Obituaries
Shirley Yvonne Freidenberger
Sep 14, 2024
Shirley Yvonne Freidenberger, 87 of Idaho Falls passed away September 14, 2024, under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice, surround by her loving family.
Shirley was born on October 26, 1936 at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls to Lee and Inez Mangum. She grew up on a farm in the Shelley/Firth area. Some of her happiest memories were having...
Melvyn Kuykendall
Sep 14, 2024
Melvyn Roy Kuykendall, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 14, 2024 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Melvyn was born March 20, 1942 in Santa Ana, California to Audrey Doris Bishop and Roy Emil Kuykendall.
Melvyn graduated high school in Fresno, CA in 1960. He then worked with his father as a carpenter before pursing his career in the United States Postal...
Barbara Johnson
Sep 13, 2024
Barbara Burton Johnson was born on December 29,1933 to Robert Joseph and Mary Helen Burton in Grace, Idaho.
Barbara grew up on their family farm, building close relationships with her siblings that would last her whole life. She attended school in Grace where she graduated in 1951 and then attended BYU. She was married to Keith William Johnson on November 16,...
Glenn Lorenzo Hansen
Sep 12, 2024
Glenn Lorenzo Hansen, 99, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2024 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, in Idaho Falls, surrounded by his loved ones.
Glenn was born at home on June 28, 1925 in Burley, Idaho to Heber Lorenzo Hansen and Myrtle Simmons Hansen. Most of his childhood and early teens was spent on the family...
Dorothy Marie Grimm
Sep 10, 2024
Dorothy Marie Grimm , 100 years old, passed away at the home of her daughter on September 10th, 2024 in Blackfoot, Idaho. She was born in Lorain, Ohio. Dorothy graduated from Lorain High school and studied nursing at Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. She retired as the Director of Clinical Nursing Services from Elyria Memorial Hospital. Dorothy...
Brent Edmund Moon
Sep 10, 2024
Brent Edmund Moon, passed away peacefully at his home of natural causes on Tuesday September 10, 2024
Brent was born on September 14, 1942 in Ogden Utah to Edmund B Moon and Lovina Cleova Monson. Brent was the baby of the family, His older sisters Jean, Wanda, Artele were about 20 years older. He also had a brother Dale who passed...
Dee Griffin
Aug 24, 2024
Norman Dewayne Griffin “Dee”, 64, of Blackfoot, passed away on August 24, 2024 at Portneuf Medical Center.
Dee was born June 30, 1960 the second child to Nedra Davis and Norman Dean Griffin. He was greeted by his big sister and built-in best friend Nancy, and later welcomed his beloved little sister Brenda. Dee grew up very close with his Grandma...
LaRee Farrar
Aug 18, 2024
LaRee Wittwer Farrar of Cypress, Texas passed away on August 18, 2024.
LaRee was born on July 27, 1939 to Maurine and Sylvan Wittwer in Logan, Utah. She attended elementary through high school in East Lansing, Michigan. She graduated from East Lansing High School in 1957. She graduated from Utah State University in 1961 with her Bachelor of Science degree in...
Elsa Clara Colbert
Aug 13, 2024
Elsa Clara Colbert, 77, formerly of Shelley passed away August 13, 2024 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Elsa was born May 9, 1947 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho to Ezra and Dorothy Ruth Felch Richan.
On December 27, 1978 she married Harold Albert Colbert in Lewiston, Idaho.
Elsa is survived by her daughter, June Erickson; granddaughters, TaNiaya Erickson, Laura Cameron, grandson, Colin Cameron,...
Amelia Rose Christensen
Aug 7, 2024
“And to think the first thing she saw when her little eyes opened was the face of Jesus.”
Amelia Rose Christensen was born sleeping on August 7, 2024 at 9:34 P.M. She was a perfect angel weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches long with a beautiful head of hair. She will forever be remembered and loved by her parents,...
Jose M. Mendoza
Aug 6, 2024
José María Mendoza “Papa Chema”, age 80 of Shelley passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 away at home, surrounded by his loved ones.
José was born August 15, 1943 to Jose Maria Mendoza and María Magaña in Aguililla Michoacán Mexico. He was the eldest of 9 children. On October 20,1961 he married the love of his life Evangelina (Eva)...
Abigail Thornley
Jul 27, 2024
Abigail Kristina Thornley, 20, grew her wings on the morning of July 27th, 2024.
Abby was born on April 3rd, 2004, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She spent her first couple of years living in Shelley, Idaho, before moving to Blackfoot, Idaho with her parents, John and Megan Thornley.
Abby attended school in Blackfoot, where her love for music and theater blossomed. Abby...
Elsa Ruth Johnson
Jul 26, 2024
Elsa "Ruth" Johnson, 81, of Orlando, Florida, passed away on July 26, 2024
Ruth was born to Manuel Jesus and Lydia Flor Alba, in Lima, Peru, South America, on June 19, 1943. She was the third child out of ten; five brothers and four sisters.
Ruth grew up in Peru and attended elementary school at "322", in Caraz, Peru and high-school at...
Marlene Rogers
Jul 12, 2024
Leah “Marlene” McCarrel Rogers succumbed to a battle with a type of dementia on July 12, 2024. Although she fought hard, it was a battle she was not able to win.
Marlene came into this world on December 12, 1938, the fourth daughter in five years to Marvie and Lena McCarrel in McGill, Nevada. She was a breech birth and did...
Lloyd Fred Chadburn
Jul 5, 2024
Lloyd Fred Chadburn was born on June 7, 1942, to Fred and Alta Johnson Chadburn at the Idaho Falls Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He passed away on July 5, 2024, at his home in Sellers Creek, Idaho, of natural causes.
Lloyd grew up on a farm in Jameston township, outside of Shelley, as the third of six children. He attended...
Frank L. Bailey
Jul 5, 2024
Franklin “Frank” L. Bailey
November 18, 1932 – July 5, 2024
Frank Bailey of Firth, Idaho, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2024, at the age of 91. Frank spent his entire life in the Firth area and made numerous friends over the span of nine decades.
Frank was the first one in his family born to Riley Franklin Bailey and Eleanore Nickerson....
Darlene J Benkenstein
Jun 18, 2024
Darlene Joyce Hammer Benkenstein, 89, of Basalt, passed away on June 18, 2024 at the Gables of Ammon.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the Shelley Hillcrest Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
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Rick Gibbons
Jun 15, 2024
Rick Michael Gibbons, 63, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, passed away June 15, 2024 at his sister’s home in Shelley under hospice care.
Services are pending under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home.
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Velma Young
Jun 3, 2024
Velma J. Young returned to her heavenly father peacefully on the evening of June 3rd, 2024 at Rosetta Assisted Living in Pocatello, Idaho.
Velma was born December 8, 1937 to Ethel and William Vernon "Buck" Jones in Firth, Idaho. She graduated from Jordan high school in Sandy, Utah, Then served an LDS mission in Scottland where she learned and developed a...
Terry Ehlers
May 28, 2024
Terry Lynn Ehlers passed away May 28, 2024, at her parents’ home in Shelley, Idaho, ending her twenty-year battle with cancer. After going into a ten-year remission after her initial cancer treatments, it returned with merciless growth five years ago. Throughout her experience, Terry demonstrated great courage and positivity. Her fight with cancer only amplified Terry’s gentle way, kindness and...
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