Obituaries

Mar 17, 2017

Biography

Bill Chess, 78, of Moore, Idaho, passed through this world into the next on March 17, 2017, from complications of a long hard fight with cancer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley, and a son, Boe Chess. He is survived by his sons, Lonnie (Tammy) Chess and Larry Chess; a brother, Marvin Chess; and soul...

Mar 16, 2017

Jennie Marie Campbell, 43, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 16, 2018, at Teton Post Acute Care.

Mar 16, 2017

Rickey Paul "Rick" Kynaston, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 16, 2017, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice.

Rick was born February 14, 1948, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Glade Paul Kynaston and Mary Pauline Peck Kynaston. He grew up and attended schools in Pocatello....

Mar 14, 2017

Jeanette Carol Wheeler Stoddard, 76, of Rigby, passed away on March 14, 2017, at her home. She was born December 19, 1940, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Archie LaVaughn Wheeler and Opal Emily Tanner Wheeler. She attended schools in the area and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1959. On May 15, 1987, she married Jay W. Stoddard...

Mar 14, 2017

Kurt Roger Lott, 52, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 14, 2017, at his home.

Kurt was born June 4, 1964, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Roger Harvey Lott and Connie Daw Lott. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. He also attended Idaho State University.

Kurt...

Mar 11, 2017

Joyce Carleen Stultz, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 11, 2017, at her home. Joyce was born August 4, 1950, in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, to George Barber Stultz and Virginia Holdford Stultz. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. She then attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, and later Brigham...

Mar 11, 2017

Click here to view video tribute by Cassidy Clark Jacqueline "Jacque" Neeley Bowen, 89, passed away March 11, 2017, at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rexburg, Idaho. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother - many lives will be a little bit lonelier without her. Jacqueline was born September 14, 1927, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Oswald J....

Mar 11, 2017

Clayton Lester Wilkinson, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 11, 2017, at his home.

Clayton was born August 8, 1957, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Gary Lester Wilkinson and Rosella Jean Norton Wilkinson. He grew up and attended schools in the Idaho Falls area, graduating from Shelley High School in 1976.

Following graduation, he...

Mar 10, 2017

Jerrold Oliver Coolidge, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 10, 2017. Jerry was born May 25, 1928, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Jay Francis Coolidge and Ollie Frances Jones Coolidge. He grew up traveling with his family while his father worked in construction. Jerry joined the Army Air Corps when he turned 17 at the end of World...

Mar 10, 2017

Ruth Charlotte Boylan, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 10, 2017, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Ruth was born August 10, 1944, in Rock River, Wyoming, to Charles Mack Boylan and Mildred Ruth Ross Boylan. She grew up and attended schools in Lander, Wyoming, and graduated from Lander High School. In 1962, she married George Morris...

Mar 10, 2017

Anton Ingvard "Tony" Mathiasen, 63, formerly of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away March 10, 2017, in El Paso, Texas. Tony was born October 7, 1953, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Robert Mathiasen and Deloris Jorgensen Mathiasen. Tony attended New Sweden Elementary School and graduated from Skyline High School in 1972, graduating early so he could pursue his career in...

Mar 8, 2017

Ellen Jo Roberts Fell, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 8, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Ellen was born August 9, 1956, in Fort Riley, Kansas, to Gordon Brown Roberts and Irma Rabe Roberts. She lived in Utah for two years but grew up and attended schools in Rigby, Idaho, and graduated from Rigby High School....

Mar 7, 2017

Irene Nelson Atamanczyk left this life on Tuesday March 7, 2017, at the age of 63. Irene was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on August 16, 1953, to Raymond Nelson and Donabelle Harrop Nelson. Irene attended Bel Aire Elementary, Claire Gale Junior High and Idaho Falls High School. She married John Westergard II in 1968. She and John "Jack"...

Mar 7, 2017

Raymond Boyd Goodson, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 7, 2017. No services are being held. No Services. He passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Mar 5, 2017

Leonard Plaizier, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 5, 2017, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. He was under the care of One Source Hospice. Leonard was born June 7, 1934, in Harlingen Friesland, Netherlands, to Melis Ari Plaizier and Aagje Trijntje Torenbeek Plaizier. He grew up and attended schools in the Netherlands. At the age of 16, he...

Mar 5, 2017

Katharine Whittington Buckwalter, 31, of Brooklyn, New York, passed away March 5, 2017, in New York. She was born October 9, 1985, in Brooklyn, New York. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 28, 2017, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 237 North Water Avenue, with Rev. Ruth Marsh officiating. The family will visit with friends for one...

Mar 5, 2017

Nathan Taylor Adams, 23, of Newport, Oregon, passed away March 5, 2017, after fighting a courageous battle against mental illness. He was born in Clackamas, Oregon, to parents, Eric C. Adams and Christine M. Adams of Firth, Idaho. He proudly graduated from Blackfoot High School in 2011. Nate's interests lied in extreme sports. He loved skateboarding as a child,...

Mar 5, 2017

On June 23, 1927, Oral Holmes Walker and Beatrice Mortensen Walker welcomed the birth of a baby girl in Lewisville, Idaho. They christened her Barbara Walker. On Sunday, March 5, 2017, Barbara passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, at the age of 89. In 1936, the Walker’s moved to Rigby, Idaho. Barbara attended...

Mar 4, 2017

On February 10, 1933, in Boise, Idaho, Marjorie Alice Tegnell was delivered into the world by her grandma Minnie and to the welcoming arms of her parents, Floyd and Melva. It was the midst of the Great Depression and the family relocated to Idaho Falls in 1936 as Floyd sought better prospects for work. Marjorie's brothers, Jim and Steve,...

Mar 4, 2017

Verna Ballard Sessions, 98, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 4, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village.

Verna was born May 11, 1918, in Cedar City, Utah, to John Harvey Ballard and Alice Hamilton Ballard. At the age of two, her family moved to the Upper Presto/Basalt area to farm. She attended Basalt and Firth...