Obituaries

Harold A Greenhalgh
Nov 14, 2004
Harold A Greenhalgh passed away November 14, 2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho surrounded by loving family. He was born November 23, 1925 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Leonard Peter and Annie Martha Allen Greenhalgh. He was the 7th of 9 children. He attended schools in St. Anthony graduating from St. Anthony High School and joined the Navy thereafter. He did...
Donald H. Byington
Nov 10, 2004
Donald H Byington, 73, of Ririe, Idaho died November 10, 2004 at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Donald was born August 11, 1931 in Ririe, Idaho a son of Eugene Parley Byington and Irene Wanda Hunsaker Byington. Donald was raised, attended school and worked on the family farm in the Ririe area. He joined the...
Glade William Mccrary
Nov 9, 2004
Glade William McCrary died Tuesday November 9, 2004. Glade was born July 10, 1922 in Downey, Idaho a son of John Chester McCrary and Cecil E. Gibbs. His family moved to Osgood where he attended elementary school, and high school in Ammon. When Glade was 16 his family moved to Monteview. He grew up working on the family farm with...
Steven Ben Burtenshaw
Nov 5, 2004
As a family we would like to pay tribute to our Dad, Husband, Son, Grandpa, Brother, Uncle and Friend. Steve Burtenshaw was born on December 23, 1954 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Don and Beverly Burtenshaw. Steve was the second of eight children. Brothers are Mike (Kay), Lynn (Kaylene), Van (Jean), David (Holly) and Lee (Lori). Sisters are Sharon and...
Keenan Bradley Andersen
Oct 30, 2004
Keenan Bradley “Meaner” Andersen, age 1, of Rigby, died Saturday, October 30, 2004 from injuries received in an automobile accident in Fremont County. Meaner was born November 12, 2003, at Rexburg, Idaho a son of Bradley Allen Andersen and Chassidy Lynn Wiltse Andersen. “Meaner was his nick name and he loved everybody and everybody loved him.” Survivors include: his parents...
Vern Ulysses Pettingill
Oct 24, 2004
Vern Ulysses Pettingill, age 91, of Rigby, died Sunday, October 24, 2004, at Pinebrook Assisted Living in Rigby. Vern was born July 16, 1913, at Rigby, Idaho a son of John Ulysses Pettingill and Armeda Josephine Johnson Pettingill. He attended Rigby Schools. He quit school to run the family farm after his father passed away. He married DeEsta Coucher December...
Patrick Anton Casper
Oct 21, 2004
Patrick Anton Casper, 18, of Driggs, Idaho died Thursday, October 21, 2004 in Wheatland, Wyoming following an automobile accident. Patrick was born on February 28, 1986 in Pocatello, Idaho the son of Val Ray Casper and Sheryl Kae Harder Casper. Patrick attended school in Driggs and graduated from Teton High School in 2004. While in high school he played football,...
William Ernest Price
Oct 20, 2004
Bill E. Price, 62 of Rigby, died, Wednesday, October 20, 2004 in Leadore, Idaho. Bill was born March 10, 1942 at Milo, Idaho a son of Russell Price and Effie Brown Price. He attended Rigby Schools. He married LaRene Anderson December 17, 1959 at Idaho Falls, Idaho. They were later divorced. He married Judy McMurtrey, May 29, 1968 in Idaho...
Erma Matilda Gunderson
Oct 16, 2004
Erma Matilda Olsen Gunderson, 91 of Menan, Idaho died Saturday October 16, 2004 at the Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born April 23, 1913 in Rigby to Henry Olsen and Florence Christina Lundquist Olsen. She graduated from Rigby High School and then attended the Links Business College and graduated in 1931. She married Alvin Vern Gunderson November 29, 1933 in...
Cecil Gasser Gerard
Oct 13, 2004
Cecil Gasser Gerard, 72, of Basalt, Idaho died Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at her home. Cecil was born May 5, 1932 in Driggs, Idaho the daughter of Golden John Gasser and Lois Engberson Gasser. She attended schools in Driggs and graduated from Teton High School in 1950 as the Valedictorian. She attended Girl’s State and served as Govenor and was...
