Obituaries

Mar 6, 2014

Feb 27, 2014

Becky Jo Keele Giles, 45, of Firth passed away February 27, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Becky was born February 7, 1969 in Idaho Falls, ID to Darryl and Myrna Keele. She and her mother were best friends from the moment she was born. Becky attended school in Shelley, Idaho Falls, and Graduated...

Feb 26, 2014

Elva Faye Smith Andersen, 86, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014 after suffering a long struggle with Alzheimer's. She was born October 13, 1927 in St. Anthony, Idaho to Luther Edwin Smith and Sarah Ethel Hathaway Smith. She attended school into the 8 th grade. At the age of 14 her father was killed in a...

Feb 22, 2014

George Leon White, 85, of Shelley, Idaho passed away February 22, 2014. He left with his sweetheart by his side, but he is now in heaven with his little girl. He was born in Shelley, Idaho on June 9, 1928 to Earl George and Effie Russell White. He was one of 12 children. He was raised in Shelley, Idaho and...

Feb 19, 2014

Daniel James McHugh, 63, of Shelley passed away Wednesday February 19, 2014 from complication of respiratory diseases. He was born September 25, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois to Edward and Ann McHugh with whom he is now reunited and his wife of 40 years Mary McHugh and a grandson. He is survived by his three daughters Theresa McHugh, Granddaughter Cloe Bronson...

Feb 16, 2014

Dawn Marie Kennedy Arb, 53, resident of West Jordan, Utah, passed away on February 16, 2014, at her home after a long battle with asthma. She was born in Bainbridge, Maryland on August 9, 1960, to Timothy Kennedy and Kathryn Landon. Dawn attended Shelley High School and graduated in 1978. Dawn married Richard Arb in 1980 in Salt Lake City,...

Feb 11, 2014

Beth France Cook-Nulph, 83, of Shelley, passed away February 11, 2014, at her home from natural causes. She was born April 25, 1930 in Taylor, Idaho, to Stephen Maine France and Della Garner.  She grew up in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. On June 9,1950, she married Doyle Cook of Shelley in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made...

Feb 8, 2014

Ben Parker Gomm, 83, of Woodville, Idaho and Smoot, Wyoming, joined his sweetheart, Dorene in his Father’s presence, surrounded by his loved ones in his home in Woodville, on Friday, February 8, 2014. Ben was born to Ben Charles Gomm and Opal Louise Allred Gomm near Afton, Wyoming, on October 5, 1930, third of seven children. Ben spent much of...

Feb 8, 2014

Beth Elga Taylor Bair, 94, of Shelley, Idaho passed away peacefully February 8, 2014 at the Homestead Carriage House Assisted Living at Rexburg, Idaho. She was born at Burley, Idaho the second of five children of Glen Isaac Taylor and Leona Elizabeth Campbell Taylor. She spent her early years in Delta, Utah; Burley and Rupert Idaho and moved to Shelley...

Feb 7, 2014

Donald Douglas “Donny” Pope, 75, of Marbleton, Wyoming passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at his son’s home in Shelley, Idaho Friday February 7, 2014. Donny was born February 18, 1938 in Rupert, ID to William and Edna Whitman Pope. He attended school in Big Piney and graduated from Big Piney High School. After high school he worked around the Big...

Feb 4, 2014

Ida Kay Ross Richins, 79, passed away after a courageous battle against cancer on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 in Idaho Falls. Kay was born on June 7, 1934 in Rupert, Idaho to John Harold Ross and Lillian Gertrude Wheeler Ross.  She spent her early years in Rupert and Aberdeen.  After graduation she took a job in Jackson, Wyoming where she...

Jan 29, 2014

Maria de Lourdes Ruiz, 72, passed away January 29, 2014 at her daughter’s home in Nampa, Idaho. She was born May 24, 1941 in Brownsville, Texas to Julian Olvera and Maria Lopez. She grew up in Brownsville where she met and married Felix A. Ruiz in 1963. They came to Idaho in 1976 where they raised their seven children. She...

Jan 17, 2014

Pallie Joy Bumgarner Crider passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014, at EIRMC due to complications from a stroke. Pallie was born March 28, 1933 to Lawrence Howard and Annie May Bumgarner, in Shelley, Idaho. Her early life was spent growing up in Shelley. She is the second of seven children. She moved to Fort Benton, Montana in the mid...

Jan 12, 2014

Mom came into this world on January 15, 1927 a daughter of Hershell and Ellen Mecham.  She was raised in humble circumstances but was loved by her family.  She is the oldest of four children, two sisters Lynada Crezee and Shirley Mecham and brother Vergene Mecham.  After having graduated from Firth High School, she married her eternal sweetheart Lawrence Lyon...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...