Obituaries

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Joseph Henry Bitsoi

Joseph Henry Bitsoi

Nov 5, 2016

Joseph Henry Bitsoi, 79, of Ririe, passed away Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at his home. Joe was born January 18, 1937 on the Navajo Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. His parents, Nasgallind Nelson Bitsoi and Louise Gorman Althsodee Bitsoi welcomed him into their small one room log home. He was the middle of seven children. His parents also raised 4 of...

Gary Dean Bidwell

Gary Dean Bidwell

Nov 4, 2016

Gary Dean Bidwell 69, a longtime resident and community servant of St Anthony, ID passed away November 4th, 2016 due to a heart attack. Gary was born April 8, 1947 the second of three sons to George and Edith Bidwell. He grew up in Grant attending elementary school in Lewisville, Idaho. He Graduated from Rigby High School in 1965. He...

Julie Ann Chavez

Julie Ann Chavez

Nov 2, 2016

Julie Ann Chavez, 48 of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from complications of diabetes. Julie was born February 1, 1968 in Ohio to Gary Thronson and Barbara Lyman Thronson. She was raised and attended schools in Beulah, North Dakota and Livingston, Montana, graduating from Livingston, High School. She...

David Morris Walker

David Morris Walker

Nov 1, 2016

David Morris Walker, 81 of Rigby, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at his home. David was born August 21, 1935 in Driggs, Idaho to William “Hugh” Walker and Mary Louise Hodges Walker. He was raised and attended schools in Driggs and Victor, Idaho. He also attended and graduated from high school in Utah. Following high school, David worked at...

Devar Lewis

Devar Lewis

Oct 31, 2016

DeVar Lewis, age 76, of Victor, passed away, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Monday, October 31, 2016. DeVar was born in Coleville, Utah March 4th 1940 a son to William W. Lewis and Clarissa Ardella Clawson Lewis. He attended Driggs schools and Teton High School. He also attended mechanic classes at Idaho Vocational Technical School. He...

Darryl Neal Walker

Darryl Neal Walker

Oct 28, 2016

Darryl Neal (Duke) Walker 80 our wonderful father, grandfather and great grandfather of Lewisville, Idaho passed away at his home on October 28, 2016. Darryl was born on July 31, 1936 in Idaho Falls to William B. Walker and Evelyn Rhoda Gerard. He was welcomed by a sister and two brothers. Darryl attended schools in Lewisville and Rigby where he...

Imogene Mae Pillard

Imogene Mae Pillard

Oct 28, 2016

Imogene Mae (Welper) Pillard, 91, a resident of Fairwinds at Sandcreek, died on the 28th of October, 2016. Born in Amherst, CO in 1925, she was the daughter of Herbert and Meta Leben. Imogene attended St. Paul Lutheran School and Holyoke High School. She worked for the Social Security Administration in Colorado Springs, CO for 35 years. During her career,...

David Grant Bennion

David Grant Bennion

Oct 27, 2016

David Grant Bennion, 63 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Promise Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dave was born March 6, 1953 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Grant Bennion and Betty LaRue Pulley Bennion. He was raised in Idaho Falls and attended Linden Park Elementary; his family moved to the Clark area when he was 10...

Noreen Andersen

Noreen Andersen

Oct 24, 2016

Noreen Andersen, 63 of Rigby, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Noreen was born November 8, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Farold Conrad and Nora Jean Duncan Conrad. She was raised and attended schools in Iona, she attended Bonneville High School and graduated from Rigby High School. She married and...

Leslie Alan Stratton

Leslie Alan Stratton

Oct 23, 2016

Leslie Alan Stratton, 68 of Rexburg, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2016 at the Rexburg Care and Rehab Center. Leslie was born January 23, 1948 in Rexburg, Idaho to Ivan Allan Stratton and Ada Margaret Hansen. He was raised and attended schools in Ogden, graduating from Ogden High School. He continued his education at Weber State College studying drafting. On...

