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Gabriel Martinez Coronado

Gabriel Martinez Coronado

Feb 16, 2011

Gabriel Martinez Coronado, 87, of Shelley passed away February 16, 2011 at his home. He was born March 24, 1923 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico to Antonio and Alejandra Martinez Coronado. He married Maria Conception Tapia on May 14, 1944 in Real De Catorse, Mexico.  In 1949 they came to America.  They moved to Shelley in 1958 where he was...

Grantley "Sonny" H. Collet

Grantley "Sonny" H. Collet

Feb 16, 2011

Grantley H. “Sonny” Collet, 86, passed away February 16, 2011 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. He was born April 26, 1924 to Grantley S. Sr. and Ardella Wright Collet in Idaho Falls.  He spent his early years in Utah with his mother and grandparents.  He returned to live with his dad in Idaho as a teenager. In...

Phyllis M. Taylor

Phyllis M. Taylor

Feb 4, 2011

Phyllis M. Taylor, 87, of Shelley, passed away February 4, 2011 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center in Idaho Falls. She was born October 22, 1923 in Ashton, Idaho to Perry and Olga Olson Thompson. She attended elementary school in Ashton then attended school in Idaho Falls graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She married Howard L. Taylor April...

Arthur "Bud" Leroy Harker

Arthur "Bud" Leroy Harker

Jan 26, 2011

Arthur LeRoy Harker, 85, of Shelley, passed away Wednesday January 26, 2011 at home surrounded by his family. He was born on March 5, 1925 to Arthur LeRoy and Florence Winters Harker.  He was born in Shelley and attended school there. He helped his father and grandfather, Hyrum, on the farm as a youth where he learned to work hard. ...

Clyde Conrad Miller

Clyde Conrad Miller

Jan 18, 2011

Clyde Conrad Miller, 92, of Shelley passed away January 18, 2011 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. He was born 3 November, 1918 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Charles Conrad Miller and Effie Nina Staker.   He spent his growing years in St. Anthony and Teton, Idaho.  His angel mother died when Clyde was 7 years old and...

Merna Joy Wooden

Merna Joy Wooden

Jan 18, 2011

Merna Joy Furniss Wooden was born February 7, 1935 the third child of Clara Violet Cross Furniss and Alfred Parson Furniss. Merna Joy was named after her mother’s favorite actress Myrna Loy, but everyone knew her as Joy; Joy was born and grew up in the basalt area.   She married Billy Dean Byington, in Blackfoot, Idaho (later divorced), out of...

Bruce Lynn Frandsen

Bruce Lynn Frandsen

Jan 14, 2011

Bruce Lynn Frandsen, 60, of Firth passed away January 14, 2011 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. He was born June 25, 1950 in Shelley, Idaho to good earthly parents, Karl Lynn and Iris Maude Dye Frandsen.  He graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1969.  Bruce served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 1970-1972 in...

Wilford J. Hess

Wilford J. Hess

Jan 13, 2011

Wilford J. Hess, 88, of Shelley, passed away January 13, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1922 in Plymouth, Utah to Archie and Martha Pierson Hess.  He attended schools in Plymouth, Utah and Aberdeen, Idaho. At the age of 19 he joined the United States Marine Corps.  During WWII he participated in action against...

Karen Knight Bonzon

Karen Knight Bonzon

Jan 13, 2011

Karen Knight Bonzon passed away January 13, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born January 29, 1939 to Blonda and Lloyd Knight in Payson, Utah.  She attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated in 1958 from Minidoka High School in Rupert. In 1958 she married Wayne Taylor and had one son Keith.  She later divorced and in 1960...

Sandi Jo Whiting

Sandi Jo Whiting

Jan 9, 2011

Sandi Jo Whiting, 45, of Shelley, passed away January 9, 2011 at her home from a lingering illness. She was born April 22, 1965 in Canoga Park, California to Richard Bert and Edith Juanita Rawson Whiting. Sandi graduated from Shelley High School in 1983.  She attended BYU-Idaho (Ricks), graduating with a  one year office certificate and then later went to...

