Obituaries

Garth W. Johnson

Garth W. Johnson

May 23, 2009

Garth W. Johnson, 83, longtime resident of Westminster, California passed away May 23, 2009. He was raised and attended schools in Firth. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the Navy and advanced rank from Seaman to First Lieutenant. He served in the Philippine Liberation, WWII, and Korean War. He received the Victory Medal, United Nations Service Medal, and...

Edith Katherine Rambough

Edith Katherine Rambough

May 16, 2009

Edith Katherine Brewington Rambough, 95, died on May 16, 2009 at the Bingham Extended Care Center in Blackfoot, Idaho. She was born on February 3, 1914 in Greeley, Colorado to Robert Lewis and Clio Mae (Rogers) Brewington. Edith lived in Firth, Idaho most of her life, where her Dad owned and operated the local potato warehouse. She graduated from Firth...

Gene Neil Converse

Gene Neil Converse

May 15, 2009

Eugene Neal Converse passed away on May 15, 2009. He passed peacefully at his home with family and friends surrounding him. Gene was born on March 24, 1940 in Shelley, Idaho to Willis Charles “Slim” and Beulah Aliene Johnson Converse. He was the second of three children. As a child his father worked construction and so his family moved often....

Lorin George Hansen

Lorin George Hansen

May 4, 2009

Another gentle soul has come to the end of this earthly trail. Lorin G. Hansen quietly passed away May 4, 2009 at Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho after a short illness complicated by an old, worn out body. Lorin was born June 20, 1914 Upper Presto (Firth), Idaho to George David and Isabelle Teeples Hansen. He lived all of...

Betty Lou Kirby

Betty Lou Kirby

May 2, 2009

Betty Lou Molen Kirby passed away on May 2, 2009 at the age of 84 surrounded by her family at The Gables Assisted Living Center in Shelley, Idaho where she had resided for the past 4 months. She was born February 18 1925 in Idaho Falls, Id to Donald Francis Molen and Margaret Marie Fisher. She attended school in Salmon...

Danny Cleverley

Danny Cleverley

May 1, 2009

Danny Cleverley, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 1, 2009 at Portneuf Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. Danny died of complications of pneumonia resulting from his courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 9, 1945 to Raymond and Laura Cleverley. He lived in Idaho Falls and Shelley, where he worked (or played as some might say)...

Hazel Marie Mellies

Hazel Marie Mellies

May 1, 2009

Hazel Marie Russell Mellies passed away on Friday, May 1, 2009 at Bingham Memorial Extended Care Facility in Blackfoot, Idaho. Hazel had just celebrated her 100th Birthday on January 30, 2009. She was the daughter of Richard Charles and Sadie Van Der Vlies Mitchell. She was born January 30, 1909 in Shelley, Idaho. She attended schools in Shelley, Burley and...

Rexford Eugene Hunter

Rexford Eugene Hunter

May 1, 2009

Rexford Hunter, 74, of Firth passed away May 1, 2009 at Bingham Extended Care Center. Graveside Services will be held 1:00 P.M. Tuesday May 5, 2009 at the Spencer Cemetery under the direction of Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.

Colleen T. Dial

Colleen T. Dial

Apr 25, 2009

Colleen T. Dial, 76, of Firth, Idaho, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Bingham Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 23, 1932 in Pleasantview, Idaho to Raymond Thorpe, Sr. and Pearl Atkinson Thorpe. She was raised in the Pleasantview area and graduated from Blackfoot High School. She married Robert Lee Dial on March 5,...

Paul Blackford Pincock

Paul Blackford Pincock

Apr 25, 2009

Paul Blackford Pincock, born May 27, 1924, returned home to his Heavenly Father on April 25, 2009, after a long and fulfilling life. He will be deeply missed by his loving bride of 61 years, Dorothy R. Pincock and their eternal posterity. He was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served his...

Doris Lucile Wells

Doris Lucile Wells

Apr 23, 2009

Doris Lucile Bowman Wells, 93, a homemaker and lifetime resident of the Woodville area, died April 23, 2009, at the home of Troy and Josilyn Halter in Woodville, from natural causes. She was under the care of Blackfoot Home Health and Hospice. She was born May 19, 1915 in Woodville, Idaho the daughter of Percy Eyring Bowman and Rachel Risenmay...

