Obituaries

Lois Polson

Lois Polson

Sep 2, 2007

Pattie Lois Polson, 90, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Shelley, passed from this life to a better one on Sunday, September 02, 2007 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.   Lois was born July 11, 1917 in Bunn, North Carolina to Benjamin McClain Mullen and Pattie Christopher White Mullen. She had a wonderful childhood in North Carolina growing up in...

Vickie Bowcutt

Vickie Bowcutt

Aug 27, 2007

Vickie Bowcutt, 58, of Shelley went to the arms of our Lord, August 27, 2007 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehab due to complications of Diabetes. She was born November 12, 1948 in Kellogg, Idaho to Wayne and Peedee Hamock.  She was raised in the Silver Valley and attended Kellogg High School.  She went on to earn an Associates degree...

Richard Ray Whitmill

Richard Ray Whitmill

Aug 20, 2007

Richard Ray Whitmill, 78, of Ammon, formerly of Goshen, passed away August 20, 2007 at his home under the care of Creekside Hospice. He was born October 30, 1928 in Shelley, Idaho to Lee and Ida May Prophet Whitmill. He attended school in Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School. In his early years he worked for potato houses on Spud Alley...

Cheyenne Lakita Pettingill

Cheyenne Lakita Pettingill

Aug 4, 2007

Cheyenne Lakita Pettingill, 13, of Shelley passed away August 4, 2007 a victim of a tragic and for her fatal automobile accident. She is the daughter of Troy Shane and Tonya S. Simpson Pettingill. Though she was born while her family lived in Springville, Utah, on December 22, 1993, it was not to be her home for very long as...

Ruth Evelyn Kimball

Ruth Evelyn Kimball

Jul 27, 2007

Ruth Evelyn Kimball, 89, of Shelley, died July 27, 2007, at a friends home in Shelley of natural causes.  She was under the wonderful, loving care of the Aspen Group Hospice along with loving friends and family. She was born November 25, 1917 just outside of  Phoenix, Arizona to Wilfred John and Myrtle Brotherton Wayne.  The family moved to California...

Ivy Rose Cousin

Ivy Rose Cousin

Jul 25, 2007

Iva Rose Poll Cousin, 85, of Shelley, died July 25, 2007 of causes incident to age at the Turtle and Crane Residential Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of  Creekside Home Health and Hospice. Rose Cousin was born December 27, 1921 in Idaho Falls to Charles Clive and Rose Iva Field Poll.  She was the granddaughter...

Ladine Hansen Gentillon

Ladine Hansen Gentillon

Jul 10, 2007

Ladine Hansen Gentillon died July 10, 2007 at her home.  She was born June 21, 1931 to J. Earl and Kate Hansen in Goshen, Idaho.  She grew up in the Goshen area and graduated from Firth High School.    She married her high school sweetheart, Maurice Gentillon on November 24, 1949.  Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple on...

David Clyde Weatherston

David Clyde Weatherston

Jul 9, 2007

David Clyde Weatherston, 56, of Idaho Falls passed away July 9, 2007 at his home of natural causes.  He was born in Shelley, Idaho September 25, 1950 the third child and first son of Heber Clyde and Genevieve Nalder Weatherston. David grew up on his parent’s farm in Goshen, Idaho where he learned to work hard. He was educated in...

Elnora Pearl Davis

Elnora Pearl Davis

Jul 5, 2007

Elnora Pearl Hammon Davis, 96, of Shelley passed away July 5, 2007 at her home under Hospice care. She was born December 28, 1910 in Pocatello, Idaho to Delbert Chase Hammon and Pearl Allgood Hammon Shelton. Her father died when she was 18 months old. Her new father, James took the family to finish proving up on the homestead above...

Carol Lee Lockyer

Carol Lee Lockyer

Jul 2, 2007

Carol Lee (Tuma) Lockyer, 76, of Pocatello passed away July 2, 2007 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. She was born July 6, 1930 at Basalt, Idaho to Robert Dickens Lockyer and Laura Bell Fowler. After her twin sister got married she joined the Women’s Army Corp. where she spent three years.  While in the Army she spent...

