Obituaries

Jan 24, 2017

Gail Jean Abood, 55, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 24, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Gail was born August 29, 1961, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Theodore Umstead and Wanda May Goodwin Umstead. She grew up and attended schools in Riverside, California, and graduated from Norte Vista High School.

In 1975,...

Jan 23, 2017

C. G. "Smitty" Smith, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully Monday, January 23, 2017, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Carroll Gray Smith was born April 26, 1934, in Menan, Idaho, to Elmer Bradley Smith and Lillian (Gray) Smith. Smitty spent his childhood in Menan, attending school and helping his father on their farm. His mother was a grade school...

Jan 22, 2017

Scott LaVier Reeves, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 22, 2017, at Hospice Home of Eastern Idaho. Scott was born January 21, 1957, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to LaVier Grant Reeves and Mayda E. Anderson Reeves. He attended Eastside and Longfellow Elementary schools, O.E. Bell Junior High and Skyline High School. On September 26, 1975, he married Sherrie...

Jan 22, 2017

Barbara "Ann" Campbell Stevens, age 74, died peacefully January 22, 2017, at Homestead Assisted Living in Rexburg, Idaho, after fighting with Alzheimer’s for seven years. Ann was born January 30, 1942, in Danville, Virginia. The greatest joy in Ann’s life was being a mother and grandmother. She fiercely loved her six children and 14 grandchildren. Before her illness, Ann...

Jan 21, 2017

Ruth Johnson, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 21, 2017, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Ruth was born December 22, 1927, in Logan, Utah, to James Nyman and Sara Miller Nyman. She grew up and attended schools in Logan. On June 30, 1944, she married Glen...

Jan 20, 2017

Biography

Kelly Richard Walker, 64, of Ammon, passed away January 20, 2017, at his home from a long battle of heart complications. He was born July 8, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John "Dick" Walker and Zetta Benson Walker. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. He also attended Idaho...

Jan 20, 2017

Richard Lester Rhodes, 93, of Ammon, passed away January 20, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Richard was born March 28, 1923, in Zanesville, Ohio, to Samuel C. Rhodes and Mabel Jenkins Rhodes. He grew up and attended schools in Zanesville and graduated from Zanesville High School. He also attended The University of Denver, where he earned his...

Jan 18, 2017

Sandy Prestwich, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 18, 2017, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living.

Sandy was born March 1, 1936, in Jackson, Wyoming, to Robert Burns and Florence Johnson Burns. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho and Wyoming. She also attended nursing school.

Sandy was married twice and later divorced....

Jan 18, 2017

<p><span style="font-size: 15px;" size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Basil Boyd Hughes, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 18, 2017, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Boyd was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 12, 1930. He was the son of Basil and Victoria Hughes. Most of Boyd's growing up years were spent in Springfield, Oregon. Scouting was...

Jan 18, 2017

Larry Douglas Stevens, 65, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 18, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Private family services will be held.

Jan 17, 2017

Lela Mae Loveridge, 89, of Ammon, passed away January 17, 2017, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls.

Lela was born January 22, 1927, in Iona, Idaho, to Thomas Joseph Pearce and Harriet Amanda Loveland Pearce. She grew up and attended schools in Iona and graduated from Iona High School.

On May 12, 1950, she...

Jan 17, 2017

John Anson Johnson, 39, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, from complications associated with a heart attack, surrounded by family.

John was born in Afton, Wyoming, on March 2, 1977, to Terry and Pamela Johnson.

John was a happy person who always had a smile on his face. He was not afraid of new...

Jan 16, 2017

After a well fought battle and a life well lived, Dennis M. Poorman passed from this life on January 16, 2017 at Broadway Fields Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Dennis Mel Poorman was born on November 12, 1940 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Leon Bancroft and Minnie M. Calkins Poorman. Dennis graduated from Idaho Falls High...

Jan 15, 2017

Murry Irving Byington, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 15, 2017, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. Murry was born September 27, 1926, in Poplar, Idaho, to John Parley Byington and Marguerite Brennetta Smith Byington. He grew up and attended schools in the Ririe area, and after serving his country in World War II as a paratrooper, returned to...

Jan 14, 2017

Cecil Alvin Nagashima, 67, of Idaho Falls passed away January 14, 2017 at his home . Arrangements are pending under the direction of Wood Funeral Home More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Jan 13, 2017

Richard "Richie" William Rowberry, 35, passed away January 13, 2017, from complications of a prolonged illness. Richie was born January 12, 1982, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Rick and Jan Rowberry. He grew up in Iona and graduated from Bonneville High School where he played and excelled in basketball, baseball and soccer. He attended college at BYU-Idaho and University...

Jan 12, 2017

Stanley Dean Johnson, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 12, 2017, at his home.

Stan was born July 17, 1931, in Oakland, California, to Albert Johnson and Henriette Cherry Johnson. He grew up and attended schools in San Francisco, California, before moving to Pocatello, Idaho, where he graduated from Pocatello High School. He also attended University...

Jan 12, 2017

Beverly Ann Johnson, 70, of Idaho Falls, who was born September 3, 1946, passed away January 12, 2017, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls due to complications after back surgery. There's a wonderful life in between. Raised on a farm in Lamont, Idaho, the eldest of four children born to Fred Douglas Morrison and Freda Neff...

Jan 11, 2017

Hannelore "Hanna" Else Hill, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 11, 2017, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls.

She is survived by her son, Roland (Lisa) Hill of Idaho Falls, ID; and her daughter, Susan (Lynn) Miller of Sacramento, CA. She was preceded in death by her husband, George David Hill.

Private family...

Jan 11, 2017

Our mother and grandmother, Mary Phyllis Barber, has passed from one loving family to the next. On January 11, 2017, at a rich and joyfully-lived age of 94, she passed away in her home, under the tender care of her family. Phyllis was born November 5, 1922, in Teton, Idaho, to Fremont and Golda M. Richman Fullmer. She grew...