Alaura Louise Trent

Alaura Louise Trent

Apr 23, 2009

A. Louise Trent, 75, of Basalt passed away April 23, 2009 of complications due to a stroke. She was born April 7, 1934 in Shelley to Clifford R. Mitchell and Shirley L. Johnson Mitchell. She attended school in Shelley. On September 15, 1956 she married Marvin L. Trent of Twin Falls. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls...

M. Nadine Gray

M. Nadine Gray

Apr 15, 2009

M. Nadine Gray, 87, of Shelley, Idaho passed away April 15,2009 of natural causes, she was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice of Blackfoot. She was born February 23, 1922 in Lavaside, Idaho to David Arthur Stewart and Edna Lula Gardner. She was raised in Lavaside and attended school there and also in Blackfoot. She married Douglas...

Aaron David Lee

Aaron David Lee

Apr 9, 2009

Aaron David Lee, 31, of Valparaiso, Indiana, passed away suddenly on April 9, 2009 in Valparaiso, Indiana. He was born on November 24, 1977 in Juneau, Alaska to Paul Lee and Susan Lee. He is survived by his wife, Katherine Vea Lee and sons, Spencer Jay, Aidan Daniel, and Carson Aaron Lee of Valparaiso, Indiana; his father Paul Lee of...

Melba Bailey

Melba Bailey

Apr 7, 2009

Melba Bailey, 72, of Firth passed away on Tuesday April 7, 2009 in Idaho Falls after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Her family was at her side. Melba was born September 24, 1936 in Riverside, Idaho to Melvin Alvin Ockerman and Dorothy Matilda “Tillie” Yancey. Her early years were spent in Riverside and Goshen. On January 22, 1951 she...

Guy Thomas Coffey

Guy Thomas Coffey

Apr 5, 2009

Guy Thomas Coffey, 50, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 5, 2009 at his home of natural causes. He was born March 10, 1959 in Covina, California to Lloyd and Anne Miller Coffey. He lived in Covina, California and Grand Island, Nebraska before moving with his family to Idaho Falls in 1973. He also lived in Portland, Oregon where he...

L. Wayne Christensen

L. Wayne Christensen

Mar 25, 2009

Our beloved father and grandfather Leonard Wayne Christensen, 94, passed away March 25, 2009 in Shelley, Idaho at the home of his daughter Marsha.  He was born August 27, 1914 in Shelley, Idaho to Leonard Lorenzo Christensen and Sarah Esther Gardner.  He was the oldest son in a family of nine children.  He attended Shelley schools and after graduation attended...

Shirley Irene Leatham

Shirley Irene Leatham

Mar 23, 2009

Shirley Irene Steensma Leatham, 88, died Monday, March 23rd in her home in Ammon of natural causes.   Shirley was born Sept. 11, 1920 in Caldwell Idaho.  She was raised by her Aunt & Uncle in Rexburg where she attended Madison High School and later Ricks College.  Shirley was working in Shelley as an elementary school teacher when she met the...

Diantha Cox Messick

Diantha Cox Messick

Mar 21, 2009

Diantha Cox Messick, 85, passed away March 21, 2009, in Orem, Utah, at the home of her daughter, Juleen Durrant.    She was born April 2, 1923, in Shelley, Idaho, to Leonard Delaun and Diantha Esplin Cox.  She married Ray Eugene Messick on September 24, 1946, in the Idaho Falls Temple.  Ray passed away suddenly on Thanksgiving Day 1975, the birthday...

Nola M Johnson

Nola M Johnson

Mar 17, 2009

Nola Moser Johnson, 77, passed away at home on March 17, 2009, of conditions incident to cancer.       She was born February 28, 1932, in Idaho Falls, the second child of Francis Lyman Moser, a farmer, and Esther Miskin Moser, who died in childbirth in 1940.       Nola was raised by her father and attended Fairview Grade School and Grant Elementary. She...