Obituaries
Donald Edward Kirby
Mar 5, 2013
Donald Edward Kirby, 87, of Shelley, Idaho passed away on March 5, 2013 at his home. Dad was born February 4, 1926, in Hyde Park, Utah to Lafay Kirby and Mary Louisa Elwood. They moved to Idaho Falls in 1931 where he attended school. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School where he was active in sports and worked at...
Arden Hyrum Mecham
Feb 16, 2013
Arden Hyrum Mecham, 37, of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013, in a head-on collision near Watford City, North Dakota. Arden was born December 2, 1975 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Larry Jay Mecham and Garda Hale Mecham. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. He married Darcy Lynn Lundberg on March 30,...
Jeffrey Lynn Rigby
Feb 13, 2013
Jeffrey Lynn Rigby (31) passed away in his home in Shelley, Idaho, on February 13, 2013, after a valiant two-year battle with adrenal cortical cancer. Jeff was born June 30, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Brenda Goodsell and Ryan Rigby. He was the second of three children. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed football and wrestling. He graduated from Grace...
Gay Nelda Stott
Feb 3, 2013
Gay Nelda Metcalf Owens Young Stott, 77, former resident of Leslie and Goshen, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at the Gables of Shelley. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends. The daughter of Jesse Earl and Alice Freeman Metcalf, and the youngest of seven children, she was born in Idaho Falls on May 10,...
Vance H. Barnett
Jan 29, 2013
Vance Hyrum Barnett of Taylor, Idaho passed away January 29, 2013 at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, at the age of 99. Vance was born on May 14, 1913 in Spring Lake, Utah, to Milton Ellis Barnett, and Gladys Barbara Spencer. He attended school in Payson, Utah, Firth, and Shelley, but due to the depression and the need...
Terry G. Galloway
Jan 16, 2013
Terry G. Galloway, 52, of Firth passed away January 16, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
James Dale Jones
Jan 14, 2013
James Dale Jones, 78, of Shelley passed away January 14, 2013 at Peak Village in Idaho Falls due to complications from esophageal cancer. He was born September 8, 1934 in Beloit, Kansas, the second of nine children to Armel Jones and Helen Schaffer. Jim spent his younger years working for Beech Aircraft until he joined the US Marine Corp. He took...
Boyd E. Grover
Jan 14, 2013
Boyd Edwin Grover, 86, of Shelley, passed away at his home on January 14, 2013 from complications associated with Mesothelioma. Boyd was born at Moreland, Idaho, on May 23, 1926, to George E. Grover and Alice M. Olsen Grover. He was the 2 nd oldest child in his family with one brother and four sisters. He grew up in Shelley...
Hazel Nadine Brents
Jan 12, 2013
Hazel Nadine Brents, 66, of Blackfoot passed away peacefully in her sleep with her family at her side on January 12, 2013 at her home in Blackfoot. She was born March 1, 1946 in Dallas, Oregon to Oliver and Mamie Cox. She worked in many fields of employment in her life including: electronics, plumbing and electrical, hospital housekeeping, and caregiver...
Danny Whitaker
Jan 10, 2013
Daniel “Danny” Whitaker, 57, of Shelley passed away January 10, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from natural causes. He was born November 2, 1955 in Rigby, Idaho to Bartlett Cordon Whitaker and Ada Afton Nebeker Whitaker Christensen. He attended school in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School in 1975. He joined the US Army following High School...
Jonathan Taylor
Jan 1, 2013
Jonathan Taylor, 32, of Firth passed away January 1, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jon was a beautiful spirit that left the world much too soon. Jon was born May 16, 1980 to Susan Gerard and Mark Taylor in Burley, Idaho. He lived in the Burley-Declo area until his family moved to Basalt, Idaho. Jon graduated from Firth...
Tony Mel Eaton
Dec 31, 2012
Antony “Tony” Mel Eaton, 52, of Shelley passed away December 31, 2012 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from a sudden illness. Tony, the youngest of 4 children, was born to Melvin J. Eaton and Colleen Collins on July 8, 1960 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Idaho Falls. Tony was raised in Shelley where he...
Janet Rowbury
Dec 28, 2012
Janet Rowbury, 68, of Blackfoot passed away December 28, 2012 at her home from Cancer. She was under the care of Encompass Hospice. She was born June 5, 1944 in Rigby, Idaho to Vern Austin Browning and Gladys Louise Strupp. She enjoyed being with her family, working in her flower garden and going to garage sales. She is survived by...
Delia Louise Kelley
Dec 28, 2012
Delia Louise Kelley passed away on December 28, 2012 in her home after a dignified and courageous fight with cancer surrounded by her loving family. Her children and grandchildren were honored to care for her; with the assistance of “Hands of Hope Hospice”. Delia Louise Park was born July 22, 1936 to Stanley Park and Lucille Moeller Park in Idaho...
Paul Monroe Lee
Dec 26, 2012
Paul Monroe Lee, 63, of Shelley , Idaho , passed away December 26, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from complication of heart surgery. He was born in Galveston, Texas on July 23, 1949 to Jestwin Edwin (Pinky) Lee Jr and Elizabeth Fairchild Dunn Lee . Paul graduated from Highlands High School in San Antonio, Texas,...
Tex D. Elkington
Dec 20, 2012
Tex D. Elkington died unexpectedly after a short illness on Dec. 20, 2012 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Tex was born Oct 25, 1994 in Goshen, Idaho. The son of Ben Elkington and Carol Sevy. Tex grew up in Goshen and recently lived in Rigby, Sugar City and Firth, Idaho. One of his sisters set up a FB group,...
May Belle Hansen
Dec 19, 2012
May Belle Miles Hansen passed away at the age of 97 on Thursday, December 19, 2012, with her great-great-grandchildren close by at Williamsburg Independent Living in Logan, Utah. May was born on April 6, 1915, in Mt. Home, Utah, the fifth of six children born to Luchious Marion Miles and Jenettie C. Huddleston. She was preceded in death by her...
Ritta L. Sollis
Dec 18, 2012
Ritta Lillian Sollis was born on May 13, 1924 in Jameston, Idaho to Lewis A. and Ruth Ross Cox of Shelley. She was born into a house that had no plumbing or electricity but had lots of love. Soon the family had a more modern home while her father prospered and continued farming in the Jameston area while Ritta began...
Gerald A. Hansen
Dec 17, 2012
Gerald A. Hansen, 86, of Presto passed away December 17, 2012 at his home under hospice care. He was born June 22, 1926 at Presto, Idaho to George D and Isabella Henrietta Teeples Hansen. He graduated from Firth High School where he played basketball. On December 13, 1944 he married Ramona M Hebdon at Presto, Idaho. She preceded him in death in...
Darlene Duce Clayson
Nov 24, 2012
Darlene Duce Clayson passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, November 24, 2012, at the age of 84. Darlene was born August 5, 1928 to Daniel Leon Duce and Alta LaRue Kendall Duce, in Kimball, Idaho. She attended grade school in Kimball and graduated from Firth High School in 1946. She married her high school sweetheart, Elwin W. Clayson, on...
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