Obituaries

Justin Todd Drake
Aug 5, 2018
Justin Todd Drake, 41 of Lorenzo, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018 at his home.
Justin was born July 1, 1977 in Rexburg, Idaho to Thayne Harold Drake and Doris Lee Blosch Drake. He was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. During high school, he was active in FFA, Auto Tech, and...
Arlenna Irene Hoopes
Aug 2, 2018
Arlenna Irene Hoopes, 84, of Boise, Idaho, passed away Thursday, August 02, 2018, in Boise. Arlenna was born December 22, 1933, in LaBelle, Idaho, the daughter of Orian Smout and Elva Mae Morgan Smout. She attended Rigby schools and graduated from Rigby High School. On October 31, 1952 she married William VaNoy Hansen of Newdale, Idaho. She taught piano lessons...
Arlo Leroy Grover
Jul 30, 2018
Arlo LeRoy Grover, 81, of Ririe, Idaho passed away Monday, July 30, 2018 at his home. Arlo was born in Ririe, Idaho on March 31, 1937, the son of Ursel LeRoy Grover and Alice Amelda Hutchens Grover. He attended schools in Ririe, and graduated from Rigby High School. He continued his education attending Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho and Utah...
Woody Dean Clifford
Jul 27, 2018
Woody Dean Clifford, age 54, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 27, 2018 from injuries received in an automobile accident near Burley.
Woody was born January 4, 1964 in Rexburg, Idaho a son to Terry Dean Clifford and Jeanne Howell Clifford. He was raised in Idaho, Reno, Nevada, Phoenix, Arizona, Memphis, Tennessee and Salt Lake City, Utah. ...
James Earl Mathews
Jul 27, 2018
James Earl Mathews, 69, of Arco, Idaho passed away Friday, July 27, 2018 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the Care Center of Idaho Falls. James was born December 2, 1948 in Ogden, Utah to Ervin Eugene Mathews and Verna Agnes Hess Mathews. He married Margaret Ann Noble on June 22, 1968 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They later divorced. ...
Terry Lynn Johnson
Jul 25, 2018
Terry Lynn Johnson, 76, of Rigby, Idaho passed away, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 surrounded by his family.
Terry was born March 6, 1942 in Rigby, Idaho, the son of Narvel Scott Johnson and Sadie Cleova Durrant Johnson. On May 2, 1975 he married Jolene Barber in Ririe, Idaho. He retired from the Jefferson County Road and Bridge...
Jerry Kenneth Sproul
Jul 24, 2018
Jerry Kenneth Sproul was born August 6, 1942 to Clenna June Jackman and Kenneth Malcolm Sproul in Blackfoot, Idaho. He was the 4th of 9 children and the 2nd son. He grew up working on the 160-acre family farm in Pingree, Idaho. He milked cows morning and night, weeded their 40-60 acres of potatoes and helped bale hay when...
Bobby Clair Schneiter
Jul 20, 2018
Bobby Clair Schneiter, 78, of Rexburg, passed away at his home Friday, July 20, 2018. Bob was born April 25, 1940 in Archer, Idaho a son to Erven Clair Schneiter and Artella Ann Weekes Schneiter. He attended Archer schools and graduated from Ririe High School. He married Sarah Joyce Streeper February 19, 1959 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. ...
Nannette Sue Hall
Jul 15, 2018
Nannette Sue Hall, of Terreton, Idaho, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018 in at her home surrounded by her loving husband and family. She was 33 years of age.
Nannette was raised in Annis, Idaho. She is the daughter of Jerry S Scott and Susan Jean Furniss Scott. Nannette was born July 27, 1984 in Idaho Falls,...
Betty Ann Moore
Jul 14, 2018
Betty Ann Kerbs Andersen Moore, 75, of Idaho Falls formerly of Rigby, passed away at her daughter’s home in Idaho Falls Saturday, July 14, 2018. Betty was born May 21, 1943 in Great Falls, Montana a daughter to Fred Kerbs and Elma Sommers Kerbs. She was raised in Montana, California and Idaho graduating from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho...
Harold Arthur Mccracken
Jul 13, 2018
Harold Arthur McCracken graduated from this earthly existence on July 13, 2018, with his sweetheart, Cleo, close by. All those whom he has served and loved know that he graduated with honor.
Born in Tetonia, Idaho, on October 14, 1927 to Demar and Lucille Chase McCracken, he grew up working beside his father and...
Lewis Robert Green
Jul 13, 2018
Lewis Robert Green, age 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away at home Friday, July 13, 2018 surrounded by those most dear to him. He left this world just as he lived his life, on his own terms.
Lew was born October 3, 1936 in Idaho Falls a son to Robert Dennis Green and Mary Harriet Poole Green....
Mary Louise Lott
Jul 12, 2018
Mary Louise Konold Lott, 90, loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, passed away peacefully at her home on July 12, 2018 surrounded by her husband and children.
Mary was born October 15, 1927, daughter of Ira Hobson Konold and Sylvia Rose Rosenberg Konold, in Chicago, Illinois. She spent her early years being raised by her grandparents in...
Melinda Sue Murphy
Jul 8, 2018
Melinda Sue Wood Murphy, was born March 17th, 1987 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in
Idaho Falls, Idaho. It was a happy day for us. She passed away July 8th, 2018 at home
unexpectedly in Marbleton Wyoming.
Melinda spent her first six years in Ammon, and attended Kindergarten and First grade
...Adrian Luna Macias
Jul 7, 2018
Adrian Luna Macias, 45 of St. Anthony, Idaho passed away in California while returning to his family from Mexico. Adrian was born in San Martin, De Bolanos, Jalisco, Mexico, the son of Santiago Luna and Jesus De Maria Macias.
On September 19, 2009, Adrian married Belinda Lozano in Rigby, Idaho. They have been blessed with a wonderful...
Bruce Elmer Welchman
Jul 4, 2018
Bruce Elmer Welchman, 75, of Monteview, passed away at his home Sunday, July 9, 2018.
Bruce was born June 21, 1943 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a son to Elmer George Welchman and Eva Bruce Welchman. He attended schools in Terreton graduating from West Jefferson High School. Following high school, he served in the United States Army from...
Debra Jo Holmberg
Jul 3, 2018
Debra Jo Holmberg, 62, of Rigby passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 03, 2018.
Debra was born September 21, 1955, in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Bert Arthur Carpenter and Loretta Janett Cramer Carpenter. Debra was raised in Rigby and attended school there. She received her GED through Stephen Heneger to be an example to...
Bertha Bell Fullmer
Jul 2, 2018
Three days after her 100th birthday, Bertha Clements Fullmer peacefully left this life to reunite with her Savior, her husband, and 11 siblings.
Born in her Grandma Anderson’s home in Rexburg, Idaho near the end of WWI, she lived through the Great Depression and worked through WWII. Bertha was taken by the charm of Sidney Keith Fullmer...
Lois Mason
Jul 1, 2018
Lois Mason, 89 of Rigby, passed away at the Golden Pines Shelter Home in Rigby, Sunday July 1, 2018. Graveside service will be held Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the Annis Little Butte Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.eckersellfuneralhome.com.
Wendy Sue Rose
Jun 30, 2018
Wendy Sue Rose, 50, of Menan and formerly of Rigby, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2018. She was born on March 12, 1968, to Gary Lee and Rebecca Culbertson Rose. It was clear from the beginning that Wendy was a special soul. She lived with her family in Smithfield, UT, before moving to Idaho Falls for a short time,...
