Obituaries
Darell Con Farrar
Feb 6, 2012
Darell Con Farrar, 70, died Monday, February 6, 2012 at his home in Nampa from natural causes. He was born December 15, 1941, to Eugene “Bill” Farrar and True Francis Hanny. He attended schools in Firth, Idaho graduating from Firth High School. He grew up in Firth. As a child he always wanted to be busy. In the winter he...
Winona Johnston
Feb 3, 2012
Winona Croft Johnston, 84, of Idaho Falls passed away February 3, 2012 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born July 17, 1927 In Basalt, Idaho to Charles Walter Croft and Maude Jones Croft. She was the youngest of five children. She had three sisters and one brother. She attended school at Basalt Elementary and Firth High School. She worked in...
Marsha Lee Rice
Jan 26, 2012
Marsha Rice, 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, January 26, 2012 following an extended illness. She was born February 25, 1947 in Rexburg, Idaho the daughter of Thomas (Bill) and Alice Stoddard. Her childhood was spent in Island Park with her parents and two brothers, Raymond and Phillip (Kip) Stoddard at the Stoddard Lumber Mill. She attended school in...
Margo Tschikof Dial
Jan 13, 2012
Margo Tschikof Dial, 71, of Shelley passed away peacefully Friday, January 13, 2012. She was born March 5, 1940 in Kimball, Idaho, to Alfred George Tschikof and Lillian Jorgensen Tschikof. She grew up in Firth, Idaho and graduated in 1958. On May 1, 1959, she married her eternal companion, Donavon Earl Dial in the Idaho Falls Temple. They enjoyed 52...
Roger Jex Sturman
Jan 13, 2012
Roger Jex Sturman, 77, of Shelley, Idaho passed away on January 13, 2012. With a good attitude, he fought cancer for almost three years. He was born August 28, 1934 in Pocatello to the parents of Roderick Sturman and Grace Stout Sturman. As a child he loved to roam the foothills and go fishing with his cousins. At a young...
Bud Leroy Durbin
Jan 5, 2012
Bud LeRoy Durbin, 67, of Shelley passed away January 5, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bud was born October 14, 1944 in Shelley to John A and Helen Kiholm Durbin. He attended Shelley High School. He served in the United States Navy. He worked as a truck driver and mechanic. He was a member of the Church of...
Ema Leigh Kidman
Dec 31, 2011
Ema Leigh Kidman, daughter of Michael and Brittney Kidman came to earth silently on December 31st, 2011 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Her Grandparents are Les and Patty Kidman and Kirk and Chris Stommel. Great Grandparents are, the late Verle Kidman, Monta Kidman, Frank and Kay Williams, all of Shelley. Byron and Sylvia Stommel, Wanda Patterson of Idaho Falls, and Joe...
Kathleen Wilson
Dec 31, 2011
Kathleen Williams Wilson, age 65 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on December 31, 2011 after nearly a two-year battle with cancer. She was blessed to be surrounded by her family at her passing, and had the opportunity to share profound experiences with countless family members, friends, nurses, doctors, and others both during her sickness and during the many earlier...
Carrie Veniece Hess
Dec 27, 2011
Carrie Veniece Hess, 94, of Shelley passed away December 27, 2011 at her home under Hospice Care. She was born December 11, 1917 in Goshen, Idaho to Oliver H. and Astrid Johansson Nielson. On August 10, 1942 she married Raymond G. Hess in the Salt Lake City Temple. Veniece worked 13 years for the Shelley School District before retiring. After...
Dorothy H. Turner
Dec 23, 2011
Dorothy – mother, grandmother, great grandmother, nurse, and storyteller – passed away peacefully in her home in Shelley, Idaho on December 23, 2011. She was a mother to five children, 15 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. Her legacy is a beautiful reflection of her love for family and education, her determination, and her strength. Born to Alfred and Adelia Hansen on...
C. Jean Christensen
Dec 21, 2011
Carla Jean Christensen of Shelley peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father December 21, 2011 at home with family by her side at the age of 82 just 3 days before her 83 rd birthday. Mom was born Dec 24, 1928 in Idaho Falls, ID to Fred Drewes and Blanche Charlotte Ekstrom. She was raised in Idaho Falls, graduating from Idaho...
Odell Leon Dye
Dec 15, 2011
Odell Leon Dye, 86, of Pocatello passed away December 15, 2011 at Portneuf Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1925 in Firth, Idaho to Robert Ernest and Mary Irene Johnson Dye. He married DeVonna Dye and she preceded him in death. Odell is survived by a son, Dell Ray Dye, an adopted son, Norman Dye, his best friend, John...
Lorene Thompson
Dec 14, 2011
Lorene Eleanor Sage Thompson, 86, died Dec. 14, at The Gables in Shelley. She was born June 6, 1925 in Caldwell, Idaho to George and Minnie Bell Stoehr McCloud, the youngest of five children. Because of family difficulties, Lorene was adopted at age five by Jesse and Lillian Sage of Shelley. Her earliest memory was being met at the Shelley...
Verlene Wilson
Dec 6, 2011
Verlene Wilson, 67, of Shelley, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born on October 13, 1944 to Bill and Donna Eaton in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was the third of five children and the only girl in the family with four brothers. She attended school in Shelley and...
Sylvia Thompson
Dec 6, 2011
On December 6 th , 2011 Sylvia Harker Thompson, slipped quietly from the cares and loves of this world to join those she loves in the next life. Sylvia was a patient, hard working and dedicated daughter of God – spending countless hours working to know her ancestors and to provide them with the blessings of God. Still, she made...
Genevieve Weatherston
Nov 30, 2011
Genevieve Nalder Weatherston, 93, of Goshen, died November 30, 2011 at the Willows Assisted Living Center in Blackfoot. She was born May 27, 1918 in Layton, Utah to Walter Alvin Nalder and Pearl Irene Singleton Nalder. She attended school in Layton and graduated from Davis High School at the age of 16. It was during the great depression but still...
Lila Marie Kohler
Nov 27, 2011
Lila Marie Kohler passed away Sunday, November 27 th at Fairwinds Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls at the age of 85. She was born December 16, 1925 to William Dewey Goodwin and Hulda Amelia Peterson in Logan, Utah. She was the fourth of eight children born to that union. She married Grant Alfred Kohler August 22, 1942 in Preston,...
Dorothy Jean Hansen
Nov 27, 2011
Dorothy Jean Adams Hansen 80, of Shelley, passed away Sunday Nov. 27, 2011, at the Gables Assisted Living Center in Shelley. Dorothy was born at home October 9, 1931 in Pocatello, ID, to George Clifton Adams and Norma Elizabeth Dahlquist Adams. She is the 7th of 8 children. She was raised and attended schools in Pocatello, with activities including playing...
Jeneal Faye Wattenbarger
Nov 23, 2011
Jeneal Faye Wattenbarger, 73 from Shelley, Idaho died peacefully Wednesday November 23, 2011 at her home in Shelley. She was born February 21, 1938 in Idaho Falls, Idaho a daughter of Raymond and Audrey Wattenbarger the second child of a family of seven. She was raised on a farm in the New Sweden area where she attended school in...
Robert James Lien
Nov 21, 2011
Robert "Bob" James Lien, 56, died Mon. Nov. 21, 2011, at his home in Shelley. Bob was born Nov. 7, 1955, in Elgin, Illinois, to James and Jaqueline Lien, the youngest of four children. Bob will be remembered as a kind and loving father, husband, brother, and son. After graduating from Addison Trail High School, Bob worked...