Obituaries

Connor Eric Deason
May 29, 2019
Connor Eric Deason, 21 of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 West Main Street, Rigby. The family will receive friends from 12 noon to 12:45 p.m., prior to services at the funeral home. A celebration of life service...
Gary Franklin Myers
May 28, 2019
Gary Franklin Myers, 75, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at home, after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his loving wife and children.
He was born April 26, 1944 in La Grande, Union, Oregon to Cecil Andrew Etter and Dorothy Mary Miller. He was later adopted by Benjamin Myers at age 14 and changed his...
Elva Jean Robertson
May 28, 2019
Elva Jean Robertson, 87 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls.
Elva Jean was born March 31, 1932 in Sugar City, Idaho to Samuel Washington Orme and Olive Lorraine Cluff Orme. She was raised and attended schools in Sugar City, Idaho, graduate of Sugar Salem...
Vivian Faye Milius
May 25, 2019
Vivian Faye Williams Milius, age 66, passed away peacefully at home amidst her loving family in Rexburg, Idaho, Saturday, May 25, 2019, at 4:24 a.m.
Vivian was the daughter of Leslie Warren Williams and Arlene (Nelson) Williams, she was born in Ukiah, California on December 28, 1952. Vivian graduated from North Salinas High School in 1971, from...
Korry Dean Blackburn
May 22, 2019
Korry Dean Blackburn, 58, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2019 after a courageous battle with cancer. Korry was born May 16, 1961 in Rexburg, Idaho to Monty K Blackburn and Deana Kaye Allgood Blackburn. He graduated from Rigby High School in 1980. That same year, he married Angela Rainey; they were blessed with 3 children: Erica,...
Virginia Virgin
May 20, 2019
Virginia Knapp Larsen Virgin, 97, formerly of Ucon, Idaho, residing in Hunstville, Utah died Monday, May 20, 2019.
She was born September 5, 1921 in Hibbard Idaho to Charles Martin Larsen and Elsie May Knapp. She attended schools in Madison County, Idaho.
On December 7, 1939, she married Nephi Virl Virgin in the Logan, Utah...
Estalene Jones Storer Andrus
May 18, 2019
Estalene Jones Storer Andrus was born March 27th, 1932, the 8 th child of Henry Warden Jones and Lola Yearsley Jones, in Menan Idaho. She passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at her daughter’s home, in LaBarge, Wyoming.
She grew up and attended schools in Menan, Idaho, married Roy Storer in 1949, moving to Laramie,...
Charlotte Maren George
May 17, 2019
We lovingly honor the memory of our daughter, Charlotte Maren George, stillborn on May 17th, 2019 at 3:32pm. She is survived by her parents, Andy and Nell George, as well as her loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Charlotte was a beautiful, perfect baby who will always be part of our eternal family. There will be a burial service for...
Leo Hal Parker
May 14, 2019
Leo Hal Parker, 90 of Tetonia passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday May 14, 2019 in Heber City, Utah.
He was born December 20, 1928 in Driggs, Idaho to Lorenzo R. Parker and Alice Seville Long. He was raised and attended schools throughout SouthEast Idaho and Utah, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. Leo was...
Tom Rodney Jr.
May 14, 2019
Marvin Thomas “Tom” Rodney Jr., 74 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
Tom was born August 17, 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware to Marvin Thomas Rodney and Zenobia Kenton Rodney. He graduated from Elon College in North Carolina. November 13, 2005, he married Teresa Colet Mueller...
Dwain Homer Helsing
May 14, 2019
Dwain Homer Helsing, 76, of Rigby, Idaho passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at his home in Rigby. He was born October 29, 1942 in Rigby, the son of Albert and Martha Haywood Helsing. He was a graduate of Rigby High School and attended Idaho State University.
Dwain married Vicki Peterson in Rigby, May 25, 1968. He...
Maria Elna Jenks
May 13, 2019
Maria Elna Jenks, 49 of Rexburg, passed away Monday, May 13, 2019 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho.
Maria was born November 12, 1969 in Perth, Australia to Harvey Vance Koon and Desma Rhodes Koon. She attended grade school in Whittier, California and nursing school in Utah. Maria married Travis Jenks, then later divorced. She worked...
Mary Annette Poole
May 12, 2019
Mary Annette Poole, 78, of Lorenzo, Idaho, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by her loved ones. Annette was born in Idaho Falls on April 16, 1941 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was the daughter of Seymour Randall Thomas and Mary Inez Anderson Thomas. She was the oldest...
Shirley Mae Burke
May 11, 2019
Shirley Mae Burke, age 76, formerly of Rome, Georgia passed away at her home in Rigby, Idaho, May 11, 2019 following a lengthy illness. Shirley was born July 12, 1942, in Rome, Georgia the daughter of Daniel & Lillian Tate Castleberry. She was raised and attended school in Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia.
On June 18, 1964, she...
Sharon R. Brooks
May 8, 2019
Sharon Raye Greenmyer Brooks , 75, of Idaho Falls, ID and formerly of Gooding, ID passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Reflections in Morningstar Assisted Living Center. She was under the care of Encompass Hospice.
Sharon was born February 28, 1944 to Orval and Hazel Leird Greenmyer, and was the middle of three children....
William Gary Meador
May 7, 2019
William Gary Meador, “Gary” was born in West Virginia on August 24 1949 to William and Madeline. In the early ‘60s the family relocated to the Washington D.C./Maryland area where he became a die-hard Washington Redskins fan.
A proud Navy Veteran, he enlisted upon graduating from Bladensburg High School. While serving in the Navy, he met the...
Pauline Leavitt Konold
May 6, 2019
Pauline Leavitt Konold, 83, of Rigby, Idaho passed away Monday, May 6, 2019 in Rigby.
Pauline was born August 29, 1935 in Bunkerville, Nevada, the daughter of Calvin Willard Leavitt and Elva Hughes Leavitt. She married Wayne Hobson Konold in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pauline was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Kimber Mae Wray
May 3, 2019
Kimber Mae Wray passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving parents on May 3, 2019 at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Kimber was born March 12, 2019 to Chase and McKenzi Wray. During her brief, beautiful life, she touched many lives of those around her. She was in the hospital for the entirety of her...
Karla Jane Koplin
May 1, 2019
Karla Jane Tirrell Koplin, 81, of Rigby, Idaho, wife, sister, mother, grandmother, friend, mentor, and hero left this earth peacefully on May 1, 2019 after a year-long, valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Karla was born November 20, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Eldon Albert Tirrell and Lila Coles Tirrell.
She graduated from Rigby High School, attended...
Dean J Abbott
Apr 30, 2019
Dean J Abbott, 83 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at the Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg. He was under the care of Homestead Home Health and Hospice.
Dean was born April 24, 1936 in Ogden, Utah to George Burton Abbott and Leah Burnett Abbott. Following high school graduation, Dean got married to his high...
