Obituaries

Ramona Lee Okelberry

Ramona Lee Okelberry

Nov 21, 2011

Ramona Lee Okelberry, 76, of Shelley Idaho died November 21, 2011 from an extended illness.  Ramona was the 2 nd of eight children of Alverna and Casper Lee.  She was born February 8, 1935 in Heyburn Idaho.  She graduated from Heyburn High School and attended beauty college in Pocatello.  On June 5, 1958, she married the love of her life,...

Erman Duane Martindale

Erman Duane Martindale

Nov 17, 2011

Marty Martindale, 81, of Shelley passed away November 17, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born February 12, 1930 at Oakley, Idaho to Stanley Earl and Nettie L. Frost Martindale the youngest of nine children.  He graduated from Oakley High School in 1948. He entered the Army December 2, 1948.  He went to basic training at Fort...

Darrell Glenn Long

Darrell Glenn Long

Nov 7, 2011

Darrell Glenn Long, 72, our husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, passed away with his family at his side November 7, 2011. Darrell was born March 31, 1939 in Lincoln, Idaho to his parents, Glenn Christensen Long and Hazel Almeda Hymas.  He was third of six children.  He was raised in Ammon, Idaho and graduated from Bonneville High School in...

Stanley Howe

Stanley Howe

Nov 4, 2011

Stanley C. Howe, 76, of Shelley, passed away November 4, 2011 at the Safe Haven Assisted Living Center. He was born September 20, 1935 in Lava, Idaho to Clarence Joseph and Ida Potter Howe. He married Lila Hill and they had four children.  They later divorced. Stanley served in the United State Army from 1951 to 1953.  He was a...

Lewis James Ehardt

Lewis James Ehardt

Nov 4, 2011

Lewis James Ehardt, 75, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2011 with his family by his side. He was born April 19, 1936 in Montevista, Colorado to Peter Harold Ehardt and Sarah Susie Lentz.  He attended school in Colorado and Alaska.  He was drafted into the army and served from 1958-1960 as a paratrooper in Laos. Before it became a...

Geneva K Harris

Geneva K Harris

Nov 4, 2011

Geneva K. Cook Harris, 78, passed away November 4, 2011 at EIRMC in Idaho Falls due to complications from heart surgery. She was born May 11, 1933 to Elden and Beryl Killian on a small farm in Goshen, ID.  She was the fourth of seven children.  Some of her fondest memories as a young girl included working hard in the...

Francis Allen Lundquist

Francis Allen Lundquist

Oct 27, 2011

Francis Allen Lundquist, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away on October 27th, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center at the age of 74.      Francis was born on February 18, 1937 in Shelley, Idaho to parents Moroni and Leora Allen Lundquist. He attended elementary school and the Shelley High School, graduating in 1955. He met his wife, Raeseal Campbell in...

Robert Leslie Nate

Robert Leslie Nate

Oct 22, 2011

Robert “Bob” Leslie Nate of Shelley, Idaho, 83, passed away on October 22, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bob was born on April 8, 1928 to Odella and Leslie Nate in Dingle, Idaho.  He spent his childhood and attended grade school in Dingle; he then attended high school in Montpelier, Idaho.  These small towns formed a basis for...

Marilyn Kay Beck

Marilyn Kay Beck

Oct 19, 2011

Marilyn Kay Johnson Beck passed away peacefully on October 19, 2011 due to a stroke. Marilyn was born in Idaho Falls on August 12, 1942 to Blaylock and Reba Mabel Tew Johnson. She attended Blackfoot High School and BYU. On June 7, 1962 she married Darrell Grant Beck in the Idaho Falls Temple. They lived in Utah for a short...

Bonnie Ruth Woodruff

Bonnie Ruth Woodruff

Oct 16, 2011

Bonnie Ruth Stoddart Woodruff of Littleton, Colorado passed away on October 16, 2011 at her home. She is survived by three daughters, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at the Firth Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 22, 2011.  Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.

