Obituaries

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Michael Ray Larsen

Michael Ray Larsen

Jun 18, 2018

Michael Ray Larsen, 18, of Rigby, Idaho passed away June 18, 2018 at his home in Rigby.  Michael was born July 1, 1999, in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son of David John Larsen and Michelle Rae Crossley. Michael was raised and attended school in Rigby and at American Heritage in Idaho Falls.  He was active in sports and played...

Charley Sherman Winscot Jr

Charley Sherman Winscot Jr

Jun 15, 2018

Charley Sherman Winscot, Jr., 79, beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away on June 15th, 2018 surrounded by family. He was born to Charley Sherman Winscot, Sr. and Sarah Louise Smith in Salt Lake City, Utah.

He married his high school sweetheart, Clara “Coke” (Skerjanc) Winscot, on January 27, 1957. Their marriage was solemnized...

Priscilla Glover

Priscilla Glover

Jun 13, 2018

Priscilla Glover, age 96, of Rigby, passed away at Sage Grove Assisted Living in Rigby, Wednesday, June 13, 2018.

Priscilla was born April 10, 1922 in Rexburg, Idaho a daughter to Edgar Clyde Rock and Louisa Eggertz Rock. She grew up in and attended schools in Menan and attended Midway High School.  She married William Guy Harrington...

Rochelle Green

Rochelle Green

Jun 7, 2018

Rochelle Green, age 59, of Rigby, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Thursday, June 7, 2018 Rochelle was born February 25, 1959 in Idaho Falls, a daughter to Dale V Green and Mary Beth Lawson Green. She attended Rigby schools growing up in the LaBelle area.  She married Weston Morris April 7, 1985 in her...

Lorna Lou Kinghorn

Lorna Lou Kinghorn

Jun 7, 2018

Lorna Lou Waters Kinghorn, 87, passed away June 7, 2018, at her home in Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She has returned home to be with her parents. Lorna was born January 4, 1931 to Loran and Inez Crystal Waters in Garfield, Idaho. She traveled around the world with her family as her dad...

Stanley Blair Sutton

Stanley Blair Sutton

Jun 6, 2018

Stanley Blair Sutton, age 85, of Archer, passed away at his home Wednesday, June 6, 2018.

Stan was born April 16, 1933 in Archer a son to Henry Lillis Sutton and Rachel Briggs Sutton. He went to Archer Grade School for eight years, graduated from Madison High School and attended Ricks College, where he played basketball.  He...

Neva Peterson

Neva Peterson

Jun 6, 2018

Neva Byington Peterson was delivered into the loving arms of our heavenly father on June 6 th . 2018 after a long and lingering illness due to the complications of age.

Mom was born July 31 st . 1931 the second to youngest child of John Parley Byington and Marguerite Brennetta Smith Byington. She grew up in...

Sylvia Etta Gearheart

Sylvia Etta Gearheart

Jun 3, 2018

Sylvia Etta Patterson Gearheart, 88, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Sylvia was born November 8, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of John Clarence Patterson and Sylvia Siddoway Harries Patterson. She attended elementary school in Salt Lake City and Spanish Fork Utah.  The family moved to Idaho Falls where she...

Lauri Ann Carpenter

Lauri Ann Carpenter

May 29, 2018

Lauri Ann Carpenter, 52, of Idaho Falls passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at the Broadway Fields Assisted Living Center.

Lauri was born on September 6, 1965 in Rexburg, Idaho to William Seth Carpenter and Wanda May Byington Carpenter. She grew up and attended school in Ririe where she graduated from Ririe High School. She was...

Melvin J Hall

Melvin J Hall

May 26, 2018

Melvin J Hall, 91, of Menan, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg, Idaho. Melvin was born in Tetonia, Idaho on September 23, 1926 to Earl Hall and Eva Stewart, where he was the oldest boy and second child out of eight children. When he was two years old, his...

