Obituaries

Sangviene Sayarath

Sangviene Sayarath

Feb 11, 2016

Sangviene Sayarath, 83, of Shelley passed away February 11, 2016 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.

Gayle Giles

Gayle Giles

Feb 10, 2016

Kady Gayle Cunningham Giles passed away on February 10, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Gayle was born on March 8, 1942, in Price, Utah, to Alma Que Cunningham and Mary Faucette Cunningham.  Shortly after, the family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado.  As a youth, Gayle enjoyed baton twirling, tennis, drill team, and all athletics.  Gayle graduated from...

Alice Colleen Fielding

Alice Colleen Fielding

Feb 10, 2016

Alice Colleen Ekstrom Fielding, 77, of Taylor, passed away on Wednesday, 10 February 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Colleen was born to Eric and Melva Crockett Ekstrom on 1 December 1938 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was the youngest of three children. At the age of 11 she moved from city life 8 miles away to the farm in...

Evelyn J. Hughes

Evelyn J. Hughes

Feb 8, 2016

Evelyn J. Hughes passed away peacefully in her sleep at The Gables of Shelley on Feb. 8, 2016 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Evelyn was born July 3, 1924 in Colma, CA. to Ceaser and Olga Massoni. She was the oldest daughter of 15 children. She went to school and remained in Colma until she met the love...

Marlene Searle

Marlene Searle

Jan 30, 2016

Marlene Miller Searle passed away on January 30, 2016, at her home in Shelley at the age of 83. Marlene was born April 2, 1932, in Shelley, Idaho, the daughter of Dennis and Ada Miller. Marlene's father Dennis died in an accident when Marlene was three years old. Her mother later married Henry Larsen, who raised Marlene as his own...

Elda Marie Blackburn

Elda Marie Blackburn

Jan 26, 2016

Elda Marie Hansen Blackburn passed at age 88, January 26, 2016 of natural causes. Elda was born October 19, 1927, second of 8 children born to Leslie Levere Hansen and Luella Thirza Bird of Teton City, Idaho. She graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1945. She worked as a nurse assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, reading letters to...

Edwin Reed Elkington

Edwin Reed Elkington

Jan 24, 2016

Edwin Reed Elkington, 78, of Goshen passed away January 24, 2016 in Idaho Falls. He was born July 9, 1937 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Reed and Cora Judy Elkington. He graduated from Bonneville High School and attended Ricks College and BYU. On December 15, 1959 he married Betty Smith in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. Ed operated his own...

Tracy Allen Osburn

Tracy Allen Osburn

Jan 18, 2016

Tracy lost his life-long battle with depression when he was unable to overcome the grief of losing a beloved son to the same demon of depression. Tracy was born in Rupert, Idaho to Norman and L. Ilene (Fallis) Osburn on September 23, 1962, but lived in Phoenix, Arizona most of his growing up years from 5 years old through young...

Dolores Mae Nisson

Dolores Mae Nisson

Jan 17, 2016

Dolores Mae Nisson, 87, of Bellevue, Idaho passed away January 17, 2016 at The Gables in Shelley. Memorial services will be held at a later date.  Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.

Clifford Dee Gamble

Clifford Dee Gamble

Jan 15, 2016

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dad, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend.  Dee Gamble quietly slipped through the veil to embrace the love of his life, Sherry, who has been patiently waiting for him for the past year and a half. Clifford Dee Gamble was born June 19, 1942 to Cliff and Erma Bingham...

Michael Willis Kress

Michael Willis Kress

Jan 7, 2016

Mike Kress returned to his heavenly home on January 7, 2016 at the age of 69.  Mike died of natural causes due to complications from Alzheimer’s. Mike was born September 11, 1946 in American Falls, Idaho.  Mike was the third of four sons born to Raymond Virgil and Fawn Ida Bean Kress.  Michael was raised in American Falls, Idaho where...

Wayne Eugene Lyon

Wayne Eugene Lyon

Dec 29, 2015

Wayne Eugene Lyon- a beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Friend died at home on December 29 after fighting liver cancer. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice. He was born September 29, 1938, in Firth, Idaho, to Frank Eugene and Beth Baird Lyon. He graduated from Firth High School in 1956 and married his sweetheart, Carolyn Ann Larson of...

Lester Sterling Phillips

Lester Sterling Phillips

Dec 15, 2015

Lester Sterling Phillips, 74, of Shelley passed away at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Facility on December 15, 2015. Lester was born in Idaho Falls on March 14, 1941 the son of Edward and Ida Phillips. He married Nellie Lou Lindsay on October 20, 1961. Lester and Nell raised their three boys in Ucon, Idaho, Scott (Dawn) Phillips of Rigby,...

Ladawn Steckman

Ladawn Steckman

Dec 12, 2015

LaDawn Hagen Steckman, 71, passed away December 12, 2015, at her home in Yuma, Arizona. She was born August 7, 1944 at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Leon Hagen and Donna Mae Hagen. Her family relocated to Shelley, Idaho where she attended school and graduated from Shelley High School in 1962. After graduation she attended Beauty school and received her...

Margaret Elaine Williams

Margaret Elaine Williams

Dec 10, 2015

Margaret Elaine Williams, 71, of Firth passed away December 10, 2015 at her home surrounded by loved ones.  She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice of Blackfoot. Margaret was born August 21, 1944 in Estherville, Iowa to LeeRoy and Vanetta Lindsey York.  She graduated from Pocatello High School in 1963. On March 10, 1962 she married...

Steven Riley Hinkle

Steven Riley Hinkle

Dec 2, 2015

Steven Riley Hinkle, 13, of Shelley passed away December 2, 2015 from injuries sustained in an accident. He was born December 22, 2001 in Yakima, Washington to Daniel Steven Hinkle Jr and Darla June Sargent Hinkle. Steven attended Hobbs Middle School in Shelley. Memorial services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 2015 at the Foundry Ward Chapel (675 S...

Edward L. Johnson

Edward L. Johnson

Nov 25, 2015

Edward L. Johnson, 81 of Shelley passed away November 25, 2015 at his daughter’s home in Gilbert, Arizona. Ed was born June 27, 1934 in Gary, Indiana to Ed and Alice Johnson. He attended Portage High School up to his sophomore year. He then moved to Wrenshall, Minnesota where he graduated from Wrenshall High School in 1953. Ed moved back to Portage,...

Todd G. Olsen

Todd G. Olsen

Nov 16, 2015

Todd G. Olsen, 54, of Shelley passed away November 16, 2015 at The Gables after a valiant battle with Huntington’s Disease. Todd was born September 21, 1961 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Preston H. and Cheri Mae Goudy Olsen. He graduated from Shelley High School and served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in...

Wilma Marie Bird

Wilma Marie Bird

Nov 6, 2015

Wilma Marie Bird, 93, was born November 26, 1921 to Edgar and Lucy Johnson in Jerome, Idaho.  She passed away peacefully November 6, 2015 at Turtle and Crane in Idaho Falls. Wilma attended schools in the Jerome area and was working for a U.S. government agricultural agency until she met and married Howard C. Bird.  They were married on May...

Hyrum Dale Mathews

Hyrum Dale Mathews

Nov 2, 2015

Hyrum Dale Mathews, 92, passed away Monday November 2, 2015 at his home in Shelley. He was born on February 17, 1923, in Shelley, the sixth of eight children born to Heber Grant Mathews and Ruth Luella McBride. He spent his childhood in Shelley and graduated from Shelley high school in 1943 where lettered in all three major sports. After...