Milton Lavar Thompson

Milton Lavar Thompson

Jul 2, 2007

Milton Lavar Thompson, 87, formerly of Basalt, died July 2, 2007 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. Lavar was born April 29, 1919 in Basalt to Hobert Albert Thompson and Margaret Madsen.  He attended school in Basalt.  The family spent the spring and summer dry farming in the hills 20 miles east of Basalt in Spring Creek, Cedar...

Julie Ann Munger

Julie Ann Munger

Jun 22, 2007

Julie Ann Dye Munger, 50, passed away in her home Friday, June 22, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer.  She will be remembered for her faith, compassion, service, kindness, friendship, and her many musical talents. Julie was born February 27, 1957 to Warren and Florence Hacking Dye in Idaho Falls, ID.  She grew up in Firth, ID, and graduated...

Lula Mary Lundquist

Lula Mary Lundquist

Jun 14, 2007

After 93 years of service to her family, church and community, Lula Mary Lundquist died at home on 14th of June, 2007. She was born August 4, 1913 at Cotton, Idaho to Samuel E. Crofts and Rosalind Allen Crofts and lived her entire life in the Shelley area.  She married Clarence H. Lundquist on June 22, 1932 in Shelley.  They...

Melva Hammond Richey

Melva Hammond Richey

Jun 12, 2007

Melva Hammond Richey 85, died June 12, 2007 in Shelley, Idaho at the home of her son of natural causes.   She was born April 11, 1922 in Logan Utah to Jasper Melvin Hammond and Elizabeth (Finnie) Hale Hammond. She grew up in Ashton, Idaho.   On September 2, 1942 she married Darrell E. Richey of Ashton Idaho in the Logan Utah...

Afton Irene Reeder

Afton Irene Reeder

Jun 11, 2007

Afton Irene Reeder, 68, of Firth passed away June 11, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born September 22, 1938 in Shelley, Idaho to Lewis Clyde Eaton and Laura Irene Franck Eaton.  She grew up and attended elementary school in Basalt and graduated from Firth High School. She married Robert Hansen in 1956, they...

Ronald Mecham Christensen

Ronald Mecham Christensen

Jun 7, 2007

Our father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, Ronald Mecham Christensen, returned to the loving arms of his Heavenly Father and his beloved eternal companion, DeEtta, on June 7, 2007 at the age of 70.              Ron was born to Chester Phoenix and Beth Mecham Christensen on February 5, 1937, in Preston, ID.  The family later included Sonja Beth, Gloria, Orvid, and...

Mont Dutson

Mont Dutson

Jun 1, 2007

Mont Dutson, 80, of Shelley, died of natural causes June 1, 2007, at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center.  He was born December 17, 1926 in Ririe, Idaho, to Clyde Roper and Velma Scott Dutson.  He attended school in Ririe and joined the U. S. Navy at age 17 during World War II.   He served as a Pharmacists Mate...

Shanna Marie Mathews

Shanna Marie Mathews

May 30, 2007

Shanna Marie Mathews 26 years old, life time Shelley resident, died in her home, Wednesday morning following multiple health concerns and undetermined causes.   Shanna was born in Idaho Falls, to Darren and Patti Mathews, on July 6th 1980. Shanna attend school at Shelley and Firth from Grammar School through High School. Teachers often described Shanna as energetic, pleasant to...

Leland Jay Harper

Leland Jay Harper

May 22, 2007

Leland Jay Harper, of Shelley Idaho, died May 22nd 2007 at his home of natural causes. He was born on January 7th 1926 to John Mayo and Mary Ella Harper in the Basin area of Oakley Idaho, the fourth of nine children. He grew up working on the family farm while attending schools in the Oakley area, graduating from Oakley...

Dorothy Rae Christensen

Dorothy Rae Christensen

May 20, 2007

Dorothy Rae Christensen, 88, died May 20, 2007 at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Dorothy was born January 9, 1919, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Alfred Burnham and Hilda Mae Hansen.  She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls.  After graduation she studied violin for one year at the McCune School of Music in Salt Lake City,...