Obituaries
Dianamarie Mendez Prevatt
Aug 1, 2023
Dianamarie Mendez Prevatt, 68, of Idaho Falls passed away August 1, 2023.
She was born on June 14, 1955 in Burbank, California to Gilbert and Lorraine Bruton Mendez.
Dianamarie worked as a school secretary.
She was preceded in death by her son, Josh Campbell.
Services are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home.
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Nancy Jean Dye
Jul 26, 2023
We are heartbroken to announce the death of our mother Nancy Dye. She passed away suddenly at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle on July 26, 2023 following a short but very brave battle against acute leukemia.
Nancy was born and raised in Berne, IN to Menno and Rosina Steury. Rosina proceeded Nancy in death shortly after Nancy...
Jean Christensen
Jul 26, 2023
Lou “Jean” Christensen, 92, passed away July 26, 2023, at Morning Star in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
She was born March 31, 1931, in Idaho Falls to parents William Lars and Rhoda Louise Welchman Hanson. She was raised on the family farm in Jameston and attended the old Jameston School through the 8th grade, often riding her horse to school.
She...
Patsy Ann Cowley
Jul 23, 2023
Patsy Ann Cowley was born October 29, 1962 in Kanab, Utah. She was the fourth of six children born to Julian and Doree “Sally” Cowley. She was loved dearly by her family. Her mother and father taught her many things to make sure she had all of the tools needed to live a full and wonderful life.
To know...
Shawn Paul Wood
Jul 20, 2023
Shawn Paul Wood was born January 24, 1980 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the youngest of 4 boys, Thomas Robert Wood, Martin Eric Wood and Jason Jay Wood. He tried to tag along with everything they did. He had a wonderful childhood running the neighborhoods and doing the thing boys did in the 80’s. He loved baseball, fishing,...
Dale Robert Huntsman
Jul 2, 2023
Dale Robert Huntsman, 88, passed away peacefully at his home, July 2, 2023, surrounded by his loving family and wife, Denise, of nearly 65 years.
Dale was born June 25, 1935, at home to Elmer Delos and Anona (Shumway) Huntsman. He was the fourth of eight children. Dale grew up on the family farm milking cows, tending...
Thomas S White
Jun 26, 2023
Thomas S. White, son of Orlan and Laura White, was born in Afton, Wyoming on the 7th of September 1945, the youngest of ten children. As a child, he attended a four-room elementary school in Thayne, Wyoming and graduated in 1964 from Star Valley High School in Afton, Wyoming.
Following high school, he attended Ricks College in Rexburg,...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...