Obituaries
Robert Kay Brown
Jan 14, 2008
Robert Kay Brown, 76, of Firth passed away January 14, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from complications due to a stroke. He was born July 2, 1931 in Shelley, Idaho to Arthur Lewis and Opal Grace John Brown the second of six children. He grew up in Goshen and graduated from Firth High School. Kay...
Betty M. Harker
Dec 22, 2007
Betty Mae Harker, 68, of Basalt passed away December 22, 2007 at her home. She was born, the third child to Wayne Clair Harker and Docia Mae Dial on August 2, 1939. She grew up in Idaho Falls, attending Emerson Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1957. Music was a big part of...
Iris Irene Morgan
Dec 22, 2007
Iris Irene Morgan of Firth passed away surround by her family December 22, 2007. She was born January 17, 1923 in Lewisville, Id to Orin and Mary Ida Morissey Hardcastle She grew up in the Lewisville/ Rigby Area and attended school in Rigby. On December 6, 1941 she married her sweetheart Elmo A Morgan in Osgood, Id. Their marriage was...
Don L. Cox
Dec 19, 2007
Don L. Cox, 91, of Shelley died December 19, 2007 at his daughter’s home in Shelley. He was born April 6, 1916 in Shelley, Idaho to Harrison and Nellie Miller Cox. He lived his entire life in Jameston. He was the first in his family of parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to complete high school. He also attended Idaho State...
Lois Colleen Gotch
Dec 12, 2007
Lois Colleen Schultz Fielding Gotch, 77, of Shelley, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at her home from natural causes. Lois was born on June 3, 1930 in Long Beach, California to Marie Rasmine Peterson and (Jack) John Henry Frederick Gottleib Schultz. She was the fifth of six children, two half brothers and one half sister, and two brothers. The...
Alonzo Edwin Stoddard
Dec 3, 2007
Alonzo Edwin Stoddard died of heart failure on December 3, 2007 at the Utah Valley Specialty Hospital in Provo, Utah. Lon was born November 25, 1928 in Parker, Idaho, the sixth of ten children born to Annie Louisa Brown and Wyman Miner Stoddard. He grew up in St. Anthony, Idaho and graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1947. Lon...
Barbara Holland Dredge
Nov 30, 2007
Barbara Holland Dredge, 77, of Shelley, passed away Friday, November 30, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born February 19, 1930, in Shelley, Idaho to Joseph Bertie and Nellie Mae Shaw Holland. She graduated from Shelley High School and lived in Shelley most of her life. On May 12, 1948, she married Doyle V. Dredge in...
Dorotha Fae Anderson
Nov 30, 2007
Dorotha Fae Anderson, 84, died on November 30, 2007 in Kingman, Arizona. Dorotha was born on May 27, 1923 at the Apache Powder Plant in Southern Arizona. She joined the family of Alfonzo and Mignon Christensen and was the youngest of their six children. She graduated from Provo High School in 1941. She served a mission for the Church of...
Delwin Roy Fielding
Nov 24, 2007
Delwin Roy Fielding, 79, of Firth, passed away November 24, 2007 at his home with his family at his side. He was born August 18, 1928 at Jameston, Idaho to Roy Edmund Fielding and Ethel Soelberg Fielding. He grew up in the Jameston area and attended school at Shelley. He married Marilyn Kelley June 4, 1947 in the Idaho Falls...
Guy Waid Young
Nov 19, 2007
Our beloved father and grandfather, G. Waid Young, 85, of Shelley, Idaho, died on November 19, 2007, in Idaho Falls of causes incident to age. Waid was born on February 7, 1922, in Malad, Idaho, to Verle and Edith Tippetts Young. He attended schools in Malad, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, Utah. Waid graduated from South High School in Salt...
Jacob Lopez
Oct 31, 2007
Jacob Lopez, 64, of Firth died October 31, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born February 25, 1943 in Ogden, Utah to Joe Genaro and Effie Deherrera Lopez. He spent his early childhood at Bingham City with his grandparents. At the age of 12 he moved with his family to Rigby, ID, where he received his education. ...
Wanda Wheeler
Oct 29, 2007
Former Shelley, Idaho resident, Wanda Wheeler, 93, died Oct. 29, 2007, in Anchorage, Alaska. Wanda was born Sept. 9, 1914, in Jamestown/Shelley, Idaho. She was the oldest of seven children. She grew up riding horses and occasionally helping herd cattle. In 1950, she came to Alaska on the steamship SS Aleutian. Landing in Seward, she took the train north, as...
Afton Anderson Hult
Oct 23, 2007
Afton Anderson Hult, 86, passed away on October 23, 2007, at the Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born on August 9, 1921, in Shelley, Idaho to Frances William Anderson and Rozett Lemmon Anderson, the twelfth of thirteen children. She attended the Taysom School grades one through eight...
Manuel Vazquez
Oct 8, 2007
Manuel Vazquez Orozco, 91, of Shelley, passed away October 8, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born on May 27, 1916 to Cresenciano Vazquez and M. de Jesus Orozco. He lived most of his life in Michoacan, Mexico and in the summers he traveled to Idaho. He had a great love for horses and enjoyed training them...
Fama Elaine Hansen
Oct 7, 2007
Fama Elaine Crofts Hansen, 93, completed her journey here on the earth October 7, 2007 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Fama was born January 13, 1914 in Basalt, Idaho to Hyrum Thomas Crofts and Charlotte Paskett. She attended school in the Firth School District. Fama had long black curly hair and was a beautiful young woman. She loved school, with her...
Leda Brady Hansen
Oct 2, 2007
Leda Jones Brady Hansen passed from this world into the loving arms of her father in heaven on October 2, 2007. She was an active member of the LDS Church where she enjoyed serving as a visiting teacher. She was loved and respected by all that knew her. Leda was born on December 9, 1920 in Fairview, Utah. She was...
Burnis Shirley Decker
Sep 25, 2007
Burnis Shirley Steele Decker, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 25, 2007. She was born July 26, 1930, in Firth, Idaho, to Carl and Leota Beasley Steele. She grew up on the family farm in Firth. As a young woman, she moved to Idaho Falls and worked for the telephone company. She married Lowell Johnson on Nov 27, 1949,...
Fred C. Carpenter
Sep 21, 2007
Fred C. Carpenter, 74, of Firth passed away September 21, 2007 in Idaho Falls. He will be remembered for his great sense of humor and his many kind deeds. He was born March 15, 1933 in Shelley, Idaho to G. Loren & Elizabeth H. Carpenter. When 3 years old, the family moved to Osgood where he resided until 1978 when...
Troy Lorenzo Hansen
Sep 5, 2007
Troy Lorenzo Hansen, 33, of Shelley, Idaho died September 5, 2007 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1974 in Pocatello, Idaho, to Carl Lorenzo Hansen and Judy Taysom Hansen. Troy graduated from Shelley High School in 1992. He continued his education by attending Ricks College and Idaho State University. Troy then married Amber Peterson and...
Virginia Hawkins
Sep 3, 2007
Virginia Hawkins, 85, of Idaho Falls passed away on September 3, 2007 at the Eastern Idaho Regional medical center after a short illness. Virginia, the youngest of 8 children, was born on August 13, 1922 in Shelley, Idaho to Amos and Hazel Harker. Virginia grew up in Shelley where she graduated with honors from Shelley High School in 1940. ...