Obituaries
Dawn Loveland Oswald
Dec 2, 2019
Dawn Loveland Oswald, 84, of Idaho Falls passed away peacefully December 2, 2019, surrounded by family. Dawn was born July 18, 1935, to a loving family; her parents, Loren and Mary Loveland, and her sister, Gaye. Dawn’s Mother passed away while Dawn was still a toddler. Her Father, later married Elsie Irion, and Gaye and Dawn soon became big sisters...
Clinton Lavell Taysom
Nov 30, 2019
Clinton Lavell Taysom, 100, passed away November 30, 2019 at Lincoln Court Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Clint was born in Newdale, Idaho May 7, 1919. He was the 8th of ten children born to Henry Cornelius Taysom and Ina Geneva Hammer. In the first 12 years of Clint's life times were hard and the family moved often. Clint attended...
Jerry Bruce Howell
Nov 25, 2019
Jerry Bruce Howell, 82, of Basalt, passed away November 25, 2019. Jerry was born on March 8, 1937 in Basalt, Idaho as the youngest child of Louis Preston and Thelma Virginia Howell and attended schools in Basalt and Shelley, Idaho and joined the Air Force for four years. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Thelma Brown Welker
Nov 23, 2019
Thelma Brown Welker, 88, passed away Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Morning Star Senior Living Center in Idaho Falls under the loving care of Encompass Hospice. She was born in Rigby, Idaho June 26, 1931, the fourth daughter to James Lorenzo Brown and Charlotte Jane Lowry. Thelma grew up in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. On August 15,...
Denise Julia Bischoff
Nov 17, 2019
Denise Julia Bischoff, 64, of Shelley passed away November 17, 2019. She was born September 5, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Eugene Clark and Theophilia Amelia Jurewicz Jacques. After high school Denise served in the U.S. Air Force. While in the Air Force she married Mark Skidmore. They were stationed in Denver, then in Marquette, Michigan. This is where she...
Bonnie Llyn Draper
Nov 12, 2019
Bonnie Llyn Draper, 77, of Goshen, Idaho passed away peacefully on November 12, 2019. Bonnie was born on September 2, 1942, in Lava Hot Springs, ID, to William Earl Hill and Nada Egan Hill. She grew up in the town of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho and was the second youngest child in a large family. She attended school in Lava...
Samuel Rico
Nov 10, 2019
Samuel Rico, 36, of Idaho Falls passed away November 10, 2019 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born August 12, 1983 at Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho to Ventura and Hilda Rico. Has the third of five children. He attended school in Shelley and graduated in 2001. He played Jazz basketball and was very good hitting threes...
Dwain Mcgary
Nov 8, 2019
Dwain McGary, age 87, of Fallbrook, California passed away early on the morning of Friday, November 8, 2019. He was born on September 22, 1932 in Shelley, Idaho to David and Louis (Staples) McGary. He was 10th of 13 children. He was a graduate of Shelley High School class of 1950. He went on to serve in the Army and...
Amy R. Shirley
Nov 7, 2019
Amy Ricks Shirley, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed peacefully on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls, surrounded by her children. She lived a humble, generous and joyous life to the very end. The fourth of eight children, she was born on October 23, 1942, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Aaron Orson and Miriam Scholes Ricks. She...
Rosula Marie Mckelley
Nov 3, 2019
On Sunday, November 3, 2019, Rosula Marie McKelley passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Rosula was born May 28, 1933 to George and Vara Hjelm in Shelley. She attended school in Shelley and the Seattle area. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, and daughter. She was known for her kind heart, her willingness to help anyone who...
Billie Lee Rundle
Oct 26, 2019
On Oct. 26, 2019, our Dad returned to our Heavenly Father. Billie Lee Rundle was born in Porterville, Calif., on July 21, 1934 to Richard James Rundle and Teresa Gamble. He married Patricia Dee Peterson on June 11, 1954. They were married 48 years until her passing in 2002. They had eight children, one son Richard Dean Rundle, and seven...
Weldon John Griffiths
Oct 25, 2019
Weldon John Griffiths, 97, passed away at his home in Shelley, Idaho, on Friday, October 25, 2019. He was born in Clarkston, Utah, on February 19, 1922 to Andrew H. and Lydia Adline Godfrey Griffiths. He was the 2nd of 10 children. He graduated from North Cache High School in Richmond, Utah. After graduation he attended Utah State University. He...
Elwood "Woody" Christensen
Oct 23, 2019
Elwood J “Woody” Christensen, 89, beloved father, brother, grandpa and friend, passed away on October 23, 2019 of complications incident to age. He was born in Idaho Falls, ID on Aug. 17, 1930 to Leland Clevo and Reta H. Jones Christensen. As the oldest child, Woody was raised among family and friends in the farming community of Goshen. He learned...
Carla I. Roland
Oct 22, 2019
Carla I. Hoffhine Roland, 69, of Blackfoot passed away October 22, 2019. Funeral services will be at 12:00 PM Friday, October 25, 2019 at Nalder Funeral Home, 110 West Oak, Shelley. The family will receive friends on Friday from 11:00 to 11:45 AM at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Ammon Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family...
Afton Jane Cook
Oct 20, 2019
Afton Jane Christensen Cook, age 97, passed away at her home in Goshen, Idaho on October 20, 2019. She was born in Goshen, Idaho on December 28, 1921 to Joseph Cortez and Lenore Forbes Christensen. She was the first of 5 children (Joseph Cortez Jr., Barlow Forbes, Rachel, and Janet). She attended grade school in the rock school house in...
Arla June Butler
Oct 13, 2019
Arla June Butler, 82, passed away peacefully October 13, 2019, her loving husband, Wayne R. Butler, was by her side. She was born June 10, 1937 in St. Anthony to Wilford W. and Winnie D Law Jenkins. She lived a full life in southeast Idaho and raised six children. Sewing and gardening were some of her favorite activities. She always...
Carter "Punk" Hjelm
Oct 5, 2019
Carter “Punk” J. Hjelm, 76, of Goshen passed away October 5, 2019. Memorial services will be at 3:00 PM Friday, October 11, 2019 at Nalder Funeral Home, 110 West Oak, Shelley. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1:30 to 2:45 PM at the funeral home. Military rites will be performed by David B. Bleak post 93. In lieu...
Janice Marie Owens
Oct 5, 2019
Janice Marie Ricker Owens, 85, of Shelley passed away peacefully at her home on October 5, 2019. Mom was born July 8, 1934 in Greeneville, Tennessee to William O. & Nerea Bowman Ricker. They moved to Shelley when mom was 10 years old. On April 6, 1953 she married Monte D. Owens in Idaho Falls. Mom is survived by her...
Ronald Eddie Anderson
Oct 3, 2019
Ronald Eddie Anderson, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away October 3, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications due to Parkinson’s disease. He was born on June 17, 1936 in Jameston, Idaho. He graduated in 1954 from Shelley High School and then went on to serve in the United States Air Force. After discharge from the service...
Kaylyn Bowne
Oct 1, 2019
Kaylyn Bowne, 58, of Inkom passed away October 1, 2019 at her home of natural causes. She was born May 20, 1961 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Murland and Lawanna Kidd Green. She attended schools in Idaho Falls. On September 28, 1978 she married Tony Bowne in Firth, Idaho. They had two sons, Shane & Asa. Kaylyn enjoyed many camping...