Obituaries
Amy Jensen Eversole
Dec 11, 2008
Amy Jensen Eversole, 86, of Idaho Falls former Shelley resident passed away December 11, 2008 at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was born December 13, 1921 in Wapello, Idaho to Waldmer Jensen and Geneva Nelsen. She grew up in the Wapello and Blackfoot areas and graduated from Blackfoot High School. She married Frank Eversole April 30,...
Robbie Burns King
Dec 11, 2008
Robbie Sue Burns King, 64, of Shelley, passed away Dec. 11, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1944 in Grand Prairie, Texas to Bob and Bertie Burns. She grew up in Fort Worth, Texas and attended school in the area and graduated from Polytechnic High School. She married Bobby King in 1963 and settled...
Lois Elaine Bolander
Dec 5, 2008
Lois Bolander, 84, passed away Friday, December 5, 2008, at her home in Firth. She was born on February 12, 1924 in Firth, ID to Barber Dewayne Dye and Ila Mae Johnson Dye. She graduated from Firth High School as valedictorian of her class after only eleven years of school. On May 24, 1943, she married Gary Bolander in the...
Jeffrey Frank Tschikof
Nov 28, 2008
Jeffrey Frank Tschikof of Idaho Falls passed away Friday, November 28 in Idaho Falls. He was born July 3, 1972 in Idaho Falls to Marjorie Jean Walton and Richard LaMont Tschikof. He attended Dora Erickson Elementary School and Clair E. Gale Junior High School in Idaho Falls. Jeff’s father passed away in 1984 and in 1986, his mother remarried Wayne...
C. Dale Jolley
Nov 26, 2008
Dale Jolley, 79, of Shelley, passed away November 26, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications due to a stroke. Dale was born December 7, 1928 in Burley Idaho to Willard and Anna Thompson Jolley. He grew up on the family farm in Burley learning the value of hard work and family unity. Dale served an LDS mission...
Gail Burke Sparks
Nov 24, 2008
Gail Burke Sparks, 98, of Woodville, Idaho passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, November 24, 2008 at Lincoln Court Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was born April 13, 1910 in a large one-room cabin, built by her dad, Alma Burke in Woodville, Idaho. Her mother was Aseneth Heward Burke. She graduated from Shelley High School and married...
John David Howell
Nov 21, 2008
John David (J.D.) Howell, 52, of Seattle, Washington and former Firth resident passed away November 21, 2008 at Harbor View Hospital in Seattle WA from Cancer. He was born January 12, 1956 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Max Howell and Fay Brown Howell. He attended school in Firth and graduated from Firth High School. He moved sprinkler pipe for Esplin...
Keith Chancy Dockstader
Nov 20, 2008
Keith Chancy Dockstader, 81, passed away Thursday, Novenber 20, at Portneuf Regional Medical Center. Keith was born September 29, 1927 in Mink Creek, Idaho, the son of Chancy George and Henrietta Mae Bosworth Dockstader. He attended school in Preston, Idaho and at age 16 came to Pocatello and worked as a Gandy Dancer for Union Pacific Railroad. At age 17...
Noma C. Tew
Nov 11, 2008
Noma C. Tew, 88, of Firth, Idaho passed away on November 11, 2008 following a lingering illness. Noma was born July 23, 1920 at Blackfoot, Idaho to Nephi and Laura Christensen. She grew up and attended schools in Blackfoot graduating from Blackfoot High School. On August 15, 1940 she married Rodney W. Tew in the Salt Lake Temple. They farmed...
Scott Warren Albright
Nov 10, 2008
Scott Warren Albright, 46, of Shelley died Monday, November 10, 2008 at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born January 16, 1962 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Warren and Edna DeAnne Metcalf Albright. He was raised in various places throughout the country while his father served in the military. ...
Dennis Hilliard
Nov 7, 2008
Dennis Melvin Hilliard, 60, passed away November 7, 2008 in Salem, Missouri from a massive heart attack. Dennis was born in Clearwater, Minnesota on September 8, 1948. He graduated from high school in White City, Kansas in 1967. He was in the Army from 1969 through 1971 and served in Vietnam. He served in the 1st Calvary Infantry Division. He...
Juanita M Prouse
Nov 7, 2008
Juanita M Prouse 87, of Shelley passed away November 7, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born June 23, 1921 in Milford, Missouri to Thomas Miller and Hazel McDonald. She married Allen R. Prouse August 26, 1955 in Burly, Idaho. She is survived by her husband, Allen Prouse of Shelley; children, Rex (Melody) Prouse of Shelley; Randy...
Robert William Tolman
Nov 5, 2008
Dr. Robert “Bob” William Tolman, 58, of Shelley passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from complications related to an accident. He was born July 9, 1950, in Basin, Wyoming to Rex LaVern Tolman and Ellen Dorene King Tolman. He attended the first grade in Laramie, Wyoming and continued his childhood education in Burlington, Cowley,...
Arlene Elizabeth Armstrong
Nov 2, 2008
Our loving, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend, Arlene Elizabeth Johnson Armstrong peacefully passed from this life on Sunday, November 2, 2008 in Provo, Utah at the age of 95. Arlene was born on March 29, 1913 in Goshen, Idaho to Hyrum Parley and Elizabeth Chapman Johnson. She married her sweetheart, Ellis Armstrong, on April 4, 1934 in Logan,...
Sharon Lael Fox
Nov 1, 2008
Sharon Lael Fox, 66, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, died on Saturday, November 1, 2008, in Stillwater. Sharon Lael was born in Shelley, ID on October 19, 1942, to John Warland and Lois (Catron) Larson. She married Joseph Carl Fox in Idaho Falls, ID, on November 16, 1962. She has resided in Stillwater, OK; Champaign, IL; Bozeman, MT; Provo, UT; and Basalt, ID....
Lela Rowberry Street
Oct 20, 2008
Lela Rowberry Street, 83, formally of Shelley, Idaho died Monday, October 20, 2008 at her home in Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Lela grew up in Iona, Idaho area with her father, Arthur Leroy Rowberry, mother, Violet Klossner Rowberry and four brothers and three sisters. Her father was a sheepherder, which meant that life was sometimes...
Hugh Bonilla Jenkins Sr.
Oct 19, 2008
Hugh Bonilla Jenkins Sr., 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 19, 2008 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born February 24, 1925 in Salinas, California. Hugh served his country in the Navy during World War II from 1943 till 1945. He married Rosalie Young; they were blessed with three children, Hugh...
Kiersten Marie Gemar
Oct 16, 2008
Kiersten Marie Gemar, our beautiful, sweet daughter and sister, passed away on October 16, 2008 of natural causes in her sleep. She was 13 years old. She was a precious spirit and will be missed dearly by her family and friends. Kiersten was born on July 15, 1995 to Graig H. Gemar and Shelli Searle Gemar. She was their firstborn...
Alvin Anton Nielsen
Oct 9, 2008
Alvin Anton Nielsen, 64, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, October 9, 2008, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center . Alvin was born on November 7, 1943, in Idaho Falls , the eldest child of Leonard and Ruby Nielsen. He lived in Idaho his entire life, the last 40 years in Basalt. Alvin was known for his...
Mary Evelyn Rowbury
Oct 8, 2008
Mary "Evelyn" Eaton Rowbury, 89 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away at the Good Samaritan on Wednesday, October 8, 2008. She was born January 11, 1919, the 6 th of 13 children of Zera Eaton and Alice Bertha Starkie Eaton in Shelley. She was affectionately known as “Sis” to her family. While growing up, she helped her family and held...