Obituaries

Nov 27, 2017

Wanda Miller passed away November 27, 2017 at the age of 93 at Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls. She was born June 15, 1924 to Lloyd James and Millie Bean in Wilford, Fremont, Idaho. She was the first child of eight, with five sisters and two brothers. She graduate from high school and then attended Ricks College. On June 12,...

Nov 23, 2017

Carol Dawn Gardner Johnson, 83 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Carol was born in Teton City, Idaho on March 21, 1934 to Thomas and Marie Neibaur Gardner. She was the youngest of 12 children. She attended school at Teton Elementary and South Fremont High in St. Anthony, Idaho. As...

Nov 19, 2017

Ethel Anola Hamilton Peterson went Home to be with Heavenly Father and her family on Sunday, November 19, 2017. She was 92 years young. Ethel was born Dec. 26, 1924, to James Campbell Green Hamilton and Eliza VaMeryl Jensen Hamilton, the 2nd of 7 children. She grew up in Shelley, Idaho, attending schools there. She attended Ricks College in Rexburg...

Nov 19, 2017

James Roger Nuttall, son of James Vernard and Iris Verrena (Andersen) Nuttall, died November 19, 2017 under the care of Aspen Hospice in Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born November 12, 1931, number three of twelve children in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School and attended Ricks College where he performed in a tumbling...

Nov 2, 2017

Carol Bridges Hernandez, 85, of Blackfoot passed away November 2, 2017 at The Willows in Blackfoot surrounded by family. She was born on May 19, 1932 to Charles T. Maylon “Mel” Bridges and Melda Jane Mitchell Bridges in Shelley, Idaho. Carol married Jack F. Contor. To this union three children were born. They were later divorced. She married Angelo Hernandez...

Oct 24, 2017

Dale Robert Beck, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 24, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born May 27, 1949, in Idaho Falls, to Lester Robert Beck and Pearl Richeson Beck. He grew up in Idaho Falls graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He married Carol Lee Andersen March 2, 1974 in Idaho...

Oct 23, 2017

Robert “Bud” Levi Simpson, 92, of Shelley passed away from a long battle with Dementia and Alzheimer’s on October 23, 2017 at Morning Star Senior living center reflections unit. Bud was born November 14, 1924, in Shelley, Idaho to Charles Francis Simpson and Mary Lavon Cox Simpson. He grew up, ranched, farmed and raised his family in the Jameston –...

Oct 14, 2017

Carol Denise Underwood, 63, of Etna, Wyoming passed away October 14, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born October 14, 1954 in Lubbock, Texas to Edwin E. and Katherine L. Harrison Wootonn. She married Chan R. Underwood on April 28, 2007 in Jackson, Wyoming. Private services will be held at a later date....

Oct 7, 2017

Joanne Leonardson Gotch, 85, of Shelley, ID passed away from heart complications at Eastern Idaho Medical Center on October 7, 2017. Joanne was born August 26, 1932 to Wayne and Ester (Lent) Leonardson. She grew up in Idaho Falls, ID and had four siblings Margie Cleaverly, Jean Gianchetta, Art Leonardson, and Gail Leonardson. Joanne married the love of her life...

Oct 4, 2017

Vera Cederberg Gentillon of Firth passed away October 4, 2017 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls, Idaho of natural causes. Vera was born October 30, 1927 in Firth, Idaho to Bill Cederberg and Ebba Frederikson Cederberg. She grew up on the family farm on the Snake River and graduated from Firth High School in 1945. On July 19, 1945, Vera married...

Oct 2, 2017

Julie Kay Hansen, 66, of Shelley, Idaho was surrounded by family as she made her journey home on October 2, 2017 at the home of her sister Rose Marie Johnson in Blackfoot, Idaho. Julie was born March 3, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Roy W. and Ruby H. Hansen. She was raised in Kimball, Idaho on a small family...

Sep 28, 2017

Val Gene Bateman, 72, of Shelley, ID peacefully passed away on September 28, 2017 in his home, with his loving wife Lenor Bateman, after a long struggle with congestive heart failure. Val was born November 3, 1944 in San Marcus, TX to LaVal and Vivian Bateman. He grew up in Shoshone and Gooding, ID and moved to New Meadows, ID...

Sep 24, 2017

After a long courageous battle with cancer, Christopher Paul McNeil, passed away peacefully surrounded with love and family on September 24, 2017 in Murray, Utah. Christopher was born June 20, 1961 in San Diego, California to Robert McNeil and Barbara Snooks. On November 23, 1984 he married Melanie Harker in Shelley, Idaho and started their family together. They were later...

Sep 22, 2017

Charles Everett Powell, 75, of Idaho Falls, peacefully passed away on September 22, 2017 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls after a year and a half struggle following a debilitating stroke. Charles was born on February 2, 1942, in Jacksonville, Florida to Mary Powell. He grew up in St. Marys, Georgia and graduated from Camden County High School in...

Sep 18, 2017

Gerardo Cruz, 70, of Shelley passed away September 18, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 22, 2017 at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church (9th & Lee) in Idaho Falls. The family will meet with friends Thursday evening from 6:00 till 8:00 P.M. with a Rosary service at...

Sep 14, 2017

Lynn Talbot Pearson, 98, of Shelley, passed away September 14, 2017 at Fairwinds Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Lynn was born April 10, 1919 in Unity near Burley, Idaho to Joseph Sessel and Rachel Mary Palmer Talbot. She was the third child of eleven. Other places she lived growing up were Declo, View, and Jackson, Idaho. She attended Rupert High...

Aug 26, 2017

Bryce Robert Madsen, 80, of Shelley passed away August 25, 2017 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls. He was born on February 26, 1937 to Leona (Shaw) and Robert Eugene Madsen in Venice, Utah. He was the eldest of four siblings. He married Karlyn Durrant, March 16, 1956. Later divorced. He then married Gayle Miner on December 12, 1987. They made...

Aug 26, 2017

Eva Louise Mecham Herbst Findlay, 86, passed away August 26, 2017 at The Gables in Shelley. She was born September 4, 1930 in Dr. Beck’s Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho to Leo Moroni and Blanche Macella Crofts Mecham. She grew up in Firth and graduated from Firth High School. Eva helped her dad on the farm picking potatoes, thinning beets, driving...

Aug 21, 2017

Aug 21, 2017

Linda Joyce Malcom passed away August 21, 2017 after a long illness. She was born to Howard and LaWanda Hodges on January 8, 1950 in Ava, Missouri. The family moved to Idaho in 1956 settling in Shelley in 1960. She attended school in Shelley. Linda married the love of her life Bruce Malcom in April 1973. They resided their married...