Obituaries
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...
Ralph Elmo Arave
Mar 23, 2012
Ralph Elmo Arave, Age 79, of Jameston, ID, passed away at EIRMC in Idaho Falls on March 23, 2012. He was born Jan. 5, 1933 in Jameston, ID to Lyman Alma & Mary Louise Arave. He spent his childhood in Jameston. In 1945, when Ralph was in 7 th grade the family moved to Salmon, ID where they raised cattle. ...
Rone Clawson
Mar 19, 2012
Moroni Oborn (Rone) Clawson, 83, of Firth Idaho, left this earth to return to his Heavenly Father on March 19, 2012. He passed away peacefully at home, from pancreatic cancer. Rone was born to Ray and Veva Harker Clawson on July 24, 1928 in Shelley Idaho. When he was six weeks old, his family moved from Idaho to Montana, settling...
Nettie Joann Bird
Mar 16, 2012
Nettie JoAnn Bird, 77, of Shelley passed away March 16, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born September 9, 1934 in Shelley, Idaho to George Alton and Mabel Louise Anderson Williams. She grew up in Idaho Falls and later graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1953. JoAnn married Gwen Cavill “Chub” Bird, in the Idaho Falls...
Robert James Pfeifer
Mar 15, 2012
Robert James “Dudley” Pfeifer, 85, of Firth passed away at his home March 15, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was under the care of Blackfoot Home Health and Hospice. Bob was born September 10 th 1926 in Victoria, Kansas to Frank and Mary Pfeifer. He was second in a family of eight children. He grew up in Kansas then...
Wayne Humphries
Mar 6, 2012
Wayne Humphries, age 88, of Shelley, Idaho passed away at Mount Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Idaho on March 6, 2012. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice He was born September 18, 1923 at Rose, Idaho (near Blackfoot) to Harold Humphries and Ora May Chaffin Humphries. When he was a few months old the...
Joann Sixta Miller
Mar 5, 2012
JoAnn Sixta Miller, 62, of Firth passed away March 5, 2012 at her home of natural causes. She was born January 8, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Sixto and Effie Arellano. Her siblings are Joe Lopez, Jimmy Lopez, Jake Lopez, Ralph Lopez, Millie Arellano, Carmen Bromely, and Priscilla Swenson. When she was younger she loved to play in...
Derek Lorin Davis
Feb 26, 2012
Derek Lorin Davis, 34, of Shelley passed away, Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from natural causes surrounded my family. Derek was the third child born on May 18, 1977, to Karl and Aleta Davis. He grew up in Woodville and attended Shelley High School. Afterwards, he began his profession as a cabinetmaker. Up until the...
Ronald Edward Miles
Feb 26, 2012
Ronald Edward Miles, 67, of Shelley, passed away February 26, 2012 at Bingham Memorial Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Blackfoot surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 5, 1944 in Shelley, Idaho to Angus Edward and Norma Conder Miles. He spent his childhood in Goshen and graduated from Firth High School in 1962. He also graduated from...
Betty May Polson
Feb 23, 2012
Betty May Polson, 85, of Shelley passed away Thursday February 23, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, after a sudden illness. Betty was born on April 17, 1926 in Shelley, Idaho to John Burriss and Elsie Jemmett Dial. She attended school in the mountains of Cedar Creek in the Aldridge Community by the Cove. They have since moved the...
H. Terry Child
Feb 15, 2012
Harold Terry Child, 65, of Firth passed away February 15, 2012 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. He was born August 22, 1946 at Shelley, Idaho to Harold T. and Amy Pearl Madsen Child. He attended schools in Firth graduating from Firth High School in 1964. He then attended Weber State University. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ...
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...