Obituaries

Aug 7, 2016

Delma Gilbert Mitchell, 86, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away August 7, 2016, at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was under the care of Solace Hospice. Delma was born January 9, 1930, in Fairview, Idaho, to Hazen Athling Gilbert and Naomi Forsgren Gilbert. She attended Oneida Academy and graduated from Preston High...

Aug 6, 2016

LuJuanna Gail White Carney, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away on August 6, 2016, at The Gables of Shelley.

She was born March 15, 1935, in Shelley, Idaho to Earl George White and Effie Russell White. She grew up in the area and attended schools in Shelley and attended Idaho Falls High School.

She married...

Aug 6, 2016

Bryant Mortimer Roberts, age 82, of Grangeville, Idaho, passed away August 6, 2016, at his home of Alzheimer's Disease. He was under the care of his loving wife, Diane. Bryant was born December 26, 1933, in Sugar City, Idaho, the second son of Horace Lenn Roberts and Alice Mortimer Roberts. He grew up in Sugar City and Salem on the...

Aug 4, 2016

Lloyd Dean Wright, 73, of Shelley, passed away on August 4, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

He was born November 24, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ewin Wright and Irene Cook Wright. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School.

On May 27, 1960, he...

Aug 3, 2016

Melinda "Myndie" K. Orchard Orr, 42, of Idaho Falls, passed away on August 3, 2016, at her home. A gathering will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 19, 2016, at Wood Funeral Home East Side (963 S. Ammon). Gathering 7:00 - 8:00 ,Friday, August 19, 2016 Wood Funeral Home East Side 963 South Ammon Road Idaho Falls, ID...

Aug 3, 2016

Marvelle Morgan, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 3, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Marvelle was born November 14, 1923, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Willard J. Ball and Ethel Singley Ball. She grew up and attended schools in Ammon, Idaho.

She married Lavelle "Val" E. Morgan in Idaho Falls, Idaho. To...

Aug 3, 2016

Eula Jean Pister, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away on August 3, 2016, at her home.

She was born October 3, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up and attended schools in the area. Following high school, she moved to Fresno, California where she attended beauty school.

In June of 1971, she married Raymond...

Aug 2, 2016

Lucy "Penny" Pendlay McSpadden, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 2, 2016, at her home.

Penny was born July 13, 1960, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Donald Edward Baber and Vera Evelyn Gilbert Baber McSpadden. She grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho, and graduated from Madison High School. She also attended Idaho State University where...

Aug 2, 2016

Yale Harlan Christensen, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 2, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Yale was born January 20, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Yale H. Christensen and Fern Oler Christensen. He grew up and attended school in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. He served in the United States Army...

Aug 1, 2016

Julianne Reed Rahl, 70, passed away suddenly on Monday, August 1, 2016, at her home in Idaho Falls. Julie was a devoted wife to her late husband Richard (Dick), loving mother, grandmother and friend to countless colleagues, neighbors and former students.

Julie was born May 19, 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska, and was immediately adopted by Kenneth and...

Jul 31, 2016

Rhodora Leyse, 90, passed away at her home in Idaho Falls, July 31, 2016, with her children at her bedside.

‘Rho’ was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 3, 1925, the daughter of Perry Jay and Mae Belle (Brook) Stearns, who named her after the flower and Emerson’s poem ‘The Rhodora’.　She grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin, but...

Jul 31, 2016

John Patrick Brady, 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 31, 2016, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. No public services are planned. No Services will be held. He passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016

Jul 31, 2016

William "Dean" Taylor peacefully passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016 while surrounded by his family. Dean was born January 9, 1945 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to John William Taylor (Bill) and Virginia Brown Taylor. He was the third of seven children-six boys and one girl. Working beside his brothers and dad he learned carpentry, cars, and how to...

Jul 30, 2016

John Anthony Woolf, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 30, 2016, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. John was born February 9, 1929, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Arland Devoe Woolf and Breta Lavon Hansen Woolf. He grew up and attended schools in Iona and graduated...

Jul 30, 2016

Click here to view Sara's service live Sara Cornelia Johnson Kirkus, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 30, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Encompass Hospice and QualiCare Home Health. Sara was born December 12, 1935, in Porterdale, Georgia, to Earnest William Johnson and Nellie Ruth Jones Johnson. On September 27,...

Jul 30, 2016

After a valiant battle with cancer, Jordan Brant Clay, 30, of Ammon, passed away on July 30, 2016, surrounded by family at his home.

He was born June 18, 1986, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Bruce John Clay and Lisa Marie Hilmer Clay. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Bonneville High School....

Jul 30, 2016

LeaNae Michelle (Hoblit Patience) Bills, 73, passed away on July 30, 2016, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

LeaNae was born November 16, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Gordon Stannard and Lois Miller Bills, the eldest of five children. LeaNae spent her childhood helping to raise her younger siblings and working...

Jul 29, 2016

Kurt Ronald Ackerman, 54, of Menan, Idaho, passed away July 29, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Kurt was born August 9, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ronald Keith Ackerman and Norma Hazel Taylor Ackerman. He grew up in Menan, with his parents and two sisters. He attended schools in Menan and Rigby...

Jul 29, 2016

Nick John Sherwood, 49, a resident of the Cornelius community in Oregon, passed away Friday afternoon, July 29, 2016, at Tuality Community Hospital. Nick was born in 1967 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the son of Don and Shirley Sherwood. He was raised in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School, where he played football and...

Jul 23, 2016

At the age of 102, Margaret Whitehead Oliverson Snarr died peacefully in her sleep on July 23, 2016, in Mesa, Arizona. She moved to Arizona a few years ago to be with her daughter, Sherlene, and husband Octavio Galindo after living over sixty years on Snarr Road near Idaho Falls. She leaves behind a rich legacy of wife, mother,...