Obituaries
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...
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...

