Rupert – Steven Alan Thiebaud, 31, and Sharon Valene Owenby Thiebaud, 38 Rupert, died Monday morning, Dec. 29, 1986, from injuries sustained in an airplane accident near Rawlins, Wyoming.

Sharon was born April 22, 1948, in Nevada, the daughter of Fred Terrell and Arlene Yates Owenby. She attended schools in Nevada and lived in Boise for a short time. At the age of twelve she moved to Rupert, where she attended schools and graduated from Minico High School. She married Dennis Wayne Walker June 30, 1965 and they were later divorced. She married Steven Alan Thiebaud July 4, 1979, in Rupert. She was raised by her grandmother, Mrs. Viola Doane. She was employed as a receptionist for Dr. Kenneth Turner, and she was a member of the LDS Church.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Marlene Richins, Paul, Charisse Lyn Walker Thiebaud and Shannon Sue Walker Thiebaud, Rupert; two brothers, Clint Owenby, Nevada, and Rex Owenby, Phoenix, Arizona; four sisters, Shirley Long, Boise; Sheryl Dean Heyburn, Peggy Stone, Burley and Cynthia Hainsworth, Anaheim, California; her adoptive parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hainsworth, Heyburn.

Steven was born Dec. 3, 1955, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Melvin L. and Geraldine Rose Diedrichs Thiebaud. He attended schools in Colorado Springs and Alamosa, Colorado. He had lived in Montana, Idaho Falls and Grand Junction, Colo. He married Sharon Valene Walker July 4, 1979 in Rupert, where they had since resided. He owned and operated the Steven Thiebaud Trucking Co. and was a member of the Lutheran Church.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Marlene Richins, Paul, Charisse Lyn Walker Thiebaud and Shannon Sue Walker Thiebaud, Rupert; his parents, Cedar Edge, Colorado; two sisters Michelle R. Thiebaud, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Edith Burgess, Cedar Edge; three brothers, Mark Thiebaud, Mount Rose, Colorado, Mathew Thiebaud, Whittier, Calif. and Andrew Thiebaud, Denver, Colorado; and his grandmother, Mrs. Edith Thiebaud, Colorado Springs.

A joint memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in conjunction with the New Year’s Day Service, with Pastor L.G. Mietzner officiating. A joint funeral will be at 11:a.m. Saturday at the Rupert LDS Stake Center, with Bishop Dwinelle E. Allred officiating. Burial will be in the Rupert Cemetery, under the direction of Hansen Mortuary.

Friends may call at the church Saturday on hour prior to the service.