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Donald Fred Dixon

Donald Fred Dixon

Aug 11, 2006

Donald Fred Dixon died Friday, August 11, 2006 at his home in Shelley after a two-year battle with cancer under the care Aspen Home Health & Hospice.   Don was born February 13, 1945 in St Anthony, Idaho to Herbert Fred Dixon and Marjorie Miller. His childhood was spent in St Anthony, Boise, Mountain Home and Caldwell before moving to Ashton...

Annie Mae Olsen

Annie Mae Olsen

Aug 8, 2006

Annie Mae Beasley Bumgarner Olsen, 95, died August 8, 2006 at the Idaho Falls Health & Rehab Center in Idaho Falls.   She was born February 20, 1911 at Shelley, Bingham County, Idaho, the daughter of Milton L. and Mary Belle Byington Beasley.    She grew up on a farm South of Shelley.  The family moved to a home in Shelley where they...

John "Jack" Perry Milender

John "Jack" Perry Milender

Aug 5, 2006

John “Jack” P. Milender 69, of Shelley, Idaho died Saturday August 5, 2006 of a long time illness of heart problems & pneumonia. He suffered a heart attack while on a camping trip near Swan Valley, Idaho.  He was born October 8, 1936 in Casper Wyoming to Wilbert and Maybelle Hefferin Milender.  He served in the Marine Corp. from 1952-1956. ...

Kim Martell Adamson

Kim Martell Adamson

Aug 4, 2006

Kim Martell Adamson, 68, of Shelley, ID formerly of Orlando, FL passed away Aug. 4th, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to complications following surgery. He was born May 7, 1938 in Tooele, UT to James C. Adamson and Berma Jean Miller He lived his first 18 years in Montana. Following that he served 22 years in the...

Thelma Virginia Howell

Thelma Virginia Howell

Jul 31, 2006

Thelma Virginia Howell, 99, of Shelley passed away July 31, 2006 at the Bingham Extended Care Facility in Blackfoot. She was born November 21, 1906 at Basalt, Idaho the fourth of eleven children to Hyrum Parley and Elizabeth Chapman Johnson. She married Louis Preston Howell September 19, 1927 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  They lived in Basalt and then Shelley until...

Janeal Rae John

Janeal Rae John

Jul 31, 2006

Janeal Rae Bates John, 63, of Blackfoot passed away July 31, 2006 at her home under hospice care from cancer. She was born August 31, 1942 in Vancouver, Washington to Glen Dee and Elvretta May Cooley Munger. Janeal went to school in North Freemont and graduated from Bonneville High School. In 1961 she married Dennis Bates.  She had one daughter,...

Richard Harold Layton

Richard Harold Layton

Jul 24, 2006

Richard Harold Layton, 77, of Taylor passed away July 24, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls.   Richard was born 13 August, 1928 in Ogden, Utah to Harold Hall Layton and Myrtle Grace Montgomery Layton. He was raised farming with horses, milking Jersey cows and riding horses, an idyllic life for a boy. He moved to the Idaho...

Rulon Thain Jensen

Rulon Thain Jensen

Jul 23, 2006

Rulon Thain Jensen, 82, of Firth passed away July 23, 2006 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. He was born March 15, 1924 at Basalt, Idaho to Rulon M. and Mary Ellen Singleton Jensen.  He attended school in Basalt and also Firth High School. Thain served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946.  He served during...

Ruth Ekins Elliott

Ruth Ekins Elliott

Jul 15, 2006

Ruth Ekins Elliott, age 86, of Heber City, Utah passed away Saturday July 15, 2006 at the home of her son Robert Elliott in Shelley. She was born Sept 15, 1919 at Provo, UT. She was the first of two children born to A. Ray Ekins and Diantha Ruth Patten Ekins. Ruth was educated at Page Elementary School and Lincoln...

Eileen Frances Stoddard

Eileen Frances Stoddard

Jun 25, 2006

Eileen Frances Chamberlain Stoddard died of liver disease on June 25,2006 under hospice care at the home of her eldest daughter in Provo, Utah.   Eileen was born July 1, 1933 in Ogden, Utah, the fourth of five children born to Blanche Viola Ahern and George Frances Chamberlain. She grew up in Pleasant View, Utah and graduated from Delta High School...

