Obituaries
Phoenix Marie Rowley
Oct 9, 2024
Phoenix Marie Ray was born March 30, 1949 near Eugene, Oregon. She had one sister, Lucy. She was the mother of 5 children. She graduated from high school and attended some college. She was very well educated, through reading and studying.
Phoenix enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 8, 1967 and served as a clerical specialist in Alabama and San...
Linda Pattee
Oct 9, 2024
Linda Ann Pattee, 82, of Shelley passed away on October 9, 2024 at her home.
Linda was born in Garden City, Utah, to William and Pauline (Shepherd Hansen) in 1942. She was raised in the Goshen area and graduated from Firth High School in 1960. She married Terry Pattee on November 13, 1965 in Goshen, Idaho. Linda worked as a receptionist...
Louyne Butler
Oct 5, 2024
Louyne Killian Butler, 90, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Saturday October 5, 2024 at her home in Shelley. Zilpah Louyne Killian was born on June 7th, 1934 to Charley Leroy Killian and Zilpah Cleo Young Killian in Rigby, Idaho. She moved to Bountiful, Utah at the age of five and then back to Rigby after her parents bought a farm...
Ann Fielding
Oct 1, 2024
On December 5, 1951, in Shelley, ID, Millie and Merlin Godfrey welcomed daughter Ann into the world. She joined her sister Gayla and brother Arlie. On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, Ann slipped away peacefully with her eternal companion by her side.
She and her husband Linden farmed a 250-acre potato farm in Shelley, ID, for 30 years. They spent the last...
Winn Lamar Christensen
Sep 23, 2024
Winn Lamar Christensen, 94, a longtime resident of Shelley, Idaho, passed away on September 23, 2024, at Legacy Assisted Living in St. George, Utah.
Winn was born on February 19, 1930, in Shelley to Lamar Albert Christensen and Fern Winn. He grew up in Shelley, attending local schools, and was an avid athlete who loved playing on the basketball and football...
Donald Ray Shirey
Sep 20, 2024
Donald Ray Shirey, 82, passed away on September 20, 2024 .
Donald was a short time resident of Shelley, & long time resident of Minden, Louisiana.
Don was born in Camden, Arkansas on March 10, 1942 to Ray & Viola (Beckwith) Shirey. He has no siblings, but is survived by his daughter Anna Newman, son-in-law Jacob Newman. Also 3 granddaughters, Ava, Emma...
Carl Maurice Johnson
Sep 18, 2024
Carl Maurice Johnson, 74, of Shelley, Idaho died on September 18th, 2024 at EIRMC Hospital in Idaho Falls.
He was born November 17, 1949 to Maurice Johnson and Doris Kirkham. He grew up in Shelley on the Johnson Family Farm home learning the values that would make him the man he would become. From being shot in the head with a...
Doug Reed Adams
Sep 16, 2024
Douglas Reed Adams passed away Monday September 16, 2024.
He was born October 12th, 1936, in Rigby, Idaho to Reed and Olive Finn Adams.His family moved to Basalt, Idaho in 1946 where learned the value of hard work.
After graduating from Firth High School in 1954, he discovered his talent and love for the meat business. In 1962, he and his wife...
Patrick Kenneth Fleming
Sep 15, 2024
Patrick Kenneth Fleming, 91, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away at The Gables of Idaho Falls on September 15, 2024, after spending most of the week visiting with family and friends.
Pat was born in Wallace, Idaho, on July 8, 1933. He attended school in Wallace and graduated from Wallace High School in 1950. He continued education at the University of Idaho...
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)...