Obituaries

Clarene Hanson
Jan 4, 2021
On Monday January 4 th 2021, Clarene Pabst Hanson, hilarious and loving wife, mom, and oma, passed away from Covid-19 at the age of 71. Clarene was born on Tuesday March 22nd, 1949 to Wilda, Geraldine, Gale, Calvin, Brent, and Sandra Pabst. Two weeks prior to her birth, her father Clarence passed away from surgical complications. Family lore states...
Norma Jones
Jan 1, 2021
Helen Norma Jones Jones returned to her Father in Heaven, at the age of 99, on January 1, 2021. She passed away peacefully at home, in her sleep, just the way she wanted, and was finally reunited with the love of her life and eternal companion, Jink William Jones. Most people who know her know her as “Norma” but...
Louis Wayne Olsen
Dec 30, 2020
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Louis W. Olsen of Menan, Idaho passed away December 30, 2020 at the Idaho Falls Community Hospital.
He was born June 19, 1930 in Annis, Idaho and in 1936 moved with his parents, Alfred...
Gary Dean Myers
Dec 28, 2020
Gary Dean Myers, age 48, passed away in Idaho Falls, Monday, December 28, 2020.
Gary was born May 16, 1972 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son to Gary Franklin Myers and Linda Lou Cramer Myers. He attended Shelley Schools. Following High School he attended Ricks College. He then attended Boise State University and the two years in...
Don Richard Ellingford
Dec 27, 2020
Don Richard Ellingford, age 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home December 27 th 2020.
Don was born December 18 th 1964 in Idaho Falls, a son to Patsy Carol Windmiller and Samuel Don Ellingford. He grew up in Idaho Falls receiving his education at Idaho Falls Schools. He married Kisha Sewell in 1992 in...
Mary Jane Cate
Dec 27, 2020
Mary Jane Kaptain was born on July 20, 1945 in Elgin, Illinois. She was the fourth child born to Louis and Ruth Kaptain. When Mary was 14 her parents moved the family to Prescott, Arizona and eventually to Denver, Colorado where she graduated from East High School in 1963. When Mary was 17 she met her future husband, T....
Twila Jean Lahm
Dec 26, 2020
Twila Jean Merrill Lahm, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 26, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Twila was born June 23, 1949, to Ruth Marine Thorngren Merrill and Solymon Sylvenus Merrill in Rigby, Idaho. Twila was the fifth of nine children. Some of her favorite childhood memories were of growing up on the “rat...
Barbara Karren Weber
Dec 26, 2020
Barbara Karren Weber passed away in her home in Menan, Idaho at the age of 68, on Saturday, December 26, 2020. Barbara was born April 30, 1952, along with her twin brother Bruce, to LaVere and Bonnie Karren in Logan, Utah. She was the only daughter and had four brothers. The family eventually settled in Ririe, Idaho where she...
Douglas Robins
Dec 26, 2020
Douglas Robins was born on a sunny day in Ogden, Utah on June 17, 1952, to Noel and Ruth Young Robins. He passed away at home with his wife by his side due to several health complications on December 26, 2020, in Rigby, ID. He was raised working on the family farm in Layton, Utah, where he attended and...
Betty Lou Cramer
Dec 26, 2020
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Betty Lou Cramer, age 91, of Rigby, passed away at her home Saturday, December 26, 2020.
Betty was born June 13, 1929 in Downey, Idaho a daughter to Raleigh Ray Rencher and Sarah Matt Hunt Rencher. She...
Lyle W Schmardebeck
Dec 25, 2020
Lyle W Schmardebeck, 82 of St. Anthony, Idaho passed away on Christmas day, December 25, 2020 in Rexburg, Idaho. Lyle was born in Sand Creek, Idaho, the son of William Christ Schmardebeck and Erma Broadhurst Schmardebeck. He attended schools in St. Anthony and Sugar City, Idaho, graduating from Sugar City High School. He continued his education at Idaho State...
Delbert Gail Larsen
Dec 23, 2020
Delbert Gail Larsen, 84, of Ririe died Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Gail was born June 1, 1936 in Rexburg Idaho, a son of Delbert Larsen and Elda Christiansen. He attended school in Ashton and Ririe graduating from Ririe High School. Following high school, he attended Ricks College. He then went on a mission for two and a half years...
Morgan Lake Jr.
Dec 22, 2020
Long time Rigby resident James Morgan Lake Jr., 104, passed away December 22, 2020 following a brief illness. Morgan was born June 7, 1916 in Harrisville, Utah to James Morgan Lake Sr. and Fern Rosetta Harris.
The oldest of four children, Morgan moved with his parents to Rigby, Idaho when he was two years old. He attended school in...
Nona Call Hunter
Dec 20, 2020
Nona Call Hunter passed away peacefully in her home in Lewisville, Idaho at the age of 99, surrounded by loving family on Sunday, December 20, 2020.
She grew up in a bygone era that is gone with the wind. She was born March 10, 1921 in Rigby, Idaho to Cyril Josiah Jr. and Mary Lavern Barker Call. ...
Lucy Salina Thomas
Dec 20, 2020
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Our dear sweet momma, Lucy Salina Thomas (90), returned to her Heavenly Father on December 20, 2020 at her home in Dubois, Idaho from natural causes with family by her side.
Lucy was born...
Kelly Ray Burnside
Dec 16, 2020
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Kelly Ray Burnside (63), born April 25 th , 1957 in Driggs, ID to Vernile and Donna Burnside, passed away on December 16 th , 2020 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following an unexpected illness..
Kelly...
Lucile Johnson Yearke
Dec 16, 2020
On December 16, 2020, Lucile Johnson Yearke stepped through the veil to be reunited with her sweetheart after more than 40 years of separation. Lucile was born on July 13, 1925, in Preston, Idaho, to Floyd and Clara Johnson. Lucile was raised in Rigby and attended Rigby High School where she played the trombone in the marching band. After...
Georgia Lee Diaz
Dec 16, 2020
Georgia Lee Diaz, 59, of Ririe Idaho, peacefully passed away at her home on December 16, 2020. Georgia was born on May 25 th , 1961 in Dillon, Montana to Jack and Billie Meine. She was blessed to have 6 siblings to be raised with. She was raised in Ririe, Idaho and she graduated from Ririe High school. After...
Frank William (Bill) Goody
Dec 12, 2020
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Frank William (Bill) Goody, of Scenic, Arizona, passed away at Dixie Medical Center in St. George, Utah, Saturday, December 12, 2020.
Bill was born July 8, 1962 in Rigby Idaho a son to Frank Clair Goody and Elaine Mary...
Gary William Taylor
Dec 10, 2020
Gary William Taylor Sr, 84, of Ririe, Idaho passed away Thursday, December 10, 2020 at the Idaho Falls Community Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Gary was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on August 17, 1936, the son of Donald Elwood Taylor and Bertha Alice Sessions Taylor. He attended schools in Rigby, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High...
