Obituaries

Robert Louis Shafer

Robert Louis Shafer

Feb 4, 2007

Robert Louis Shafer, 81, of Firth passed away February 4, 2007 at his home. He was born November 4, 1925 in Beyers, Colorado to Charles Anthony and Lillian Rhyne Shafer.  He served in the United States Marine Corps during Word War II.  He was wounded in Okinawa and received the Purple Heart. On November 21, 1945 he married Norma Moss...

Louree Davis Walker

Louree Davis Walker

Feb 2, 2007

Louree Davis Walker, 78, passed away February 2, 2007 at Mount Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls from complications of Alzheimer’s. She was born September 27, 1928 in Shelley, Idaho, to Francis and Mary Shelley Davis. She grew up in Shelley, attending Shelley High School, Ricks College and Utah State University.  After graduating from Utah State University with a Bachelor...

Gayle Christensen Baxter

Gayle Christensen Baxter

Feb 1, 2007

ONE WHO LOVED….. AND WAS LOVED   Gayle Christensen Baxter passed from this life of natural causes on February 1, 2007 surrounded by those who truly loved her.    She was born April 21, 1915 in Shelley, Idaho to Jennie McBride Christensen and Davis Christensen weighing just 3 pounds.  She has been a survivor ever since.  She married her sweetheart, James Willard...

Doris Lillian Summers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...