Obituaries

Valerie Anderson

Oct 25, 2016

Valerie Sue Molli Anderson, 57, of Leadore, passed away October 25, 2016, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation in Idaho Falls.

A gathering will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 5, 2016, at the Community Center, 202 South Railroad Street in Leadore, Idaho.

A Gathering will be held 10:00 AM ,Saturday, November 5, 2016 Leadore Community...

Evelyn Cody

Oct 24, 2016

Evelyn Dora Cody, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 24, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Services will be held in Denver, Colorado. Local arrangements are under the direction of Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge Avenue. Services will be held in Denver, Colorado. She passed away on Monday, October 24, 2016

Ernie Kendle

Oct 24, 2016

Irving Ernest "Ernie" Kendle, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 24, 2016, at his home. He was under the loving care of his family and Hands of Hope Hospice.

Ernie was born September 12, 1932, in Maywood, California, to Pierce Albert Kendle and Annie Leslie Jenkins Kendle. He grew up and attended schools in Perry, Oklahoma....

Christopher Thornock

Oct 24, 2016

Christopher Lyn Thornock, 41, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 24, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Chris was born May 12, 1975, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Walter Wilbur Thornock and Peggy Belinda Potter Thornock. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and attended Bonneville High School. He married Heather Torres in December of 1993...

Marie Anderson

Oct 24, 2016

Marie Louise Pilotte Gough Anderson, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 24, 2016, at her home. Marie was born February 28, 1927, in Denton, Montana, to Arthur Pilotte and Mildred Amundsen Pilotte. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Hawthorne Elementary School. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School. On April 24, 1943, she married Calvin Henry...

Phil Polkinghorn

Oct 24, 2016

William Phillip Polkinghorn, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 22, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

Phil was born June 1, 1931, in Butte, Montana to William Henry Polkinghorn and Florence Camille Burr. He grew up in Butte, Montana. He liked to speed skate, ride motorcycles, and work in shop class....

Lorraine Jacobsen

Oct 24, 2016

Patty Lorraine Jacobsen, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 24, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice.

Lorraine was born July 2, 1926, at the family home in Annis, Idaho, to Riley Hall and Mina Bitton Hall. Lorraine grew up on the farm in...

Debra Hopper

Oct 23, 2016

Debra Ruth Hopper, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 23, 2016, at Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot.

Debra was born November 1, 1959, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Frank Thomas Leming and Gladys Faye McKenzie Leming. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. She also attended Regis Cosmetology...

William "Coco" Sturgeon, Jr

Oct 22, 2016

William "Coco" Sturgeon, Jr., 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 22, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Coco was born December 13, 1955, in San Antonio, Texas, to William Sturgeon, Sr., and Guadalupe Aguirre Sturgeon. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. On May 15, 1976, he married Julia Cooper in Blackfoot, Idaho. To this...

Laraina Landon

Oct 22, 2016

Laraina Richards Landon, 64, of Firth, passed away October 22, 2016, at her home.

Laraina was born November 19, 1951, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Grant Thomas Richards and Barbara Jean Eckersley Richards. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. She also attended Boise State University.

On...

Keith Turnbow

Oct 20, 2016

Keith C. Turnbow, 86, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away peacefully in his home on October 20, 2016, lovingly surrounded by his family. Keith is the son of Carl Elias Turnbow and Leona May Fisher Turnbow. He was born in his grandparents’ home in Kamas, Utah. Keith spent most of his youth in Kamas. He enjoyed childhood days working on...

Theda Killpack

Oct 19, 2016

Theda Rae Killpack, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 19, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Theda was born July 4, 1931, in Firth, Idaho, to Cyrus Carleon Tolman and Gertrude E. White Tolman. She grew up and attended schools in Firth and graduated from Firth...

Michael Pelkey

Oct 16, 2016

Michael P Pelkey died unexpectedly Sunday, Oct. 16 at his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Michael was born in St. Albans on Jan. 6, 1960, the son of the late Harold L. Pelkey Jr. and Jeanne Marie (Languerand) Pelkey Brady. He grew up and attended schools in St. Albans.

Mike was a very kind hearted...

Carolyn Nelson

Oct 16, 2016

Carolyn Willis Nelson, 69, of Shelley, passed away October 16, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Carolyn was born August 23, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Arthur Willis and Peggy Joy Gohr Willis. She grew up in the area, attended Bonneville High School in Idaho Falls and graduated from Rigby High School in Rigby....

Beverly "Bev Thelen" Thelen

Oct 16, 2016

Mary Beverly Thelen, daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to all who knew her, passed away peacefully October 16, 2016, in Martinsville, Indiana. Born October 26, 1922, in Cumberland, Maryland, she was raised by her wonderful parents, Marietta Brockey and Truman Kemp. She met Vernon Nicholas "Nick" Thelen at a USO dance during World War II and...

Fern Peterson

Oct 14, 2016

Lana Fern Taylor Peterson, 97, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away October 14, 2016, at Fairwinds Sand Creek Retirement Community. She was under the care of her loving family, Hospice of Eastern Idaho, and Fairwinds nursing staff. Fern was born January 15, 1919, in Taylor, Idaho, to Chester George Taylor and Lana Ardell Arave Taylor. She attended Washington Elementary...

Clarice Petersen

Oct 14, 2016

Clarice Thomson Petersen, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 14, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Encompass Home Health.

Clarice was born April 2, 1927, in Lewiston, Utah, to George Asa Thomson and Seneth Hyer Thomson. She grew up and attended schools in Utah and graduated from North...

William Henry Iii

Oct 14, 2016

William ‘Bill’ Jones Henry, III of Idaho Falls, died on October 14, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center with his wife and children by his side.

Bill loved life and always had amazing stories to tell of his life's adventures. He was born on April 6, 1948, to William Jones Henry and Geraldine Marie Striffler in Petoskey, Michigan...

Artell Suitter

Oct 13, 2016

Biography

Artell Ernest Suitter, 78, of Nampa, Idaho, passed away October 13, 2016, from complications of an extended illness, at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center.

He was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on May 25, 1938, to Artell Suitter and Twila Empey Suitter. He attended schools in the Idaho Falls area and graduated from Bonneville High School. While...

Barth Combe

Oct 12, 2016

Barth Tim Combe, 85, of Idaho Falls, died October 12, 2016, of natural causes at his home. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August. Combe was born in Arco, Idaho, August 26, 1931. He spent his early years working on the family farm with his parents, his sister, and his three brothers. When he was in the first grade, he...