Obituaries

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Afton Sudweeks Beazer

Afton Sudweeks Beazer

Dec 10, 2016

Afton Sudweeks Beazer passed away December 10, 2016 at Sage Grove Assisted Living Center. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Afton was born June 5, 1929 in Kimberly, Idaho to Don and Elvira Angelina Batty Sudweeks. She was the youngest of their eight children. She was raised in Kimberly, where she attended and graduated from...

Phil J Campbell

Phil J Campbell

Dec 9, 2016

Phil J Campbell, 82, returned home to his Heavenly Father at his home in Rigby, Idaho on December 9, 2016. Phil was born on November 5, 1934 in Teton Valley, Idaho. He is the son of Tomas Hilton and Bessie Chase Campbell. Phil attended school in Teton Valley. In his youth, he was very active in 4-H and scouting. Phil...

Carol Margaret Mccandless

Carol Margaret Mccandless

Dec 4, 2016

Carol Margaret McCandless 83, of Rigby, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2016 in Boise, Idaho. Carol was born April 16, 1933 in Ephraim, Utah to Glen Franklin and Alta LaRue Rasmussen Nielson. Carol graduated Ephraim High School, attended Snow College, and graduated Utah State University in 1955. Carol married Roy James McCandless on July 4, 1959 in St. Anthony....

Donnetta Wright

Donnetta Wright

Dec 2, 2016

Donnetta Louise Wright was called home by her Heavenly Father on December 2, 2016 of causes incident to age. Donnetta was born on June 30th, 1939 to Ralph Washington and Hilda Ann Farnsworth at their family home in Ucon, Idaho. Donnetta was the 10th of 11 children in the Farnsworth family. She grew up in Ucon and graduated from Bonneville...

Pamela Kim Hanner

Pamela Kim Hanner

Dec 2, 2016

Pamela Kim Hanner, age 54, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Soda Springs, Idaho passed away December 2, 2016 in Idaho Falls. Pammy was born March 2, 1962 in Soda Springs, the daughter of John Peterson and Judy Scott. On July 4, 1987 she married Kip Hanner in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Pammy was a homemaker, mom, and grandma. She has six...

Teri Lyn Owens

Teri Lyn Owens

Nov 30, 2016

Teri Lyn Owens, 59 of Rigby, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Teri was born January 15, 1957 in Ogden, Utah to Alvin J. Hall and Vida Carol Kranz Hall. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby. On December 30, 1976 she married Blaine Dale Owens...

John William Wells

John William Wells

Nov 29, 2016

Our loving dad, grandpa, and brother, John William Wells 62 of Roberts, ID passed away Tuesday November 29th, 2016 at EIRMC of natural causes. John was born June 30th, 1954 in Idaho Falls, ID to Marden and Dorothy Berrett Wells. He attended schools in Roberts and Midway. He worked most of his life at the family farm with his dad,...

Donna Mae Ker

Donna Mae Ker

Nov 27, 2016

Donna Mae Moncur Ker, 95 of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her home. Donna was born August 26, 1921 in Heyburn, Idaho to James Moncur and Ida Nielson Moncur. She was raised and attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School. On May 28, 1941, she married John “Jack” Irwin Ker Jr. in Ririe, Idaho....

Bruce K Grover

Bruce K Grover

Nov 26, 2016

Bruce K Grover, 64, of Rigby, Idaho passed away, Saturday, November 26, 2016. He was born August 8, 1952 in Rigby, Idaho, the son of Melvin Grant Grover and Alice Mae King Grover. He attended schools in Rigby, Idaho and graduated from Rigby High School with the Class of 1971. He continued his education at Ricks College, in Rexburg, Idaho....

Nelda Shippen Reed

Nelda Shippen Reed

Nov 23, 2016

Nelda Shippen Reed, 90, passed away November 23, 2016 at the Fairwinds in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nelda was born September 26, 1926 to Annie and Bennington Robert Shippen, in Menan, Idaho. Nelda grew up and attended schools in Menan and graduated from Midway High School. After graduating from high school Nelda attended Ricks College and graduated from Utah State with...

Pamela Ann Riel

Pamela Ann Riel

Nov 21, 2016

Pamela Ann Riel, 58, of Rigby passed away Monday, November 21, 2016 at her home. Pamela was born June 12, 1958, in Seattle Washington a daughter of Eldon Paul Davis and Audrey Joanne Bean Davis Nelson. She was raised and attended schools in the Seattle area. After graduation she continued her education at B.Y.U. in Provo, Utah. On April 13,...

Robert Gene Warnberg

Robert Gene Warnberg

Nov 21, 2016

Robert “Gene” Warnberg, 88, of Iona, Idaho passed away at Parkwood Manor on Monday, November 21, 2016. He was born November 5, 1928 in Wilford, Idaho to Sigurd Konrad Warnberg and Eva Gussie Henricksen. He was raised in Parker and St. Anthony areas. At 14 years of age, Gene stacked hay in Utah and Idaho. He worked construction and poured...

Aladene Rhodes Harker

Aladene Rhodes Harker

Nov 21, 2016

Aladene Jones Rhodes Harker, 83, passed away November 21, 2016 at her home in Ammon, Idaho. Aladene was born February 18, 1933 to Lee Albert Jones and Zina Bernice Stringham Jones, in Logan Utah. She was the 4th of 6 children. Her grandmother Stringham was a Midwife, so Bernice traveled to Utah to have Aladene. She grew up in Lewisville,...

John B. Simon

John B. Simon

Nov 16, 2016

John B. Simon, 84 of Roberts, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. John was born January 11, 1932 in Emporia, Kansas to John William Arthur Simon and Anna Mae Smith Simon. On July 11, 1953, he married Florence Irene Judd in Delta, Colorado. They were blessed with 2 sons, John and...

Holli Ann Davis

Holli Ann Davis

Nov 14, 2016

Holli Ann Zaugg Davis, 39, of Rigby, passed away Monday, November 14, 2016 at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Holli was born in Idaho Falls, December 30, 1976 a daughter to Alonzo Nebeker Zaugg and Ellen Mae Gordon Zaugg. She attended and graduated from Ririe High School in 1995 and was on the National Deans list for academic performance. She...

Larson W. Rowen

Larson W. Rowen

Nov 8, 2016

Larson W. Rowen, 69 of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, November 08, 2016 at his home. Larson was born December, 3, 1946 in Denver, Colorado to Laird Winfred “Winn” Rowen and Dorothy “Dorcy” Bowden Rowen. He was raised and attended schools in Vernal, Utah. He served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam Era. On June 13, 1970 he...

Raoel H Clark

Raoel H Clark

Nov 6, 2016

Lt. Col. (ret.) Raoel H. Clark age 85, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born in the Idaho Falls LDS hospital on March 22, 1931 to Golda (Hansen) and Merlyn Clark. He was the oldest of three children. Raoel grew up in Southeast Idaho and attended schools in Eagle Rock,...

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...