Barbara Carol Hardy

Barbara Carol Hardy

Oct 22, 2016

Barbara Carol Hardy, 74 of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016. Barbara was born March 21, 1942 in Archer, Idaho to Eric Elmer Briggs and Clea Weekes Briggs. She graduated from Madison High School in 1960. On March 25, 1968, she married George Andrew Hardy; in Archer, Idaho; their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS...

Marjorie Walker

Marjorie Walker

Oct 21, 2016

Marjorie Goody Walker, 82, our wonderful mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother passed away on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho surrounded by her loving family. Marjorie was born June 9, 1934 at the Goody Maternity Home in Rigby, Idaho to Edwin LeRoy Goody and Nina Virginia Frederiksen Goody. She lived her...

Aden Glen Gunderson

Aden Glen Gunderson

Oct 20, 2016

Aden Glen Gunderson of Menan died October 20, 2016 at his son’s home in Menan. He was 98 years old. He was born in Menan in 1918, the fifth child of six to Edward Casper Gunderson and Rosetta Woodbury Stay Gunderson. He married Afton Chapman of Rigby on June 23, 1937 in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised 6 children...

Wes Blake Kirkpatrick

Wes Blake Kirkpatrick

Oct 18, 2016

Weston “Wes” Blake Kirkpatrick, 21 of Hamer, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Wes was born August 22, 1995 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Blake Neal Kirkpatrick and Lisa Marie Brown Kirkpatrick. He was raised on a ranch in Hamer, where he attended grade school, middle school, and graduated from West Jefferson High...

Donald Harwood Curnutt

Donald Harwood Curnutt

Oct 16, 2016

Donald Harwood Curnutt passed away peacefully on the morning of Sunday October 16, 2016 at home surrounded by his family. He was 86 years old. Don was born February 28, 1930, in Butte Montana to Myrl Estel Curnutt and June Beasley Curnutt. The family finally settled south of Idaho Falls. Don attended elementary school at the Washington School House and...

Carla Mae Passey Nichols

Carla Mae Passey Nichols

Oct 12, 2016

Carla Mae Passey Nichols, 88 of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Sage Grove Assisted Living Center in Rigby. She was under the care of Aspen Hospice. Carla was born October 29, 1927 in Spokane, Washington to Thomas McClenian and Greeta Sagaser. She grew up and attended schools in Milk River, Alberta Canada. On October 11, 1946, she...

Ronald George Pond Sr.

Ronald George Pond Sr.

Oct 9, 2016

Ronald George Pond Sr., 90, passed away quietly in his home surrounded by family members on Oct 9, 2016, having spent 33,200 days on this earth, surpassing his goal of 33,000. He was born on Nov 16, 1925, to his parents, George Stillman Pond and Leda Ashcroft Pond. He grew up on a farm in Lewiston, Utah, where he loved...

Maryn Graham

Maryn Graham

Oct 9, 2016

Maryn Graham, age 79 of Ririe, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016 at her home. Maryn was born November 3, 1936 in Teton, Idaho to Lelan Andersen and Melva Edna Bean Andersen. She graduated from South Fremont High School 1955; during her high school years she participated in the marching band, loved swimming, ice skating and all things outdoors. She...

Sheri Diane Chase

Sheri Diane Chase

Oct 7, 2016

Sheri Diane Chase, 57, passed away at her home in Rigby Friday, October 7th 2016. Sheri was born April 2nd 1959 at Kindly Air Force Base in Bermuda, a daughter to Bill Seal and Mary “Doris” Olsen Skinner. She attended schools in the Idaho Falls area. She married Tony Chavez and later divorced. She then married Jon Chase and later...

Sara Jeanette Brown

Sara Jeanette Brown

Oct 7, 2016

Sara Jeanette (Peterson) Brown, age 35 of Rigby, passed away Friday, October 7, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Sara was born July 16, 1981 in Driggs, Idaho, to D. Gary Peterson and Heidi Durtschi Peterson. She was raised and attended schools in Tetonia, Idaho Falls, and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. She continued...