Obituaries
Ruel Vernon Dye
Jan 2, 2010
Ruel Vernon Dye, 76, passed away on Jan. 2, 2010, at home in Idaho Falls. Ruel was born in Firth, ID, on June 23, 1933 to Malden and Ruth Dye. After graduating from Firth High School, he attended Ricks College. He then served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Western States Mission....
Roy Papke
Dec 30, 2009
Roy A. Papke passed away in Idaho Falls Idaho on December 30, 2009 at the age of 88. He was born on September 5 th 1921 in Waukesha Wisconsin to Herbert L. Papke and Clara Meyer. He served in the Navy during World War II. Roy married Beatrice W. Frank May 25 th 1949 in Waukesha Wisconsin. Their marriage was...
Norene Reynolds
Dec 30, 2009
Norene Reynolds, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 30, 2009 at Peak Village Assisted Living Center. She was born November 4, 1935 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Ellis Christensen and Alene Hone Christensen. She grew up in Taylor and attended school in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. She attended and graduated from Idaho State University. She was a...
Reba Mable Johnson
Dec 28, 2009
Our dear mother, Reba Mable Tew Johnson of Logan, Utah, passed away in the loving arms of her family and the care of Alpine Hospice, on Sunday December 27, 2009. Reba was born on April 21, 1922 in Leslie, Idaho. She was the fifth of nine children born to Warren and Vera Tew. Her family moved to Shelley, Idaho before...
Michael Vern Jensen
Dec 28, 2009
Michael Vern Jensen, 67, died December 28, 2009 at his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born February 26, 1942, in Shelley, Idaho to Edgar and Beulah Jensen. He attended Shelley schools and graduated from Shelley High School in 1960. He lived all his life surrounded by his family in Shelley and Idaho Falls. He started farming shortly after...
Ada Pauline Swift
Dec 26, 2009
Ada Pauline Swift, formerly Ada Pauline Croft of Shelley, Idaho, passed away at a local care center in Boise, Idaho, on December 26, 2009. She was surrounded by her children and happy during her last days and passed after a sudden illness. She was born in Ontario, Oregon, to Samuel and Rosalind Croft, December 29, 1925. She married Johnny Paul...
Dennis Bonzon
Dec 19, 2009
Dennis Bonzon, 66, of Basalt, passed away December 19, 2009 at his home of natural causes. Dennis was born October 12, 1943 in Grande Coulee, Washington to Pierre and Wenafred Cooper Bonzon. He attended school in Grande Coulee and joined the U.S. Army in 1960 and served three years. He worked in ship yards as a welder until he joined...
Mary Claudia Ricks
Dec 19, 2009
Mary Claudia Christensen Ricks, 66, of Shelley, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and school teacher passed away peacefully at home December 19, 2009. She was born on May 18, 1943 in Salina, Utah to Claud and Ora Christensen. Mary grew up in Salina, Utah. She was involved in many activities which included Jr. High President, Yearbook Editor, Miss North Sevier,...
Mary W. Dockstader
Dec 10, 2009
Mary W. Dockstader, 80, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009 at a Pocatello care center with her daughter, Linda, by her side. She was born January 31, 1929 in Shelley, Idaho to Sylverus (Pash) Williams and Laura Moore Williams. She attended school in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. Mary loved music. She sang, played the clarinet and piano...
Peter Christ Kontes
Dec 10, 2009
Peter Christ Kontes, 80, of Firth passed away on December 10, 2009. He was born November 18, 1929 to Christ and Mary Kontes. He lived all his life in Firth, attended Firth High School and graduated in 1947. Pete and Mary Lou were married December 27, 1959 in the Greek Orthodox Church in Boise. They owned the Royal Shoe Shop...
Thomas Elroy Johnson
Dec 9, 2009
Thomas Elroy Johnson was born January 27, 1929 in Downey, Idaho to Joseph Valdemar Johnson and Nellie Opal Thomas. His birth at home was with assistance from a midwife. Elroy was raised in Pocatello, Idaho with his two brothers, Frank and Neil. His younger sister, Nola, Neil’s twin, tragically drowned on the family farm at only 18 months of age....
Gale Millar Hampton
Dec 7, 2009
Gale Millar Hampton, 51 of Shelley, passed away unexpectedly December 6, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Gale was born April 14, 1958 in Blackfoot, Idaho. Daughter of Arvil Millar and Melba Norman Millar, she attended school in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School in 1976. Later that year, Gale married the late Alan...
Alta Monson Redford
Nov 26, 2009
Alta Ruby Monson Redford returned to her Father in Heaven and her loved ones on 26 November 2009 in Citrus Heights, CA. Alta was born 30 October 1913, the sixth child of Julius Niels and Julie Yorgensen Monson. She grew up on the Monson farm in Goshen, Idaho. Her grandfather, Niels Monson, was one of the early settlers of the...
Floyd Lavoy Phillips
Nov 23, 2009
Floyd Lavoy Phillips, 82, formerly of Woodville, ID died Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at Providence Milwaukie Hospital of congested heart failure. He was born Oct. 20, 1927, in Aberdeen, ID., to James Bert and Emma Elmira Phillips. He married Donna Ruth Orchard on Nov. 30, 1951, in Fort Hall, ID. He and Donna raised three sons and one daughter...
Lynn Spence Barker
Nov 22, 2009
Lynn Spence Barker age 96 passed away November 22, 2009. He was born November 10, 1913 in Cache Junction, Utah to John Henry Barker and Harriet May Spence. He attended grade school in Cache Junction Utah, became an Eagle Scout at age fourteen, and in 1931 graduated from North Cache High School in Richmond Utah. Lynn attended Utah State University...
Dennis Lyon
Nov 20, 2009
Dennis Lee Lyon, 56, of Shelley, passed away November 20, 2009 at his home from natural causes. He was born February 15, 1953 in Shelley to Charles C. Lyon and Hazel Petersen Lyon. He grew up in Basalt and attended school in Firth and graduated from Firth High School. He had worked for Ermal’s for many years in the body...
H. Dee Rawson
Nov 13, 2009
Our kind and loving husband, father, grand father and great grand father, Dee Rawson passed away November 13, 2009, in Saint George, Utah. He was born Oct. 29, 1929 in Ogden, Utah, to James and Margaret Rawson and was raised on a dairy farm in Kanesville, Utah. Dee graduated from Weber High School where he was 1st chair trumpet in the...
Laura Delores Cleverley
Nov 8, 2009
Laura Delores Cleverley, 85, of Shelley, passed away November 8, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born February 20, 1924 in Lincoln, Idaho to John Lyman and Laura Stanger Croft. She attended schools in Idaho and Montana. She married Raymond LeRoy Cleverley in Idaho. Laura worked for R.T. French’s and later Pillsbury where she retired in 1989....
Ruby Harriet Ferrel Olson
Oct 31, 2009
Ruby Harriet Ferrel Olson, 101, passed away October 31, 2009 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Idaho Falls. Ruby was born June 6, 1908 in Lincoln, Nebraska to George W. and Albertie Statler Ferrel. When Ruby was seven, the family left Nebraska for Idaho because of her mother’s health. They traveled by a horse-drawn wagon. Her mother died during the...
George Robert Valdez
Oct 27, 2009
George Robert Valdez, 79, of Shelley, passed away October 26, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a massive heart attack. He was born February 20, 1930 in Los Angeles, California to Casimiro and Helen Lizarraga Valdez. He attended school in Mexico. He served in the US Marine Corp as a Gunnery Sgt. He received a Vietnamese Service medal,...
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