Obituaries

May 19, 2017

Betty Ann Davies Humphries, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 19, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Betty was born December 6, 1929, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to George Lynn Davies and Mary Luceal Cleverley Davies. She grew up and attended schools in Milo and Shelton...

May 19, 2017

Charles Perry Ganieany, 43, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 19, 2017, in Tremonton, Utah.

Charles was born June 30, 1973, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Victor Fred Ganieany and Marlene Alice McConnel Ganieany. He grew up and attended A.H. Bush Elementary School, Eagle Rock Junior, and Skyline High School.

In 2008, Charles married Lisa...

May 19, 2017

Laird LeMoyne Johnston, Jr, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 19, 2017, at his home. LeMoyne was born August 13, 1932, in Aberdeen, Idaho, to Laird LeMoyne Johnston and Vera Jane Warner Johnston. He grew up and attended schools in Aberdeen and Idaho Falls. At age 17, during the Korean War, LeMoyne enlisted in the United States Army....

May 18, 2017

Earl Raymond Danielson, 94, of Idaho Falls, devoted husband and father, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2017, at his home. He was cared for by his family with the help of Encompass Home Health and Hospice.

Earl was born September 7, 1922, in Garfield, Idaho, to Daniel Enoch Danielson and Emma Elizabeth Jeffs Danielson. He lived...

May 18, 2017

Biography

Gary Lee Hampton, son of Orin Arthur and Velma Woodland Hampton, waved his cowboy hat in a final goodbye on May 18, 2017. Gary was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, on April 7, 1951, lived there until moving with the family to Woods Cross, Utah, and later back to Ammon where he graduated from Bonneville High School in 1969....

May 18, 2017

Patricia (Pat) M. Williams, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully May 18, 2017, at Lincoln Court Retirement Facility.

Pat was born April 24,1924, in Duluth, Minnesota. In 1928 Gustave and Hannah Anderson adopted her. She was a 1942 graduate of the Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After working several clerical jobs in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota...

May 17, 2017

Wendell Milo Baker, 92, of Ammon, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, surrounded by family. Wendell was born in Beaver, Utah, on September 7, 1924, oldest son of Milo and Naomi Larsen Baker. They were a musical family and he played baritone horn, cello and piano. He also sang bass with a number of male quartets. He...

May 16, 2017

LaVern Tomchak, 98, of Roberts, passed away May 16, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. LaVern was born November 11, 1918, in Woodville, Idaho, to LeRoy Willyerd and Margaret Humphries Willyerd. She grew up and attended schools in Utah and Idaho and obtained her GED in Idaho Falls at Eastern Idaho Technical College in 1965. After having a...

May 16, 2017

Albert C. "Bud" Worth, 76, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away May 16, 2017, at his home. Bud was born September 25, 1940, in Butte, Montana, to Albert Worth and Maybel Bennetts Worth. Bud is survived by daughter, Julie (Jamie) Potter of Idaho Falls, ID. He was preceded in death by his parents. Services will be at a later...

May 16, 2017

Dorsel Ray Webster III, 50, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 16, 2017, at his home after a long term illness. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.

"Little Ray" was born May 28, 1966, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dorsel Ray Webster Jr. and Linda Landon Fry. He grew up in Idaho Falls...

May 15, 2017

Tanna Lee Spencer, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 15, 2017, at her mother’s home in Iona, Idaho. Tanna was born August 13, 1956, in Rigby, Idaho, to Ervin Henry Spencer and Kae Waldean Williams Spencer. She grew up in Swan Valley, Idaho, and attended elementary schools in Irwin, Idaho. She graduated from Bonneville High School. In 1975,...

May 15, 2017

Kay Cordon Whitaker, 80, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, May 15, 2017, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Kay was born April 8, 1937, in St. Anthony, Idaho, the son of Elwood Whitaker and Meta Mary Cordon Whitaker. He was one of thirteen children. He belonged to the Laborers Union International - North America Local 155. He was a 50 year...

May 15, 2017

Richard Lee "Dick" Starnes, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 15, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at a later date.

May 14, 2017

Yonnie Marie Tabbytite, 36, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 14, 2017, at her home.

She was born November 20, 1980, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Bert Hoover Tabbytite and Lois Mary Arthur Tabbytite. The family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where she attended West High School. She later joined the Job Corp and worked in...

May 14, 2017

Glenn C. Nelson, 88, respected husband, father, grandfather and LDS church leader peacefully passed away on Sunday, May 14, 2017, at his home in Idaho Falls surrounded by his loving family.

Glenn was born October 29, 1928, the youngest son of Antone Valentine Nelson and Elizabeth Crump Nelson in Sandy, Utah. He and his older brother, Almon,...

May 14, 2017

Chalet Irene Johnson, 37, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 14, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her family, after a year long battle with cancer. She was under the care of OneSource Hospice. Chalet was born February 13, 1980, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clifford Lon Johnson and Katherin Ann Clark (now Thieman). She grew up and attended...

May 13, 2017

Kenneth Michael Whitmore, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 13, 2017, at his home. He was under the care of OneSource Home Health and Hospice and his loving family. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

May 13, 2017

Verenna Jean Skinner Moore, 81, of Huntsville, Utah, former longtime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away May 13, 2017, at the home of her daughter, Jeannie Allen, in Huntsville from liver failure. She was born September 28, 1935, in Bedford, Wyoming, to LeRoy A. Skinner and Zelta Coy Skinner. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating...

May 12, 2017

Ross K. Hathaway, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 12, 2017, at his home.

He was born June 9, 1938, in Twin Groves, Idaho, to Clifford William Hathaway and Mary Adelia May Hathaway. He grew up and attended schools in Chester, St. Anthony, Idaho Falls, and Aberdeen. He attended Weber State College in Ogden, Utah...

May 12, 2017

Betty Gay Morgan Byington, 91, of Ririe, passed away May 12, 2017, at MorningStar Senior Living Center. She was under the care of Encompass Hospice. Betty was born October 7, 1925, in Perry, Idaho, to Delbert Morgan and Jessie Bush Morgan. She grew up and attended schools in Perry and Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. Betty Gay...