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Gail Eugene Kearney

Gail Eugene Kearney

Jun 21, 2023

On June 21st 2023 we lost an amazing father, “papa”, brother, uncle and friend after a long courageous battle with multiple illnesses related to Agent Orange exposure. 

 

Gail Eugene Kearney was born on September 16th 1950 in Idaho Falls, ID to Lloyd and Ilene Kearney and was the 2nd of five siblings. Gail was raised in Shelley, ID and...

Eugene Watson Andrews

Eugene Watson Andrews

Jun 11, 2023

Eugene Watson Andrews, 95, of Woodville, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home Sunday, June 11, 2023, surrounded by  family.  He was born January 6, 1928, in Fairview, Idaho, to Ardery Elvoid and Annabelle Watson Andrews.  Eugene spent his early school years in the Rigby and Idaho Falls areas.  After the passing of his father, he later moved to Boise and...

Sheradon Jay Kohler

Sheradon Jay Kohler

Jun 8, 2023

Sheradon Jay Kohler, of Shelley ID, passed away June 8, 2023. 

Sheradon was born December 6, 1976 in Idaho Falls, ID to Larry and Anna Ruth Kohler. He was the 7th of 11 children. He spent his childhood in Firth Idaho riding dirt bikes, four wheelers, shooting guns, and fostering his love for the great outdoors.  

Sheradon attended school in...

Clinton Lamar Mecham

Clinton Lamar Mecham

Jun 5, 2023

Clinton Lamar Mecham, 79, of Firth passed away on June 5, 2023.

He was born on May 12, 1944 in Shelley, Idaho to Oren Clinton and Udeen Palmer Mecham.  He was the oldest of six children.

He grew up and attended schools in Firth, graduating from Firth High School in 1962.

On April 17, 1972 he married Janice Ferguson in...

Jean Lind

Jean Lind

Jun 3, 2023

 

If you’re about to throw away that empty cereal box — stop.

Instead, consider Norma Jean Lind, (you knew her as Jean). She would turn it inside out to become a Christmas gift box. Or she’d grab some floral contact paper and transform it into a sock drawer divider. Or she’d hermetically laminate it with packaging tape to mail...

Lynne Christensen

Lynne Christensen

May 30, 2023

 

On Tuesday, May 30, 2023, Elnora Lynne Davis Christensen, loving wife and mother of five children, passed away in the home of her daughter at age 84. Lynne was born on July 23, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ivan and Nora Davis, the second daughter of five children. Ivan was a sheepherder and potato farmer; Nora was a...

Heber LaMont Barnard

Heber LaMont Barnard

May 29, 2023

Life Sketch of Heber LaMont Barnard by Nichols H. Barnard, oldest son.

 

Heber LaMont Barnard was born July 6, 1927, in Blackfoot, Idaho to John Nichols Barnard and Elizabeth Emma Allen Barnard.  He was the seventh of eight children. Three of the children died young from heart ailments.  John and Elizabeth’s firstborn daughter and first son had both passed...

Jared Craig Eborn

Jared Craig Eborn

May 28, 2023



Jared Craig Eborn passed away May 28 2023. He was born June 14th 1985 to Becky Mead & Craig Eborn. He grew up in Shelley and spent most of his afternoons at the high school with Grandpa Eborn. His nights were spent watching wrestling and reading books with Grandma Karon Eborn. He graduated in 2003 from Shelley High School,...

Shirley Afton Lundquist

Shirley Afton Lundquist

May 20, 2023

 

Shirley Afton Harker Lundquist, 88, of Shelley, Idaho passed away May 20, 2023 at the Gables Assisted Living Center, surrounded by her children.

 

She was born on May 13, 1935 in Idaho Falls to Norman and Afton Harker. 

 

Shirley lived her childhood in a little white house on Jamestown/Taylor Road. She graduated from Shelley High School.

 

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Donna Harker

Donna Harker

May 14, 2023

Donna June Stears Harker was born October 31, 1928, in Shelley, Idaho, to Elven and Bertha Eaton Stears. She was the first of four children. The Stears family moved to Idaho Falls when Donna was 5 years old. Donna attended Hawthorne Elementary and O. E. Bell Junior High. A farming opportunity took the family to Goshen, Idaho, in Donna’s Sophomore...

