Austin J. Nieffenegger (Birth 05 Apr 1982/Death 16 Jun 1994)

Austin J. Nieffenegger
MALAD – Austin J. Nieffenegger, 12, of Malad, died Thursday, June 16, 1994 in the Bannock Regional Medical Center, of injuries sustained in a car/bicycle accident which occurred on Tuesday. He was born April 5, 1982 in Tremonton, Utah, a son of Carl A. and Cindy L. Jensen Nieffenegger. He had lived in Malad and had completed the 6th grade at Malad Elementary School. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Malad 5th Ward. Austin had loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting and camping. He enjoyed bicycling and playing baseball and being with his friends.

He is survived by his mother, Cindy Nieffenegger, Malad; father and stepmother, Carl and Teri Nieffenegger, Malad; 2 brothers, Kortney Nieffenegger and Trevor Nieffenegger, both of Malad; a half-brother, Justin L. Nieffenegger of Lava Hot Springs; 4 stepsisters, Shelly Allen of Logan, Utah; Malynda Summers of Grand Junction, Co.; Angie Tubbs of Placentia, Ca.; Ginger Tubbs of Malad; 2 stepbrothers, Lincoln and Rusty Tubbs both of Malad; Grandparents, Lavere and Joyce Nieffenegger of Malad, Bill and Joanie Jensen of Tremonton, Utah; step-grandparents, John Durbin of Ogden, Utah; Ralph and Joyce White of Thayne, Wyoming. He was preceded in death by a grandmother, Charla Jensen; an uncle, Floyd Nieffenegger, and his great-grandparents.

Funeral services will be held Monday, June 20 at 2 p.m., in the Malad LDS 5th Ward Chapel, 20 S. 100 W. Friends may call at the Benson-Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N. Malad, today from 7-9 p.m. and on Monday at the funeral home from 12:30-1:45 p.m. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery.

Austin Nieffenegger
Austin Nieffenegger, 12, of Malad, died Thursday, June 16, 1994, in Bannock Regional Medical Center in Pocatello of injuries received in a car/bicycle accident, which occurred on Tuesday, June 14. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 20, at 2 p.m. in the Malad LDS Fifth Ward Chapel, 20 S. 100 W. Friends may call at the Benson-Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N., Malad, on Sunday, June 19, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Monday at the funeral home from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. A complete obituary will appear in Sunday’s Idaho State Journal.

Thank you
We would like to express our thanks to Oneida County for all of the support and compassionate service that was rendered for our family during our recent loss.

Our thanks go to Tony Haven, Oneida County EMT’s , Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, Oneida County Hospital, Dr. Stephen Johnson, Paul Hay, T.O. Jones and the Bannock Life Flight team, Nick and LaReta Gugleman, Bob Kent, Spence and Debbie Horsley, Bannock Hospital and everyone else for prayers in Austin’s behalf.

Thank you, Eternally,
Carl & Teri Neiffenegger
and children
LaVere & Joyce Neiffenegger

Young Malad bicyclist dies from injuries
By Michelle Johnson
Of The Journal

A 12-year-old Malad boy struck by a truck earlier this week while riding his bicycle died Thursday at Bannock Regional Medical Center.

On Tuesday night, Austin Nieffenegger was riding out of a trailer court at 500 West Elwood in Malad when he was hit. Police said Nieffenegger was riding too fast to stop for the truck.

Nieffenegger was described as good-looking and fun-loving. His sixth-grade teacher David Cowlishaw said he was exceptionally bright.

“I can’t believe how much he could learn without even trying,” Cowlishaw said.

Nieffenegger learned from his experiences and brought up things in class that he noticed while playing or heard on television, he said.

“He had a lot of exciting ideas that he just had,” Cowlishaw said. “No one told him.”

Nieffenegger, the son of Carl and Cindy Nieffenegger, was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Malad. He had just passed into the seventh grade from Malad Elementary School and had two younger brothers.

Several people described Nieffenegger as good-looking. Jared Crowther, Nieffenegger’s former bishop, said the boy had a delightful smile.

Cowlishaw said other students liked Nieffenegger, and the boy had four or five close friends with whom he played at recess. Bicycling and baseball were the child’s favorite activities.

Nieffenegger’s classmates, the Malad High School Class of 2000, are raising money to buy memorial flowers, Crowther said.

(The balance of the newspaper article is about another youth struck by a truck in Pocatello.)