Obituaries
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...
Wayne L. Madsen
Jun 5, 2006
Wayne Leon Madsen, 65, of Shelley, passed away June 5, 2006 at his home under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born July 7, 1940 at Riverside, Idaho to L.P. and Mabel Bassett Madsen. He attended Basalt Elementary School and graduated from Firth High School in 1958. He always lived on a farm. As an adult he...
Beverley Joann Gallup
May 26, 2006
Beverley JoAnn Gallup, 72, of Shelley, passed away May 26, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 15, 1933 at Onida South Dakota to Rolla W. Wilhelm and Ethel Mae Bowers. She moved with her family to Idaho in 1943. She attended school in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School where she played...
Taylor Laurel Jeffries
May 25, 2006
Taylor Laurel Jeffries of Newport News, VA formerly of Shelley, ID passed away peacefully on May 25, 2006 at the age of five years. She is a shining example of enduring and longsuffering as she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease known as Krabbe Leukodystrophy, a degenerative nerve disorder at the age of 11 months. Taylor was born on...
Leland Jay Harper
May 22, 2006
Leland Jay Harper, 81, of Shelley passed away May 22, 2007 at his home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday May 25th at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak) in Shelley. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7:00 till 8:30 P.M. and Saturday morning 9:30 till 10:45 at the funeral home.
Virgel Leroy Willyerd
May 21, 2006
Virgel Leroy Willyerd, 92, of Idaho Falls, former Wilford and Firth resident passed away May 21, 2006 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born November 29, 1913 at Woodville, Idaho to Leroy Albert and Margaret Melissa Humphries Willyerd. Virgel farmed at Wilford, Idaho until the Teton dam broke in 1976. He then relocated to a farm south of...
Karen Bea Hansen
May 18, 2006
Karen Hansen, 64, of Idaho Falls passed away May 18, 2006 from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born August 27, 1941 in Shelley, Idaho to N. Donald and Fama Elaine Crofts Hansen. She attended schools in the Firth area and graduated from Firth High School with honors. Karen was an active, talented girl. She performed dance and...
Deetta Gail Christensen
May 16, 2006
DeEtta Gail Jensen Christensen died after a long battle with cancer on May 16, 2006, under hospice care at home in Shelley, Idaho. The fourth of six children, she was born August 27, 1939, in Mackay, Idaho, to Glen Andrew Jensen and Phoebe Richeson. She grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1957. On October 30,...
Kent W. Anderson
May 16, 2006
Kent W. (Andy) Anderson passed away unexpectedly at his home in Idaho Falls May 16, 2006 at the age of 67. He was born June 30, 1938 in Jameston, Idaho the son of Edward (Ted) and Irma Anderson. He grew up and went to school in the Shelley - Jameston area graduating from Shelley High School in 1957. After high...
Lucille Bateman
May 14, 2006
Lucille Bateman, 89, of Shelley died May 14, 2006 at The Willows in Blackfoot. She was born February 18, 1917 at Hyrum, Utah to William and Sophie Christiansen. As a child her family moved to the Thomas area were she grew up and attended school, graduating from Moreland High School. On May 22, 1934 she married LeRoy Bateman in the...
Barbara Bowcutt
May 5, 2006
Barbara LaRae Simons Bowcutt, 62, died May 5, 2006 after a long battle with cancer. She was born February 6, 1944 in Sunnydale, Utah. Barbara was the third born of eight children to Ray Simons and Irma Simons Whitmill. The family lived in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, Firth, Idaho and Shelley, Idaho. Barbara moved to Shelley, Idaho where she continued to...