Obituaries
Virgil Don Saville
Jul 15, 2016
Virgil “Don” Saville, born July 15, 1927 left this world on his 89 th birthday. He left to be with his loving wife Donna, who passed away in 2015, and to rejoin his family. He was southeastern Idaho’s Fuller Brush Dealer from 1962 to 2005. Prior to that he had many different jobs. He once listed all his jobs and...
Rue Thomas Stears
Jul 12, 2016
Rue Thomas Stears, 95, of Idaho Falls passed away July 12, 2016 at his home under hospice care. He was born May 2, 1921 in Shelley, Idaho to Thomas and Montez Vest Stears. He attended schools in Shelley and Idaho Falls, graduating from Central High School. He served as a Radioman 1 st Class in the United States Navy during...
Robert Ray Swanson
Jul 10, 2016
Robert Ray “Bob” Swanson, 82, of Idaho Falls passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter, Rosie Peterslie, on July 10, 2016 surrounded by his loved ones. Bob was born on May 8, 1934 to David and Virginia Slater Swanson. He grew up at the base of Taylor Mountain and attended Washington School. In 1952 he graduated in the...
Charles Blaine Crofts
Jul 6, 2016
U.S. Army Cpl. Charles Blaine Crofts, 19, of Shelley was declared MIA December 2, 1950 during the Korean War. Cpl. Crofts remains were found in 2004 and recently were identified from DNA matching his brother and sister. Blaine was unaccounted for following an overwhelming battle against Chinese forces near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. He was a member of...
Josie Arlene Telford
Jun 30, 2016
Josie Hammon Telford, 82, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 at her home in Firth with her husband by her side and surrounded by her family. Josie was born July 11, 1933 in Layton, Utah, to Marion B. Hammon and Sarah Rhea Thurgood. She grew up on what she called the Sandridge. Her life revolved around her three brothers, her...
Thelma Irene Robinson
Jun 30, 2016
Thelma Irene Robinson, 80, of Shelley passed away June 30, 2016 at Gem Village Assisted Living in Blackfoot. She was born March 29, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Eldo Kunard and Goldie Irene Collins Kunard. She grew up in Idaho Falls where she attended school and graduated from Idaho Falls, High School in 1954. She married Joseph Griffiths, he...
Beatrice Papke
Jun 30, 2016
Beatrice Way Papke, 87, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Lincoln Court in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Beatrice was born on May 21, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI to Lester Frank and Helen Halladay. She was married to Roy Papke in May 25, 1949 in Waukesha, WI. They had four children. Beatrice was a wife and mother who supported her spouse...
Brett Ray Prestwich
Jun 26, 2016
Brett Ray Prestwich left this earth on June 26, 2016 at the age of 53. Brett was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on April 14, 1963. Brett was the first child of Verdell and Mona Prestwich. Brett grew up loving the outdoors. He loved to hunt especially birds and spent many days on the family farm hunting, fishing, farming, having...
Brad L. Mathews
Jun 24, 2016
Bradley Lynn Mathews fought the good fight, finished his course, and kept the faith. He was born November 13, 1976 and returned home to our Heavenly Father on June 24, 2016 at the age of 39. He lived his life with multiminicore myopathy, he had such a positive attitude through all of his trials that he inspired a family and...
John William Burke
Jun 19, 2016
John William Burke, 94, of Basalt, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016 surrounded by family in the comfort of his home. John was born on August 27, 1921 to Albert Lee and Elvina Docine Burke; he was the eighth of fourteen children and grew up in Iona and the surrounding areas. After the passing of both his parents, John enlisted...
Patricia Dexter
Jun 19, 2016
In memory of Ellen Patricia Egan Dexter, by granddaughter Alyssa Dexter, age 20 Grandma Dexter, otherwise known as Pat, went back to heaven at the age of 84. It was Sunday June 19th, 2016, she was living at Morning Star senior living, she went for a walk, and later we found her sweater by the big canal. That's the last...
Marcella Nulph Barton
Jun 16, 2016
Marcella Nulph Barton passed away June 16, 2016 at Bingham Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born March 12, 1925 to Forrest Raymond Nulph and Ivie L. Bateman Nulph in Shelley, Idaho. She attended Shelley schools all of her life and graduated from Shelley High School. She moved to Vancouver, Washington after high school and worked for a...
Marilyn Killpack Snell
Jun 13, 2016
Marilyn Snell (Killpack), 57, of Idaho Falls, passed into the loving embrace of her Heavenly Father on June 13, 2016. Marilyn was born on August 8, 1958. She was the daughter of Grace Killpack (Hill) and Vernal Killpack. She lived the early years of her life in Shelley, and later moved to Idaho Falls. Marilyn attended Shelley High School where...
Kay Jones Williams
Jun 4, 2016
Kay Jones Williams, age 82, died of complications due to Alzheimer's on Saturday June 4, 2016, at The Gables in Shelley, Idaho surrounded by her loving husband and family. Kay Jones was born on May 1, 1934 in Malad, Idaho, to parents John J. Jones and Armenta Richards. She married Franklin Dale Williams on April 12, 1951 in the Logan...
Ida Lucille Lott
May 23, 2016
Ida Wilson Lott, 91, of Firth passed away May 23, 2016 at her home. Ida was born April 5, 1925 in Lewisville, Idaho, the first of five children born to Elsie Lucille Barney and J Bruce Wilson. Ida was a graduate of Rigby High School. During the Depression she worked for the county commissioner and at the Nickel Drive-in where...
Nancy Dean Crofts
May 14, 2016
Nancy Dean Ricks Crofts, 77, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Saturday, May 14 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Born January 27, 1939 to Henry Hans Peter Ricks of Rexburg, Idaho, and Allice Elizabeth Dean of Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the 9 th of 10 children. She graduated from Madison High school, 1957. She went on to...
Jay Walter Burke
May 12, 2016
Jay Walter Burke, 72, passed away May 12, 2016 at Teton Post Acute Care in Idaho Falls. Jay was born to Charles Eugene Burke and Mary Eva Cook Burke in Idaho Falls on October 18, 1944. He was the fifth of nine children. Raised on a 120 acre farm in the Shelley area, he learned to drive farm equipment, and...
Leona Petersen Geary
May 11, 2016
Leona Petersen Geary, 91, passed away at home Wednesday May 11, 2016 of natural causes due to old age. Leona was born at home in Hyrum August 28, 1924 to James LeRoy Petersen and Emma Gertrude Schmidt. Leona was taught the value of hard work at a young age and has been a tireless worker all of her life. She...
Dean Leo Searle
May 10, 2016
Dean Leo Searle passed away on May 10, 2016, at his home in Shelley at the age of 84, just three and a half months following the passing of his beloved wife, "Marley." After sixty-five years of marriage, his spirit couldn't stand to be separated from his life-long best friend. Dean was born January 8, 1932, in Salt Lake City,...
Gordon K. Olsen
May 10, 2016
Gordon K. Olsen, 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday May 10, 2016 in Meridian, Idaho after many years of battling Alzheimer’s disease. Dad was born on February 26 th , 1933 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Henry “LaVod” and Maggie Bateman Olsen. He was the third child of four. He grew up in Iona where he attended school until graduating...
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