Obituaries

May 4, 2022

Merwyn Maurice Searle died on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 after 91 years of dedicated service to his family, church, friends and country. Merwyn was born November 27, 1930, in Shelley, to Avilda and Eli Searle. He was the youngest of five brothers and one sister. His childhood was filled with family and friends and memories of fishing and camping trips...

May 2, 2022

Alma Ranae Johnson was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She left this world peacefully, May 2, 2022 at age 86. She was born to Charlie and Melba Wright on January 8th, 1936 and raised in Ashton, Idaho where she spent her early childhood learning how to hunt and fish with the best of them. She met...

Apr 29, 2022

Dion Jolley, 78, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022, in Kimball, Idaho. Dion, the 6th of 10 children, was born January 13, 1944, to Lila Callister and Dwayne Jolley of Firth, Idaho. Always the adventurer, he loved doing anything with his brothers. He enjoyed sports of all kinds, sleeping outside in the summer, riding horses, driving, and eating fried chicken....

Apr 25, 2022

De Len Thomas Stears, 85, passed away April 25, 2022, in Sandy, Utah. He was born July 17th, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Len Taylor Stears and Thelma Agnes Parks. He was the second of four children. He grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho and graduated from Shelley High School in 1954. It was during his time at Shelley...

Apr 20, 2022

Thomas (Bus) Prudhomme was born Oct 26, 1926 to William Alfred and Kathryn Virginia Prudhomme. Bus grew up in the Aberdeen area where his father farmed. At the age of 18, Bus enlisted in the Navy during World War II and proudly served on the USS Saratoga and USS Kershaw. When Bus returned home, he married Erin Serena Morgan. Together...

Apr 20, 2022

Kimberly Jo Shaw-Albert, 62, of Shelley passed away April 20, 2022. She was born July 27, 1959 in Spokane, Washington to Richard Duane and Sally Jo Roller Shaw of Olympia, Washington. She was the oldest child with two younger brothers. In 2004 she married Howard Albert in Shelley, Idaho where they resided. Kim worked in health care. She was a...

Apr 17, 2022

Marci Kay Fielding, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the age of 45. Marci was born on July 2, 1976, in Logan, Utah to Michael Vern Jensen and Linda Kay Griffeth Jensen. Marci was the oldest of six children. Shortly after her birth, Marci and...

Apr 11, 2022

Our beloved and gentle son and brother, Todd L. Christensen, passed away at the age of 57 at EIRMC on April 11, 2022. Todd was born on June 19, 1964 to Winn LaMarr Christensen and Ina Claire Theobald who lived in Shelley, Idaho. He spent his entire young life in Shelley, as his parents’ youngest of six children. Todd was...

Apr 2, 2022

Terry Lee Taylor passed away April 2, 2022 in Idaho Falls ID. He was born April 27, 1945 in King County WA to parents John and Leona Taylor. The oldest of three children, he was a loving, kind, and supportive big brother. Terry grew up in Lake City, WA where he helped watch/antagonize his brother and sister. This is where...

Mar 24, 2022

Renee Ann Wright Crofts passed away on March 24th, 2022 in Idaho Falls Idaho. She was the fifth child of ten children born to Donald and Lalia Nielsen Wright on April 7th, 1946 in Idaho Falls. Renee grew up on a family farm in Shelley Idaho and performed her share of chores and learned the value of hard, honest work...

Mar 16, 2022

Rehle Ellison Higham - December 10, 1932 to March 16, 2022 On March 16, 2022, Rehle E. Higham, of Shelley, put on her dancing shoes and left this world at age 89. So many lives were touched by her love of dance and the beautiful paintings that grace the walls of countless homes. Rehle was born on December 10, 1932,...

Mar 16, 2022

Sharon Joyce Searle Gardner passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 16, 2022. She was the first of eight children born to Virginia Robinson and Wayne Christensen on July 14, 1936. She was a happy little girl, singing songs before she was even talking in complete sentences. Her love of music grew as she was involved in the...

Mar 9, 2022

Conley Earl Johnson, 53, of Shelley ID, passed away on March 9th, 2022 peacefully at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. Conley was born on April 18th, 1968 to Blake and Linda Johnson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Conley was the oldest son of 6 children. He later graduated from Shelley High School in 1986. After...

Mar 9, 2022

Deborah Lin Durbin Lott Burch was awesome. Debbie passed away, at age 49, on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 of Metastatic Breast Cancer after outliving, by at least double, all of her Doctors’ lifespan predictions. Debbie was born on June 21, 1972. She was the fifth, final and (self-proclaimed) favorite child of Philip and Dorothy Ann (Thompson) Durbin. Debbie spent nearly...

Mar 9, 2022

Mar 8, 2022

Shigeko Yamamuro Miles, 95, died peacefully at her residence at Coventry Place Assisted Living, San Francisco, California on March 8, 2022. Shigeko was born in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan. At the time of her birth, Shibuya was an unincorporated village. At her death, Shibuya has grown to be a major commercial and finance center of Japan. This is...

Mar 3, 2022

Nola Bingham Curtis, age 91 passed away peacefully in her home the morning of March 3rd, 2022. She was born the 11th of October, 1930 in Alexander, Caribou County, Idaho. Nola was the youngest daughter of Perry Mathias Bingham and Hertha Howell Hooker Bingham Peterson. Nola was married on April 24th, 1949 to Wayne Vernon Curtis in Idaho Falls, Idaho....

Mar 3, 2022

Brett Jon Holm, 51, formerly of Shelley passed away unexpectedly at his home in Washington, Utah on Thursday, March 3, 2022. He was born April 3, 1970 in Idaho Falls at Sacred Heart Hospital. He was the middle child of Jon Warren Holm and Yolon Mitchell Holm. After completing high school in 1988, Brett enlisted with the United States Marine...

Feb 27, 2022

With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother, and uncle John Charles Moreida, aka "Wookie". John passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at the age of 34, he will be deeply missed and forever loved by his parents Pedro and Arcelia Moreida, siblings Aurora (Antonio Escobar) (Elena Bautista), Pedro O. (Sarah) and Itsel. Aswell by numerous...

Feb 26, 2022

Effie Delores Bridges, 87, left this mortal life, Saturday, February 26, 2022. Delores was born October 1, 1934 in Ucon, Idaho to Theodore Howard White and Elva Mary Gardner White. Delores grew up in and around Idaho Falls attending schools there. She met Kenneth Bridges on a blind date. They married on September 11, 1951 in Shelley, Idaho. Their marriage...