Obituaries

Pershing Johnson Hill
Sep 18, 2004
Pershing Johnson Hill, 85, of Idaho Falls, died of heart failure at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Facility, Saturday, September 18, 2004. Pershing was born December 5, 1918 at Rigby, a son of George E. Hill and Maude Sarah Johnson Hill. He graduated from Rigby High School. He served during WWII on the USS Nevada and was a Pearl Harbor...
Melba Trina Skeen Lee
Sep 14, 2004
Melba Trina Skeen Lee, 95, of Grant, died at her daughters home in Logan, Utah, Tuesday, September 14, 2004. Melba was born October 12, 1908, at Warren, Weber County, Utah, a daughter of Joseph Skeen and Petrina Folkman Skeen. She attended schools in Plain City and Ogden,Utah,and graduated from Weber College. In her younger life she enjoyed sports especially horseback...
Dale Williams
Sep 11, 2004
Dale Williams, 84, of Lewisville, Idaho died at his home September 11, 2004. Dale was born April 25, 1920 at Rigby, Idaho a son of John Franklin Williams and Margaret Hughs Williams. He attended schools in Clark, Idaho. He served with the United States Army in Germany & France during WWII. He married Donna R. Morgan February 20, 1946 in...
Lyle Mikesell Reneau
Sep 11, 2004
Lyle Mikesell Reneau, age 74, of Rigby, died at home Saturday, September 11, 2004 under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Lyle was born March 21, 1930 at Ashton, Idaho a daughter of Charles A. Mikesell and Minnie Porter Mikesell. She attended schools in St. Anthony and was a cheerleader for South Fremont High School. She married Donald Wayne...
George William Smith
Sep 11, 2004
George William Smith Sr., 72, of Rigby, died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Friday, September 10, 2004. George was born January 6, 1932 at Murray, Utah a son of Harold Lynn Smith and Ruth Elizabeth Robinson Smith. He attended schools in Anaconda, Montana. George served in the United States Army from 1951 until 1953 during the...
Rory "Russ" Ray Guymon
Sep 10, 2004
Rory “Russ” Ray Guymon, 46, of Ririe, died Friday, September 10, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls of an aneurysm. Russ was born on January 27, 1958, in Rigby, Idaho a son of Larry R. Guymon and Clella Ward Guymon. Russ attended school in Rigby and Bonneville High school. He enlisted in the Army and...
Earl Wayne Aitken
Sep 6, 2004
Earl “Bud” Wayne Aitken, 80, of Menan, died Monday, September 06, 2004 in Idaho Falls at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bud was born February 3, 1924 in Lewisville, the son of Jesse Edward Aitken and Norma Betsy Angus Aitken. He grew up and attended elementary school in Lewisville, and High School at Midway High School. During World War II...
Lyle William Tanner
Sep 4, 2004
Lyle William Tanner, 77 of Blackfoot, Idaho died Saturday, September 4, 2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the hospital following an automobile accident. Lyle was born May 12, 1927 in Rigby, Idaho the son of William S. Tanner and Nettie Hawker Tanner. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He served in the Coast Guard during...
Talmage Dwane Clayton
Sep 3, 2004
Talmage “Tim” Clayton, age 76, died Friday, September 3, 2004 at his home in Rexburg. Tim was born June 1, 1928 at Ucon, Idaho a son of Thomas Hugh Clayton and Louvenia Dorcas Slaughter. He attended schools in Ucon graduating from Ucon High School. During High School Tim played trombone in the high school band. Tim was a member of...
Clifford Elmer Day
Aug 24, 2004
Clifford Elmer Day, 61, of Roberts, Idaho died Monday, August 23, 2004 at his home in Roberts after a long fight with cancer. Clifford was born August 31, 1942 in Greeley, Colorado the son of Clifford Barton Day and Dorothy Toots Christensen Day. He attended schools in Brush, Colorado and High School in Rigby, Idaho. He was a member of...
