Obituaries

Dec 10, 2018

Lavonna Spaulding Perry, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 10, 2018 from complications of pneumonia. Lavonna was born March 19, 1931, in Independence, Madison County, Idaho, to Earl Eli Spaulding and Gladys Vie Thomason Spaulding. She attended schools in the Ririe area and graduated from Ririe High School. She also attended several colleges, including Ricks College, and received...

Dec 10, 2018

Ronald Bruce Lively, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 10, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Ron was born July 24, 1941, in Okemah (Rural), Oklahoma, to Shelton Lively and Molly Grace McClanahan Lively. He grew up and attended schools in Oklahoma. He served with honor in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was stationed...

Dec 10, 2018

Wilma Ada Madsen, 100, passed away December 10, 2018, at her home.

Wilma Ada Madsen was born July 29, 1918, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the daughter of Arthur William Miles and Ada Jane Neibaur Miles. She attended schools in Firth, Idaho. One of her favorite things to do was sing the songs of her youth to...

Dec 9, 2018

Colleen Marie Heileson Wilson, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2018, at her home. Colleen was born April 25, 1940, in Rigby, Idaho, to Orson Howard Heileson and Josie Maxine Smith Heileson. She grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from Idaho Falls High School where she participated in Drill Team and the High School...

Dec 9, 2018

Eleanora Hattie Phillips, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Eleanora was born March 22, 1930, in Fargo, ND, to Herbert Schock and Marie Rudolph Schock. She moved during her grade school years and went to high school in Rupert, ID; resided in the surrounding areas. She lived in...

Dec 9, 2018

Cort (Alonzo) Zimmerman, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2018, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

Cort was born on August 2, 1924, near Emmett, Idaho to Anah B. Lathrop and Cort Clinton Zimmerman. He attended school in Emmett, graduating from Emmett High School in 1942. He graduated from The College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho,...

Dec 9, 2018

Michael "Mike" Francis Case, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Mike was born August 1, 1946, in Vallejo, California, to Elmer W. Case and Marie Knight Case. He grew up and attended schools in Utah and Idaho. On June 10, 1963, he married the...

Dec 8, 2018

Gloria Dawn Carson Rhodehouse passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 8, 2018. Gloria was born August 15, 1938, in Dillon, Montana, to Bonnie Belle Westfall and Alva C Carson. She was the oldest of three children having two brothers, Bruce and Terry. Gloria and her father shared a very special bond. Her parents traveled as she...

Dec 8, 2018

Delores Hudman, 89, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away in Idaho Falls, surrounded by loving family, on Saturday, December 8, 2018. Delores was born at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls, on October 11, 1929, the eldest child of six children, to Velma (Hansen) and Alonzo Eckersley. She lived on her grandfather Hansen’s farm and attended school in a two-room...

Dec 8, 2018

Judy Lee Balls Walker, 68, of Ammon and formerly of Aberdeen, passed away peacefully on December 8, 2018. Judy was born November 6, 1950, in Moses Lake, Grant, Washington to Ivan Albert Welker and LaMay Rindlisbacher. Judy was adopted on January 9, 1956, at the age of five, by Thomas Earl Balls and Martha Faye Benson Balls. Later that...

Dec 8, 2018

Theodore Bruce Smith, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Friday, 8 December 2018, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Vacaville, California, after a sudden, short illness.

Ted was born 26 September 1942, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, to William Roger and Elna Yoland Whitney Smith, the sixth of eleven children. He attended Washington High...

Dec 7, 2018

Vonita Margaret Rainey passed away after a long battle with MS, on Friday, December 7, 2018. She had been on hospice care at her mother’s home with her sister Melanie, her mother, and Aspen Home health and Hospice providing her care.

Vonita was born April 25, 1957, to Luke Carl Nastri and Luana Margaret Heaps Nastri in...

Dec 7, 2018

Frederick Lawton White, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 7, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Fred was born August 18, 1950, in Madera, California, to Harry Freemont White and Patsy Louise Hopper White. He grew up and attended schools in Firebaugh, California. He served in the United States Army for twenty years, including the...

Dec 7, 2018

Steven Lynn Caverhill, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 7, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Steven was born October 17, 1952, in Afton, Wyoming, to John H. Caverhill and Alta Pifer Caverhill. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. He also attended Idaho State University. He...

Dec 6, 2018

Vivian Lenore Elizabeth Kinnie, 93, of Ammon, peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father on December 6, 2018.

Vivian was born on the 4th of January 1925, to Andrew Christopher Kinnie and Harriette Rosa Vincent in Pana, Illinois. Growing up in Michigan, Vivian was happiest attending school in a one-room schoolhouse Buttman Star Route #1, in Gladwin, Michigan,...

Dec 5, 2018

Wolfgang Peter Schwarz, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 5, 2018, at MorningStar Senior Living. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice. Peter was born October 7, 1932, in Furth Bayern, Germany, to Leonard and Maria Fraunhofer Schwarz. He grew up and attended schools in Furth. On August 24, 1954, he married Christine Schaller in Germany. To...

Dec 5, 2018

Virgil Gene Payton, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 5, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Gene was born August 23, 1940, in Emmett, Idaho, to Virgil Payton and Rosella Bucklin Payton. He grew up and attended schools in Emmett and graduated from Emmett High School. He also attended barber school at the Idaho Barber...

Dec 4, 2018

Juan Antonio Yanez Jr., 42, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 4, 2018, at his home. Juan was born December 31, 1975, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Juan Antonio and Debbie Lyn Shores Yanez. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. He also attended a denture technician program, earning his certification. He...

Dec 3, 2018

Walter "Leo" Howard Jr., 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 3, 2018, at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

Leo was born September 4, 1927, in Ririe, Idaho, to Walter Leo Howard and Elizabeth Williams Howard. He grew up and attended school in Pocatello,...

Dec 2, 2018

Colleen M. Snarr, 78, of Ammon, passed away December 2, 2018, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation.

Colleen was born September 30, 1940, in Wallace, ID, to Golda Irene Irwin Ward. She grew up and attended Hawthorne, Eagle Rock and Idaho Falls High school in Idaho Falls and graduated from Excelcis Beauty School.

Colleen...