Obituaries
David Paul Arsenault
Dec 16, 2014
David Paul Arsenault , 61, passed away on December 16, 2014 in Shelley, Idaho. He was born on August 19, 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Cynthia Elin Erickson and Joseph Raymond Arsenault, David grew up in Bellow Falls, Vermont. At 15 he became a volunteer firefighter and joined the US Air Force in 1972 upon graduation. In the military he...
Frank Carter
Dec 14, 2014
Frank Carter our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend went home to be with the Lord on December 14, 2014, with a glorious reunion taking place with his granddaughter Kelsi Ann Carter. He was born October 12, 1944 to Ronald and Velma (Priest) Carter in Shelley Idaho. He spent his childhood and attended school in Shelley. In 1961...
Jonathon James Ralph Adamson
Dec 10, 2014
Jonathon James Ralph Adamson, 18, of Shelley passed away December 10, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born on the 24 th of July 1996 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Reneta Humphries and Kaye Barnett Adamson. A strong spirit that had to face a lot of trials in his life, yet even with adversities...
Julia Luann Hendrix
Dec 8, 2014
Julia LuAnn Rundle Hunting Hendrix died December 8, 2014 in Ely, NV. Julia LuAnn was born on November 29, 1957 to James R. and Kathleen (Rausch) Rundle in Salt Lake City UT. Julia grew up in Magna, UT, Las Vegas, NV, Riverside, CA, and Firth, ID. Julia attended elementary, junior high and graduated from Firth High School and the LDS...
Mary (Susie) Elizabeth Saul
Dec 5, 2014
Mary Elizabeth Saul of Firth passed away at EIRMC on December 5, 2014. She was born to Fred H. and Lurline Fuller Saul on June 24th, 1945 in Long Beach, California. She became known as Susie to her family of two older brothers and grandparents. Susie was raised in the Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach and then Norwalk, California....
Neldon Lorenzo Christensen
Nov 13, 2014
Neldon Lorenzo Christensen, 90, passed away on November 13, 2014 at EIRMC, surrounded by his family. Neldon was born May 05, 1924 to Leonard L. Christensen and S. Esther Gardner, in Shelley, Idaho and grew up on a farm in Shelley, and continued farming until his passing. Neldon was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....
Raynola Ella Fowler
Nov 13, 2014
Raynola Ella Rollins Fowler, 87, of Shelley, passed away November 13, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Society in Idaho Falls surrounded by her family. Raynola was born July 5, 1927 in Minersville, Utah to Vern and Etta Rollins. She was the youngest of nine children. Raynola was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and...
Kelly Ann Bradley Meli
Nov 12, 2014
Kelly Ann Bradley Meli, 50, formerly of Shelley passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, while vacationing in New Jersey. Kelly was born Mar. 28, 1964, in Colorado Spring, CO. Her family moved to Shelley in 1969. She attended Shelley High School and Highland Community College in Freeport, IL. Kelly married George Meli in 1981. They traveled the country with his...
Victor Khramtsov
Nov 11, 2014
Victor P. Khramtsov, 85 returned to his Heavenly Father November 11, 2014. He was born July 12, 1929 in Irkutsk, close to Lake Baikal (the oldest and deepest fresh water lake on Earth) Russia . He was the sixth of eight children born to Peter Khramtsov and Katerina Parfeleva Khramtsova. He spent his early years in Irkutsk. During World War II when Victor was...
Ty Bowcutt
Nov 8, 2014
Ty Bowcutt, 17, of Shelley unexpectedly passed away November 8, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born April 6, 1997 in Idaho Falls to Terry Bowcutt and Annalisa Bowcutt. Ty attended school in Shelley and Blackfoot. He is survived by his father, Terry Bowcutt, mother, Annalisa Bowcutt, sister, Jacqueline (Jacob) Wesley, brother, Dustin (Tausha)...
Mary Eva Burke
Nov 2, 2014
Mary Eva Cook Burke, 98, of Shelley passed away Sunday November 2, 2014 at her home of natural causes. She was born April 1, 1916 in Tropic, Utah to Richard Ammon Cook and Ruth Gilger Cook. She was the second child of four and the only daughter. In 1927, at the age of eleven, her family left Utah and moved...
Melba Dye Staples
Oct 31, 2014
Melba Elizabeth Dye Grout Staples, 96 passed away at her home in Firth, Idaho on October 31, 2014. She was under the care of Blackfoot Hospice and her daughter Janelle. She was born on December 23, 1917 to Walter E Dye and Sarah Mary Ellen Crofts. Melba lived her entire life in the Firth area, graduating from Firth High School...
Nellie Mae Beelaert
Oct 31, 2014
Nellie Mae Shafer Elder Beelaert (94) died Friday morning in Pocatello, Idaho at The Gables. Nellie was born of German, Irish, and Dutch descendants in a little house on a ranch at Byers, Colorado on March 2, 1920 to Charles Lester Shafer and Lena Lillian Rhyne Shafer. She was married to Clair Otto Elder March 2, 1938 by a Baptist...
Afton Emily Reintjes
Oct 11, 2014
Afton Emily Reintjes, 87, of Shelley passed away October 11, 2014 at the Gables in Shelley. She was born July 3, 1927 in Los Angeles, California to Emil William and Lisa Kristina Carlson Johnson. Afton married Paul Edward Reintjes in Mesa, Arizona on January 20, 1950. They had three children, Gregory Wyatt, Paula Suzanne and Marc Whitney. She was a...
Don Eddy Edwin Arave, Jr
Sep 30, 2014
Don “Eddy” Edwin Arave Jr., 65, of Blackfoot and former Shelley resident, passed away September 30, 2014 at the Lighthouse Assisted Living Center in Blackfoot. Private family services will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
True Frances Farrar
Sep 30, 2014
The upheaval of World War I had created gloom over the country but on June 4, 1918, in a little home in Basalt, Idaho, True Frances Hanny presented herself as a bright spot in the lives of her parents Albert Franklin Hanny and Nellie Florence Dye. Soon after her birth the family moved to Firth where True was fortunate to...
Helen Naomi Baker
Sep 29, 2014
Helen Naomi Baker, 91, of Shelley, Idaho passed away Monday, September 29 th , 2014 at her home in Shelley. She was born in Uvilla, West Virginia on May 20 th , 1923 to George Cooper Morrison and Virginia Butler Flood Morrison. She graduated from Shephardstown High School in 1941. She married James Breece Baker in Charlestown, West Virginia that...
Ronald Killian
Sep 21, 2014
Ronald (Ron) Part Killian, 81, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014 in Shelley Idaho surrounded by his family. Ron’s health had been diminishing in the last year. He plowed 28 gardens last year and only 2 this past spring. Ron was the first son born, January 24, 1933 in Rigby Idaho, to Thomas Ronald Killian and Edna Mae Ball Killian....
Robert H Campbell
Sep 18, 2014
On Sep. 18, 2014, Heaven welcomed home an amazing man as Robert H Campbell passed away from a sudden heart attack in the mountains near Kimberly, ID while doing what he loved, coaching. He was born May 17, 1951, in Shelley, Idaho to David O’dell and Leah Campbell. He attended school and graduated from Shelley High School. He was an...
Harvard A. Bitter
Sep 16, 2014
Harvard died at the age of 90, September 16th 2014 in his home at Morning Star Senior Living of Idaho Falls. His family appreciates the care from the compassionate people at Hands of Hope Hospice. Harvard was born June 29th 1924 in Ririe, Idaho, to Eizabeth Adams and Vernon Erikson Bitter. He graduated from the 8th grade in Ucon. Then...