Obituaries

Apr 11, 2014

Ann Sievers, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014, at The Gables under hospice care. She was born on July 6, 1932 to Leslie Ivan Johnson and Ruby Ann Kelly.  She graduated from Ucon High School.  On February 25, 1953, she married Max LeRoy Sievers.  They shared many years together and had four children.  Max passed away...

Apr 10, 2014

Barbara Grace Cook Cromwell, 81, of Idaho Falls passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. Barbara was born September 27, 1932 to George and Mildred Adamson Cook.  She was raised in Mud Lake and Shelley.  She attended Mud Lake Elementary School and Stanton Elementary School.  She graduated from Shelley High School in 1950....

Mar 23, 2014

Jessica Ashley Harrison returned to our heavenly father on March 23, 2014 leaving behind all of those she touched in life. Jessica was born July 15, 1996 and had lived in Shelley, Idaho for the last 8 years. She attended Shelley High School and was a member of the Shelley LDS 10 th Ward. At Shelley High School she was...

Mar 19, 2014

James O. Sorensen, 58, of Firth was reunited with his parents on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at his home from natural causes. Jimmy was born on June 25, 1955 in Shelley, Idaho to Verdal O. and Edna Emma Lyon Sorensen. He was born with a rare syndrome called Rubinstein-Taybi. Children with this syndrome usually pass away from a heart defect...

Mar 18, 2014

Lois Larson, 96, of Firth died at her home on March 18, 2014 of natural causes. She was born on April 1, 1917 in Shelley, Idaho.  She was the third of three children and the only daughter of Peter H. Catron and Alice Christine McBride Catron. She grew up in Shelley, where she attended elementary school and graduated from Shelley...

Mar 16, 2014

Doris Skelton Barsanti, 85, of Shelley peacefully left this world in the early morning hours of March 16, 2014 at her home. Doris was born September 1, 1928 in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Morris Raymond and Lavina Ella Burch Skelton. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School and worked on the class reunions for over 60 years. She also attended...

Mar 8, 2014

Catherine Ceceilia Ward, 65, of Shelley passed away March 8, 2014 at her home under hospice care. She was born July 20, 1948 in Spokane, Washington to Bobbie A. and Florence L. Cannon Hibbs. She went to school in Spokane, Aberdeen and graduated from Highland High school in Pocatello in May of 1967. She married Wilbur Lemar Griffin in August...

Mar 6, 2014

Feb 27, 2014

Becky Jo Keele Giles, 45, of Firth passed away February 27, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Becky was born February 7, 1969 in Idaho Falls, ID to Darryl and Myrna Keele. She and her mother were best friends from the moment she was born. Becky attended school in Shelley, Idaho Falls, and Graduated...

Feb 26, 2014

Elva Faye Smith Andersen, 86, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 after suffering a long struggle with Alzheimer's. She was born October 13, 1927 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Luther Edwin Smith and Sarah Ethel Hathaway Smith. She attended school into the 8 th grade. At the age of 14 her father was killed in a...

Feb 22, 2014

George Leon White, 85, of Shelley, Idaho passed away February 22, 2014. He left with his sweetheart by his side, but he is now in heaven with his little girl. He was born in Shelley, Idaho on June 9, 1928 to Earl George and Effie Russell White. He was one of 12 children. He was raised in Shelley, Idaho and...

Feb 19, 2014

Daniel James McHugh, 63, of Shelley passed away Wednesday February 19, 2014 from complication of respiratory diseases. He was born September 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois to Edward and Ann McHugh with whom he is now reunited and his wife of 40 years Mary McHugh and a grandson. He is survived by his three daughters Theresa McHugh, Granddaughter Cloe Bronson...

Feb 16, 2014

Dawn Marie Kennedy Arb, 53, resident of West Jordan, Utah, passed away on February 16, 2014, at her home after a long battle with asthma. She was born in Bainbridge, Maryland on August 9, 1960, to Timothy Kennedy and Kathryn Landon. Dawn attended Shelley High School and graduated in 1978. Dawn married Richard Arb in 1980 in Salt Lake City,...

Feb 11, 2014

Beth France Cook-Nulph, 83, of Shelley, passed away February 11, 2014, at her home from natural causes. She was born April 25, 1930 in Taylor, Idaho, to Stephen Maine France and Della Garner.  She grew up in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. On June 9,1950, she married Doyle Cook of Shelley in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made...

Feb 8, 2014

Ben Parker Gomm, 83, of Woodville, Idaho and Smoot, Wyoming, joined his sweetheart, Dorene in his Father’s presence, surrounded by his loved ones in his home in Woodville, on Friday, February 8, 2014. Ben was born to Ben Charles Gomm and Opal Louise Allred Gomm near Afton, Wyoming, on October 5, 1930, third of seven children. Ben spent much of...

Feb 8, 2014

Beth Elga Taylor Bair, 94, of Shelley, Idaho passed away peacefully February 8, 2014 at the Homestead Carriage House Assisted Living at Rexburg, Idaho. She was born at Burley, Idaho the second of five children of Glen Isaac Taylor and Leona Elizabeth Campbell Taylor. She spent her early years in Delta, Utah; Burley and Rupert Idaho and moved to Shelley...

Feb 7, 2014

Donald Douglas “Donny” Pope, 75, of Marbleton, Wyoming passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at his son’s home in Shelley, Idaho Friday February 7, 2014. Donny was born February 18, 1938 in Rupert, ID to William and Edna Whitman Pope. He attended school in Big Piney and graduated from Big Piney High School. After high school he worked around the Big...

Feb 4, 2014

Ida Kay Ross Richins, 79, passed away after a courageous battle against cancer on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 in Idaho Falls. Kay was born on June 7, 1934 in Rupert, Idaho to John Harold Ross and Lillian Gertrude Wheeler Ross.  She spent her early years in Rupert and Aberdeen.  After graduation she took a job in Jackson, Wyoming where she...

Jan 29, 2014

Maria de Lourdes Ruiz, 72, passed away January 29, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Nampa, Idaho. She was born May 24, 1941 in Brownsville, Texas to Julian Olvera and Maria Lopez. She grew up in Brownsville where she met and married Felix A. Ruiz in 1963. They came to Idaho in 1976 where they raised their seven children. She...

Jan 17, 2014

Pallie Joy Bumgarner Crider passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014, at EIRMC due to complications from a stroke. Pallie was born March 28, 1933 to Lawrence Howard and Annie May Bumgarner, in Shelley, Idaho. Her early life was spent growing up in Shelley. She is the second of seven children. She moved to Fort Benton, Montana in the mid...