Marion Earl Taylor
Aug 20, 2004
Marion Earl Taylor, 95, of Grant died August 20, 2004, at the Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby. Marion was born on March 14, 1909 in Grant, Idaho a son of Joseph Lake Taylor and Nancy Elizabeth McEntire Taylor. He attended school in the Grant and Rigby area. Marion married Nellie Byram in Ucon, Idaho on November 15, 1927....
Kendall Dean Woods
Aug 20, 2004
Kendall Dean Woods, 25, of Rigby, Idaho died Friday, August 20, 2004 in an automobile accident. Kendall was born on February 28, 1979, a son of Wesley Dean Woods and Suzanne Powell Woods. Kendall was raised in Rigby attending school there and graduating from Rigby High School. While attending high school he played football and baseball. He graduated from Seminary...
Daniel Levi Williams
Aug 20, 2004
Daniel “Levi” Williams, 25, of Menan, Idaho died Friday, August 20, 2004 in an automobile accident. Levi was born on June 11, 1979 in Rexburg, Idaho a son of Daniel “Amos” Williams and LaRae Poole Williams. Levi was raised and attended school in the Menan and Rigby area. He graduated from Rigby High School. While in school he played football....
Kelly Lee Treasure
Aug 16, 2004
Kelly Lee Treasure, age 37, of Rigby, died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Monday, August 16, 2004. Kelly was born November 30, 1966, at Rexburg, Idaho a son of Lee J Treasure and Oriole Elaine Hanson Treasure. He grew up and attended schools in Driggs, Idaho. He also attended Ricks College. He married Laura Hull November 16, 1985...
Milton "Milt" Waters Andersen
Aug 16, 2004
Milton “Milt” Waters Andersen, age 88 of Rigby, died at his home Monday, August 16, 2004. Milt was born March 21, 1916 at Clark, Idaho a son of Albert and Vida Ester Waters Andersen. He grew up in the Clark area and attended Rigby Schools. During World War II Milt was a member of the W.P.A. and the P.W.A. He...
Floyd David Crystal
Aug 15, 2004
FLOYD DAVID CRYSTAL, age, 88 of Rigby, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Floyd was born July 7, 1916 at Garfield, Idaho, the son of David Raymond Crystal, and Ivy Jensen Crystal. He attended schools in Garfield. He married Harriett Eunice Johnson on June 25, 1935 in Rigby. Their marriage was...
Shirlee Geanne Dahl
Aug 14, 2004
Shirlee Geanne Dahl, 61, passed away peacefully in her home on August 14, 2004. Shirlee was born April 7, 1943, at Los Angeles, California a daughter of Eugene Elbert Presley and Lola Johnson Presley. She married Dennis Stratton Dahl on September 1, 1961 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Shirlee was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ...
John Charles Jones
Aug 9, 2004
John Charles Jones (known by his fellow workers as J.C.) was fatally injured in a head-on motorcycle accident at Deadwood, Meade County, South Dakota on August 9. He had gone to the Sturgis Motorbike Rally and was coming back from sightseeing on what is known as Rainbow Curve, a deadly stretch of highway. He collided with another cyclist. John was...
Jody Lynn Brown
Aug 8, 2004
Jody Lynn Brown, 36, of Logan, Utah, died Sunday, August 8, 2004, near Ashton. Jody was born December 14, 1967 at Logan, Utah a son of Edward Lynn Brown Jr. and Valoy “Val” Loveday Brown. He attended Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls where he participated with the Rodeo Club, bull riding and Auto Tech Club. He attended Arizona Automotive...
John Everett Gneiting
Aug 5, 2004
John Everett Gneiting, age 88, of Salmon, died Thursday, August 5, 2004, at the Rexburg Nursing Center in Rexburg, Idaho. John was born April 30, 1916, at Dubois, Idaho a son of John and Esther West Gneiting. He married Jennie Zweifel on October 15, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He served with the United States Navy during World War II....
