Mohonri Moreancumer Bishop
Born: November 29, 1917
Died: October 09, 2006
Mohonri Moreancumer Bishop, 88, of Rigby, died Monday, October 9, 2006, at Pine Brook Assisted Living
Center in Idaho Falls.
He was born November 29, 1917, at Delta Utah, a son of John Avery Bishop and Lemira Walker Bishop.
He attended schools in Delta, Utah and Utah State University earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served in the
United States Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He married June Johnson, June 6, 1941
at Logan, Utah LDS Temple. He owned and operated Bishop Cabinet Shop in Rigby for 50 years. He was an active member of
the LDS Church serving in several Bishoprics, as Bishop for 11 years, on the Rigby Stake High Council as a Temple Officiator for
15 years and as the Rigby Stake Patriarch. He served on the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery board and as secretary for many years.
He was an avid gardener.
Survivors include four daughters, Marilyn (Conroy) Whipple of Salt Lake City, Utah, Leann (Larry) Stephens of Rigby, Clare
Sleight of Rigby, Kay Bishop of Rigby, two sons, Wayne (Roma) Bishop of Pleasanton, California, Earl (Kim) Bishop of Rigby,
two sisters, Ora Mae May of Overton, Nevada and Ava (Cecil) Losee of Delta, Utah, 25 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife June, three brothers and 2 sisters.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. in the Rigby LDS Stake Center with Bishop Earl Bishop
officiating. The family will visit with friends on Friday, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Eckersell Memorial Chapel in Rigby
and on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the Stake Center. Burial will be in the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery.
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