Obituaries
Doris Lillian Summers
Jan 30, 2007
Doris Cox Summers, 91, of Idaho Falls died January 30, 2007 at the Turtle & Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born Doris Lillian Wadsworth on March 4, 1915 in Idaho Falls to Bertie Wadsworth and Eliza Jane Stoddard of Taylor, Idaho. She was the third of seven children. She went to grade school in Taylor and...
Lawrence B Hanson
Jan 27, 2007
Lawrence B Hanson, 85, of Riverdale, Utah and formerly of Shelley, Idaho passed away January 27, 2007 at the Aspen Care Center in Ogden, Utah of natural causes. He was under hospice care. He was born February 12, 1921 in Shelley, Idaho to Melvin and Lillian Beckstrand Hanson, the second of 11 children. He grew up in Shelley, working on...
Stephanie Michelle Scholes
Jan 23, 2007
Stephanie Michelle Scholes, 24, of Firth was taken to her Heavenly Father on January 23, 2007. She passed away at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah due to a Pulmonary Embolism while recovering from a liver transplant. Stephanie was born October 26, 1982 at Blackfoot, Idaho to Von Alvin and Rosemary Stephens Scholes. She was well...
Wayne Leroy Nield
Jan 12, 2007
Wayne Leroy Nield, 77, passed away quietly Friday January 12, 2007 at his home in Shelley. He was born July 27, 1929 to Frank Leroy and Selma June Charlesworth Nield in Anaconda, Montana. They later moved to the Idaho Falls area were he attended school. He lost his beloved mother when he was 8 years old. His father remarried Myrtle...
Charles Raymond Collins
Jan 9, 2007
Charles Raymond Collins, 80, of Shelley passed away January 9, 2007 at his home under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born September 22, 1926 at Wellsville, Kansas to Harley C. and Mabel E. Wright Collins. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1945. He served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Noble from February...
Shirley Vee Searle
Jan 6, 2007
Shirley Vee Searle, 72, of St. George, UT, formerly of Shelley, ID died January 6, 2007 in St. George. She was born July 31, 1934 in Shelley, ID to Clyde Raymond and Vera Oler Adams. She grew up and attended schools in Shelley. On July 6, 1951 she married Duane J. Searle in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. She worked...
Robert "Bob" Berton Gallup
Dec 27, 2006
Robert (Bob) Berton Gallup, 67 of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away December 27, 2006, of natural causes at The LDS Hospital in Salt Lake, Utah. Bob was born the eldest of three children on August 26, 1939 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Bert and Dorothy McInelly Gallup. He was raised and attended school in Shelley, Idaho. In September 1958, Bob married D'Lone...
Neil M. Turner
Dec 23, 2006
Neil M. Turner passed away Saturday, December 23rd at EIRMC following a long illness. He was born January 31, 1922 in Heber City, Utah to Glen Turner and Pearl Witt Turner. At an early age his parents divorced and he lived with his grandparents and six aunts in Heber City, Utah. He graduated from Wasatch High School in Heber City. ...
Donna Rae Jones
Dec 7, 2006
Donna Rae Jones, 76, of Shelley passed away December 7, 2006 at her home under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born December 19, 1929 at Shelley, Idaho to George and Vera Carter Hjelm. She attended school in Shelley and Issaquah, WA. On March 14, 1948 she married Donald Jones at Issaquah, WA. She worked for the...
George Harold Granberg
Dec 4, 2006
George Harold Granberg, 80, of Firth passed away December 4, 2006 at his home. He was born June 18, 1926 at Firth, Idaho to Carl Harold and Lily Carlson Granberg. He graduated from Shelley High School in 1944 and immediately joined the U.S. Navy. He served aboard the carrier USS Gilbert Island in the Western Pacific during WWII. On February...
Blaylock Johnson
Dec 1, 2006
Blaylock Johnson of Logan passed away, surrounded by many loving family members, at his home in Logan on December 1, 2006. Born December 24, 1921, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, he was the third of seven children born to Clarence Frithiof and Annie Blaylock Johnson. Blaylock attended Eagle Rock Elementary in Idaho Falls and High School in Shelley, Idaho, graduating in...
Rayloa Moffat Larson
Nov 24, 2006
Rayola Moffat Larson, 61, of Shelley passed away November 24, 2006 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was born July 30, 1945 at Driggs, Idaho to Ralph Wearing and Clara Mace Waddell Moffat. She grew up on a farm. She married Author Gail Leonardson in October of 1965. They were later divorced. She married Carl Larson in February...
Judy Kay Lucero
Nov 22, 2006
Judy Kay Lucero, 65, of Shelley passed away November 22, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born August 7, 1941 at Del Norte, Colorado to Forest A. and Ivah M. Lowery Bishop. She was raised in Del Norte where she worked in the potato fields and on the farm with her dad taking care of...
Lamaun Esplin
Nov 12, 2006
LaMaun Esplin, 68, passed away November 12, 2006, at home in Battle Mountain, NV, after a lengthy illness. He was born June 21, 1938, in Idaho Falls, ID, to Marion C. and Voilet Mitchell Esplin. He attended grade school in Basalt, Idaho, and graduated from Firth High School in Firth, ID. LaMaun married Coral Jean Tew March 2, 1962 in...
Jay Henry Dye
Nov 11, 2006
Jay Henry Dye, 58, peacefully passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, November 11, 2006, at Madison Memorial Hospital after a battle with cancer. He will be remembered for his faith, kindness, sense of humor and the musical talents he shared. Jay was born June 22, 1948 to Warren and Florence Hacking Dye in Idaho Falls, ID. He grew...
Kenneth Devere Smith
Nov 7, 2006
Kenneth Devere Smith, 88, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Tuesday morning November 7, 2006 at The Willows Assisted Living Facilities in Blackfoot, Idaho. He was born May 26, 1918 in Shelley, Idaho to Francis T. Smith and Myrtle Andersen Smith. He attended school in Shelley, Idaho as well as Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Kenneth was a member of...
Donna Ruth Phillips
Oct 31, 2006
Donna Ruth Phillips, 78, of Woodville passed away October 31, 2006 at Rexburg Nursing & Rehabilitation. She was born April 5, 1928 at Pocatello, Idaho to William John and Norma Selena Sundstrom Orchard. She grew up in Fort Hall and attended school in Blackfoot, graduating from Blackfoot High School. On November 30, 1951 she married Floyd Lavoy Phillips in Fort...
Robert C Prescott
Oct 28, 2006
Robert C Prescott, 79, passed away October 28, 2006 at his home in Goshen under hospice care. He was born June 4, 1927 in Montpelier, Idaho to Clifford Heber Prescott and Hannah Margaret Hansen. He spent his early years and began his schooling in Sharon, Idaho before moving to Pocatello when he was 7 years old. He continued his schooling...
Bernice A. Matheson
Oct 24, 2006
Bernice A. Matheson, 90, of Firth passed away October 24, 2006 at her home. She was born December 13, 1915 in Cedar City, Utah to William Franklin and Ellen Urie Murie Hunter Armstrong. She was raised in Enoch, Utah where she attended a one room school and then graduated fro Branch Normal School (Snow College). On February 20, 1936 she...
Royal Jay Rowley
Oct 14, 2006
Royal Jay Rowley of Shelley, age 81, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jay was born in Shelley on April 17, 1925 to Royal James and Mary Ann Jones Rowley. He was the youngest of 10 children and the last living member of his original family. In 1943 Jay enlisted in the U.S. Navy...