Alan Reed Merrill

Alan Reed Merrill

May 25, 2018

Alan Reed Merrill, age 69, of Annis passed away Friday May 25, 2018, at his home in Annis. Reed was born March 3, 1949, in Idaho Falls a son of Nathan Warren Merrill and Mamie Leavitt Merrill. Reed was raised in Annis, Idaho in a sweet little farm house with apple trees. He spent his childhood working on his family’s...

Ruby Marie Wright

Ruby Marie Wright

May 22, 2018

Ruby Marie Clements Wright passed away May 22, 2018 at her home in Menan, Idaho.

Ruby Marie Clements was born November 28, 1919 in Hibbard, Idaho to Joseph William and Rebecca Violet McKenna Clements. She joined one sister and three brothers and later was joined by two sisters.

She attended school in Hibbard until her...

Shirley Colson Burns

Shirley Colson Burns

May 21, 2018

Shirley Colson Burns, 87, of Menan, Idaho passed away on Monday May 21, 2018 at the Parkwood Meadows Living Center.

She was born on June 17, 1930 to Fred Colson and Lucille Hathaway Colson in Chester, Idaho and graduated from the Idaho Falls High School. She married Marvin Luke Burns on June 27, 1952. Through their marriage...

David Neil Thurston

David Neil Thurston

May 21, 2018

David Neil Thurston, 68, passed away on Monday, May 21, 2018 at his home in Rigby, Idaho after a courageous year long battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was born on July 5, 1949 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Adrian Kenneth and Marie Berg Thurston.

Kent Donald Swanson

Kent Donald Swanson

May 21, 2018

K-9 Handler Sergeant Kent Donald Swanson of the Shelley Police Department, passed away in the line of duty May 21, 2018, from an apparent heart attack.Kent was born July 3, 1970, in Boise, Idaho.  He is the son of Donald Rex Swanson and Ruth Janeal Kearsley Swanson of Shelley, Idaho.Kent attended Shelley schools and graduated from Shelley High School.  He...

Ralph Clayton Sonderegger

Ralph Clayton Sonderegger

May 20, 2018

Ralph Clayton Sonderegger, loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great grandfather, returned to his Heavenly Parents on Sunday, May 20, 2018. He left this life peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving wife and family. What a life he lived! Clayton was born February 1, 1925, in Midway, Utah, to Grace Watkins and Ernest Ervin Sonderegger. He had nine brothers...

Delsy Lynne Phillips

Delsy Lynne Phillips

May 16, 2018

Delsy Phillips passed away at the early age of 50 at the University of Utah Hospital surrounded by her loved ones on May 16 2018 due to complications in emergency heart surgery. She was born on December 7th 1967, in Idaho falls Idaho, the daughter of Johnny Leo Mullins and Mary Lou Sessions Mullins. Delsy was the middle child...

Kenneth Virgil Beard

Kenneth Virgil Beard

May 15, 2018

Kenneth Virgil Beard, 62, of Archer, passed away on May 15, 2018 at home from a brain tumor. Ken was born on October 26, 1955 to Virgil and Dorlene Burgener Beard in Driggs, Idaho. He was raised in Teton Valley, Idaho and has lived most of the last 32 years in Archer. He also lived briefly in Wilford and...

Carol Hoopes

Carol Hoopes

May 12, 2018

Carol Hoopes passed away on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at her home in Dubois.

Carol was born April 2, 1943, in Idaho Falls, she was the daughter of Morris and Leah Colson Tavenner. She grew up in Dubois and attended school in Dubois. She graduated from the Clark County High School in May of 1961.

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Francis Edward Dragoman

Francis Edward Dragoman

May 9, 2018

Francis Edward Dragoman, 71, of Lewisville passed away at his home late Wednesday night May 9, 2018.

Francis was born on May 13, 1946 in Santa Rosa, California to Frank Joseph Dragoman and Mildred Beattie Dragoman. He grew up and attended schools in Santa Rosa and graduated from Santa Rosa High School. Francis attended Fresno State University...