Obituaries

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Matthew Philip Vineyard

Matthew Philip Vineyard

Feb 18, 2004

Matthew Philip Vineyard, 47, or Rigby, Idaho died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at his home in Rigby, Idaho. He was born September 14, 1956 in Idaho Falls, Idaho the son of Carson Vineyard and Emma Gay Williams Vineyard. Matt grew up and attended schools in Rigby, Idaho. He was a graduated from Rigby High School. He was a member of...

Edward D. Koplin

Edward D. Koplin

Feb 12, 2004

Edward D. Koplin Sr. age 64, of Rochester, Minnesota died Thursday, February 12, 2004 in Rochester. Edward was born July 2, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah the son of Edward George Koplin and Lucille Jones Koplin. He attended schools and LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a published poet and had a heaven sent talent...

George Truman Bemis

George Truman Bemis

Feb 5, 2004

George Truman Bemis, 64, of Lewisville, Idaho died Thursday, February 5, 2004 in Rexburg, Idaho. George was born October 28, 1939 at Los Angeles, California the son of Granville Clark Bemis and Vera LaVon Spyker Bemis. He attended schools in Riverside, California and graduated from Poly High School. He married Rose Marie LaLonde in Riverside, California on August 30, 1958....

Oliver Perry Hawkins

Oliver Perry Hawkins

Feb 4, 2004

Oliver “Perry” Hawkins, age 54, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at the EIRMC in Idaho Falls. Perry was born on November 25, 1949 in Rigby, Idaho the son of Jack Baxter Hawkins and Vila Pearl Lemmon Hawkins. He was raised and attended school in the Rigby area and graduated from Rigby High School. He graduated from...

Ronald James Ball

Ronald James Ball

Feb 4, 2004

Ronald James Ball, age 87, of Lewisville, died at his home, Wednesday, February 4, 2004. Ronald was born August 15, 1916, at Lewisville, a son of Alfred William Ball and Ann Taylor Walker Ball. He attended schools in Lewisville and graduated from Midway High School in 1934. He attended the University of Idaho Southern Branch for 3 years. He married...

Juliana P. Harris

Juliana P. Harris

Jan 24, 2004

Juliana P. Harris, 88, of Lewisville, Idaho died Saturday, January 24, 2004 in Idaho Falls at the hospital. Juliana attended grade school in Lewisville and Rupert, Idaho. She attended high school in Rupert, Idaho and Los Angeles, California. She married William M Harris on October 17, 1938 in Rexburg, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS...

Gail Sommers

Gail Sommers

Jan 22, 2004

Gail Sommers, of Rigby, Idaho died Thursday, January 22, 2004 at the Idaho Falls Care Center. He was born October 14, 1926 in San Bernadino, California, to Samuel Sommers Sr. and Grace Estella Rock Sommers. At the age of four his family moved to Idaho. He attended school at Hibbard, Idaho near Rexburg. At the age of seventeen he joined...

Larue C. Brunson

Larue C. Brunson

Jan 19, 2004

Eckersell Funeral Home 101 West Main Rigby, Idaho 83442 208-745-6604 LaRue Clements Brunson, 70, of Island Park, Idaho and formerly of Pocatello and Rexburg, Idaho died Monday, January 19, 2004 at EIRMC hospital in Idaho Falls from complications of diabetes and lingering illness. She was born June 1, 1933 to Carroll D. and Opal Rebecca Williams Clements in Rigby, Idaho....

Nellie Gray Williams

Nellie Gray Williams

Jan 18, 2004

Nellie Gray Williams, 82, of Rigby, died Sunday January 18, 2004 at the Idaho Falls Care Center in Idaho Falls. Nellie was born March 27, 1921 at Tarboro, North Carolina a daughter of Robert James Carter and Bessie Edmondson Carter. She attended Schools in Tarboro. She married Marvelin Bass in Tarboro. They were later divorced. She then met and married...

Cleo Lavon Radford

Cleo Lavon Radford

Jan 14, 2004

Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 West Main Street Rigby, Idaho 83442 745-6604 Cleo Lavon Radford, 84 of Rigby, died Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at the Rexburg Nursing Center from complications of Cancer. Cleo was born May 4, 1919, at Melba, Idaho a daughter of James Leon Gallup and Lina Lavon Coles Gallup. She attended Antelope and Clark Schools. She married Etsel...

