Obituaries

Gary Irving

Apr 6, 2019

Gary Randall Irving of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed from this earth into heaven on April 6, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Gary will be missed by his wife, children, grandchildren and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Rd.,...

Easton Castro

Apr 6, 2019

Send Flowers Easton Gene Castro

October 1, 2018 - April 6, 2019

Easton Gene Castro was born October 1, 2018, to Whitney Bosen and Ricardo Castro at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The moment he was born, the feeling of love and joy was overwhelming. Easton was diagnosed with Down Syndrome during pregnancy and...

Janice Devine

Apr 5, 2019

Janice Fay Devine, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 5, 2019, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation. Janice was born September 19, 1947, in Oroville, CA, to Dwaine Enock Wedin and Ida Fay Winters Wedin. She attended school and graduated from Gridley High School in Gridley, CA. On June 26, 1965, she married the love of her...

William "Bill" Pelon

Apr 3, 2019

William "Bill" John Pelon, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 3, 2019, at his home. He was born July 7, 1950, in River Rouge, Michigan, to Wesley Pelon and Thelma Caladine Pelon. He grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from River Rouge High School. On August 16, 1976, he married Elizabeth Mingao in Bremerton,...

James "Jim" Puetz

Apr 2, 2019

James "Jim" Douglas Puetz, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 2, 2019, at Fairwinds-Sand Creek Retirement Community. Jim was born September 13, 1941, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Henry Walter Puetz and Helen Polk Puetz. He grew up fishing and playing on the beach with his brother and attended schools in Newport, Oregon. He later attended Linfield College...

Penelope "Penny" Ownbey

Apr 1, 2019

Penelope "Penny" Ann Ownbey passed away on April 1, 2019, at the age of 74, in Idaho Falls. Penny was born May 22, 1944, in Miami, Florida. She was the oldest of four children and grew up and attended school in St. Petersburg, Florida. At the age of 12, she met the man she would share her entire life and...

Hunter Mayes

Mar 31, 2019

Hunter M. Dale Mayes, 23, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 31, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Hunter was born November 13, 1995, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Casey Lee Hansen and Katie Rachelle Mayes. He grew up and attended schools in Roberts, Idaho, and graduated from Jefferson High School. He had previously worked at Home Reach....

Don Harris

Mar 31, 2019

Donnelly LeRoy Harris, 78, went into the arms of his Heavenly Father on March 31, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was surrounded by his loving family. Don was born July 2, 1940, in Heyburn, Idaho, to Milton LeRoy Harris and Alma Spangenberg. Don was the oldest of three children. When he was...

Robert Denkins

Mar 31, 2019

Robert Franklin Denkins, 86, died at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born April 25, 1932, in Cairo, Georgia, to Vassel and Norma Dinkins.

He served four years in the United States Air Force with the Seventh Air Rescue Squadron. He then went to school at Middle Georgia College, Georgia Institute of Technology, and...

Elaine Benson

Mar 30, 2019

Elaine Oliverson Benson, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 30, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family. Elaine was born February 8, 1933, in Preston, Idaho, to Harold Whitehead Oliverson and Lucy Pearl Lena Olsen Oliverson. She grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from Preston High School. Then became a licensed practical nurse...

Mary Chavez

Mar 29, 2019

Mary Edonilia Chavez, 76, of Ucon, passed away March 29, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born October 1, 1942, in Cerro, New Mexico, to Pablo Herminio Segura and Erminda Jaramillo Segura. She grew up and attended schools in Payson, Utah. She married James Sanchez in Idaho Falls. In 1973, they moved to Menan, Idaho. They...

William "Bill" Ward

Mar 29, 2019

William Jerome Ward, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 29, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family. He was under the care of One Source Hospice and Nuclear Care Providers. Bill was born March 4, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland, to William Henry Ward and Agnes Mable Sickle Ward. He grew up and attended schools in Baltimore. He...

Joseph Anthony

Mar 28, 2019

Joseph Arnold Anthony, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 28, 2019, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls.

Joseph was born March 28, 1931, in Grace, Idaho, to Harry M. Anthony and Juneita Hansen Anthony. He grew up and attended schools in Grace, Idaho and Missoula, Montana. He moved to Idaho Falls in 1961.

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J.R. Noonan

Mar 25, 2019

James Richard "J.R." Noonan passed away Monday, March 25, 2019, at home due to natural causes.

He was born February 14,1947, to James Franklin Noonan and Ruth Esther Hodgson in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

He is survived by his wife, Pamela Hendricks Noonan of Idaho Falls, Idaho; a son, Jeff Noonan of Rapid City, South Dakota; three...

Jolyn Bennett

Mar 25, 2019

FARR WEST - Jolyn Scholes Bennett, 55, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 25, 2019.

Jolyn was born February 1, 1964, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to David & JoAnn Burtenshaw Scholes, whom she loved dearly.

She was raised on a farm in Rigby, Idaho, with six rowdy siblings and moved to Idaho Falls in 1976....

Bonnie Scott

Mar 24, 2019

Bonnie Kay Scott, 59, passed away March 23, 2019, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

She was born January 26, 1960 in Great Falls, Montana, to Irvin Carpenter Scott and Joyce Earnestine Brandjord. She was the youngest of five children; Diane (Bob) Reed, Larry (Lorna) Scott, David Scott, and Lila (Walt) Wilkin.

She lived in Idaho Falls...

Joan Cannon

Mar 24, 2019

Joan Mary Geller Cannon, affectionately known as "Nan" to her family, passed away in her daughter’s home in Menan, Idaho, on March 24, 2019. Joan was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 20, 1929, to George Vernon Geller and Frances Louise Keller Geller.

In 1947, 17 year old Joan married the love of her life, Harmon...

Alan Christensen

Mar 23, 2019

Alan Lynn Christensen, 69, of Menan, Idaho, passed away in his sleep on Saturday, March 23, 2019, in his home. Alan was born on May 19, 1949, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Lynn Lovell Christensen and Blanche Bower Christensen. He grew up and attended school in Roberts, Idaho, and graduated from Roberts High School in 1967. After high school,...

Barbara "Bobbie" Crane

Mar 22, 2019

Barbara Provost Crane, 85, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away March 22, 2019, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Bobbie was born May 25, 1933, in East Rochester, New York, to Clifford Joseph Provost and Alberta Theresa Wiese Provost. She lived in nine states during her lifetime; New York, Indiana, Utah,...

Leo Linning

Mar 20, 2019

Leonardus "Leo" Linning, age 76, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 20, 2019, in his home in Idaho Falls. Leo was born July 14, 1942, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Johannes and Elizabeth Tau Linning. He was always proud of his Dutch heritage and taught his children about it. After World War II, the family boarded a ship...