Obituaries

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Loy David Taylor

Loy David Taylor

Apr 29, 2020

Loy David Taylor passed away on April 29, 2020, due to complications associated with COVID-19. Loy was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on April 14, 1937, to Persis Arvella Young and Ralph Meredith Taylor. Loy was Ralph and Percy’s third child and grew up in Iona, Idaho.

Growing up, Loy loved sports—especially basketball—and learned the value of...

C. Edward Vadnais

C. Edward Vadnais

Apr 29, 2020

C. Edward Vadnais, age 73, of Rigby passed away April 29, 2020 at Idaho Falls.

Edward was born July 22, 1946, to Alfred and LaVerne Vadnais.  The youngest of twelve children.

He was raised in the Kilgore area and attended first to eighth grade at the Kilgore School.  In 1959 he moved to Spencer and...

Cindy Kay Farrimond

Cindy Kay Farrimond

Apr 28, 2020

Cindy Kay Farrimond, 58, of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at Eastern Idaho Reginal Medical Center.

Cindy was born July 14, 1961, in Salt Lake City, Utah a daughter of Neil Wilson and Dixie Lee Cook Wilson.  Cindy was raised and attended school in Salt Lake City and graduated from West High School.  She married...

Joyce Comeal Howe

Joyce Comeal Howe

Apr 26, 2020

Joyce Comeal Olson Howe 91, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2020 at her home in Rigby, Idaho.  She was the daughter of Andrew Cornelius Olson and Ora Vaughn Smith Olson, born on October 24, 1928 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  She attended schools in Ucon and Ririe, Idaho where she told the story that her father would often give her...

Jason Paul Briggs

Jason Paul Briggs

Apr 24, 2020

Jason Paul Briggs, 46 of Rexburg, Idaho passed away Friday, April 24, 2020 in Boise, Idaho.

Jason was born July 7, 1973 in Rexburg, Idaho to Larry Dee and Sonia Gay Briggs. He was raised and attended schools in the Archer and Rexburg areas. He also lived in Teton, Idaho.

Jason was self-employed, and was...

Mary Alice Winckel

Mary Alice Winckel

Apr 23, 2020

Mary Alice Winckel, age 93, died on April 23, 2020, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born on July 24, 1926, in Cooter, Missouri. She is survived by two daughters, Charlotte Irene Wing (David) of Maricopa, Arizona, Marion Sue Young (Shayne) of Rigby, Idaho, and Charles Frederick Winckel (Laurie), of Hutto, Texas. She has 17 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren....

Loraine Holland Pierce

Loraine Holland Pierce

Apr 22, 2020

Loraine Holland Pierce, 88, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.  Loraine was born January 17, 1932 in Lorenzo, Idaho, the son of George H Pierce and Dora Holland Pierce.  He attended schools in Rigby, Idaho and continued his education at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho.  Lorraine served his country as a member...

Lloyd Clyde Gneiting

Lloyd Clyde Gneiting

Apr 19, 2020

Lloyd Clyde Gneiting, 101, of Rigby, passed away at home of natural causes on Sunday, April 19, 2020.

Lloyd was born March 20, 1919 at home in Garfield, Idaho to Gottlieb Christian Gneiting and Frieda Weber Gneiting. He was the youngest of five children.  Lloyd attended Garfield Elementary and graduated from Ucon.  He continued his education at...

Clara Ray Wing

Clara Ray Wing

Apr 18, 2020

Clara Ray Wing 97 of Salmon, Idaho passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020. She was born on April 29, 1922 to William Pickle and Mary Self Edgmon.  She was one of eleven children born at home in Jonesboro, Arkansas.  When she was 18 years old, she traveled out west to Long Beach with her brother Franklyn to work in...

George Junior Kinghorn

George Junior Kinghorn

Apr 17, 2020

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Harumi Nukaya

Harumi Nukaya

Apr 16, 2020

Harumi Nukaya, 83, of Meridian, Idaho (formerly of Roberts, Idaho) passed away peacefully on April 16th, 2020 after a long battle with cancer.

