Obituaries

Coral Catherine Steffler

Coral Catherine Steffler

Mar 13, 2009

Coral Catherine Steffler, 86, of Goshen passed away March 13, 2009 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehab Center in Idaho Falls. Coral was born January 16, 1923 at home in Basalt to Charles Walter and Maude Jones Crofts. She was the 5th of 6 children. She attended school in Basalt and Firth High School and graduated in 1941. On May...

Jack Meryl Evans

Jack Meryl Evans

Mar 6, 2009

Jack Meryl Evans, 84, died March 6, 2009 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls Idaho. He was born September 13, 1924 in Belleview New Mexico to William Evans and Nancy Edith Miley. He was preceded in death by his wife Bonnie. Jack’s residence was the Gardens Assisted Living Center at the time of his death.  The residents at the...

Stanley Allan Willt

Stanley Allan Willt

Mar 5, 2009

Stanley Allan Willt, 65, of Idaho Falls passed away March 5, 2009 at his home of natural causes.   He was born April 12, 1943 in St. Francis, Kansas to Jacob Willt and Bertha Esther Crew.  He attended elementary school in St. Francis and then moved with his family to Shelley, Idaho.  In 1961 he graduated from Shelley High School.   He...

Dennis Dean Yorgensen

Dennis Dean Yorgensen

Mar 2, 2009

Dennis (Red) Dean Yorgensen, 73, passed away March 2, 2009 at his home with family present to honor and show their love for him.   He was born October 20, 1934 in Basalt, Idaho to LaVon and Gladys Yorgensen.  He graduated from Firth High School and then served two years with the United States Army stationed in Korea.  He returned home...

Bryan Travis Wardrip

Bryan Travis Wardrip

Feb 26, 2009

Bryan Wardrip, 51, of Shelley passed away February 26, 2009 at his home under hospice care. Memorial services will be held 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak Street) in Shelley with military rites by David B. Bleak Post 93.

Delarion Michael Betzer

Delarion Michael Betzer

Feb 24, 2009

Delarion Michael Betzer, 10, of Shelley, left us to be with his Heavenly Father on February 24, 2009. Del was born and lived in Waco, Texas for the first five years of his life.  He came to live with his forever family on August 18, 2004. Everyone who knew Del loved him.  He had a smile that could light a...

Richard Bruce Martin

Richard Bruce Martin

Feb 15, 2009

Firth resident, Richard Bruce Martin, 75, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at The Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, due to complications of diabetes. Funeral services were held at Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley with interment in the Firth Cemetery. Richard was born on April 8, 1933 to Thomas Arthur and...

Mary Lou Hiatt

Mary Lou Hiatt

Feb 15, 2009

Mary Lou Hiatt, 80, formerly of Shelley passed away February 15, 2009 at the Mallory House in Idaho Falls.             She was born June 2, 1928 in Dividend, Utah to Mark Tuttle and Leola Billington Cornaby.             On August 23, 1947 she married James Larkin Hiatt in Modesto, California.             She worked as a phone operator for over 22 years on the graveyard...

Viola Bateman Hackett

Viola Bateman Hackett

Feb 7, 2009

Viola Bateman Hackett, died February 7, 2009, 3 days short of her 100th birthday in Vancouver Washington. She was born February 10, 1909 in Shelley, Idaho, to Hyrum and Louisa Ann Higgins Bateman. She attended Shelley Schools and served a two year South Western States Mission. She married Glen B. Hackett and moved to Vancouver, Washington in 1943. She was...

Dawna Sievers Whittle

Dawna Sievers Whittle

Feb 5, 2009

Dawna Sievers Whittle, 82, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Firth, peacefully passed away February 5, 2009 at Riverview Assisted Living of congestive heart failure.             She was born January 13, 1927 at Ammon, Idaho to Carl Theadore Sievers and Lillie Mae Winder.  She attended school in Ucon.             On June 5, 1946 she married Keith Martin Whittle at Ucon, Idaho.  They lived...

