Obituaries

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Rory Kay Walker

Rory Kay Walker

Jul 1, 2021

Rory Kay Walker, 62 of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away Thursday, July 1, 2021 from complications of COPD.  He was under the care of Encompass Hospice.

Rory was born May 27,1959 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Darryl Walker and Janeale Lawyer Walker; the oldest of 6 children.  He graduated from Rigby High School, attended Ricks College in Rexburg,...

Dennis Ray Hansen

Dennis Ray Hansen

Jun 30, 2021

Dennis Ray Hansen, 68 of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at Briarwood Assisted Living in Rexburg; he was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

Dennis was born February 12, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Allen Pheral Hansen and Maurine Jensen Hansen.  He was raised and attended schools in Salt...

Juana Martinez

Juana Martinez

Jun 29, 2021

Juana (Juanita) Santos Martinez of Grant, Idaho passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho and QualiCare. Juana was born March 28, 1923 in Valera, Texas, daughter of Francisco and Josefina Santos. She along with her only sibling, Enedina Rodriguez (deceased), were raised...

Cleora Ricks Ward

Cleora Ricks Ward

Jun 26, 2021

Cleora Ricks Ward was born on October 14, 1939 and passed away on June 26, 2021 of natural causes.  She was doing what she loved, reading a book, when she slipped to the other side.  She is the daughter of Earl and Opal Ricks.  She is the 3 rd child of 10 and has always been very close to...

Eric Steven Franz

Eric Steven Franz

Jun 25, 2021

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Michael Stephen Taysom

Michael Stephen Taysom

Jun 21, 2021

Michael Stephen Taysom, 80 of Rigby, Idaho passed away peacefully June 21, 2021, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Michael was born May 10, 1941, the second of six children to Charles Taysom and Alice Owens Taysom. He joined an older brother and was followed by four younger sisters. He was raised in Iona,...

Jack Howard Gohr

Jack Howard Gohr

Jun 21, 2021

Jack Howard Gohr, 87, of Ucon, Idaho passed away on Monday, June 21, 2021.

Jack was born September 28, 1933 to Herman David Paul Gohr and Nellie May Meyer Gohr in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the eleventh of fourteen children. He attended schools in St. Leon and Idaho Falls. On June 1, 1953, he married Connie...

Misty Jane Lessenden

Misty Jane Lessenden

Jun 17, 2021

Misty Jane Lessenden, age 37 of Salt Lake City, Utah passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.

Misty was born August 23, 1983 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Debbie Jane Draper and Jeff Lessenden.  She was raised in Rexburg, Idaho, attended schools in Madison County and graduated from Madison High...

Ellen Mable Laird

Ellen Mable Laird

Jun 17, 2021

Ellen Mable Hoggan Laird, age 75 of Dubois, Idaho, passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021 at her home.

She was born August 26, 1945 in Rexburg, Idaho to Ralph Harrison Hoggan and Mary Isabelle Walker Hoggan.  She attended Edie School, a one-room school house in Medicine Lodge for her elementary years.  She graduated from Clark County High...

Javier Santos-Librado

Javier Santos-Librado

Jun 11, 2021

Javier Santos-Librado, 26 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Friday, June 11, 2021 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

Javier was born September 22, 1994 in Salmon, Idaho to Faustino Santos and Magdalena Librado Santos.  He attended elementary school in Leadore, Idaho; middle school in Rigby, Idaho, and graduated from Rigby High School.  Javier loved...

Van Walker

Van Walker

Jun 10, 2021

Charles Van Walker of Lewisville, passed away June 10, 2021 at the age of 94.

Van was born February 1, 1927 in Pocatello, Idaho to Paul Dean Walker and Helen Ball. He was the second of three sons. He attended school in Pocatello and spent his summers working with his uncles and cousins on his Grandpa Ball’s...

Ronald Charles Gardner

Ronald Charles Gardner

Jun 5, 2021

Ronald Charles Gardner, 81 of Lewisville, Idaho, passed away June 5, 2021 at his home.

Ron was born April 5, 1940 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Joe E Gardner and Mary “Johnnie” Jeanette Marshall Gardner.  He was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. In his younger years, he worked as...

Isabell Marie Clark

Isabell Marie Clark

Jun 4, 2021

Services will be broadcast via Zoom, please click on the link below. https://zoom.us/j/93123397957? pwd= dExvbGwyblFVbG1DUDRGdFh5R21Udz 09 Isabell Marie Clark, 17, of Ririe, Idaho passed away Friday, June 4, 2021 from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Isabell was born on April 18, 2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Eric Clark and Ashley Clark.

She had a great...

James Douglas Adams

James Douglas Adams

Jun 4, 2021

James Douglas Adams, 74 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021 at Rigby Country Living Center.

James was born June 28, 1946 in Laclede County, Missouri to Harold F. Adams and Vestal F. Fry Adams.

He served in the US Army from 1967 to 1973.

James will be interred at the...

Helen Irene Watson

Helen Irene Watson

Jun 1, 2021

Helen Irene Watson, 88 of Menan, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at her home, surrounded by her family.

Helen was born February 5, 1933 in Rigby, Idaho to Clyde Nord and Berneice Scott Nord.  She was raised and attended schools in the Rigby area, graduating from Rigby High School.  She continued her education at the...

Frank Ervin Brunson

Frank Ervin Brunson

Jun 1, 2021

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Frank Ervin Brunson, 93 of Temperance, Michigan and formerly of Rexburg, Idaho passed away June 1, 2021 in Temperance, Michigan.

Frank was born November 9, 1927 in Filmore, Utah, the son of Ervin Frank Brunson and Neta...

Derick Eugene Barney

Derick Eugene Barney

May 31, 2021

Derick Eugene Barney, 37 of Rigby Idaho passed away on May 31st 2021 in Rockaway Beach Oregon from drowning.

He is survived by his mother, Andrea Hall; 4 sisters, Jessica deBoer, Amber Connally, Brittany Ashcraft and Kaitlyn Hall; The love of his life, former wife and mother to his children, Amy Barney as well as 2 wonderful...

Joann Dee Murray

Joann Dee Murray

May 29, 2021

JoAnn Dee Sharp Murray, age 79, of Rexburg, formerly of Rigby, passed away at her home Saturday, May 29, 2021, under the loving care of her husband and Brio Home Health.

JoAnn was born December 5 th 1941 in Pocatello, Idaho; to Joseph Sharp and Jessie Vilate Gardner Sharp.  She was raised in Pocatello, Bybee, Idaho Falls,...

Steven Michael Jensen

Steven Michael Jensen

May 28, 2021

On Friday, May 28, 2021, Steven Michael Jensen suddenly passed away. He will be sorrowfully missed by his loving wife and best friend Rebecca.

Steve was born April 23, 1959 in Covina California, the son of Kurt Hauberg Jensen and Gail Millard Jensen. He attended schools in Pasadena and Glendora, California, graduating from Glendora High School in...

Bruce Barton Gardner

Bruce Barton Gardner

May 28, 2021

Bruce Barton Gardner, age 74 of Lewisville, Idaho, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Bruce was born January 19, 1947 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to William Clyde Gardner and Ida Irene Dye Gardner.  He graduated from Firth High School, received a B.A. in Medical Anthropology from ISU, and served...