Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Heather Holverson

Heather Holverson

Nov 3, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Heather Elaine Holverson, 33, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away November 3, 2015, at her home. Heather was born May 16, 1982, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Floyd Lynn Rollins and Karen Sue Slate Stewart. She grew up and attended schools in Firth and graduated from Firth High School. Heather also attended Eastern Idaho Technical...

Jordan Speirs

Jordan Speirs

Nov 3, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Jordan Shawn Speirs, 23, of Provo, Utah, formerly of Ammon, Idaho, passed away November 3, 2015, at Heber Valley Medical Center in Heber City, Utah, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Born November 13, 1991, in Provo, Utah, Jordan was the eldest of five children born to Shawn Douglas Speirs and Erika Bird...

Blaine Yeaman

Blaine Yeaman

Nov 2, 2015

Blaine Yeaman, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away November 2, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Blaine was born January 13, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Cyril Walton Yeaman and Lolita Wages Yeaman. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He also attended Idaho State University. Blaine worked as a farm laborer....

Alexander Plaza

Alexander Plaza

Nov 1, 2015

Alexander Arnold Plaza, 58, passed away in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on November 1, 2015, of natural causes. Alexander was born February 13, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, to Arnold Jesse Plaza and Theresa Alice Dykes Plaza. His family relocated to El Paso, Texas, in 1970. He graduated from El Paso High School and continued on to receive a Bachelor of...

Lorna Collette

Lorna Collette

Oct 30, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Lorna Ellis Collette, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 30, 2015, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Lorna was born August 16, 1927, in Labelle, Idaho, the daughter of James A. Ellis and Alice Wandella Moses Ellis. She grew up and...

Charlie Christiansen

Charlie Christiansen

Oct 28, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Charles Wayne “Charlie” Christiansen, 85, of Idaho Falls, died peacefully in his sleep Thursday, October 28, 2015, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community in Idaho Falls. Charlie was born November 13, 1929, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Albert Hans Christiansen and Eliza Casper Christiansen. He was the youngest of their four children. In 1943, the family...

Lyle Ogden

Lyle Ogden

Oct 26, 2015

Lyle Edgar Ogden, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away on October 26, 2015, at his home. He was born December 10, 1929, in Idana, Kansas, to Frank Ogden and Edna Fleagle Ogden. He grew up and attended schools in Kansas. He also lived for a time in Arkansas. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean War...

Mark Hansen

Mark Hansen

Oct 26, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Mark Leonard Hansen, 55, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 26, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Mark was born June 3, 1960, in Rigby, Idaho, to Leonard Levere Hansen and Darline Elsie Dixon Hansen. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Mark also...

Diana Fox

Diana Fox

Oct 25, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Diana “Jean” Fox, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 25, 2015, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation. Jean was born February 10, 1954, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Robert Milton Howarter and Lovell Norene Tharp Howarter. She was the second of four children. She grew up and attended schools in Pocatello and graduated...

Grant Richards

Grant Richards

Oct 25, 2015

Grant Thomas Richards, 84, of Ammon, passed away on October 25, 2015, at his home. He was born on April 18, 1931, in Egin, Idaho to Lewis Thomas Richards and Rella Dora Johnson Richards. He grew up and attended schools in the area. Grant served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. On October 17, 1950, he married Barbara...

Jane Simmons

Jane Simmons

Oct 24, 2015

Jane Franklin Sharpe was born February 4, 1918 to Jacob and Elizabeth (Sowers) Sharpe in Knoxville, Tennessee. Jane was the oldest of eight children and grew up on a farm by Powell Station, Tennessee. After losing her parents, she lived and worked in Georgia and New York City to help support her siblings. Jane married Frank A. Trojahn, Sr., on...

Eva Leal

Eva Leal

Oct 23, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Evarista Torres Leal, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 23, 2015, at her home. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Eva was born September 4, 1931, in Brownsville, Texas, to Ramon Torres and Josfiana Hernades Torres. On December 26, 1949, she married Raymundo Leal in Big Springs, Texas. To...

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

Oct 23, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Matthew Ryan Henry, 33, of Idaho Falls, passed away on October 23, 2015, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on June 15, 1982, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Mark Anthony Henry and Shirley Marie Grimaud Henry. His family moved to San Diego, California, then Sanford,...

Edis Thomson

Edis Thomson

Oct 22, 2015

Edis Lea Wadsworth Thomson, 94, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at the home of her son in Star, Idaho. She was born April 21, 1921, in Taylor, Idaho to Glen Wadsworth and Lula Rachel Starkie Wadsworth. She grew up in the area and attended Taylor School where she graduated as Valedictorian of her 8th...

Gary Mcmanus

Gary Mcmanus

Oct 22, 2015

Gary James McManus passed away, Thursday, October 22, 2015, in Murray, Utah, after a valiant battle with cancer. Gary was born April 28,1955, to Albert Gene and Genevieve McManus in Concord, California. He was an only child for twelve years. He was their whole world. On June 6,1967, along came a surprise 'Joan Mary'. She truly is a great addition...

Leo "Leo The Lion" Frandsen

Leo "Leo The Lion" Frandsen

Oct 22, 2015

Leo James Frandsen peacefully passed away on October 22, 2015, in Omaha, Nebraska, at a mere 10 months old. Leo was born eight weeks early with a rare case of gastroschisis, a birth defect in which Leo's organs developed outside his body. Leo was born December 15, 2014 in Omaha to Jeffrey James Frandsen and Demi Lyn Lawrence Frandsen. He...

Verlin "Gene" Ball

Verlin "Gene" Ball

Oct 20, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Verlin Eugene “Gene” Ball, 85, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at his home. Gene was born on April 4, 1930, to Morris Marion Ball and Elsie Wilkins Ball. He was born and raised in Ucon, Idaho and graduated from Ucon High School. Gene later entered the Navy, where...

Karen Swearingen

Karen Swearingen

Oct 20, 2015

Karen K Swearingen, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 20, 2015. Karen was born September 28, 1956, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Blaine Ellis Ashment and Mary Irene Ashment. She grew up and attended schools in Rigby, Idaho, and graduated from Rigby High School. On September 20, 1974, she married Micheal Lyndon Swearingen in Rigby, Idaho. To this union...

Angel Vargas

Angel Vargas

Oct 19, 2015

Luis Angel Vargas passed away October 19, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Angel was born July 10, 1992, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Maria Elena Geyer and Adrian Chavez. The one person who took him in as an infant, and the only person Angel considered his mom, was Ranae Reyes. Angel was raised in Idaho Falls and attended...

Mary Ann Reese

Mary Ann Reese

Oct 18, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Dearly beloved, Mary Ann Reese, has soared away to join her Savior and reside for eternity in the mansion she built while here on earth. Ann is the much-adored wife of L. Eugene Reese, having lived in joyous matrimony for nearly 60 years with him after their marriage in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple....