Obituaries

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Iris Ann Landon

Iris Ann Landon

May 6, 2003

Iris Ann Landon; 73, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Tuesday, May 6, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born March 6, 1930 at Ririe, Idaho the daughter of Edwin Ransom Harris and Dorothy Ann Dutson Harris. She attended school at Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. She married Dennis Lamar Landon on March 16, 1960. Their marriage was...

Linda Faye Morris

Linda Faye Morris

Apr 24, 2003

Linda Faye Morris, age 50, of Rigby, Idaho, died Thursday, April 24, 2003. Linda was born November 5, 1952 at Pueblo, Colorado the daughter of Eugene Paul Ryan and Wanda Mae Evans Ryan. She attended school in Kansas, Colorado, and Utah. She graduated from Weber High School in Ogden, Utah. She married Larry Dee Morris June 12, 1972 at Scott...

Theora Field

Theora Field

Apr 19, 2003

Theora Cooper Field, 93 of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away Saturday, April 19, 2003 at her home. Theora’s parents settled in Iona and the Ririe Highway area in the early 1900’s where Theora attended church and graduated from school. Theora was born June 10, 1908 to James Aurelious and Amanda Olsen Cooper. Theora married Elmer Lindholm of Iona and had...

Florence Irene Simon

Florence Irene Simon

Apr 18, 2003

Florence Irene Simon; 68, of Roberts, Idaho died Friday, April 18, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Irene was born September 15, 1934 at Neligh, Nebraska the daughter of Clarence James Judd and Florence Ida Gustafson Judd. She was raised and attended school in Neligh and Oakdale, Nebraska. She married John B. Simon on July...

Mary C. Wilson

Mary C. Wilson

Apr 9, 2003

Mary C. Wilson, age 66, of Spencer, Idaho died Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Mary was born March 21, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the daughter of Edward Grant Young and Hazel Nelson Young. Mary was raised in Idaho Falls attending Emmerson Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High and graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She was a member of The Church...

Frank Archie Kummer

Frank Archie Kummer

Apr 8, 2003

Frank Archie Kummer, age 65, of Lewisville, Idaho died Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at his home in Lewisville. Frank was born on August 23, 1938, the son of Charles Francis and Marie Chandler Kummer. He was raised in Soda Springs and attended school there. Frank continued his education at Idaho State University for two years. Frank served in the United...

Afton Arehart

Afton Arehart

Apr 1, 2003

Afton Arehart, age 66, of Idaho Falls died Tuesday, April 01, 2003 at the Golden Pines care center in Rigby. Afton was born on August 25, 1936 in Grant, Idaho the daughter of Abram Wayne Wilson and Vendetta Cook Wilson. She attended school in Roberts and Rigby. Afton married Jim F. Arehart on May 28, 1953 in Butte, Montana. Afton...

Louise Melvina Hutchison

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...