Obituaries

Sep 16, 2016

Karl Lester Morgan, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 16, 2016, at his home. Karl was born on July 2, 1929, in Spanish Fork, Utah. Karl attended Provo High School in Provo, Utah, where he met the love of his life, Dorinne Pendleton. Karl married this high school sweetheart on March 16, 1951. Karl graduated from Brigham...

Sep 16, 2016

Glenn Allen Davenport II, 25, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 16, 2016, at his home.

Glenn was born in Huntsville, Alabama on December 27, 1990, the first son of Glenn and Annette Davenport, now of Idaho Falls. He was a happy and precocious child with a thirst for knowledge and justice, and gifted with artistic,...

Sep 15, 2016

Jacqueline Joann "Jackie" Denning, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 15, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of Alliance Hospice. Jackie was born March 2, 1937, in Coquille, Oregon, to William Arthur Miller and Loretta Mae Andrews Miller. She grew up and attended schools in Nebraska and Idaho. On August 20, 1959, she married Dell...

Sep 15, 2016

Edward Joseph "Eddie" Abreu, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 15, 2016, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice.

Eddie was born June 7, 1920, in Oakland, California, to Antonio Francis Abreu and Mamie Gonsalves Abreu. He grew up and attended schools in Oakland and graduated from Roosevelt...

Sep 14, 2016

Versal Scott Singleton, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 14, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Scott was born July 31, 1955, in Shelley, Idaho, to George Blaine Singleton and Alice Dorothy Shosted Singleton. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He then attended Eastern Idaho...

Sep 13, 2016

Brent Dale Bybee, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 13, 2016, at his home. Brent was born June 26, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dale Weston Bybee and Gazette (Midge) Sayer Bybee. He served in the United States Marine Corps for four years in North Carolina. He was an automotive and aircraft mechanic for several years. He...

Sep 13, 2016

Marie Jeanne Therese "Theresa" Arel Melanson, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 13, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of Teton Hospice. Theresa was born June 16, 1929, in Biddeford, Maine, to Roland Arel and Blanche Cyr. She grew up and attended schools in Biddeford. In 1947, she married Joseph Melanson. To this union was...

Sep 13, 2016

We mourn the loss of our husband, brother, father and friend, Leland Monroe Jones, who died September 13, 2016 at the Idaho State Veterans home surrounded by family.

Lee was born to Eura and Deana Larson Jones in Pocatello, Idaho on December 20, 1927. He went to Pocatello Schools and enjoyed a wonderful childhood. As a young...

Sep 13, 2016

Ida Darlene Taylor Green - always known as "Darlene" - passed away gently at age 84 on the morning of 13 September, 2016, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, of natural causes. Darlene was born 9 May 1932, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Cleo Arilla (Anderson) and Delbert "Dell" Uriah Taylor. She was the youngest of four siblings: Keith, Loa Jean, Gloria,...

Sep 12, 2016

Max Wayne Schley, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2016, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living.

He was born November 19, 1932, to Ira Wayne Schley and Laura Belle Heaton Schley in Ririe, Idaho. He spent wonderful childhood years there, attending grade school in Ririe. His family moved to Ogden, Utah, where his...

Sep 9, 2016

Zyra Rose Flatland, 13-month-old daughter of Paul Jordan Flatland and Kelsee Katherine Poulsen Flatland of Idaho Falls, passed away September 9, 2016, at her home. She was born July 23, 2015, in Idaho Falls. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 17, 2016, at New Sweden Cemetery. The family will visit with friends from 6:30 p.m....

Sep 9, 2016

Nancy Lee Lance Pitcher died suddenly and peacefully in her Idaho Falls home Friday, September 9, 2016, of natural causes at the age of 68. Nancy was born October 15, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Noel Jefferson Lance and Iris O. Keller Lance. She was the youngest of nine children. During her growing up years, she attended school...

Sep 9, 2016

Melba Dahl Wright, 90, passed away Friday, September 9, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Vancouver, Washington.

Melba was born May 9, 1926, in her Grandma Dahl’s home in West Point, Utah, to Ray and Bessie Thurgood Dahl. She grew up helping her father milk the cows, learning to bake with her mother and riding horses with...

Sep 9, 2016

Mavis June Woodruff, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, September 9, 2016, peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Home Health Care & Hospice and her family. Mavis was born December 12, 1926, in Edgar, Nebraska, to Lewis Lee (Dick) Culver and Zelma Mae Townsend Culver. She...

Sep 8, 2016

Susan R. Wiswell Jones, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 8, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of Abode Hospice.

Susan was born February 8, 1944, in Gooding, Idaho, to Allen Gerald Wiswell and Ester Isabelle Redeye Wiswell. She was the second child of four children. She was raised in Wendell, Idaho, and...

Sep 8, 2016

Wynn M. Pettingill 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 8, 2016, from a very courageous battle of cancer at Hospice House of East Idaho.

Wynn was born March 23, 1947, in Rigby, Idaho, to Mirl & Lucille Pettingill. He had older siblings Darlene Craig (Bill) and Shane (Louise), and a younger brother, Reed (Madeline). He grew...

Sep 7, 2016

Natalie Ann Scott, 41, of Idaho Falls, passed away in her sleep on September 7, 2016, at her home.

Natalie was born February 8, 1975. She was the middle child with two brothers older and two younger. People felt sorry for her because she was the only girl, but she bossed all her brothers around. She was...

Sep 7, 2016

Lori Ann Brehm Merkner, 60, of Rigby, passed away September 7, 2016, at her home. Lori was born August 8, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, to Arthur C. Brehm and Virginia Lois (Wilkins) Brehm. She grew up in Chicago and South Holland and attended our Lady Gate of Heaven Elementary, Seton High School, and Prairie State College in Chicago Heights,...

Sep 7, 2016

Yvonne Mary Harding Wright, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 7, 2016, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Yvonne was born August 25, 1937, in Preston, Idaho, to Willis Benjamin Harding and Ellen Robin Hayes Harding. She grew up and attended schools in Preston and graduated from Shelley High School in 1955. She married Robert Glen Wright...

Sep 5, 2016

Helen Elizabeth Barnard Gildersleeve, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 5, 2016, at MorningStar Senior Living Center. She was under the care of Abode Hospice and her loving family. Helen was born November 12, 1923, in Lamar, Colorado, to Harley Coy Barnard and Effie Lena Heath Barnard. She was raised on the family’s farm outside of Lamar along...