Obituaries

Donald Lawrence Terry
Apr 9, 2017
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 On Sunday, April 9, 2017 Donald Lawrence Terry passed away in his Ririe home. He was the youngest of ten children and was born on February 2, 1932 in Stevensville, MT to Minnie and William G. Terry. Don grew up in Three Mile,...
Edith Farris
Apr 4, 2017
Edith Farris age 58, of Hillsboro, Oregon, passed away April 4, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Edith was born July 13, 1958, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Harry Bowers Wilhelm and Venna Virginia Housley Wilhelm. She received her GED and continued her education and received her Bachelors in Behavioral Science and then her Master’s in Business Management...
Jesse Boyd Leavitt
Apr 1, 2017
Jesse Boyd Leavitt, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 1, 2017, at the Gables of Ammon. Boyd was born on June 1, 1934 in Rigby, Idaho a son of Jesse and Alta Lemmon Leavitt. He was raised in and attended school in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He continued his education at Ricks College where he received...
Gerald Scott Bird
Mar 31, 2017
Gerald Scott Bird, 64, of Auburn passed away March 31, 2017 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho surrounded by his family. Scott was born January 29, 1953, in Ogden, Utah a son of Afton Dale Bird and Bertha Miller Bird. Scott was raised in Roy, Utah and graduated from Roy High School. He worked at...
Arvin J Lords
Mar 29, 2017
Arvin J Lords, 81, of Rigby Idaho passed away Wednesday March 29, 2017, at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City Utah. Arvin was born September 11, 1935 to James William Lords and Clarisa May Wilkins. Arvin was raised in Rigby and attended elementary school in Garfield and Graduated from Rigby High School. After high school Arvin went to Ricks...
William N Young
Mar 18, 2017
William N. Young, 88, of Rigby, passed away March 18, 2017 at Pine Brook Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Bill was born February 17, 1929, in Menan, Idaho to Tharrel and Hazel Newby Young. He attended school in Annis until the 8th grade. He married DeVona Baron on July 28, 1948 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Together they had...
Betty Jane Ferguson Reiman
Mar 16, 2017
Betty Ellis Ferguson Reiman, 83 of Rigby, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Betty was born September 14, 1933 in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho to James Albert Ellis and Alice Wandella Moses Ellis. She was raised in LaBelle and attended Schools in Labelle and Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On May...
Robert Dale Rounds
Mar 12, 2017
Robert Dale Rounds, age 73, of Lewisville, passed away at his home, Sunday, March 12, 2017. Robert was born March 28th 1943 at the home of his Grandmother Lund, near Garfield, Idaho, the son of Merrill D. Rounds and Nina June Lund Rounds. Robert was raised in Lewisville. He attended school in Lewisville, Grant, Midway and Rigby. He graduated from...
Melvin Dean Widerburg
Mar 10, 2017
Melvin “Mel” Dean Widerburg, 77, of Rigby, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at his home. Mel was born May 18, 1939, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Leonard Orlando Widerburg and Martha Louise Moser Widerburg. He grew up on East River Rd. in Coltman, Idaho. In 1946, when Mel was 7, the family moved to Garfield. He attended schools in...
Verla Randall Mueller
Mar 10, 2017
Verla Corlene McGavin Randall Mueller, 85, past away peacefully, incident to age, at her home in Grant, Idaho, on March 10, 2017. Verla was born November 24, 1931, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, daughter of George Gee McGavin and Hazel Jeanette Tanner McGavin. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1949. Married Owen Dale Randall October 25, 1950, in Idaho...
Dorothy Louise Lora
Mar 10, 2017
Dorothy Louise Lora, 56 of LaBelle, Idaho, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Dorothy was born August 12, 1960 in Hartford, Wisconsin to John Casper Disch and Betty Jane Bielvaum Disch. On June 1, 1989, she married Honorio Montoya Lora in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They were blessed with 3 children; Jennifer,...
Claris Taylor
Mar 8, 2017
Claris Taylor, 86, of Rigby, Idaho passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Morning Star Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Claris was born November 5, 1930, in Rigby, Idaho, to Delbert Kinghorn and Melba Maria Bright Kinghorn. She was raised in Rigby where she attended school and graduated from Rigby High School in 1949. After high school, she attended...
Dorothy Delayne Galbraith
Mar 8, 2017
Dorothy DeLayne Galbraith, 86, of Rigby, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 08, 2017. Dorothy was born December 21, 1930 in Rigby, Idaho a daughter of Ernest Arthur Bates and Mary Louise Musgrave Bates. She was raised in Rigby and attended Rigby High School. Dorothy married Clinton George Galbraith on January 23, 1948 in Rigby, Idaho. Their marriage...
Florence May Burnside
Mar 7, 2017
Florence “Flossie” May Smith Burnside, 88 of Rigby, Idaho, passed away March 7, 2017 in Brenda, Arizona. She was surrounded by her caring and loving family. Florence was born August 3, 1928, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Joseph Ellington Smith and Veirgia May Greene Smith. She was the baby of 8 children; 6 brothers, Forest, Glen Eugene, Donald, Spencer and...
Colleen M. Lundquist
Mar 7, 2017
Mary Colleen Lundquist, 86, of Ririe, passed away Tuesday, March 7th 2017 at Parkwood Meadows assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Colleen was born August 24th 1930 in Ririe, Idaho a daughter to Herbert Sylvester Poore and Ila Ellen Freeman Poore. She attended Ririe schools graduating from Ririe High School. She married Allan Davies in February of 1948 in Idaho Falls....
Kathleen Alison Faria
Mar 7, 2017
Kathleen “Kay” Alison Faria, 93, of Castro Valley, California passed away, Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in Rexburg, Idaho at the Homestead Assisted Living. She was born May 18, 1923 in San Francisco, CA, the daughter of Thomas Roland Webster and Sarah Ann Hanby Webster. Kay married Clarence Gregory Faria on August 8, 1942 in Oakland, California. She worked as a...
Helen Pearl Farmer
Mar 4, 2017
Helen Pearl Hansen Farmer, 98 (in her 99th year, as she would say), passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Saturday March 4th at the Sagewood at Daybreak Senior Living Center in South Jordan, Utah. Helen was born in a little two-room log house on a dry farm in Teton, Idaho on December 9, 1918. She was the third...
Grace Augusta Terry
Mar 3, 2017
Grace Augusta Terry, age 83, of Ririe, passed away Friday, March 3rd 2017 at Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls. Grace was born August 30th 1933 at Miles City, Montana a daughter to Christian Bear and Nelsine Nelsen Bear. She attended schools in Snohomish, Washington, Missoula, Montana and graduated from high school in Stevensville, Montana. She married Donald Lawrence Terry June...
Larry Glen Hansen
Feb 28, 2017
Larry Glen Hansen, 80 years old, died on February, 28, 2017 in his home in Grants Pass, OR. He was born to Glen Reid Hansen and Sylvia Davies on November 20, 1936 in Rexburg, Idaho He was a man of many talents and used them in a variety of ways, at work, at home and for his church, serving two...
Vernon Fred Jensen Sr.
Feb 28, 2017
Vernon Fred Jensen Sr., age 86 of Rigby, passed away at his home Tuesday, February 28th 2017, surrounded by family. Vernon was born January 28th, 1931 in Menan, Idaho to Conrad Jensen and Elsa Violet Rottweiler Jensen. He had seven siblings, Blaine, Dee, Don, Bob, Bernice, Carma and Doris. He attended schools in Kilgore, Idaho and Dillon, Montana. Vernon met...
