Obituaries

Jun 1, 2016

Jay LaVern Rhoades, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 1, 2016, at his home. He was under the care of his family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Jay was born June 25, 1934, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Rhoades and Edna Goodson Rhoades. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High...

May 31, 2016

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Rosslyn Hill "Lyn" Bidstrup, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 31, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his loved ones.

Lyn was born October 17, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was raised by loving parents, Alfred Charles Bidstrup and Jewell Hill Bidstrup. He grew up and attended schools in...

May 31, 2016

Robert John "Bob" Evers, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 31, 2016, at his home. He was under the care of his family and One Source Hospice. He was born August 8, 1944, in Hanford, California to Ralph Arnold Evers, Sr. and Mildred Van Ravenhorst Evers. He grew up and attended schools in the area. Following graduation...

May 31, 2016

Kenneth Dale Leatham, 80, of Idaho Falls, quietly passed away May 31, 2016, at his home as a result of cancer.

He was born March 31, 1936, in Woodville, Idaho, to Harold G and Florence Anderson Leatham. He grew up on the family farm West of Shelley, Idaho, where he learned his love of growing things, animals,...

May 30, 2016

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Richard "Stretch" Leo Ahlman, 64, a longtime resident of Idaho Falls, died May 30, 2016, surrounded by family, at Teton Post Acute. He died of pneumonia related to a stroke 11 months ago.

He was born May 1st, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Henning Leo Ahlman and Florene Anita (Albers)...

May 30, 2016

Larry Joe Loster, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 30, 2016, at his home. No service are planned.

May 29, 2016

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Tony Lynn Freeman, 64, of Ammon, passed away　May 29, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was under the care of Alliance Hospice.

Tony was born　May 17, 1952, in Rigby, Idaho, to Cleo Freeman and Rachel Weeks. He grew up and attended schools in Ririe and graduated...

May 29, 2016

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David Beckstrand Hunter, 82, of Idaho Falls, died May 29, 2016, at MorningStar Senior Living from incidences of dementia and age.

Born February 23, 1934, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clarence Bingham and Rachel Cecelia Beckstrand Hunter, he was raised in Idaho Falls and attended Emerson Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr High...

May 29, 2016

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Harold Willard Foster, Sr., 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 29, 2016, at Hospice House in Ammon.

He was born June 24, 1943, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Price William Foster and Linnie Orizellia Billman Foster. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls...

May 28, 2016

Leon Joseph Pankau, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 28, 2016, at his home. He was born June 5, 1928, in Ivesdale, Illinois, to Leo Edward Pankau and Josephine Clara Pankau. Leon became an Eagle Scout while growing up in Illinois, and later served for 4 years as a marine, being honorably discharged as a sergeant. After the...

May 28, 2016

Livingston Kay Bowen of Idaho Falls passed away on May 28, 2016; she was just ten months old.

Survivors include her mother, Erin, her father, Heath, and her older brothers and sisters, Jack, Addison, Drake, and Cossette, all of Idaho Falls.

On July 27, 2015 Livingston was born to Heath Shayne Bowen and Erin Kay...

May 28, 2016

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Jay Claren Mickelsen, 51, of Rigby, passed away May 28, 2016, at his home.

Jay was born July 17, 1964, in Murray, Utah, to Claren Alonzo Mickelsen and Ramona Pauline Lawrence Mickelsen. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School in 1982. He also...

May 26, 2016

Delbert James Barnes, 89, passed away May 26, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. He was born January 26, 1927 to Wilford Barnes and Pearl Groom Barnes in Lewisville, Idaho. He was raised in Osgood, Idaho where he attended grade school and then high school at Bonneville in Ammon.

During World War II he joined...

May 24, 2016

Lily Mae Hunter, 74, formerly of Dubois and Spencer, passed away on May 24, 2016, at her home in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with family by her side.

She was born May 4, 1942, in Parker, Idaho, to Murray Clifford Hunter and Birdie Marie Grover Hunter. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Madison...

May 23, 2016

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Ted Leland Smith, 74, of Rigby, passed away peacefully May 23, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. Ted was born October 6, 1941, in Menan, Idaho, to George Elwin Smith and Ida Viola Winder Smith. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby. On November 1, 1961, he married Beverly Ellen...

May 23, 2016

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Joseph Francis Marmo, 90, passed peacefully, surrounded by family, on May 23, 2016. He was under the care of his family and Abode Hospice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

He was born on June 27, 1925, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Nicholas and Jane La Bella Marmo.

Joe grew up in...

May 23, 2016

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Mary Carol Polkinghorn, 81, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away on May 23, 2016, at The Gardens in Rigby, Idaho.

Carol was born December 25, 1934 in Butte, Montana to John Joseph Grace and Dorothy Agnes Nugent. She grew up in Butte, attended Saint Joseph School, and graduated from Girls Central...

May 22, 2016

Veona Bettencourt, age 78, passed away May 22, 2016, in Ammon, Idaho. She died unexpectedly from heart complications at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Vee was born March 23, 1938, in Salem, Idaho, to Elmo Ira Davenport and Ivie May Davenport. She was the second oldest of seven children which required her to have many responsibilities. She...

May 22, 2016

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Patti Eugenia "Genia" Davis, 51, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 22, 2016, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho. She was born June 7, 1964, in Gridley, California to Orville Eugene Mulkins and Patricia Parrott. She graduated from East High School in Pueblo, Colorado. On October 20, 1984, she married...

May 21, 2016

William "Bill" Edward McIlwain, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 21, 2016, at Hospice of Eastern Idaho Home.

Bill was born January 26, 1930, in Carlsbad, New Mexico, to Edward McIlwain and Thelma Ray McIlwain. He grew up and attended schools in Pennsylvania and graduated from Parker High School. Upon leaving high school, he worked for Pennsylvania Drilling...