Obituaries

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Michael Everett Robbins

Michael Everett Robbins

Sep 4, 2019

Michael Everett Robbins, 53 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at his home.

Michael was born December 27, 1965 in Klamath Falls, Oregon; the son of Herman Everett Robbins and Doris Charolett Knight Robbins. He was raised and attended schools in Sugar City, Idaho. He continued his education at Ricks College in Rexburg and...

Elaine Marie Hawker

Elaine Marie Hawker

Sep 4, 2019

Elaine Marie Hawker, devoted daughter, sister, and aunt, passed away at home on September 4, 2019. She fought cancer with indomitable courage and dignity.

Elaine was born December 11, 1961 in Rexburg, Idaho the first of three children born to Earl and Julia Hawker. She was raised in Rigby, Idaho and graduated with honors from Rigby High...

Sharon Ann Hood

Sharon Ann Hood

Sep 4, 2019

Sharon Ann Hood, 72, of Rigby passed away at her home on September 4, 2019 surrounded by her family.

Sharon was born March 29, 1947 in Santa Monica, California a daughter of Jack Fields and Helen Daniels Fields. She attended school in Fullerton and attended Cal State and BYU. She married Arthur Hood on June 7, 1969...

Brent Roland Helm

Brent Roland Helm

Aug 29, 2019

On August 29, 2019, Brent Roland Helm — our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and so much more — passed away at his home after valiantly navigating the journey of cancer.   Brent was born on December 23, 1947 in Pocatello, Idaho to Roland Thaddeus Helm and Mildred Susan Helm.  Brent graduated in the first graduating class of...

Richard William Koplin

Richard William Koplin

Aug 26, 2019

Richard William Koplin, 87 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away at his home Monday, August 26, 2019.

Richard was born August 26, 1932 in Blackfoot, Idaho to William Edward Koplin and Gerda M. Slink Koplin. He was raised and attended schools in Blackfoot, graduating from Blackfoot High School. Richard served honorably in the US Navy as a Petty...

William Phineas Cook

William Phineas Cook

Aug 26, 2019

William Phineas Cook, age 91, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away at his home Monday, August 26, 2019.

William was born February 14, 1928 in Bonneville County, Idaho to John William Cook and Mary Helena Ritchie Cook. He attended schools in Garfield, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School. He served in the East Central States Mission for...

Robert Franklin Fairchild Sr.

Robert Franklin Fairchild Sr.

Aug 24, 2019

Robert Franklin "Frank" Fairchild, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 24, 2019. Formerly of Wilkes County, North Carolina, he was the son of Robert Paul Fairchild and Ruth Ailene Ferguson Fairchild.

After graduating from West Wilkes High School, Frank joined the Navy to serve in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. A southern boy who...

Lynn Lewis Moedl

Lynn Lewis Moedl

Aug 20, 2019

Lynn Lewis Moedl, age 85 of Ririe, Idaho passed away August 20, 2019, at his home.

Lynn was born February 1, 1934 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of Elmer Moedl and Iola Lewis Moedl. He attended Grant Elementary, Midway High School and graduated from Rigby High School. On June 29, 1956, he married LaRue Brown in...

Grant Orland Hunsaker

Grant Orland Hunsaker

Aug 20, 2019

Grant was born in Rexburg  and raised in Rigby, ID in a family of enough kids to contain a football team, a basketball team, a baseball team, and a golf team without using the same person twice. As an only child of 26 kids he was the one everybody liked. He enjoyed a good inside joke and would be...

Luella Avery Jones

Luella Avery Jones

Aug 17, 2019

Luella Avery Jones, of Milo, returned to her heavenly home a few hours shy of her 90 th birthday on August 17, 2019 in her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born August 18, 1929 in Osgood, Idaho. Luella was the ninth child of thirteen children born to Charles Ira Avery and Bertha Eames.

She attended...

Wynn Whitmeyer

Wynn Whitmeyer

Aug 15, 2019

Wynn Whitmeyer, 75 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2019 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls after a one and half year battle with cancer.

