Obituaries
Richard Leroy Mecham
Jan 23, 2017
Richard LeRoy Mecham, 101, of Shelley, Idaho passed away January 23, 2017 of complications from a recent fall at his home. Rich was born in Park Valley, Utah on March 7, 1915 to John Hyrum & Annie Miller Mecham. He attended school there and grew up in Park Valley. During WWII he served in the U.S. Army as a Wire...
Kathryn Virginia Phillips
Jan 13, 2017
Kathryn Virginia Phillips, 44, passed away in her home January 13, 2017. Katie was born August 11, 1972 in Newport News, Virginia. She came from a family of five children. She was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend. She married Paul Phillips, November 23, 1990 in Tacoma, Washington. Paul and Katie have raised their family in Arizona, Idaho and...
Louise Jeppson
Jan 10, 2017
Louise Jeppson, 94, of Shelley slipped peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus, her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at The Gables in Shelley. She was born Gladys Louis Bonnifield to Charles Martin Bonnifield and Gladys Ellen Gordon Bonnifield December 19, 1922 in Dillon, Montana. She spent her childhood in Dillon, graduating in 1941 from Beaverhead County High...
Mary Josephine Laird Milender
Jan 7, 2017
Mary Josephine (Laird) Milender passed away peacefully at her home on January 7, 2017. She did not lose her battle with cancer, she just convinced God she would look better as an angel than a cancer patient. She was born on November 22, 1932 to Armel and Helen Jones in Beloit, Kansas. She was the oldest of 9 children. At...
Peter Robert Watzke
Jan 7, 2017
Peter Robert Watzke, 61, of Firth passed away January 7, 2017 at his home. Services will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
Dorothy Lyon
Jan 7, 2017
Dorothy Lyon, 92 of Firth, passed away Saturday January 7, 2017 at her home surrounded by family. Dorothy Lyon was born August 2, 1924 in Firth, Idaho to Frank and Clarice Just Phillips. She was the youngest of the four Phillips children. Her father passed away when she was two, and she was joined later by three siblings from her...
Garen Arnold Hale
Jan 5, 2017
Garen Arnold Hale, 78, of Shelley, passed away and was reunited with his loving wife, Ranae, on January 5, 2017. He passed away from a battle with cancer. Garen was born in Pocatello, Idaho on June 7, 1938 to Lyman and Luella Hale. He was the fifth of six sons and grew up in Chubbuck, Idaho, where he learned the...
Noel D Gotch
Dec 28, 2016
Noel D. Gotch, 90, of Shelley, Idaho succumbed to lung cancer at home on December 28, 2016. Noel was born September 7, 1926 in Jameston, Idaho to Adolf and Eva (Arave) Gotch. He had 9 siblings and grew up in Jameston, on a farm. He spent his childhood working hard on the farm and his favorite childhood pastime was fishing...
Carolyn Sherrick Howell
Dec 24, 2016
Carolyn Sherrick Howell, 73, of Basalt, passed away December 24, 2016. Carolyn was born on September 3, 1943 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Carolyn was the youngest child of John and Jennie Sherrick and the little sister to Ronald Sherrick. She grew up as a young child in Ucon, and moved to the Shelley area where she attended school, graduating from...
Annajill Hanny
Dec 14, 2016
Annajill Hanny, 57, of Goshen passed away December 12, 2016 at her home. Annajill Hanny was born July 20th, 1959 to parents Grant F. and E. Elaine Hanny (Larsen) of Shelley. Her childhood was spent in the Goshen area where she graduated from Firth High School. Annajill loved learning and education, Medical education was her absolute passion in life. She...
Verna Mary Johnson
Dec 12, 2016
Verna Mary Hansen Johnson passed away peacefully at her home on December 12, 2016. Verna was the third of five siblings, and was born in her parent’s home on April 18, 1924 in Upper Presto, Idaho. Her parents were George David Hansen and Isabelle Henrietta Teeples. She attended school in Presto and graduated from Firth High School in 1941. On...
Larita Fern Weekes
Dec 10, 2016
LaRita Fern Frandsen Weekes of Shelley, passed away December 10, 2016 at the age of 87. She was born May 13, 1929 in Idaho Falls to James Peter and Susie Etta Williams Frandsen. She and Earl Donald Weekes were married for 48 years and have three surviving children. She and Don had 3 sons who died in infancy. Her surviving...
Kelly S. Mcentire
Dec 6, 2016
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Kelly S. McEntire, age 65, at his home in Firth, Idaho on December 6, 2016. A loving husband, brother, father, grandfather and Utah native. Kelly grew up in Far West and attended Weber High School where he met his love and future wife Janice Selander McEntire, who passed away unexpectedly in 1996....
Ralland Virgil Burke
Dec 3, 2016
Ralland Virgil (R.V.) Burke, 44, of Firth, passed away at his home in Firth Friday night, December the 2nd, 2016. R.V. was born August 19, 1972 in Butte, Montana, but spent most of his life in Idaho. He worked in construction for much of his life, and had recently started his own construction business. He loved football and was a...
John E. Chapman
Nov 30, 2016
Born in Preston, Idaho on January 1, 1931, John Elden Chapman was the fourth child and first son of John and Alexia Chapman. The whole world has been celebrating his new-year’s birthday ever since. John lived in Preston until he was 10 years old, when his family moved to Firth, Idaho, where he grew up helping on the family farm....
Cleone C. Jolley
Nov 26, 2016
His journey began September 3, 1942 at the Eaton Maternity home in Shelley to Dwayne and Lila Callister Jolley. Growing up in Kimball as the 5th of ten children. Joyce (Wayne) Killpack, Merlyn (Marilyn), Darwyn (Deana), Boyd (Verla), Dion (Kathryn), Alan (Judy), Anna (Terry) Staples, Marla (Sterling) Nelson, Bryce (Laurie). Raised on a farm, milking by hand, bucking hay bales,...
Joann Beth Fife
Nov 25, 2016
Joann Beth Fife passed away in her home on November 25, 2016 surrounded by all three of her children Rhonda, Cindy, and D.J. as well as her beloved husband of 50 years, Garry. She was born on May 20, 1945 to Henry Alvero Fisher and Vaunda Beth Jones, Joann spent 65 years of her life in Idaho, working in a...
Ray Dell Hamilton
Nov 23, 2016
Ray Dell Hamilton - 08/30/1944 - 11/23/2016 “A limb has fallen from the family tree that says grieve not for me, remember me , remember the BEST TIMES, the laughter, the song, the good life, I lived while I was strong”. Ray was born in Rigby, Idaho, in the maternity home, on August 30, 1944, to Dell Hamilton and Belva...
Elizabeth Anne White
Nov 19, 2016
Elizabeth Anne White, 85, a resident of Shelley, Idaho passed away November 19, 2016 while in the care of Hospice and Fairwinds in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She is now reunited with the love of her life and her youngest daughter. She was born in Greenville, Tennessee to William Arville and Nerea Novella Ricker on April 3, 1931. She was the...
Virginia M. Garza
Nov 19, 2016
Virginia M. Garza, 82, passed away at her home in Basalt on Saturday, November 19, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was born May 21, 1934 in Morterrey, Mexico to Petrolino and Maria G Melendez. Virginia was the beloved wife of Francisco E. Garza. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, 5 children and 4 daughters in law,...
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