmon and Rexburg, Idaho. She continued her education attending Ricks College studying electronics...

Lenore Poole Casper

Lenore Poole Casper

Apr 9, 2005

Lenore Poole Casper, 77, of Ammon, Idaho died Saturday, April 9, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the hospital. Lenore was born June 14, 1927 in Menan, Idaho, the daughter of Joseph William and Inez Mary Thomas Poole. She attended school in Menan, Idaho at the Menan Elementary. She graduated in 1945 from Midway High School and later attended the...

Letha Louize Johnson

Letha Louize Johnson

Apr 6, 2005

Our loving mother, grandmother, and sister, Letha Louize Johnson; was called home to her Heavenly Father surrounded by her family Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Letha was born April 14, 1924 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Reuben Armenius Waters and Emma Louize Pugmire Waters. She attended school in Ammon, Idaho and graduated from Ammon High...

De Mar Hall Andersen

De Mar Hall Andersen

Apr 2, 2005

De Mar Hall Andersen, 71, of Rigby died at his home on Saturday, April 02, 2005. De Mar was born August 4, 1933 in Annis, Idaho a son of Seren David Andersen and Artemissia Hall Andersen. He attended schools in Annis and Midway. He joined the Navy on May 22, 1951 he served in the Korean War. He received his...

June Niederer Andersen

June Niederer Andersen

Apr 1, 2005

JUNE Niederer ANDERSEN, age 77, of Rigby, died at the Rexburg Care Center, Friday, April 1, 2005. June was born June 30, 1927, at Archer, Idaho, the daughter of Arthur Emil Niederer, and Mary Ann Briggs Niederer. She grew up in the Archer, Rexburg areas, and attended Archer Elementary School. She graduated from Madison High School. She attended beauty college...