Wynn Was born July 6, 1944 in Burbank, California to Arthur Russel Whitmeyer and Dorothy Margarete Brossard Whitmeyer.  He attended schools in Camarillo, California and Ventura College.  He enlisted in the...

Douglas White Parker

Douglas White Parker

Aug 15, 2019

Douglas White Parker, age 70 of Lewisville, ID passed away peacefully Thursday, August 15, 2019 at his home under the compassionate care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Doug was born February 6, 1949 in Payson, Utah a son to Robert LeWarne Parker and Clara Deseret White Parker. He proudly served in the United States Army.

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Dan J Walker

Dan J Walker

Aug 8, 2019

Dan J Walker, 87 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Thursday, August 8, 2019 at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg, Idaho.

Dan was born June 4, 1932 in Rigby, Idaho to Lorenzo William Walker and Stella Jenkins Walker. He attended schools in the Rigby area.   He enlisted in the US Army and served honorably from 1952...

Jeanne Clifford

Jeanne Clifford

Aug 6, 2019

Evelyn Jean "Jeanne" Clifford was born July 30, 1941, in Lyman, Idaho, to Rodney Bert Howell and Eva Benson Howell.  She grew up in Archer, Idaho, on a farm and it was well known that she hated chickens.  Since she was the only girl in the family, she often liked to say that she was “the rose among the...

Coralle Knight

Coralle Knight

Aug 6, 2019

Coralle Machen Knight entered the world on July 5, 1930 in Sugar City, Idaho and left it to return to her Heavenly Father on August 6, 2019.  She was born to Harry E and Thelma Machen.  As a young girl she and her family moved to the Hamer area.  She spent many long days in the field, irrigating, cutting,...

Triana Marie Galley

Triana Marie Galley

Aug 4, 2019

Triana Marie Galley, beloved mother, sister and daughter passed away tragically on August 4 th , 2019 in Island park, ID.

She leaves behind three beautiful children, Jaxon Dean (8), Paislee Marie (5), and Boston Wade (4), her best friend and cherished sister Amber Langlais of Ashburn, GA, her brother Percy Padilla II of Oakland, CA, and...

Ileta Mae Dixon

Ileta Mae Dixon

Aug 4, 2019

Ileta Mae Dixon, 83, of Menan, Idaho passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019 in Menan. She was born on August 21, 1935 in Lorenzo, Idaho, the daughter of Arvil Earl Haddon and Ella Lowiene Krupp Haddon.

She attended school in Lorenzo, Idaho through the 9 th grade.  She married Edward Arnold Dixon in Dillon, Montana. Their marriage...

Orland Hunt Baron

Orland Hunt Baron

Aug 2, 2019

Orland Hunt Baron, 89 of Rigby, Idaho passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 Enumclaw, Washington.

Orland was born March 6, 1930 in Dayton, Idaho, the son of Edmund Marion Baron and Anna Marie Hunt Baron.

Orland attended schools in Rigby, Idaho and was a graduate of Rigby High School. During his youth he gained a...

Darrel Howard Howell

Darrel Howard Howell

Aug 2, 2019

Darrel Howard Howell, 77, died on Friday, August 2, 2019 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from complications related to age. Darrel was born on June 13, 1942 in St. Anthony, Idaho to the late Robert and Elva Howell. He grew up in Parker, Idaho with his late brother Tommy Howell and sister, Minnie Kidd. He graduated from South...

Kanden Dalhon Mathie

Kanden Dalhon Mathie

Aug 2, 2019

Kanden Dalhon Mathie of Rigby passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 at the age of 21 near Rigby, Idaho.

Kanden was born on September 27, 1997 to Dalhon Ivan Mathie and Jennifer Lynn Maupin in Rexburg, Idaho. He grew up and attended schools in Sugar City, Rigby, and Idaho Falls. He attended HVAC college for 1 year....