F. Calvin Dye

F. Calvin Dye

Jun 23, 2006

F. Calvin Dye, 70, of Firth left this life peacefully on June 23, 2006 at his home with his wife by his side. He was diagnosed with cancer while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his wife in New York, New York So.  2 ½ years ago. He loved God, his country and...

Lila Callister Jolley

Lila Callister Jolley

Jun 17, 2006

Lila Callister Jolley age 95 of Firth, Idaho, died June17, 2006 at Bingham memorial hospital. Lila was born May 10,1911 in Groveland, Idaho.  She was the 3rd of eight children born to Orson Pratt Callister and Annie Francella Jones Callister.  She attended school in Moreland, Idaho where she graduated as valedictorian from the 8th grade and salutatorian from high school...

Dillon Michael Arave

Dillon Michael Arave

Jun 17, 2006

Dillon Michael Arave, was stillborn June 17, 2006 at Mountain View Hospital. Dillion is survived by his parents Michael and Jennifer Miles Arave of Shelley; a sister Saydee Arave of Shelley; Grandparents Ron and Eudora Miles and Ralph and Verla Arave; Great Grandparents Angus and Norma Miles. He was preceded in death by a grandmother Mary Patricia Arave. Private family...

Lyle Edward Croft

Lyle Edward Croft

Jun 10, 2006

Lyle Edward Croft, 78, of Idaho Falls, former Firth resident, passed away June 10, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls.   He was born March 9, 1928 in Shelley, Idaho to Samuel Edward and Rosalind Allen Croft.  He grew up and attended school in Shelley.   On April 25, 1952 he married Deon Francis Woodruff in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  ...

Ranae Fowler Hale

Ranae Fowler Hale

Jun 9, 2006

Ranae Fowler Hale, 64, of Shelley, passed away June 9, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from a massive brain hemorrhage.   She was born February 7, 1942 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Delbert and Florence Wiseman Fowler.  She attended schools in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated in 1960 from Pocatello High School.  She then attended ISU in Pocatello.   On...

Peter Russell Kidd

Peter Russell Kidd

Jun 8, 2006

Peter Russell Kidd, 83, of Shelley, ID passed away on June 8, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.  He was born June 23, 1922 at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania to Jack and Madola Jobb Kidd.   On October 4, 1952 he married Laura E. Atkins at Clairton, Pennsylvania. He had a dairy farm in Somerset, PA for 25 years then moved to...

Jolene Hult Smith

Jolene Hult Smith

Jun 7, 2006

Jolene Hult Smith, 63, of Nevada City, California, former Shelley resident, died June 7, 2006 in Grass Valley, California from injuries received in an automobile accident.   She was born Oct. 14, 1942, in Shelley, Idaho, to Afton and Mervin Hult.   She married Randolph R. Smith on Oct. 8, 1981. She was a nurse at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. She was...

Wayne L. Madsen

Wayne L. Madsen

Jun 5, 2006

Wayne Leon Madsen, 65, of Shelley, passed away June 5, 2006 at his home under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born July 7, 1940 at Riverside, Idaho to L.P. and Mabel Bassett Madsen.  He attended Basalt Elementary School and graduated from Firth High School in 1958.  He always lived on a farm.  As an adult he...

Beverley Joann Gallup

Beverley Joann Gallup

May 26, 2006

Beverley JoAnn Gallup, 72, of Shelley, passed away May 26, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 15, 1933 at Onida South Dakota to Rolla W. Wilhelm and Ethel Mae Bowers. She moved with her family to Idaho in 1943. She attended school in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School where she played...

Taylor Laurel Jeffries

Taylor Laurel Jeffries

May 25, 2006

Taylor Laurel Jeffries of Newport News, VA formerly of Shelley, ID passed away peacefully on May 25, 2006 at the age of five years. She is a shining example of enduring and longsuffering as she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease known as Krabbe Leukodystrophy, a degenerative nerve disorder at the age of 11 months. Taylor was born on...

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