Obituaries

Mar 29, 2018

Mace Albert "Butch" Riddle was born on June 8th, 1943 in Huntington, Utah to Clell Mace Riddle and Mary Lou Matthews. Butch left this world on March 29, 2018 surrounded by loved ones. Butch had a rich life growing up between Montana, Arizona, Texas and Idaho with his four siblings; Donna, Jerry, Danny, and Mary Helen. Butch met his wife...

Mar 27, 2018

Virginia Lynne "Ginny" Wilson, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 27, 2018, at River Ridge Assisted Living. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Ginny was born March 22, 1958, in Big Spring, Texas, to William Pettit Boyd and Carol Lorraine Orvedahl Boyd. She grew up and attended schools in Flandreau, South Dakota, and graduated...

Mar 27, 2018

Annette Frandsen Beck Torres, 75, of Ucon, passed away peacefully on March 27, 2018, after a long hard battle with congestive heart failure. She was surrounded by family members at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center when she took her last breath on this earth. Annette was born June 2, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Melvin C. Frandsen and...

Mar 27, 2018

Neva Orme, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 27, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Neva was born April 19, 1930, in Malad City, Idaho, to Joseph Steven Peabody and Amy Kent Peabody. She grew up and attended schools in Kilgore, Shelley and Malad City, graduating from Sugar-Salem High School. On November 4, 1949, she married LaVern...

Mar 26, 2018

Cecil Jack Smith, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 26, 2018, at the Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living facility. He was under the care of his loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Cecil Jack was born on June 18, 1924, in the Idaho Falls LDS hospital to George Abraham Smith and Lovina Shurtliff Smith. He grew up...

Mar 26, 2018

Andre "Dee" Brown, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 26, 2018, in Idaho Falls. Dee was born March 29, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Guy Monroe "Monte" Dodge and Didi Dziabas Brown. He was later adopted by his stepfather, Marvin Hyatt Brown. He grew up and attended schools in Mabton, Washington, and Idaho Falls and graduated from...

Mar 25, 2018

Martell “Marty” Lewis Miller, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018, at his home, and was in the company of his wife and two sons.

While in college, Marty met and married, Michelle Davidson of Idaho Falls, Idaho. From that union were born two beautiful sons, Ian and Tyler. Michelle and Marty later divorced....

Mar 25, 2018

Susan Lynnette Engle Greenwald, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away on March 25, 2018, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. No services are planned. No Services will be held. She passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018

Mar 25, 2018

Gary D. Sessions, 83, passed away March 25, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Gary was born March 22, 1935, in Lansing, Michigan. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for three years. Gary continued his career working as a Senior Field Service Engineer for IBM Corporation for 35 years...

Mar 25, 2018

Cheryl Caroline "Sherrie" Turner, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 25, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Chauncey Leroy Webb and Lucille Marie Welch Webb were blessed with the birth of Cheryl on February 11, 1945, in Utah. Cheryl grew up in Utah with her brother and sister. She graduated from Jordan High School in 1963. Cheryl was...

Mar 24, 2018

Howard Warren Wheeler, 101, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 24, 2018, at his home.

Warren was born November 13, 1916, in Poplar, Idaho, to Jesse Jacob Wheeler and Eva Violet Moss Wheeler. He grew up and attended schools in the area. He received his high school diploma when he was in his 90's.

He...

Mar 22, 2018

Beulah LaWanna Walther Dalley, 96 of Idaho Falls, passed away unexpectedly March 22, 2018. She lived an abundant and joyous life to the very end. The 12th of 13 children, Beulah was born January 17, 1922, in Elko, NV, to Joseph Crawford Walther and Julia Ann Warr. When she was 10 days old, she and her mother traveled from...

Mar 22, 2018

Vivian Lousie Mallard, 77, of Rexburg, passed away March 22, 2018, at her home.

Vivian was born December 26, 1940, in Jesup, GA, to William Joseph Broadhurst and Dorothy Louise Fennel Broadhurst. She grew up on a dairy farm in Jesup, GA. She also worked in a movie theater and fast food drive-in during her teenage years....

Mar 22, 2018

Lance Brett Cutler, 42, formerly of Island Park, Idaho, passed away due to natural causes, March 22, 2018, at his residence in Pocatello, Idaho. Lance was born September 1, 1975, on Labor Day in Ogden, Utah, to Douglas Owen Cutler and Darla Dodd Cutler. He grew up and attended schools in North Ogden until 1989 when the family moved...

Mar 21, 2018

Evalyn Janet “Jan” Blackledge of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed into the light on March 21st at the age of 96, surrounded by the love of her family and close friends. She is preceded in transition by her parents and two older siblings, brother Ansel Marcellus Smith and sister Leola Electa Moody. Her husband, Richard L. Blackledge of Idaho Falls...

Mar 20, 2018

Allen LaMont Stears, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 20, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Allen was born August 18, 1944, in Idaho Falls, ID, to Len Taylor Stears and Thelma Agnes Parks Stears. He grew up and attended schools in Spring Valley and graduated from Mount Migal High School. He also attended Vo-Tech...

Mar 20, 2018

Darline Hodder Blair, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 20, 2018, at Teton Post Acute Care Center. Darline was born May 26, 1924, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to George Hodder and Anna Halgren Hodder. She grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from Granite High School. On September 4, 1948, she married Thomas Blair...

Mar 19, 2018

Jessica Rodriguez, 28, of Ammon, passed away March 19, 2018, at her home. Jessica was born May 23, 1989, in Sylmar, California, to Amado Rodriguez and Hilda Santana Rodriguez. She spent the first ten months of her life in San Fernando, California, moving to Zacatecas, Mexico, for three years. Her family then moved to Dillon, Montana, until she was nine...

Mar 19, 2018

Jamie L. Ball of Portland, Oregon, 56, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018.

Jamie was born on April 10, 1961, to Gene and Nadine Ball. He was born in Idaho Falls and raised in Rigby, as well as Idaho Falls. Jamie later moved to Oregon, where he lived the rest of his life. Jamie was an...

Mar 17, 2018

Marvin Merlin Sheetz, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 17, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

He was born October 21, 1950, in Great Falls, Montana, to Donald M. Sheetz and Thelma Louise Bickle Sheetz. The family settled in Idaho Falls where Marvin attended schools and graduated from Bonneville High School in 1969.

...