Obituaries

Sonja Marie (Skinner) Blalock

Apr 10, 2021

Sonja Marie Skinner Blalock, 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 10, 2021, at her home, under the loving care of her family and Brio Hospice.

Sonja was born to Jack and Gloria Skinner on March 5, 1964, a cold, snowy day in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was the oldest of four children. She had one sister,...

Marvin Ellsworth Eld

Apr 10, 2021

Marvin Ellsworth Eld, 84, passed away on April 10, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.

Marv was born June 12, 1936 in Aitkin, Minnesota, to Arnold and Helen Marsh Eld. He had one brother, Alden, and one sister, Elaine. They lived in Minnesota, Ohio, and Idaho. After...

Arvel "Reese" Byington

Apr 10, 2021

Arvel “Reese” Byington was born December 27, 1956 to Gen Spencer and JoeAnna (Walton) Byington. The family lived in Poplar Idaho seven miles east of Ririe until 1961, when they moved into a “much larger home” on 1st West Street in Ririe.

Reese attended Ririe Elementary, Junior High, and Senior High School there. He excelled in Rodeo,...

Harold Edward Crumley

Apr 9, 2021

Harold Edward Crumley, 80, of Blackfoot, passed away April 9, 2021, at Portneuf Medical Center.

Harold was born January 15, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, to Harold Samuel Crumley and Augusta  DeSpiegler Crumley. Harold grew up attending schools in multiple states. After high school, he joined the Military where he served for six years as a diesel and...

Evelyn Mae (Hanson) Denton

Apr 9, 2021

Evelyn Mae Denton, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 9, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.  She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

Evelyn was born September 19, 1937, in Velva, North Dakota, to Leonard Hanson and Hilda  Looman Hanson.  She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls.

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Deanna Lynn (Heed) Reeves

Apr 8, 2021

DeAnna Lynn Heed Reeves, 44, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 8, 2021, at her home.

DeAnna was born October 24, 1976, in South Jordan, Utah, to Harvey Golden Heed and Marilyn Joy Kohn Heed.  She grew up and attended schools in Riverton, Utah, and graduated from Valley High School in 1994.

On November 25, 1994, she...

Greg Kelley

Apr 8, 2021

Gregory Gene Kelley, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 8, 2021, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital due to complications of Covid-19.

Greg was born on April 14, 1952 in Shelley, Idaho, to Gene Edwards Kelley and Bonnie Nell (Hampton) Kelley. He was the second of five children, with two sisters, Ann and Kris, and two...

Allen John Thiel Jr.

Apr 7, 2021

Allen John Thiel Jr., 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 7, 2021 at his home. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Allen was born May 30, 1933, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Allen J. Thiel Sr. and Sarah Slifer Thiel. He was the eldest of 14 children. He grew up in the New Sweden...

Roger Dale Pape

Apr 7, 2021

Roger Dale Pape, 91, of Iona, passed away April 7, 2021, at his home.

Roger was born July 22, 1929, in Waverly, Iowa, to Milton Pape and Rose Schoof Pape. He grew up and attended schools in Waverly, Iowa, and graduated from Waverly High School. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army during the...

Jeanie (Kimball) Olson

Apr 7, 2021

Bobbie Jeneane “Jeanie” Olson, 82, of Ammon, passed away April 7, 2021, at her home, surrounded by her loving family.

Jeanie was born December 16, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Lloyd Roscoe Kimball and Eldoris Estella Hunter Kimball. She grew up and attended schools in Firth, Idaho.

On February 12, 1959, she married Charles...

Eloise E Jones

Apr 6, 2021

Eloise E. Jones, 92, of Ammon, passed away April 6, 2021, at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center.

Eloise was born January 6, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Byron Davis Jones and Mary Pearl Evans Jones. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, and then La Crosse, Wisconsin, for a few years but returned to...

Glen Leon Howard

Apr 6, 2021

Glen Leon Howard, age 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 6, 2021, in an accident.

Glen was born Nov 27, 1935, the youngest of 13 children, near St. Anthony, Idaho, the son of William Alfred Howard and Rachel Elnora Thompson Howard. He was born at the family farmhouse that was still under construction and blankets hung...

Kirby Moedl Kinghorn

Apr 5, 2021

Kirby Moedl Kinghorn

"The man, the myth, the legend”

Kirby Moedl Kinghorn passed away at age 64, in Idaho Falls on April 5, 2021. He passed away peacefully at his daughter, Brandee’s, house after a 6-year fight with cancer.

Kirby was born August 8, 1956, in Juneau, Alaska, to Dale Kinghorn and Margie...

Margaret Garnet Wood

Apr 5, 2021

Margaret Garnet Wood, 84, of Blackfoot, formerly of Hamer, died Monday, April 5, 2021, at Willows Assisted Living.

Margaret was born August 18, 1936, in Idaho Falls, to Sarah Rachel Turman and Frank Mellwood Nielsen of Hamer. She had one sister, Beverly, and two brothers, Karl Ray and Billy. She grew up in Hamer, attending school there...

Orval Clayson Benson

Apr 5, 2021

Orval Clayson Benson, 88, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away April 5, 2021, at his home surrounded by his children. He left this earth returning to his Heavenly Father and devoted, loving wife, Elaine.

Orval was born February 8, 1933, in Whitney, Idaho, to Orval Dunkley Benson and Lourena May Clayson. He grew up in Whitney, graduated...

Larry Kenneth Hansen

Apr 4, 2021

Larry Hansen, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 4, 2021, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation.

Larry was born March 9, 1962, in Mountain Home, Idaho, to Raeleen Lyman Hansen. He grew up in many places, including Las Vegas, and attended sixteen different schools before graduating from Burbank High School in Washington. He graduated on...

David Edwin Clark

Apr 4, 2021

David Edwin Clark, 76, of Island Park, Idaho, passed away on April 4, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Dave was a loving father of three, coach, mentor and friend to many. He was loved by all who knew him.

Dave was born on June 9, 1944, in Flushing, New York, to Kenneth Horatio Bristol Clark...

Steven Terry Dick

Apr 4, 2021

Steven Terry Dick passed away April, 4, 2021 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Steve was born to William Terry Dick and Beth Marie Rhoades Dick on July 28, 1949 in Pocatello, Idaho at St. Anthon Hospital. He was their first of three sons, with brothers Kelly and Jon. By the time he was fourteen, he had...

Norma Jean (Cassity) Foster

Apr 3, 2021

Norma Jean Foster, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 3, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Norma was born May 27, 1942, in Payette, ID, to Floyd Cassity and Dorothy  Bergman Cassity. She was raised by her mother and step-father, Donald Johnson, after her father passed away when she was a young child.  She grew...

Doreen (Russell) Wolf

Apr 3, 2021

Mae Doreen Wolf, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 3, 2021, at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

Doreen was born April 29, 1931, in Shelley, Idaho, to John Wesley Russell and Ruth Chilson Covert Russell. She grew up and attended schools in Shelley....