Kristen Joy Brooks

Kristen Joy Brooks

Dec 30, 2010

Kristen Joy Foster Brooks was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, on September 12, 1947, to Cluff and Barbara Johnson.  She spent much of her childhood in Great Falls, Montana.  Later she attended BYU where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in 1970.  In 1969 she married Robert “Clyde” Foster in the Salt Lake Temple.  Clyde was a member of the...

Edmund W. Mccullough

Edmund W. Mccullough

Dec 28, 2010

Edmund W. McCullough, Jr. of Draper, Utah passed away peacefully December 28, 2010 after a long illness. He was born in Canton, Ohio on December 31, 1929.  After graduation from Excelsior High School in Norwalk, California, Ed joined the Marine Corp and served in the evacuation of Shanghai, China as Communist forces came to power.  After reaching the rank of...

V. Dianne Shrives

V. Dianne Shrives

Dec 20, 2010

Vivian Dianne Shrives, 54, of Shelley, returned home with her loving husband on December 20, 2010. She was born on September 17, 1956 to Ronnald and Ruth Labrum in Idaho Falls, where she lived the rest of her life. She married Kim H. Shrives on June 13, 1975.  They were life long partners. Dianne was a loving grandmother, mother, and...

Jack Dee Youngstrom

Jack Dee Youngstrom

Dec 19, 2010

Jack D. Youngstrom of Firth, Idaho passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010 surrounded by his family. Jack was born on February 26, 1925 in Annis, Idaho to Jane and Enoch Youngstrom.  He graduated from Midway High School where he played basketball as a “6 footer”.  Jack enlisted in the United States Army and honorably served in the Pacific Theatre. ...

Steven Edward Yount

Steven Edward Yount

Dec 11, 2010

Steven Edward Yount, 52, passed away December 11, 2010. He was born October 15, 1958 in Lenoir, North Carolina to the late Stuart Yount and Peggy and John Frost. At the age of 12 he moved with his family to Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated from Highland High School in 1976. He furthered his education at Idaho State University. He is...

Raymond Gene Lindsey

Raymond Gene Lindsey

Dec 4, 2010

Raymond G. Lindsey passed away on Saturday Dec. 4, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Ray was born on Oct. 7, 1948 in Thermopolis, WY to Raymond Floyd Lindsey and Pearl Petersen Lindsey.  He was the youngest of 4 children, and was raised most of his childhood years in Lyman, WY. ...

Donna Belle Marler

Donna Belle Marler

Dec 2, 2010

Donna Belle Marler, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 2, 2010 at Idaho Falls Health & Rehab after a long illness. Donna was born January 3, 1927 in Clifton, Idaho to Frank Marler and Janey Taylor Marler Harris.  She was the youngest of seven children.  She graduated from Preston High School.  In about 1945 she and her mother moved...

Michael Craig Alvey

Michael Craig Alvey

Dec 1, 2010

Michael Craig Alvey died Dec. 1, 2010 in Fowler, CO.  Michael was born April 24, 1980 to Richard C. Alvey and Angela L. Clark (White) in Idaho Falls, ID. Michael resided with his parents Richard and Cherise in the Idaho Falls/Firth area. In his adolescent years he spent some time in Blackfoot, Rigby, and Ririe. He later moved to Fowler, CO...

James Ronald Hastings

James Ronald Hastings

Nov 28, 2010

James Ronald Hastings, 66, of Basalt, passed away November 28, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. James was born September 2, 1944 in Brigham City, Utah to a sheep herder, George Danley and Nettie Lavon Tracy Hastings. He married Terry Faye Swearingen on May 1, 1965.  Together they had four children, Kayron, Jamie, Rhonda, and...

Mckeon James Whitten

Mckeon James Whitten

Nov 24, 2010

McKeon James Whitten, born October 1, 2010, returned home to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father, November 24, 2010, due to difficulties from a heart condition. McKeon was the 3rd son of Michael and Kaylene (Tucker) Whitten. Our sweet little boy was a great blessing to our family. Although he was with us only a short time, he touched...

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