Harold Thomas Barnes

Harold Thomas Barnes

Dec 26, 2003

Harold T. Barnes, age 70, of Milo, died at the Idaho Falls Care Center Friday, December 26, 2003. Harold was born May 21, 1933, at Shelton, Idaho a son of Tommy Francis Barnes and Elsie Peterson Barnes. He married Denee Marie Romriell December 4, 1963 at Milo. Their Marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on April...

Gary Demonte Briggs

Gary Demonte Briggs

Dec 25, 2003

Gary Demonte Briggs, 66 of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Gary was born September 7, 1937, at Thornton, Idaho a son of Edward Briggs and Hazel Anderson Briggs. He grew up and attended schools in Madison County graduating from Madison High School. He married Janis Ellsworth on December 22, 1959 at...

Merelene Yvonne Hanson

Merelene Yvonne Hanson

Dec 14, 2003

Merelene Yvonne Hanson, 71, of Rigby, Idaho died Sunday, December 14, 2003 at her home in Rigby. Merelene was born May 31, 1932 in Hibbard, Idaho the daughter of Samuel Sommers and Grace Estella Rock Sommers. She attended school in Hibbard and graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho. She Married Donald Eugene Hanson on October 23, 1948 in...

Harriett Adele Helphenstine Allen

Harriett Adele Helphenstine Allen

Dec 13, 2003

Harriett Adele Helphenstine Allen, age 75, died December 13, 2003 in San Diego, California. Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 20, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. in the Ucon Cemetery under the direction of Eckersell Funeral Home.

Duenes Shane G

Duenes Shane G

Dec 12, 2003

Our loving husband, father, son, and brother, Shane G. Duenes, 31, of Idaho Falls, Idaho was called home on December 12, 2003. He fought a long courageous battle against cancer. He fought his cancer like a warrior, never giving up. He past from this life surrounded by his family, in the comfort of his home. His journey here on Earth...

Leonel Howard Anderson

Leonel Howard Anderson

Dec 1, 2003

L. Howard Anderson, 90, of Rigby, died Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, in Rigby. He was born on June 1, 1913, in Acequia, Minidoka County, Idaho, the first son and fourth child of Hilda Ann Christina Hokanson and Leonel Anderson. The family moved to various locations with his father’s work, and young Howard attended schools throughout Idaho including in Sugar City,...

Betty E. Taylor

Betty E. Taylor

Nov 25, 2003

BETTY E. TAYLOR Our dear and beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Betty E. Taylor peacefully returned home to our Father in Heaven November 25, 2003, at the Beehive Home in Rigby, Idaho. She was born in Logan, Utah, December 30, 1920 to Farrell Thain Watson and Icie Virginia Bailey. She married her High School Sweetheart, Eugene Doyle Taylor March 27,...

Wilma Jeannette Rigby

Wilma Jeannette Rigby

Nov 20, 2003

Wilma Jeannette Rigby, 86, of Rigby, died Thursday, November 20, 2003 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born in Poulsbo, Washington on March 5, 1917 the only child of Ragna and Simon W. Murley. She attended schools in the Poulsbo and Bremerton, Washington area, graduating from Bremerton High School. After high school in 1939, Wilma attended the Nurses Training Program...

Zachary Daniel Meng

Zachary Daniel Meng

Nov 19, 2003

Zachary Daniel Meng, 20, of Rigby, died at his home Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Zachary was born August 29, 1983 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Charles Danny Meng and Raylene Tovey Johnson Meng. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Jefferson High School. He had a talent for art, a love of people and his family, and...

Zachery Daniel Meng

Zachery Daniel Meng

Nov 19, 2003

Zachary Daniel Meng, 20, of Rigby, died at his home Wednesday, November 19, 2003. Zachary was born August 29, 1983 at Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Charles Danny Meng and Raylene Tovey Johnson Meng. He attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Jefferson High School. He had a talent for art, a love of people and his family, and...