Kitty Bolinder

Kitty Bolinder

Oct 16, 2011

Jewel K. Bolinder, 62, of Firth, passed away with her husband Terry by her side, Sunday morning, Oct. 16th, 2011 at the University of Utah hospital from complications of multiple strokes.  Kitty was born Dec. 7th, 1948, in Hawaii, to James and Beatrice Sayles.  She grew up and attended school in Hawaii, then went on to serve in the military...

Thomas A. Jack

Thomas A. Jack

Oct 15, 2011

Thomas A. Jack, 89, of Shelley and formerly of Chubbuck passed away October 15, 2011 Safe Haven Homes of Shelley. He was born October 10, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah to George and Ova Bell Jack.  His family moved to Roberts where he attended school until the age of 14, when his mother passed away and he had to...

Norma Cloteel John

Norma Cloteel John

Oct 7, 2011

Norma Cloteel Hess John, 99,  passed away October 7, 2011 at the Lily House in Idaho Falls. Norma Hess John was the fourth of eight children born January 10, 1912 to Jesse and Kate Hess.  She was born on a small farm in Goshen, Idaho were she learned to enjoy hard work at an early age.  She spent many happy...

Ila Blanch Backlund

Ila Blanch Backlund

Oct 4, 2011

Ila Blanch Smith Backlund, 94, our loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away Tuesday 4 October 2011 at the Gables in Shelley. Ila was born 20 November 1916 at home in Shelley, Idaho to her parents, Francis Thomas Smith and Myrtle Anderson Smith.  She was the sixth of thirteen children.  She grew up on the family farm where she...

Orson Lynn Broadbent

Orson Lynn Broadbent

Sep 29, 2011

Orson Lynn Broadbent of Homer, Alaska passed away September 29, 2011 in Firth, Idaho at the home of his daughter.  Lynn was born October 21, 1948 in Salmon, Idaho to Donna Leavitt Broadbent and Orson Swainston Broadbent. After serving a mission in Texas, Lynn returned and found his eternal companion Jackie Lynn Jacobson and they were sealed in the Idaho...

Carl Leroy Landon

Carl Leroy Landon

Sep 24, 2011

Carl Leroy Landon, 89, passed away September 24, 2011 at Lincoln Court Retirement Center. He was born May 19, 1922 in Battle Creek, Michigan.  He was adopted on May 20, 1922 by William Holland and Lulu May Cole Landon. Carl attended school in Albion, Michigan, where he met his sweetheart, Pauline Eloise Grenier.  He enlisted in the Navy in 1941,...

Marjean Hillman

Marjean Hillman

Sep 19, 2011

Marjean Hillman, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away September 19, 2011 at Idaho Falls Care and Rehab Center. Marjean was born June 22, 1927 in Providence, Utah to Walter Heber and Alverta Adella Bowler. She attended and graduated High School in Shelley, Idaho. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints. On November 27,...

Howard Mont Hodges

Howard Mont Hodges

Sep 18, 2011

Howard Mont Hodges, 92, of Shelley, ID passed away September 18, 2011 at his home with family. He was born November 21, 1918 to David “Mont” Hodges and Claudia Bessie Comer in Bradleyville, MO. He was the oldest of three children. He attended school in the Sandy School in Missouri and completed through the eighth grade. In 1939, he honorably joined...

Errol Lenard Huntsman

Errol Lenard Huntsman

Sep 17, 2011

Errol Lenard Huntsman, 71, of Idaho Falls, peacefully returned to his Heavenly Father on Saturday September 17th at his home surrounded in the love of his family.  He was a wonderful Husband, Father, Brother and Friend. He was born Aug 20, 1940, to Lenard Glenore Huntsman and Evelyn Balmforth Huntsman in Idaho Falls.  He was the 3 rd of 10...

Justin Lathrop

Justin Lathrop

Sep 5, 2011

Justin Michael Lathrop, 19, of Basalt, Idaho returned to his Heavenly Father on Monday, September 5, 2011. He was born on May 25, 1992 at Fort Carson, Colorado to Michael and Elizabeth Kremin Lathrop.  He spent his early years in Sterling and Dixon, Illinois.  In 1996 the family moved to Utah and in 1997 moved to Idaho, where he spent...