Obituaries
Ronald Reed Richardson
Jun 16, 2012
Ronald Reed Richardson of Blackfoot, Idaho passed away on June 16, 2012 while camping at Birch Creek in Idaho. He was born August 19, 1949 to John and Maurine Richardson. Ron grew up in Southern California with his two siblings, Norene and Delia Sue. Ron married Sandra Altimus on February 5, 1969 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They have enjoyed 43...
Gary Lee Fletcher
Jun 13, 2012
Gary Lee Fletcher, 80, of Shelley passed away June 13, 2012 due to a lingering illness at Bingham Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Gary was born September 23, 1931 in Idaho Falls to William Preston and Jannie Eaton Fletcher. He was raised in Vernal, Utah until age seven when the family moved to the Shelley area. He graduated...
Roland John Thompson
Jun 10, 2012
Roland John Thompson, 73, of Idaho Falls, quietly passed away on June 10, 2012, surrounded by loving family in his apartment. Roland was born on November 12, 1938. He was raised in the Blackfoot area on his family’s ranch and later in town where the Thompson family ran Archie’s Trailer Park. He graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1957. He...
Connie Virginia Smith
Jun 6, 2012
Connie Virginia Smith passed away, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, peacefully with her children by her side at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, ID. She was born November 24, 1936 in Shelley, Idaho to loving parents, V. Melvin and Emma V Bradley. She was the first of four precious children, followed b y sister, Nina, sister LaRene, and only brother, Carl. ...
Marley Reianna Chatterton
May 31, 2012
Marley Reianna Tubbs Chatterton, 29, of Pocatello returned into her Heavenly Father’s embrace Thursday, May 31, 2012. Marley was born May 8, 1983 in Palmer, Alaska, to Sid and Tina Tubbs. She was raised in Firth, Idaho where she graduated high school in 2001. After high school, Marley’s love for learning continued as she received her Bachelors degree in Business...
Laverne Harker
May 28, 2012
LaVerne Elkington Harker was born in Tooele, Utah on April 3, 1917 to William and Elzie McLaws Elkington. When she was just a child, the family made the big move from Tooele to Idaho Falls, Idaho where her father had acquired a large dry farm in the hills east of Idaho Falls. Here the family worked and grew grain and...
Helen Ruth Harker
May 24, 2012
Our sweet mother, grandmother and sister Helen Ruth Andersen Harker passed away peacefully on May 24, 2012. She was born on April 8, 1928 in Ogden, Utah to Otto Rosel Andersen and Ruth Doul Griffin. Helen spent her growing up years in Ogden, Utah and Harrisville, Utah and later in Nyssa, Oregon. She lived with her parents and brothers Rosel...
Marie Ann Long
May 13, 2012
Marie Long (aka Mary Ann) was born to Dick and Evelyn Lehner, (themselves born of German and Polish immigrants), on July 9th, 1928, in Southside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She attended Catholic school as a child and graduated from Bethel High School in 1946. It was as a cheerleader there that she met her “high school sweetheart” and future husband, Robert A....
Jerry D. Mitchell
May 11, 2012
Jerry D. Mitchell, 72, of Shelley, passed away Friday, May 11th, 2012 at his home. He was born March 12, 1940, in Shelley to Dale M. Mitchell and Lois McGary Mitchell. He attended school in Shelley, and graduated from Shelley High School. Following his graduation, he entered the Navy where he served for 4 years. On November 17th, 1978 he married...
Charles Mathew Gohn
May 9, 2012
Charles Matthew Gohn, 70, passed away May 9, 2012 at the home of his son, Steven Gohn in Idaho Falls under hospice care. No services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
Jean D. Cox
May 6, 2012
Jean Davis Cox, 76, of Woodville died Sunday, May 6, 2012 in Idaho Falls of complications following a stroke. Jean was born May 8, 1935 to John Clarence Davis and Gladys Morris Davis in Woodville. She grew up in Woodville and attended schools in the Shelley area. On 22 August 1953 she married Bud “M” Cox in Woodville. Their marriage...
Twila Leona Humphries
Apr 28, 2012
Twila Leona Russell Humphries, 86, of Ammon, Idaho passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Idaho Falls Care and Rehab Center. She was born September 14, 1925 at her Aunt Violet Lords’ home in Taylor, near Shelley, to Edward Jackson Russell and Hazel Vinona Taysom Russell. Twila attended first grade, then her family moved to Grant where she continued...
Stephen Wayne Woolf
Apr 16, 2012
Stephen Wayne Woolf, Age 67, of Blackfoot, Idaho, passed away surrounded by his loving family at the Bingham Memorial Rehabilitation Center in Blackfoot on April 16, 2012. Stephen was born February 5, 1945 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Max and Elsie Woolf. He spent his childhood in Mud Lake, Oakland California, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, and Shelley, Idaho farming with his...
Devin Barlow Cook
Apr 14, 2012
Devin Barlow Cook, 21, of Goshen, passed away April 14, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Devin was born December 26, 1990, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Barlow Lewis Cook and Merralee Purcell Cook. He was the youngest of eight children, the brother of seven older sisters. Devin was a special person who touched the lives...
H. Darrell Crofts
Apr 13, 2012
Howard Darrell Crofts, 76, of Idaho Falls passed away April 13, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls. Darrell was born November 17, 1935 in Shelley to Joseph Charles Crofts and Melva Ethel Fowers Crofts. Darrell grew up in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. After graduation he joined the Air Force and was stationed in Biloxi,...
Colleen Collins Eaton
Apr 11, 2012
Colleen Collins Eaton, 83, formerly of Shelley passed away April 11, 2012 in Clearfield, Utah. Colleen was born December 7, 1928 to Triece Elmer Collins and VonDella Kelsey Collins at the Red Cross Hospital in San Fernando, California. Colleen grew up around the old Washington School northeast of Shelley. She spent most of her early school years in the one...
Shirley Rawls Kennedy
Apr 9, 2012
Shirley Rawls Kennedy, 62, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully Monday, April 9, 2012, at home surrounded by her family. She was born in Rexburg, Idaho to Jim Rawls and Vonda Pelton on July 23, 1949. Shirley enjoyed fishing, camping, art, drawing and listening to her oldie western songs. Shirley and her husband Larry enjoyed floating the Blackfoot River. Shirley...
Michael Clayton Young
Apr 7, 2012
Michael Clayton Young, 74, of Basalt, returned to his Heavenly Father on April 7, 2012 at 10:35 a.m. at the Salt Lake City Regional Hospital, due to complications after heart surgery. He was born in June 9, 1937 to Betty C. and Jordon J. Young in Salt Lake City, Utah at the LDS Hospital. In his younger life he was...
Joyce Lynn Thompson
Mar 30, 2012
Joyce Lynn Rowberry Thompson, 70, passed away at EIRMC on March 30, 2012, from a lingering illness. Joyce was born on February 17, 1942 in Rexburg, Idaho to parents Wayne P. Rowberry and Irma Welch Rowberry. Joyce graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg in 1960. After High School she attended the LDS Practical Nursing School in Idaho Falls, Idaho....
Vern Eldon Flitton
Mar 26, 2012
Vern Eldon Flitton, 79, of Shelley passed away March 26, 2012 at his home. He was born October 18, 1932 at Idaho Falls, Idaho to Lenord Eugene and Louise Merrill Flitton. His childhood was spent in Manan and Roberts where he graduated from Roberts High School. He attended Idaho State University and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Physics. Vern...