Obituaries
Velda Lavern Nelson
Jun 1, 2017
Velda LaVern Nelson, passed away peacefully, June 1, 2017 at her home surrounded by family. She was under the care of Encompass Hospice. Velda was born December 10, 1925 in Shelley, Idaho to Raymond Moroni and Gladys LaVetta Jensen Peck. She grew up in Shelley, Idaho where she attended school and graduated from Shelley High School. On March 22, 1944,...
Jack Lane Draney
May 21, 2017
Jack Lane Draney died peacefully on May 21, 2017. He was 88 years old. Jack was born June 15, 1928 in Afton, Wyoming to Jesse and Ruby Draney. He was the seventh of eight children. His father was a forest ranger and Jack spent much of his childhood on horseback in the mountains. His love for fishing was nurtured by...
Anna Marie Stringham
May 19, 2017
Anna Marie Johnson Weber Stringham was born in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the 10th child of Daniel Raymond Johnson and Anna Maria Christina Ingelstrom. Two earlier infants had died. Her mother died 2 days after her birth. Anna weighed only 2 ½ pounds at birth. Her Aunt Ellen and Uncle John Lyon took her into their home and raised her...
Ethan Chad Johnson
May 19, 2017
Ethan Chad Johnson 13 of Shelley, died May 19, 2017 from injuries sustained in an accident. He was born January 5, 2004 in Idaho Falls, ID to Conley Earl Johnson and Cori Lee Cederberg Johnson. He grew up in Shelley and was a 7th grader at Hobbs Middle School. He was manager of the boys 7th grade basketball team and...
Mark Howard Mccabe
May 7, 2017
Mark Howard McCabe, 58, of Shelley passed away on May 7, 2017 in Idaho Falls. He was born on July 22, 1958 to Howard and Arlene McCabe. He graduated from Bonneville High School in 1977 after which he attended Idaho State University. In 1985 he met and married Lori Ann Christiansen in Pocatello, Idaho. They have resided in Pocatello, Blackfoot,...
Gary Kent Dye
May 6, 2017
Gary Kent Dye, formerly of the Firth area, passed away peacefully of natural causes in his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the age of 78. Gary was born on March 12, 1939 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Lynn Austin Dye and Vita Brower Dye. In April of 1947, he was baptized and confirmed a...
Elaine Anderson
May 3, 2017
W. Elaine Maheras Anderson passed away May 3, 2017 at The Gables of Shelley, Bingham County, Idaho. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Elaine was born March 29, 1922 at Twin Pines, Bingham County, Idaho on a toboggan sled to Peter John Maheras and Celia Argenta Miles Maheras. Elaine grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated...
Deana C. Jolley
Apr 29, 2017
Deana Christensen Jolley, 79, of Goshen, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Firth on April 29, 2017. Deana was born May 14, 1937 in Idaho Falls to Rulon and Lois Christensen. She grew up and attended schools in Basalt and Firth and graduated from Firth High School in May 1955. She was active in student body government and...
Carlos Sivern Nielson
Apr 28, 2017
Carlos Severin Nielson passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 28, 2017 at 97 years old. Carlos was born on April 7, 1920 in Goshen, Idaho to Oliver and Astrid Nielson. He was the fifth of eleven children. He attended grade school at Goshen and graduated from Firth High School. During his youth, he worked on his parents’ farm...
Robert Newell Belnap
Apr 26, 2017
It is with immense sadness that we say goodbye to our beloved brother, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, and dear friend. Robert Newel Belnap slipped quietly away from life in his home on April 26, 2017, in Blackfoot, Idaho. He was 76 years old. Robert N. Belnap was born January 14, 1941 at Bingham Memorial Hospital to proud parents Newel...
Keith Martin Whittle
Apr 25, 2017
Keith Martin Whittle, 90, passed away April 25, 2017 due to a fall and broken hip. Keith was born on August 26, 1926 at St. Anthony, Idaho to John Stillman Whittle and Hazel Etta Durney. He had two older siblings Reuel and Gweneth who both preceded him in death. He grew up in Farnum and Rigby, Idaho. After high school...
Linda Mecham
Apr 21, 2017
Linda Lee Mecham, 72, of Firth, Idaho died April 21, 2017 at her home peacefully with her loving husband at her side. Linda was born March 3, 1945 in Rigby, Idaho to Glen and Edna Gneiting. Her family moved to Basalt, Idaho in 1947 where she attended elementary school. Her parents ran the Basalt Store and her mother was the...
Lola S. Peterson
Apr 20, 2017
Lola Sorenson Peterson, age 96, peacefully passed on from this life on April 20, 2017, surrounded by her family. Lola was born to Marguerite Ann Hansen and Elmer Franklin Sorenson on September 19, 1920, in Ephraim, Utah. Lola loved her childhood years, growing up in Sanpete County with her two brothers, Morris and Paul, and many friends. She was a...
Bob Wetherbee
Apr 18, 2017
Frank Robert (Bob) Wetherbee, 84 passed away on April 18, 2017 at Morningside Reflections after a brief but valiant struggle with Alzheimer’s’ disease. His wife of 63 years, Luella (Lou) was at his side. Bob was born in Twin Falls and was the son of Roy & Hazel Wetherbee. He graduated from Twin Falls, Idaho in 1951. He married the...
Abram Hatch Baldwin
Apr 18, 2017
Abram Hatch Baldwin, 79, passed away peacefully April 18, 2017 at the Teton Acute and Rehabilitation Care Center in Idaho Falls due to an extended illness. Abe was born on January 27, 1938 in Pocatello, Idaho to Hugh and Marie Baldwin. His childhood was spent in the Tyhee area and graduated from Pocatello High in 1956. After graduating from high...
Lamond Cook
Apr 8, 2017
LaMond Cook, 99, was reunited with his loved ones on April 8, 2017. LaMond was born at his parent’s homestead in Bryce Canyon, Utah on February 7, 1918. At the age of 9, he moved with his family to Shelley, because his father had a job building the Idaho Irrigation District. He met his wife Dione Christensen though friends and...
Rhea Mae Nelson
Mar 29, 2017
Rhea Mae (Whitmill) Nelson, 86, of Idaho Falls, former long-time resident of Basalt, Idaho; beloved mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on March 29, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Rhea was born in Shelley, Idaho on September 10, 1930 to Lee and Ida Whitmill. She attended school in Shelley, while in school she enjoyed going to school dances and...
Frank D. Williams
Mar 28, 2017
Franklin Dale Williams, Jr., age 85, passed away on Tuesday March 28, 2017, at The Gables of Shelley, from complication of diabetes. Just twelve days before his 86th birthday. Frank was born on April 9, 1931 in Malad, ID, to parents Franklin Dale Williams Sr. and AnnaBell Gleed. He married Kay Jones on April 12, 1951 in the Logan Temple....
Norma Deeann Butler
Mar 26, 2017
Norma Carlson Butler died peacefully in her home March 26, 2017 at 80 years of age. She was born August 20, 1936 to Fredrick W. and Beatrice Cox Carlson and was a life long resident of Shelley, Idaho. She graduated from Shelley High School. She married her sweetheart Orval D. Butler on October 15, 1954 in the Idaho Falls Temple....
David Conrad Knowles
Mar 25, 2017
David Conrad Knowles, 57, of Rexburg passed away March 25, 2017 at Rexburg Care and Rehabilitation Center. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
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