Fern W. Virgin
Oct 12, 2004
Fern Wilcox Virgin, of Idaho Falls, died peacefully at her daughter's home Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004. She was 89 years old and a member of the LDS Church. Fern was born Aug. 10, 1915, in Sunnydell, Idaho, to David Oswell Wilcox and Nessie Gilbert Wilcox. She was the beloved sister of six brothers, whose mother died early in their life....
Ross Sommer
Oct 10, 2004
ROSS SOMMER age 82, of Rigby, died in the Rexburg Care Center, Sunday, October 10, 2004. Ross was born January 8, 1922 in Hibbard, Idaho, the son of Fred and Mary Edith Park Sommer. Ross grew and attended schools in the Hibbard area. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He married Yvonne McCulloch, August 13, 1941. They were...
Dennis "Jeff" Jeffrey Wade
Oct 9, 2004
Dennis Jeffrey “Jeff” Wade, 55 of Lyman, Idaho died Saturday October 9, 2004 at his home in Lyman. Jeff was born May 18, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a son of Harry Arthur Wade Jr. and Beverly Theodosia LaBeck Wade. Jeff married Margo Thomson. They later divorced. Jeff was raised in Ashton and graduated from North Fremont High School. He then...
Donna Miller Casper
Oct 9, 2004
DONNA M. CASPER age 98, of Lewisville, died in the Rexburg Care Center, Saturday, October 9, 2004. Donna was born July 19, 1906, at Grant, Idaho, the daughter of Jesse Gingell Miller and Sarah Hannah Field Miller. Donna attended grade school in Grant, Idaho. She graduated from Midway High School, and attended Ricks Academy in Rexburg, Idaho. On December 8,...
Arta Lavon Cooper
Oct 8, 2004
Arta Lavon Cooper, 80, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Friday October 8, 2004, at the Life Care Center. Arta was born on March 9, 1924, in Poplar, Idaho a daughter of Alvin A. Wheeler and Rozetta Cleverley Wheeler. She was raised in the Poplar and Shelton area. Arta graduated from the Ucon High School. Arta married Keith Bowcutt. They later...
Ashton Phillip Egbert
Oct 8, 2004
ASHTON PHILLIP EGBERT infant son of Justin Hyrum Egbert, and Katherine Jill Hammer Egbert, of Rigby, Idaho, died at birth, Friday, October 8, 2004. He is survived by his parents of Rigby. Two sisters Reagan Jill Egbert, and Ellie Kate Egbert, both of Rigby. Two brothers, Justin Dillan Egbert and Brigham Hyrum Egbert, both of Rigby. Grandparents, Elmer J. and...
Owen Ward Landon
Oct 3, 2004
Owen Ward Landon, age 76, of Rigby, died at his home Sunday, October 3, 2004. Owen was born July 10, 1928, at Osgood, Idaho, a son of Orson Landon and Louie Verl Ward Landon. He married Lois Mae Vadnais, June 17, 1947 in Dillon, Montana. Throughout his life he worked as a sheepherder in the Hamer, Idaho area, with Ready...
Harvey James Hunt
Oct 2, 2004
Harvey James Hunt, 72, of Rigby, Idaho and Pettycreek Drainage, Alberton, Montana died Saturday, October 02, 2004 at the Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho. Harvey was born December 24, 1931 at Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho the son of Taylor Hunt and Natalie Clark Hunt. He graduated from Coeur d’ Alene High School in 1950. He married Verna Shewfelt in...
Barbara Ann Reynolds
Sep 29, 2004
Barbara Ann Reynolds, 38, of Nampa, Idaho died Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at her home. Barbara was born on February 4, 1966 in Rexburg, Idaho the daughter of Keith Lynn Radford and Lou Ann Morgan Grover. She attended school at Ethel Boyes Elementary, Eagle Rock Junior High School both of Idaho Falls and Rigby High School in Rigby, Idaho. She...
Nori Anne Jones
Sep 28, 2004
Nori Anne Jones, 25, of Pocatello, Idaho and formerly of Monteview died September 28, 2004 at her home in Pocatello. Nori was born January 13, 1979 in Rexburg, Idaho, the daughter of Patrick Harkness Jones and Lillian Lanore Smuin Jones. Nori was raised in the Terreton/Monteview, Idaho area where she attended West Jefferson schools and graduated from West Jefferson High...