Harumi was born on April 3rd, 1937 in Shizuoka Japan to Tokichi and Shiga Miyagishima. She was a sharp young lady and succeeded academically as she helped her family while she attended school. Harumi...

Marsha Sessions

Marsha Sessions

Apr 15, 2020

Marsha Grover Sessions, 69, of Rigby, Idaho passed away, Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

She was born May 31, 1950 in Rigby, Idaho, the daughter of Melvin Grant Grover and Alice Mae King Grover. She had 14 siblings. Marsha attended schools in Rigby, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School with the Class of 1968. She continued her...

Douglas Ray Preston

Douglas Ray Preston

Apr 14, 2020

Douglas Ray Preston passed away of a heart attack on Wednesday, April 14, 2020 in Illinois.

Doug was born March 29, 1958 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Douglas Walter Preston and Eleanor Mae Ellars of Milo, Idaho. Doug didn’t have a traditional home in the last few years of his life. He made his living on the...

Jerry Kent Whitehead

Jerry Kent Whitehead

Apr 12, 2020

Jerry Kent Whitehead of Grant, Idaho, age 83, returned to Heavenly Father, Sunday, April 12, 2020 due to health complications from a fall.

Jerry Was born March 4, 1937 at Salt Lake City, Utah a son to Orin Kent Whitehead and Emma Grace Bailey Whitehead.  He married Carolyn Thelin February 28, 1962 in the Salt Lake Temple. ...

Sadiera Ellice Andersen

Sadiera Ellice Andersen

Apr 7, 2020

Sadiera Ellice Andersen, 60 of Rigby, Idaho passed away Monday, April 7, 2020 at her home.

Sadiera was born March 15, 1960 in Roseville, California to John Walters Foster III and Nancy Ellice King Foster. She grew up in Reno and Carson City, NV, Klamath Falls, OR, Sacrament, CA and Lewisville, ID.  Sadiera married her sweetheart Hugh...

Zenaida Dimaano Shipp

Zenaida Dimaano Shipp

Apr 4, 2020

Zenaida Dimaano Shipp, age 83, of Layton, Utah, passed away at her stepson’s home in St. Anthony, Id. where she has lived for the past 19 months, Saturday, April 4, 2020.

She was born December 26, 1936 in Malvar Batangus, Philippines, a daughter to Apolonio W. Dimaano and Natividad Viaje Dimaano.

She grew up in...

Lynn Max Poole

Lynn Max Poole

Apr 3, 2020

Lynn Max Poole, 78, from Rigby, Idaho, passed away at home of natural causes on April 3, 2020.

Lynn was born November 19, 1941, in Rigby at his grandmother’s home to parents, Guy Wesley Poole and Blanche Harrop Poole, both of Annis, Idaho. Lynn graduated from Rigby High School and the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training...

Robert John Kincaid

Robert John Kincaid

Apr 3, 2020

Robert John Kincaid, Victor, ID., April 16 th , 1973 - April 03, 2020,

Rob, simply said in few words, was one of a kind.  Rob was truly genuine at heart and so filled with selflessness. He had the desire to live life to the fullest, and to take care of everyone and every creature around him....

Mary Jane Allen

Mary Jane Allen

Apr 1, 2020

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Mary Jane Allen, 93, longtime resident of Rigby, Idaho passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Sage Grove Assisted living center in Rigby.

Mary was born June 8, 1926 in Rigby, to Thomas George, Jr. and Opal Cordon George. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School.  She continued...

Adam Matthew Dayley

Adam Matthew Dayley

Apr 1, 2020

Our beloved Adam Matthew Dayley, 19 of South Jordan, Utah was laid to rest in the merciful arms of the Lord at Sutton Cemetery in Archer, Idaho on April 6, 2020.  Adam was born on October 30, 2000 in Upland, California, and grew up in close proximity to his maternal grandparents  Roberto and Eva Melara in Southern California.  Adam was...