Obituaries
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...
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...