Obituaries
Reid Warren Smith
Oct 6, 2006
Reid Warren Smith, 83, of Firth, passed away October 6, 2006 at his home. Reid was born November 23, 1922, the son of Heber J Smith & Matilda Mickelsen Smith. He was raised in Draper, Utah. He was the 4th of 5 children. After graduation from Jordan High School, May 23, 1941, he attended the University of Utah, majoring in...
Jay E. Johnson
Aug 31, 2006
Jay E. Johnson, 63, of Shelley, passed away August 31, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from encephalitis and meningitis. He was born January 3, 1943 in Ogden, Utah to Willis Johnson and Jean Derricott Johnson. He moved with his family to Shelley in the early fifties. He attended school in Firth and Shelley and graduated...
Arlene F. Short
Aug 23, 2006
Arlene F. Short, 79, of Basalt, passed away August 23, 2006 at her home after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born in Los Angeles, California to Edward L. Keller and Josephine Barth Keller. She attended grade school in Goshen. Later grew up on a farm north of Firth. She graduated from Firth High School. She married Shirley Short...
Donald Fred Dixon
Aug 11, 2006
Donald Fred Dixon died Friday, August 11, 2006 at his home in Shelley after a two-year battle with cancer under the care Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Don was born February 13, 1945 in St Anthony, Idaho to Herbert Fred Dixon and Marjorie Miller. His childhood was spent in St Anthony, Boise, Mountain Home and Caldwell before moving to Ashton...
Annie Mae Olsen
Aug 8, 2006
Annie Mae Beasley Bumgarner Olsen, 95, died August 8, 2006 at the Idaho Falls Health & Rehab Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 20, 1911 at Shelley, Bingham County, Idaho, the daughter of Milton L. and Mary Belle Byington Beasley. She grew up on a farm South of Shelley. The family moved to a home in Shelley where they...
John "Jack" Perry Milender
Aug 5, 2006
John “Jack” P. Milender 69, of Shelley, Idaho died Saturday August 5, 2006 of a long time illness of heart problems & pneumonia. He suffered a heart attack while on a camping trip near Swan Valley, Idaho. He was born October 8, 1936 in Casper Wyoming to Wilbert and Maybelle Hefferin Milender. He served in the Marine Corp. from 1952-1956. ...
Kim Martell Adamson
Aug 4, 2006
Kim Martell Adamson, 68, of Shelley, ID formerly of Orlando, FL passed away Aug. 4th, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to complications following surgery. He was born May 7, 1938 in Tooele, UT to James C. Adamson and Berma Jean Miller He lived his first 18 years in Montana. Following that he served 22 years in the...
Thelma Virginia Howell
Jul 31, 2006
Thelma Virginia Howell, 99, of Shelley passed away July 31, 2006 at the Bingham Extended Care Facility in Blackfoot. She was born November 21, 1906 at Basalt, Idaho the fourth of eleven children to Hyrum Parley and Elizabeth Chapman Johnson. She married Louis Preston Howell September 19, 1927 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They lived in Basalt and then Shelley until...
Janeal Rae John
Jul 31, 2006
Janeal Rae Bates John, 63, of Blackfoot passed away July 31, 2006 at her home under hospice care from cancer. She was born August 31, 1942 in Vancouver, Washington to Glen Dee and Elvretta May Cooley Munger. Janeal went to school in North Freemont and graduated from Bonneville High School. In 1961 she married Dennis Bates. She had one daughter,...
Richard Harold Layton
Jul 24, 2006
Richard Harold Layton, 77, of Taylor passed away July 24, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls. Richard was born 13 August, 1928 in Ogden, Utah to Harold Hall Layton and Myrtle Grace Montgomery Layton. He was raised farming with horses, milking Jersey cows and riding horses, an idyllic life for a boy. He moved to the Idaho...
Rulon Thain Jensen
Jul 23, 2006
Rulon Thain Jensen, 82, of Firth passed away July 23, 2006 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. He was born March 15, 1924 at Basalt, Idaho to Rulon M. and Mary Ellen Singleton Jensen. He attended school in Basalt and also Firth High School. Thain served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946. He served during...
Ruth Ekins Elliott
Jul 15, 2006
Ruth Ekins Elliott, age 86, of Heber City, Utah passed away Saturday July 15, 2006 at the home of her son Robert Elliott in Shelley. She was born Sept 15, 1919 at Provo, UT. She was the first of two children born to A. Ray Ekins and Diantha Ruth Patten Ekins. Ruth was educated at Page Elementary School and Lincoln...
Eileen Frances Stoddard
Jun 25, 2006
Eileen Frances Chamberlain Stoddard died of liver disease on June 25,2006 under hospice care at the home of her eldest daughter in Provo, Utah. Eileen was born July 1, 1933 in Ogden, Utah, the fourth of five children born to Blanche Viola Ahern and George Frances Chamberlain. She grew up in Pleasant View, Utah and graduated from Delta High School...
F. Calvin Dye
Jun 23, 2006
F. Calvin Dye, 70, of Firth left this life peacefully on June 23, 2006 at his home with his wife by his side. He was diagnosed with cancer while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his wife in New York, New York So. 2 ½ years ago. He loved God, his country and...
Lila Callister Jolley
Jun 17, 2006
Lila Callister Jolley age 95 of Firth, Idaho, died June17, 2006 at Bingham memorial hospital. Lila was born May 10,1911 in Groveland, Idaho. She was the 3rd of eight children born to Orson Pratt Callister and Annie Francella Jones Callister. She attended school in Moreland, Idaho where she graduated as valedictorian from the 8th grade and salutatorian from high school...
Dillon Michael Arave
Jun 17, 2006
Dillon Michael Arave, was stillborn June 17, 2006 at Mountain View Hospital. Dillion is survived by his parents Michael and Jennifer Miles Arave of Shelley; a sister Saydee Arave of Shelley; Grandparents Ron and Eudora Miles and Ralph and Verla Arave; Great Grandparents Angus and Norma Miles. He was preceded in death by a grandmother Mary Patricia Arave. Private family...
Lyle Edward Croft
Jun 10, 2006
Lyle Edward Croft, 78, of Idaho Falls, former Firth resident, passed away June 10, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls. He was born March 9, 1928 in Shelley, Idaho to Samuel Edward and Rosalind Allen Croft. He grew up and attended school in Shelley. On April 25, 1952 he married Deon Francis Woodruff in Idaho Falls, Idaho. ...
Ranae Fowler Hale
Jun 9, 2006
Ranae Fowler Hale, 64, of Shelley, passed away June 9, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from a massive brain hemorrhage. She was born February 7, 1942 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Delbert and Florence Wiseman Fowler. She attended schools in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated in 1960 from Pocatello High School. She then attended ISU in Pocatello. On...
Peter Russell Kidd
Jun 8, 2006
Peter Russell Kidd, 83, of Shelley, ID passed away on June 8, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born June 23, 1922 at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania to Jack and Madola Jobb Kidd. On October 4, 1952 he married Laura E. Atkins at Clairton, Pennsylvania. He had a dairy farm in Somerset, PA for 25 years then moved to...
Jolene Hult Smith
Jun 7, 2006
Jolene Hult Smith, 63, of Nevada City, California, former Shelley resident, died June 7, 2006 in Grass Valley, California from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born Oct. 14, 1942, in Shelley, Idaho, to Afton and Mervin Hult. She married Randolph R. Smith on Oct. 8, 1981. She was a nurse at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. She was...