Obituaries

Voris L. Hess

Voris L. Hess

May 5, 2016

Voris L. Hess, 90, of Shelley passed away May 5, 2016 at Lincoln Court Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at the Shelley Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home.

Bert L. Taylor

Bert L. Taylor

Apr 30, 2016

Bert Leroy Taylor passed away on April 30, 2016 from complications of asbestosis. Debunking his myth that only the good die young, he left this world at age 65. He’s finally breathing easy. Bert was born on October 16, 1950 in Blackfoot Idaho to Edward Russell Taylor and Mona Katherine Bailey Taylor. He was the youngest of 4 children and...

Dean Wesley Willis

Dean Wesley Willis

Apr 29, 2016

Dean Wesley Willis, 86, formerly of Shelley passed away April 29, 2016 at The Gables in Ammon. He was born December 19, 1929 in Tempe, Arizona to Joseph Lamar and Nora Lee McCleery Willis. He attended school in Mesa, Arizona along with his three brothers and four sisters. He loved many sports and excelled playing football in high school. He...

Deniece Beck

Deniece Beck

Apr 26, 2016

Deniece Beck, age 79, of Council Bluffs, passed away April 26, 2016, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Deniece was born in Idaho Falls, ID., on September 23, 1936.  She was united in marriage to Francis R. Beck on September 2, 1955. To this union seven children were born. Deniece was a wonderful wife, mother and homemaker.  Deniece also worked in the...

Esperanza Ponce-juarez

Esperanza Ponce-juarez

Apr 23, 2016

Esperanza Ponce-Juarez, 77, of Shelley passed away April 23, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. A Funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church (584 W Sexton St.) in Blackfoot. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 till 8:00 p.m. with a Rosary Service at 7:00 p.m. at Nalder Funeral...

Mabel Rose Cannon

Mabel Rose Cannon

Apr 22, 2016

Mabel Rose Eaton Cannon age 92, died on Friday, April 22, 2016 at Lincoln Court, in Idaho Falls. She was born in Shelley, Idaho to Zera E. and Alice (Starkie) Eaton and was the fourth daughter and the eighth of thirteen children. Mabel was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Leland Edward Cannon, her brothers Zera Lavern (Buss),...

Evan Clair Paulsen

Evan Clair Paulsen

Apr 15, 2016

Evan Clair Paulsen, 65, of Shelley, Idaho passed away unexpectedly, Friday, April 15, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Evan was born April 11, 1951, in Rigby, Idaho. He grew up in Pocatello, Idaho graduating from Highland High School where he played and lettered in football. He received his Duty to God Award and his...

Shirley Phillips Short

Shirley Phillips Short

Apr 11, 2016

Shirley Phillips Short, 88, passed away peacefully at his home in Basalt, Idaho on April 11, 2016. He was born on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma in the year of 1927. He was preceded in death his wife, Arlene Keller, father, Darius Short and mother, Cleo Mary Zinn, siblings; Beatrice Eubanks, Doris Bowers, Lawrence Short, S.D. Short, Hale Short, Beverly...

Jack Monty Day

Jack Monty Day

Mar 26, 2016

Jack Monty Day, 88, of Shelley passed away March 26, 2016 at his home under the care of Alliance Hospice. He was born April 17, 1927 in Ogden, Utah to Howard Alexander and Georgia Montague Day.  He attended school in Shelley. On November 20, 1948 he married Jean Beck in Idaho Falls.  They were later sealed in the Idaho Falls...

Helen Thelma Hanson

Helen Thelma Hanson

Mar 25, 2016

Helen Thelma Lorentzen Hanson, 93, passed away March 25, 2016, at Morning Star Senior Living Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho of heart disease. She was born October 15, 1922 in Salina, Utah.  She was the youngest of the four children of Ernald Godfrey Lorentzen and Beatrice Sarah Williams Lorentzen. When she was three years old, her family moved to Shelley,...