Everett J. "Bing" Ames

Everett J. "Bing" Ames

Jan 27, 2009

Everett “Bing” Ames, 74, of Shelley passed away January 27, 2009 from cancer at his home surrounded by family and friends.  He was under hospice care. He was born August 28, 1934 at Cleveland, Idaho to William L. and Carrie E. Stoddard Ames.  He was raised and educated in St. Anthony, Idaho where he graduated from South Fremont High School...

Jennie Rosa Duce

Jennie Rosa Duce

Jan 20, 2009

Jennie Rosa Fonnesbeck Duce, 91, died January 20, 2009 at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living in Idaho Falls of complications associated with age.  She was born April 18, 1917 in Logan, Utah at the home of her grandfather to parents James Martinus Fonnesbeck and Rosa Zbinden.  Jennie attended school in Weston, Idaho where she completed her High School education before...

Joshua Jay Hansen

Joshua Jay Hansen

Jan 19, 2009

Joshua Jay Hansen, 3 ½ year old, of Shelley, Idaho, was born to Steven Jay Hansen and Mindy Lee (Woolstenhulme), on March 9, 2005, with his twin brother, Michael Dean Hansen. Our little Josh was unexpectedly called home to our Heavenly Father’s arms on January 19, 2009. Josh was our thinker and strong willed little boy. Since he was born...

Dennis Otto Monson

Dennis Otto Monson

Jan 17, 2009

Dennis Otto Monson passed away on January 17, 2009 at his home of natural causes.   Dennis was born May 8, 1934 to Otto Alvero Monson and Ethel Catherine Dye.  He attended school in Firth, Idaho.    Dennis joined the Navy in 1951 and retired 20 years later in 1971.  He participated as a member of the Fleet Reserve, VFW, American Legion,...

Raymond Richard Mueller

Raymond Richard Mueller

Jan 12, 2009

Raymond Richard Mueller was born August 25, 1930 to Peter and Lydia Mueller in Anamoose, North Dakota and died January 12, 2009 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.   While attending high school in Anamoose he was active in track, baseball, football and drama.   He graduated in 1948.   The family business was a farm and then in town a blacksmith shop.  In order...

Andrew Grant Nelson

Andrew Grant Nelson

Jan 11, 2009

Andrew Grant Nelson, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loved ones on January 11, 2009.  Andy battled Hodgkin’s lymphoma for three long years prior to his passing.  Andy was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1987, to Andrew and Megan Nelson. Three years later Andy’s family moved to Shelley to be closer to his...

John Leo Durbin

John Leo Durbin

Dec 23, 2008

John Leo Durbin, 77, of Shelley passed away December 23, 2008 at his home under hospice care. John was born February 12, 1931 at Parma, Idaho to John A. Durbin and Helen Kiholm Durbin.  He graduated from Shelley High School and attended Ricks College and Idaho State University. On October 22, 1954 he married Iva Ruth Mittelstedt in the Idaho...

Vertie Elizabeth King

Vertie Elizabeth King

Dec 22, 2008

Vertie Elizabeth Cobb King, 95, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Dec. 22, 2008 at home under hospice care. She was born March 3, 1913 in Oklahoma to Robert and Johnnie Cobb.  She was the youngest of five children where she grew up in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She married Clarence King in 1936 in Kermit.  They lived in Monahans and later, settled...

Rex Lavern Tolman

Rex Lavern Tolman

Dec 16, 2008

Dr. Rex L. (Vern) Tolman, 81, of Shelley passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at Madison Memorial Hospital from causes incident to age.  He had been staying the past month at Heritage Homes of Rexburg.  Prior to this he was living with his family who cared for him. Rex was born on July 29, 1927 in Otto, Wyoming to Orson...

Erma Maxine Farris

Erma Maxine Farris

Dec 12, 2008

Erma Maxine Caudle Hayden Farris, 92, of Shelley passed away December 12, 2008 at her home under hospice care.   She was born to Marion Irvin and Sarah Bell Caudle on August 31, 1916 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.   She married Loren L. Hayden on October 20, 1934 in Idaho Falls.  They had five children and later divorced.   She married Noble...