Obituaries
Van Ray Campbell
Aug 1, 2010
Van Ray Campbell, 61, of Shelley passed away August 1, 2010 in Victor, Idaho. He was born February 27, 1949 at the Eaton Maternity Home in Shelley, Idaho to David O’dell and Leah Campbell. He attended schools in Shelley all his life and graduated from Shelley High School. He was active in sports and music, and was selected as Seminary...
Jack Wray Draper
Jul 30, 2010
Jackie Wray Draper, 69, of Goshen, Idaho passed away July 30, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho from complications related to recent heart surgery. He was born May 7, 1941 in Blackfoot, Idaho to John W. Draper and Edna Wray Draper. He attended elementary schools in Moreland and Riverside, before attending junior high school in...
Dean Bert Hall
Jul 26, 2010
Dean B. Hall died on July 26, 2010, at his home in his chair which he loved. He was born March 24, 1941 to Edward Fay and Florence Edith Jenkins Hall in Rigby, Idaho. He married Susie Corona on November 24, 2008. Since then he has been the happiest he had been in years. He had three children, Kevin, Brenda,...
Amy Ellen Gillie
Jul 24, 2010
Amy Ellen (Polson) Gillie, formerly of Shelley, Idaho, died of complications from a series of strokes on July 24, 2010 at Laurel Regional Hospital in Laurel, Maryland. Amy was born March 4, 1963, in Logan, Utah, the third child and first daughter of David E. and Ann H. Polson of Shelley, Idaho. When Amy was young, her mother was very...
C. Aloy Jensen
Jul 13, 2010
Catherine Aloy Olsen Jensen, 91, of Basalt, passed away peacefully at her home, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, surrounded by her family. She was born August 7, 1918, to Emil Vernon and Myrtle Sarah Miller Olsen in Hyrum, Utah. She was the 2 nd of four girls. She attended schools in Basalt, Id., Salmon, Id. and in Cache Valley,...
Ray Gene Bahr
Jul 3, 2010
Ray Gene Bahr, 67, of Shelley, passed away July 3, 2010 at his home. He was born in Idaho Falls the fourth of six children to William Ellis and Thelma Meikle Bahr. He spent his early years in Osgood, where his father farmed. At the age of seven his family moved to Blackfoot where again the family farmed raising, pigs,...
Emma Janae Ivie
Jun 28, 2010
Emma JaNae Ivie was born April 7, 2005, in Blackfoot, Idaho. Emma won her two year battle with cancer and passed on to live with her Heavenly Father on June 28, 2010. She is survived by her parents, Kerie and Jared Ivie; and little sister, Abigail Ivie of Bartlett, Tenn.; grandparents, Gary and Kathleen McFadden of Idaho Falls and Jerry...
Lola Quinton Kingsford
Jun 26, 2010
Lola Quinton Wheeler Kingsford, 89, passed away June 26, 2010 at Parkwood Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Lola was born January 16, 1921, the forth of five children of Oliver and Elvira Lords Quinton at Taylor, Idaho. She attended schools at Taylor, Shelley, Upper Presto and Crowley and then attended Ammon High School. The family was hard working farmers...
Woodrow Petersen
Jun 26, 2010
On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Alma Woodrow Petersen went to join his wife, who preceded him in death. He was born November 15, 1920, 6th child of 8 to the late Neils Christian “Chris” Joseph and Hulda Jane Teeples Petersen. He attended school in Firth, Idaho. On December 21, 1944, he married Donna Chapman in the Logan, Utah temple. Woodrow...
Lavor Gibbs Mccrary
Jun 25, 2010
Lavor Gibbs McCrary, 91, of Blackfoot, passed away June 25, 2010 at Bingham Memorial Hospital. He was born October 1, 1918 at Portage, Utah to John Chester and Cecil Elmina Gibbs McCrary. He attended school in Osgood and graduated from Ammon High School. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII. He was a member of the...
Kenneth M. Bridges
Jun 25, 2010
Kenneth M. Bridges, 81, of Shelley, peacefully passed away June 25, 2010 at the Idaho Falls Health & Rehabilitation Center. Kenneth was born April 26, 1929 in Shelley to Charles Malyon and Melda Jane Mitchell Bridges. He grew up in Shelley graduating from Shelley High School. Kenneth began his career at the age of nine at Mallory’s Grocery Store in...
Wendell R. Jolley
Jun 24, 2010
Wendell R. Jolley, 87, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away peacefully after a year and a half long battle with lung cancer. He was under the wonderful care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born July 30, 1922, in Goshen, Idaho to Irvin H. Jolley and Orvella Young Jolley. He graduated from Firth High School. On May 11, 1945 he...
Arthur Carl Rogers
Jun 21, 2010
Arthur Carl Rogers, 65, of Firth, passed away June 21, 2010 at his home. He was born Arthur Carl Engel Jr. on December 11, 1944 in Rochester, New York to Arthur Carl and Gladys M. French Engel. His parents separated and Gladys married Rudolph “Bud” Earl Rogers. In 1956 at the age of 12 he was adopted by Bud. He...
Lydia Mary Hook
Jun 20, 2010
Lydia Mary Stewart Hook, 91, died Sunday, June 20, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Center. She was born March 20, 1919 in Teton City, Idaho, the youngest daughter of Joseph William and Sarah Ann Godfrey Stewart. Lydia grew up with one brother and three sisters. She had pneumonia three times by the time she was six years old, so she...
Michael "Mike" Eugene Green
Jun 5, 2010
Michael Eugene (Mike) Green, 52, of Shelley, Idaho, formerly of Meridan, Idaho and Rocky Ford, Colorado is a beloved son, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, and husband went to be with the Lord June 5, 2010. Mike was born July 25, 1957 at Caldwell, Idaho to Delbert Gene Green and Alma Sue Crutcher. He attended school at Meridan, Idaho...
Althera Louise Crofts
May 31, 2010
Althera Louise Lyon Crofts, 100, of Firth, passed away May 31, 2010 at the Gables Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was born July 18, 1909 in Firth Idaho to John Joseph Lyon and Elena Johanna Helena Inglestrom. She grew up in Firth were she attended school and graduated from Firth High School. She married Philip John “Jack” Crofts August...
Beth Marsden
May 27, 2010
Beth Markham Marsden was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on October 9, 1919, to Joseph Wilford Markham and Iva Christine Robertson. She died peacefully at her home, in Taylor, with her family surrounding her on May 27, 2010 at the age of 90 following extended illnesses and remarkable recoveries. She grew up in Spanish Fork and later attended the LDS...
William Fred Benkenstein
May 22, 2010
William Fred Benkenstein, 79, of Basalt, passed away May 22, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Fred was born May 2, 1931 to Fred Benkenstein and Eva May Westergard. In his youth he lived and attended schools in Roberts, Idaho. Fred married Darlene Joyce Hammer on May 19, 1951 in Rigby, Idaho. Their marriage was later...
Nida Jensen Keefer
May 20, 2010
Nida Jensen Keefer, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 20, 2010, as a resident of the “No Place Like Home Assisted Living Center”. She was under their devoted care and that of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Nida was born January 27, 1929, at Shelley, Idaho, to Marple Beaumont and Gertrude Vivian Gardner Jensen. She was raised and attended...
"Jack" Briggs
May 13, 2010
Ernest John "Jack" Briggs, 78, passed away peacefully May 12, 2010 at his home in Shelley, Idaho. Jack was born July 3, 1931, in Newdale, Idaho to Ernest L. Briggs and Bertha M. Briggs. He grew up on the family farm located on the banks of the Teton River. He graduated from Sugar Salem High School and joined the US...