Clifford Kent Olive

Clifford Kent Olive

Mar 23, 2016

Clifford Kent Olive, 80, of Idaho Falls passed away March 23, 2016 at The Good Samaritan Society in Idaho Falls. Cliff was born February 19, 1936 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Thomas Elmer Olive and Madge Whitmore Olive. He was the third child of eight. He grew up in Napa, California and graduated from Napa high school where he was...

Bonnie Diana Preston

Bonnie Diana Preston

Mar 15, 2016

Bonnie Diana Preston, 67, of Shelley passed away March 15, 2016 at her home. She was born September 24, 1948 in Pocatello, Idaho to Wilber Lorin and Reva B. Murdock Disher. She was raised in Pocatello where she attended Highland High School. At the age of 17 she married Francis Leslie Walters. They had one son, Francis Leslie Walters II....

Frederick William Martindale

Frederick William Martindale

Mar 13, 2016

Frederick William Martindale, 77, of Idaho Falls passed away March 13, 2016 at his home under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born September 28, 1938 in Oakley, Idaho to William Frederick and Freda Gordon Martindale.  He attended elementary school in Oakley.  Later his family moved to Idaho Falls where he attended Idaho Falls High School.  He...

Weldon Frank Stevens

Weldon Frank Stevens

Mar 6, 2016

Weldon Frank Stevens, 83, of Shelley passed away peacefully at his home March 6, 2016 under the gracious care of Hearts for Hospice. He was born March 2, 1933 in Dubois, Idaho to Heber and Jessie Stevens. Weldon spent his early childhood in Spencer where he learned a love for fishing. He was known to catch bull heads and trade...

Ann Olson Foster

Ann Olson Foster

Mar 5, 2016

Ann Olson Foster passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at MorningStar in Ammon at the age of 82. She was born June 9, 1933 in Shelley, Idaho to Oscar Olson and Myrtle Dial. She grew up in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. On August 14, 1952 she married Glen Foster at her parent’s home in Shelley. They celebrated...

Raphael Boehme

Raphael Boehme

Mar 4, 2016

Raphael E Boehme 71 of Firth, Idaho passed away on March 4, 2016 in the comfort of his own home. Ray was born on December 18, 1944 to Vincent and Catherine Boehme. He grew up in Minnesota and in 1967 moved to Idaho. He loved to go hunting, fishing, camping, and loved his garden. His smile, his little jokes, and...

Iris Edwards Morgan

Iris Edwards Morgan

Mar 1, 2016

Iris Edwards Morgan, 99, passed away peacefully at home on March 1, 2016. Iris was born November 19, 1916 at her maternal grandmothers home in Riverdale, Idaho (near Preston) to Vernon Benjamin Edwards and Harriet Elizabeth Barrington Edwards. Iris had five brothers and two sisters (three lived to adulthood). The Edwards family was very close and I’m sure they are...

Hugo Ephraim Boza

Hugo Ephraim Boza

Feb 26, 2016

Hugo Ephraim Boza Winders, passed away in his sleep Feb 26th 2016 of SIDS. He was born Dec 26, 2015. He is survived by his parents Laurie and David, siblings Jeicob, Bryan, Emeris, and Dayson; grandparents Marival & Barry Penfold, Claudio and Isabel Boza, Steve and Yolanda Winders. Funeral service will be held for this perfect being at the LDS...

Mysty Marie Johnson

Mysty Marie Johnson

Feb 23, 2016

Mysty Marie MacCormack Johnson, 26, of Shelley, Idaho, left this world tragically on Tuesday evening, February 23, 2016 in a one vehicle auto accident. She was born August 28, 1989, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Linda Lee Dutson MacCormack, and Gerald “Jerry” Alan MacCormack of Shelley, Idaho. She grew up in Shelley, and attended all schools there, graduating from Shelley...

Wallace Kenwood Bradley

Wallace Kenwood Bradley

Feb 14, 2016

Wallace Kenwood Bradley died in the early morning of Feb. 14, 2016, just 28 hours after his beloved wife, Willa, passed away. They both resided at the MorningStar Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Brad as many of his friends and family called him was born September 16, 1934 in Shelley, Idaho, the son of Wallace M. Bradley and Bertha...