Obituaries

Odell Leon Dye

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...