Obituaries
Lora Virginia Hawkins
Jan 4, 2014
Lora V. Hawkins passed away at the home of her daughter, Shayla Kelley, of Shelley, on Saturday, January 4, 2014, at the age of 92. Lora Hawkins was born December 10, 1921 to Vernon W. Valantine and Ruby Potter Valantine. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and lived in Long Beach and Huntington Beach, California. She married Conrad H....
Cherise Elison Alvey
Dec 24, 2013
Cherise Elison Alvey, 54, of Firth, Idaho passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She had been in the care of Avalon Hospice, and her mother after battling cancer for the third time in 13 years. She was born in Pocatello, Idaho on June 8, 1959 to Gary Croft Elison and Sharon Bullock. She...
Margaret Anne Hanson
Dec 21, 2013
Margaret Anne Woodard Hanson, 78, of Shelley passed away December 21, 2013 at Lincoln Court under the care of Hearts of Hospice. Margaret was born May 6, 1935 in El Paso, Texas, to John Wesley Woodard and Susie Mae Germany Woodard. She was the youngest of 4 children. She attended schools in Texas, Oregon, and Idaho; graduating from Boise High...
Amilia Rae Haslam
Dec 17, 2013
Amilia Rae Haslam, infant daughter of Cody Patrick and Valerie Edith Wicklund Haslam, was stillborn December 17, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her parents, grandparents, Scott and Heather Wicklund and Burt and Debbie Haslam, great grandparents, Dale and Carol Wicklund, LaVore Haslam, Joe lyon and Bonnie Hall . She was preceded in death by...
Gloria Jean Russell
Dec 15, 2013
Our beautiful mother and wife Gloria Jean Russell passed away December 15 th, 2013 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Gloria Jean Lee was born December 19 th , 1945 at Eaton’s Maternity Home in Shelley, to Roy Allen Lee and Elvada Landon. She attended school in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School in 1963. She met...
Samantha Anne Martin
Dec 11, 2013
Samantha Anne Martin, 48, of Shelley, ID passed away late Wednesday, December 11, 2013, in her home of natural causes. She was born October 5, 1965 in Houston, TX, to Samuel and Ester Smith. She was raised in Houston and went to University of Houston. On October 13, 1990, she married Dan Martin, later divorced (2008). They had one son,...
Celsa Avita De Nevarez
Dec 9, 2013
Celsa Avita de Nevarez, 95, of Idaho Falls passed away December 9, 2013 at her home under hospice care. She was born July 29, 1918 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico to Romulo Avita and Eluteria Silvas. Celsa married Eutimio Nevarez August of 1934 in Santiago Papasquiaro, Mexico. Celsa was retired and a natural homemaker. She loved to sew and cook....
Janet Irene Russell
Dec 3, 2013
Janet Irene Russell, 68, of Shelley passed away December 3, 2013 at Life Care Center. She was born April 2, 1945 along with twin sister Janice in Bronson, Kansas to Roy & Geneva Miller Russell. She spent most of her younger years I Coffeyville, Kansas and moved to Idaho in 1953. She attended schools in Shelley, Idaho. She worked 37...
Dorene Engle Gomm
Dec 3, 2013
Dorene Engle Gomm, 82, of Woodville, Idaho and Smoot, Wyoming returned to her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at her home in Woodville, surrounded by her loved ones. Born to Edward Engle and Suzannah Chidester on 29 November 1931 in Huntington, Utah. She was the 8 th of 11 children, nine brothers and one sister. At the age...
Colleen Whiting
Nov 30, 2013
Colleen Whiting, 67 of Shelley passed away November 30, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, ID. She was born November 24, 1946 at Rigby, Idaho to Heber Allen and Lula Wanda Frandsen Sellers the 5 th of 10 children. She married Robert George Whiting on February 19, 1970. To this blessed union, three children were born,...
Neva Parigian Butler
Nov 11, 2013
Neva Parigian Butler, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away peacefully in her home holding her daughters hand on Monday, November 11, 2013 following a stroke. She was born October 27, 1929 in Basalt, Idaho to Samuel Enoch Butler and Emily Myrtle Butler. She was raised and went to school in Blackfoot, Idaho. Neva always loved to dance. As a...
Sharon Raye Palmer
Nov 5, 2013
Sharon Raye Palmer, 67, of Firth passed away November 5, 2013 at her home. She was born November 29, 1945 in Brush, Colorado to George William and Faye Manrine Myers Schneider. She lived in Big Bear, California where she graduated from high school and attended beauty school. She married Ken Hawkins in 1961 in California. They had three children. He...
Daren Drew Nelson
Nov 3, 2013
Daren Drew Nelson, 81, of Post Falls, Idaho passed away quietly at home on November 3, 2013 in his favorite chair, surrounded by his family. He was born September 18, 1932 to Oscar and Lena (Ard) Nelson and worked his family’s potato farm in Firth, ID until serving his country in the Army. Daren Nelson was a man of many...
Gary Russell Bolander
Nov 3, 2013
Gary Russell Bolander of Firth, passed away at the EIRMC on November 3, 2013. He was born December 22, 1923 to George and Nora Bolander, the fifth of eight children. He attended schools in Shelley, Blackfoot and Firth. After graduation he married Lois Dye on May 24, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Gary joined the Army Air Corps,...
Sonja Marie Quigg
Nov 1, 2013
Sonja Marie Tew Quigg passed away unexpectedly at her daughter’s home on Friday, November 1, 2013 due to natural causes. Sonja was the third of ten, beautiful children born to loving parents, Rodney Warren and Noma Christensen Tew; she was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on January 11, 1945. While growing up, Sonja had the opportunity to experience life in...
Nely Mendoza
Oct 29, 2013
Nelida Mendoza, 48, of Shelley passed away October 29, 2013 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Nely was born October 31, 1964 to her parents Eliodoro and Librada Ochoa in Michoacán, Mexico. She was the fourth of six children. On August 31, 1985 she married the love of her life, Ramiro Mendoza and together raised two children:...
Joel Frank Brown
Oct 23, 2013
Joel Frank Brown of Taylor, Idaho passed away on October 23, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls after a courageous 2 ½ year battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Joel was born on April 20 th , 1947 in Ogden, Utah to Everett Barney and Beth Oram Barney. He was adopted at a very young age and was...
Maria Guadalupe Elizondo
Oct 12, 2013
Maria Guadalupe Elizondo, 65, of Shelley passed away October 12, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Lupe was born April 5 th 1948 to her parents Francisco and Guadalupe Navarrete in Michoacan, Mexico. She was one of sixteen children including her twin sister Herminia. Lupe loved belonging to such a large family and really looked forward to her annual...
Merrill Waldo Lundberg
Oct 12, 2013
Merrill Waldo Lundberg, 76, of Nampa passed away of natural causes Saturday October 12th, 2013 in Nampa Idaho. He was born to Waldo and Wilma Lundberg in Roberts, Idaho September 11th, 1937. He was the oldest of seven children (Gale, Kaye, Willie, Patricia, Donald, and Sheldon). He excelled at academics, graduated law school, but preferred a career in teaching. He...
Joy Darlene Hulse
Oct 8, 2013
Joy Darlene Hulse, 82, died Oct. 8, 2013. She was born the third of eight children and two adopted children on June 10, 1931 in Idaho Falls to William Labrum and Hilma (Johnson) Labrum. As a child her family enjoyed trips to Lava Hot Springs every summer where they would spend several days swimming and playing in the river. She...
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