Obituaries

Jul 29, 2023

Nancy Adams Lujan,75, passed away July 29, 2023, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the care of hospice.

Her story starts in 1947 when her folks, sharecroppers, Hillery and Lillian Gene Adams, left the cotton fields of Texas with her “ much older” sister Delilah, for Marysville, California. Nancy was born later that year on December 19, 1947....

Jul 28, 2023

Our loved and cherished father, Robert Clark Green, 94, rejoined our Father in Heaven on Friday, July 28, 2023, in North Logan, Utah, in the home of Mont and Lauri Robinson. Robert married his college sweetheart, Lorna Lu Brown, in the Idaho Falls LDS temple on October 23, 1952. She preceded him in death, and after nearly six years...

Jul 28, 2023

Myrna Lue Grayson, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 28, 2023, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Myrna was born June 22, 1940, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Homer Robertson and Reba McDaniel Robertson. Myrna grew up in Pocatello, Idaho, and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1958.

On February 12, 1960, she married Jay Grayson...

Jul 28, 2023

Richard L. "Dick" Micklich, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 28, 2023, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family.

Richard was born April 25, 1937, in Pueblo, Colorado, to William Micklich and Rose Lakner Micklich. He grew up and attended schools in Pueblo, Colorado, and graduated from Pueblo Catholic High School....

Jul 27, 2023

The Taylor and Frederiksen Families have lost their leader.  Virginia Ann (Taylor) Lindley (known as Ann or Annie) passed away on July 27, 2023.  Annie was the oldest child of her parents and the oldest grandchild of both her mother and father’s families.  As with many first-borns, she assumed her leadership role naturally and was so very good at...

Jul 27, 2023

Elijah Jeffrey Moses Jones entered this world on a Thursday in Butte, Montana, on July 6, 2006. He came quicker than the nurses thought he would, and surprised us by being born underwater in a jacuzzi. His father drew him out of the water and saw him first. From the beginning, love from his parents and six siblings surrounded...

Jul 27, 2023

Jeremy Eugene Jennings, 49, passed away on July 27, 2023, in a tragic car accident.

Jeremy was born October 26, 1973, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The world became a brighter place on that day. Jeremy was a happy child and was born with a generational love of animals. He always had dogs, horses, and the need for...

Jul 26, 2023

Thomas Moody Cowan, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 26, 2023, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls.

Tom was born September 4, 1949, in Killeen, Texas, to Claude Moody Cowan and Mary Ruth Boydstun Cowan. He grew up and attended schools in Coppers Cove, Texas, and graduated from Coppers Cove High School. Tom worked as...

Jul 25, 2023

Henry Gordon White, 86, of Ammon, passed away July 25, 2023, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Henry was born August 12, 1936, in Ucon, Idaho, to Theodore Howard White and Elva Mary Gardner White. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1955. On July 12, 1956, he...

Jul 24, 2023

Jimmie Dale Gregory, 30, Of Idaho Falls ID, passed away peacefully and suddenly on July 24, 2023. He was born to Renee Knie-Collins on September 19,1992. Jimmie was survived by a large family that loved him dearly. Sister, Kristina Masengale; Brothers, Kori Gregory, Johnnie Gregory; and their families, The Moore Family, The Roller Family, The Hill Family, and The...

Jul 24, 2023

Denalee Heiner McKenna, born to Charles Delbert and Velda Hunsaker Heiner on November 24, 1946, in Afton, Wyoming, passed away on July 24, 2023, at the age of 76, in Ammon, Idaho. She was the fourth of ten children.

Being raised on a dairy farm in Bedford, Wyoming, she grew up milking cows, even on frigid Star...

Jul 23, 2023

Dell Bert Miller, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 23, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was under the care of his loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice.

Dell was born March 1, 1953, in Grand Island, Nebraska, to William Arthur Miller and Loretta Mae Andrews Miller. He was one of nine...

Jul 23, 2023

Lula Marie Speas, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 23, 2023, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

Lula was born November 26, 1931, in Payette, Idaho, to Elmer A Pemberton and Reva Arvesta Coulter Pemberton. She grew up and attended schools in McCall, Emmett, and graduated from Riggins High School.

On March 4, 1949, she...

Jul 23, 2023

LuDene Johnson, 98, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 23, 2023, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

LuDene was born July 8, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Grant Elijah Robinson and Sarah Elizabeth Stanger Robinson. She grew up and attended school in Iona, and graduated top of her class in 1943.

On November 24, 1945,...

Jul 23, 2023

Pamela Butler Nelson, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 23, 2023, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Brio Home Health and Hospice.

Pam was born on September 17, 1949, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Buck Butler and Violet Ockerman Butler. Pam was the middle child of five daughters. She...

Jul 22, 2023

Loriann Rae Wade, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 22, 2023, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls of complications related to Multiple Sclerosis. She was under the care of her loving family.

Loriann was born October 22, 1959, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Lorin Alton Bressler and Joan Rae Russell Bressler. She grew up and...

Jul 22, 2023

Barbara Ann McKinley, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 22, 2023, at Promontory Point Rehabilitation.

Barbara was born April 9, 1934, in Bristol, Wisconsin, to Clyde Everett Jackson and Madolene Parsons Jackson. She grew up and attended schools in Bristol and Wilmont, Wisconsin.

On December 19, 1952, she married Robert Lee McKinley in Bristol,...

Jul 22, 2023

Shirley Lynell Dees, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 22, 2023, at MorningStar Senior Living Center. She was under the care of Enhabit Hospice.

Shirley was born November 4, 1935, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Rudolph Volmer and Velma Catherine Goldman Volmer. She grew up and attended schools in Ammon and graduated from Bonneville High...

Jul 21, 2023

Sandra Dawn Blackburn left suddenly and way too soon on July 21, 2023.

Sandra was born September 17, 1943, in Watertown, New York. She was the loving daughter to Elda and William Keele, and the sweetest sister to Linda Stears, Colleen McCreery, Dennis Garner, Teresa Hornbake, Anita Bailey, and Aleta Jensen.

Sandra had many nieces...

Jul 21, 2023

Roy “Tom” Powell, 83, of Salmon, Idaho, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on July 21, 2023.

Tom was born to William and Grace Powell on October 9,1939, in Sidney, Nebraska.

Tom attended the University of Wyoming for business where he met Jerrelyn Ann Bodine. They married in Lawton, Michigan, on June...