Obituaries
Kent Edward Carlson
Sep 11, 2025
Kent Edward Carlson passed away peacefully on his 84th birthday, September 11, 2025, surrounded by the family he loved so deeply. He was born September 11, 1941, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Kenneth Malcom Carlson and Lael Stolworthy Carlson, he was the oldest of five children. Kent grew up farming alongside his father and brothers, raising wheat and potatoes, and...
Jeryd Keith Swenson
Sep 8, 2025
Jeryd Swenson passed Sept 8, 2025 in Ammon.
Jeryd was born June 2, 1977 to Jerry Swenson and Molly Allred Swenson. He spent his life growing up and attended school in Soda Springs, Idaho. Here he spent all his life focusing on anything and everything with an engine. Whether it be taking apart a lawn mower (just to see how it...
Lucinda Shipley
Sep 7, 2025
Lucinda Shipley, 70, of Las Vegas, Nevada and former Shelley resident passed away on September 7, 2025 in Las Vegas.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 19, 2025 at Nalder Funeral Home, 110 W Oak Street, Shelley. The family will receive friends Friday morning from 9:30 a.m. till 10:45 a.m. the funeral home. Burial will be in...
Verla Rae Ottley
Sep 7, 2025
Verla Rae Phillips Ottley was born Oct. 27,1937 in Aberdeen, Idaho to Ed and Ione Phillips. She passed away September 7, 2025. Verla joined her 3 brothers, Wayne, Clint and Art. She was blessed to have a younger sister Patty as well.
Verla was raised on a farm in Aberdeen, Idaho, where she learned to work hard. She graduated from Aberdeen...
Nellie Lu Phillips
Aug 30, 2025
Nellie Lu (Nel) Phillips, 83, of Shelley passed away on the afternoon of Saturday, August 30, 2025 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She will be dearly missed.
Nel was born in Rigby, Idaho on June 16, 1942 to Ira L. (Bud) Lindsay and Evron Kinghorn Lindsay. She attended schools in Rigby and Roberts, and graduated from Idaho Falls High...
Vicki Vernay Bowman
Aug 26, 2025
Vicki Vernay Bowman passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on August 26, 2025 under the care of Brio Health and Hospice. She was 80 years old.
Vicki was born on March 2, 1945, in Shelley, Idaho to Vern and Velda Nelson. She was the oldest of six children, which included brothers Rex, Dale and Lin, and sisters Janet...
Dan Landon
Aug 18, 2025
James Daniel (Dan) Landon passed away on August 18, 2025 at the age of 91 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello Idaho.
He was born on December 17, 1933 in Hamer, Idaho to Orson Van Buren Landon and Louie Verle Ward Landon into a busy family that had many struggles and many siblings who ended up being lifelong friends.
Dan...
Wayne Vernon Curtis
Aug 15, 2025
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Wayne Vernon Curtis, returned home to his Heavenly Father on August 15, 2025, at the age of 95. Wayne was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout his life.
Wayne was born on March 16, 1930, in Victor, Idaho, to Vernon Eli Curtis and Inez Ricks Curtis. He...
E. Loaine Leatham
Jul 29, 2025
Ethel Loaine Moss Leatham passed away on July 29, 2025. She was born in a small log cabin on her grandparents’ farm in Madison County on April 22, 1925, the second child of Thomas Royce Moss and Margaret Isabelle Nelson. Recently she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends.
She graduated from Madison High School where she discovered her...
Aileen Dorella McCurdy
Jul 26, 2025
Aileen was born January 19, 1934, in the southeastern Idaho farming community of Firth. Her kind and loving parents were Reuben and Ida Peterson who lived on Wolverine Road, east of town.
Aileen rode the bus to Firth Elementary and Firth High School. She participated in school activities and cheered on her teams as a member of the Glee Club. She...
Rachelle Gae Christensen
Jul 26, 2025
Rachelle Gae Christensen, 58, passed away on July 26, 2025 in her home surrounded by her family after a 2 year battle with cancer.
She was born to Reid and Iris Smith in Montepelier, Idaho on April 7, 1967. Her family lived in Nounan, Idaho before moving to Firth, Idaho in her early elementary years. She enjoyed growing up on the...
Richard Bruce Rasmussen
Jul 22, 2025
Richard Bruce Rasmussen was born to Hal and LeIsle Rasmussen on July 6, 1952, in Driggs, Idaho. He passed away on July 22, 2025.
Rich’s birth was premature, and it was something of a miracle that he survived. He grew up on the Rasmussen family farm with seven brothers and four sisters, a herd of milk cows, a flock of sheep...
Robert Ellis Dye
Jul 21, 2025
Robert Ellis Dye passed away at Pathways Hospice in Fort Collins, Colorado on Thursday, July 21, 2025, at 92 years of age.
Robert (aka: Bob, Uncle Bob, Dad and Grandpa) was born on September 11, 1932, to Warren and Alice Lucille Dye. He was the youngest of their three children. Robert graduated from Firth High School in 1951 and then went...
Rosalee Hill
Jul 18, 2025
Rosalee Hill is the first of eleven children born to Ralph Earl Hill and Evelyn Matheson Hill. She was born at Eaton Maternity Home in Shelley, Idaho on February 8, 1957.
Rosalee was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She lived a life which demonstrated faith in God and service to all of those around her....
Mary Isabelle Wilson
Jul 18, 2025
Mary Isabelle Wilson passed away peacefully at EIRMC in Idaho Falls on July 18, 2025.
Mary was born on September 25, 1953, in the Eaton Maternity home in Shelley, Idaho. She was the daughter of Willard (Bill) and Verna Mary Johnson. She was the fourth of six siblings. Mary attended school in Firth, Idaho, and graduated in 1971.
After graduation, Mary worked...
Donald John Kelley
Jul 17, 2025
Donald John Kelley, a devoted husband, proud father, loving grandfather, and great-grandfather, was born on April 23, 1934, in Shelley, Idaho, and passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 17, 2025. He leaves behind a life marked by deep devotion to family, faithful service to his country, and years filled with love, laughter, and cherished memories.
Don was an accomplished athlete in...
Vicky Ellen Morgan
Jul 14, 2025
Vicky Ellen Morgan was born May 6, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Patricia Rawl and Stewart Lund. She passed away on July 14 at her home of natural causes from a lingering illness in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She married David Phetteplace in 1986, they had two boys together Matthew and Tyler Phetteplace. They later divorced in 1998. May...
Marjorie Jean Harris
Jul 10, 2025
Marjorie Jean Walton Tschikof Harris, 79, of Idaho Falls was welcomed into the loving arms of her two sons, Jeff and Ricky, her three husbands, Dick Tschikof, Wayne Madsen, and Don Harris and her parents, Leo and LaRue Humphreys Walton on July 10, 2025.
Margie, as she was called by friends, was born September 29, 1945 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was...
Andrew Garcia Miranda
Jul 3, 2025
Andrew Garcia Miranda Jr., 69, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away on July 3, 2025, surrounded by family. Born in Pocatello on August 4, 1955, Andrew may have lived his life in Idaho, but his heart always belonged to La Jara, New Mexico — the place he called home.
Andrew was a man defined by grit, love, and a fierce sense of...
Evelyn M. Likes
Jul 1, 2025
Evelyn M Likes, 85, of Firth, passed away in Idaho Falls on July 1, 2025, after a battle with Dementia.
Evelyn was born February 27, 1940 to Gene Montague and Norma Fern Beck Montague in Salem, Utah. She had two older brothers, Ray and Gene Jr. and one younger brother, David.
When she was around two, they moved to Murray, Utah, and...
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