Obituaries
Derril Clair Sparks
Sep 12, 2009
Derril Clair Sparks passed away September 12, 2009 after losing his battle with cancer. Derril was born July 5, 1932 to Lawrence Clair Sparks and Gail Burke Sparks. He was the first of three sons. He grew up in Woodville Idaho. He attended Taysom School in Woodville for 6 years. He then attended 8 th and 9th grade at the...
Alice Jane Hebdon
Sep 8, 2009
Alice Jane Jolley Hebdon, 95, of Goshen/Basalt passed away September 8, 2009 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born September 2, 1914 to George Rutledge Jolley and Jane Therdora Biggs Jolley, joining four brothers and two sisters as the youngest of seven. She grew up in Blackfoot, Idaho, attending Irving Elementary, Blackfoot Junior High and Blackfoot High School, graduating on...
Shirley Mae Everett
Sep 7, 2009
Shirley Mae Baxter Everett, 86, of Shelley passed away September 7, 2009 in Idaho Falls at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born on May 30, 1923, in Idaho Falls to Bonnie Goodrich and Otto Baxter. She grew up and attended school in Woodville and Shelley. Later, she attended Steven Henager Business College in Salt Lake City. Upon graduation...
Willard "Bill" Max Johnson
Aug 30, 2009
Willard Max “Bill” Johnson 86 of Shelley passed away August 30, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born on June 1, 1923 in Basalt, ID to Elizabeth Chapman and Hyrum Parley Johnson. He was the youngest of 11 children and lived in Idaho all of his 86 years. Bill attended grade school at Basalt...
Ruby Rebecca Nelson
Aug 26, 2009
Ruby Rebecca Nelsen, 91, of Idaho Falls passed away August 26, 2009 at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was born March 21, 1918 in Firth, Idaho to Franz Edward and Ruby Mary Johnson Nelson. Ruby served as a nurse in the United States Navy. Graveside services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday August 29 at the Basalt Cemetery...
Benio H. Olmos
Aug 26, 2009
Benio Olmos, 28, passed away August 25, 2009 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born August 21, 1981 in Blackfoot Idaho to Eva Olmos. He was the oldest of 5 siblings. Benny was born with heart problems that made him small in size. Because of these heart problems he had learning disabilities that held him back. But...
Eleanor Balmforth Davies
Aug 14, 2009
Eleanor Balmforth Davies died on August 14, 2009, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born March 11, 1920, in Woodville, Idaho, the first child of Ernest Rudolph and Emily Berniece Bowman Balmforth. She was born in a house that was once the first school house in Woodville. Eleanor graduated from Shelley High School where she excelled in home economics and...
Leland A. Eaton
Aug 12, 2009
Leland A. Eaton, 94, of Shelley, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls. He was born April 9, 1915, in Vernal, Utah, to Zera and Alice Starkey Eaton. He was the fourth child born to a family of thirteen. That same year the family moved to Shelley where he resided the rest of...
Zelda Lois Corless
Aug 1, 2009
Zelda Lois Condie Corless passed away on August 1, 2009, in Delta, Utah, at the age of 92. Zelda was born in Preston, Idaho, on June 27, 1917, to Gideon and Carrie Christina Clausen Condie. She earned a B.S. in home economics from the University of Idaho and an M.A. in education from Brigham Young University. She was greatly respected...
Neil Kay Birch
Jul 28, 2009
Neil Kay Birch, 55, of Shelley passed away July 28, 2009 from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. Neil was born to Kay Clark and Edna Bauer Birch on December 14, 1953. He was raised on the family farm in the Osgood area where he learned to work. He graduated from Skyline High School and attended Ricks College and Utah...
David John Tew
Jul 19, 2009
David John Tew, 48, of Idaho Falls was born November 18, 1960 in Idaho Falls to Earl Hill and Beth Luie Johnson Tew. He was raised and attended schools in Firth. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served a mission in Japan. He attended Ricks College and graduated with a degree...
Donna Chapman Petersen
Jul 18, 2009
Donna C. Petersen , 84, died at the Gables in Shelley, Idaho on Saturday, July 18, 2009. She was born November 17, 1924, 1 st child of 6 to the late John and Alexia Chapman in Preston, Idaho. She primarily attended school in Preston, Idaho, but finished High School in Firth, Idaho. On December 21, 1944 she married A. Woodrow Petersen...
Roy Willard Hansen
Jul 14, 2009
Roy Willard Hansen, 96, of Firth, Idaho, passed away peacefully in his sleep July 14, 2009. He was born Feb. 16, 1913 in Bear River City, Utah to Jacob P. and Julia Johanson Hansen, the fourth of eight boys and one sister. He was raised on the family dry farm near Roy, Idaho. He went to school in a one...
Karen Elkington Sparks
Jul 7, 2009
Karen Elkington Sparks an elite lady died July 7 at the age of 75. Karen was born to Reed and Cora Elkington on Aug. 27 1933 . Her younger years were spent on a ranch in Bone, Idaho. She loved the ranch and all the work that went with it. She especially loved riding horses. Later her family moved to...
Dean Nalder
Jul 1, 2009
Dean Nalder was born March 26, 1927 in a log cabin, built by his father, Fredrick James Nalder, who with Dean’s mother, Hannah Elizabeth Morgan Nalder, traveled from Utah and homesteaded some ground west of Ririe. Dean attended grade school in the Clark schoolhouse, then into Rigby for High School. Before graduation in 1945 he joined the Coast Guard and...
Ross Sterling Cheney
Jun 20, 2009
Ross Sterling Cheney, 75, long time resident of Shelley, passed away June 20, 2009 at Beacon Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Pocatello. He was born on August 12, 1933 in Laketown, Utah to Ross Simon and Elma Weston Cheney. He graduated from Rich High School in Laketown and attended Utah State University where he studied agriculture. He served a full...
Velma L. Hansen
Jun 10, 2009
Velma Siler Hansen, 83, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died quietly in her sleep on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 under hospice care. Velma was born on September 15, 1925 in Pleasant View, UT to John Andrew Siler and Ruby May Cornwall. She had three older brothers, Lester, Harold, and Ernest; a younger brother Cecil; and a younger sister Lucille. Velma grew...
Rita Jean Foshee
Jun 1, 2009
Rita Jean Foshee, 60, of Blackfoot, passed away June 1, 2009 at Bingham Extended Care Facility. She was born March 23, 1949 in El Centro, California to Jimmie and Inez Hope Foshee. She graduated from Rosepine, LA High School in 1968. She then attended Cosmetology School and worked doing hair in Provo, Utah. She helped teach young women life skills,...
Keith Drollinger
May 31, 2009
Keith Drollinger, 85, of Shelley passed away May 31, 2009 at his home under hospice care. He was born in Ririe, Idaho on October 2, 1923 to Cecil John and Norma Delone Harris Drollinger. He was married to Lillian May Stoneberg on June 14, 1943 in Osgood. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple. He and Lillian...
Dorothy Morris
May 24, 2009
Dorothy Morris, 49, of Shelley, passed away May 24, 2009 at her home of natural causes. She was born February 12, 1960 in Idaho Falls to Herbert Newel Morris and Kathleen Phillips. She lived in Blackfoot and Shelley. She attended Dean Goodsell Elementary, Shelley Jr. High, and graduated from Shelley High School. She was a member of the Church of...
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