Ivean Griffiths

Ivean Griffiths

May 13, 2023

Ivean Hansen Griffiths, 99, passed away at Promontory Point Rehabilitation on Saturday, May 13, 2023, from complications after a fall.

She was born in Hyrum, Utah, on April 10, 1924, to Reuben and Lauretta Jane Allen Hansen.  She was the 4th of 5 daughters.

She graduated as Valedictorian from South Cache High School in Hyrum, Utah.  After graduation she attended...

John F. Grange

John F. Grange

May 11, 2023

 

John F. Grange, 57, of Shelley, joined his father, mother, and older brother in heaven on May 11, 2023.

John was born March 27, 1966 in Pocatello, Idaho.  He came home from the hospital on April 15 and was adopted into the Claud and Lelia Grange family which he was sealed to in June of that same year.

He...

Barbara Jean Griffin

Barbara Jean Griffin

May 9, 2023

 

Barbara Jean Horne Griffin, 86, of Shelley, Idaho, died May 9, 2023.

She was born the youngest of eight children on February 15, 1937 to Karl Albert Horne and Merinda Lauridsen. She grew up in Thornton, Idaho and attended Madison High School (Class of 1955). She married her husband, Gover Weldon Griffin, on July 25, 1956, and they moved...

Bernice McCune Hatch

Bernice McCune Hatch

May 7, 2023

 

Bernice Darlene McCune Hatch, age 84, passed away peacefully in Kingwood, Texas on May 7, 2023, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Bernice was born on November 17, 1938 in Tacoma, Washington to George and Violet (Pennick) McCune where she grew up to graduate from Franklin Pierce High School, later going on to get her CNA through Ricks College at...

Darla Shelley

Darla Shelley

May 6, 2023

Darla Chaffin Shelley was born September 8, 1936 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Melvin Levar Chaffin and Lydia Edline Bergeman and left this mortal world on May 6, 2023 in American Falls, Idaho.

 

She grew up in Blackfoot, Idaho, and was a 1954 Blackfoot High graduate.

 

She loved horsemanship- she was featured in Western Horseman magazine, was the 1954-57 Rodeo...

Earl Edwin Frongner

Earl Edwin Frongner

Apr 28, 2023

 

Earl Edwin Frongner, 91, passed away April 28, 2023.

 

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. May 12, 2023 at the Shelley Hillcrest Cemetery under the direction of  Nalder Funeral Home.

 

Family and friends are invited to a luncheon from 1:00 till 3:00 pm at Papa Tom’s Pizzeria conference room, 1830 S Woodruff Ave, Idaho Falls.

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Eric Davis Newman

Eric Davis Newman

Apr 28, 2023

Eric Davis Newman, Dad, Grandpa, Husband, Brother, & Friend, Age 71 of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed from this life on Friday April, 28 2023 at home, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. 

Eric was born December 6, 1951 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Harry Davis and Jeanette Louise “Shelton” Newman.  Eric spent his first 5...

Roberto Juan Ismael Medina

Roberto Juan Ismael Medina

Apr 22, 2023

 

Te recordaré por tu valentía  Te recordaré por tu ejemplo en todos tus echos  Te recordaré por tu animo de progresar  Te recordaré por tu personalidad tan amistosa  Te recordaré por buen sentido del humor  Te recordaré por tu inteligencia  Te recordaré por el amor a nosotros tus hijos  Te recordaré por tu fidelidad a Dios  Te recordaré por...

Betty Jane Carson

Betty Jane Carson

Apr 21, 2023

 

Betty Jane Carson passed away Friday, April 21, 2023 surrounded by loved ones. 

 

Betty was born to Dennis Niels Christensen and Edith Victoria (Vic) Jolley on July 10th, 1937 at the LDS Riverview Hospital in Idaho Falls. After Vic and Dennis divorced, Vic married Harry Matthew Messenger and added five more children to their family, raising Betty...

Edith Fredrickson

Edith Fredrickson

Apr 21, 2023

 

Edith Fredrickson, long time resident of Blackfoot, passed away on April 21, 2023.

 

Edith was born on July 4th in Burley, Idaho to Joseph Rex and Margaret Mahoney Fredrickson, residents of the Declo/Albion area.  She was raised for six years in Albion. Then the teacher’s college in Albion closed and her family moved to Blackfoot.

 

Edith enjoyed...

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