Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Maurine Collins
Sep 4, 2011
Maurine Collins, 84, of Shelley passed away September 4, 2011 at Idaho Falls Care and Rehab Center under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Maurine was born November 8, 1926 in Ucon, Idaho to Ralph Washington Farnsworth and Hilda Ann Byram. She attended school in Ucon and graduated from Ucon High School. On October 12, 1947, she married Charles Raymond Collins in Ucon,...
Echo Olive Young
Sep 1, 2011
Echo Olive Wadsworth Young, 99, passed away peacefully at her home in Taylor on September 1, 2011 just 28 days short of her 100 th birthday. She was born September 29, 1911 to John and Camillie Wadsworth. She was the third of four children-two brothers, Carol and Kenneth, and one sister, Lila Barnett, all of whom have preceded her in...
Murray Kennedy
Aug 31, 2011
Murray Kennedy, 65, of Shelley passed away August 31, 2011 at Safe Haven Assisted Living Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.
Jeanet B Anderson
Aug 31, 2011
Jeanet Anderson was born on April 3, 1953 in Humptulip, Washington to Phyllis and Gerald Hansen. She was raised with three older siblings, Keith, Sheila, and Debbie. Later they were joined by a fifth sibling, Sandra. Jeanet married Terry Anderson on December 28, 1977 and after being told children were not an option, Jeanet gave birth to twin baby girls,...
Neva Wright Nalder
Aug 28, 2011
Neva Wright Nalder, 82, of Rigby, passed away quietly at Good Samaritan Nursing Home on Sunday, August 28, 2011. Neva was born on July 2, 1929 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Orice B. and Zelda Williams Wright. She was the third child and only daughter. She lived in Shelley and Idaho Falls, and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She...
R. Vaughn Anderson
Aug 28, 2011
After a long and productive life, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend Robert Vaughn Anderson passed away peacefully at home, Sunday August 28, 2011 from Multiple Myeloma. He was born Sept. 2, 1924 to S.L. (Bill) and Marvel Schoenhuth Anderson. He was the oldest of three children. He attended schools in Qsgood and Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School...
Crystal Gruvman
Aug 14, 2011
Crystal Christensen Gruvman, 97, formerly of Shelley, died peacefully Aug. 13, 2011, at Mt Vernon Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born March 28, 1914 in Goshen, to William and Janet McBride Christensen. She was the fifth of seven children. She attended school in Goshen and Firth. She married Fred Gruvman on Nov. 28, 1934 in the Loan,...
Danny Hillman
Aug 11, 2011
Danny Hillman, 66, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away August 11, 2011 while surrounded by his loving family after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. He was born March 27, 1945 in Shelley, Idaho to Lyle and Viola Hillman and was the fourth of nine children. He learned the value of hard work from his father while working the family...
Lloyd Frederick Kearney
Aug 10, 2011
Lloyd Frederick Kearney, 88, of Shelley, Idaho passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born in St. Anthony, Idaho on September 9, 1922 to Thomas Frederick Kearney and Bertha Mae Bowman Kearney. He was the first of four children and the only boy. Lloyd spent several of his...
Eva Marie Tallow
Aug 8, 2011
Eva Marie Tallow, 64, of Broomfield, Colorado passed away August 8, 2011. She was born August 14, 1946 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Joseph Thomas and Lula Hammer Willis. She graduated from Bonneville High School and attended the Glenn E. Clark Secretarial School and also studied nursing. Eva enjoyed Native American beading and leather work, sewing, crocheting, art work and...
Joan Phyllis Becker
Aug 6, 2011
Joan Phyllis Becker, 81, of San Jose, California, former Firth resident, passed away August 6, 2011 in San Jose. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday August 17, 2011 at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak) in Shelley. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 12:30 till 1:45 P.M. at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Riverview Cemetery.