Obituaries

Gene Forbes

Sep 26, 2016

Orval Eugene "Gene" Forbes, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully September 26, 2016, at his home.

Gene was born March 25, 1944, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Orval Martin Forbes and Eleda Wilde Forbes. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1962. He earned his Eagle...

Dee Hayes

Sep 25, 2016

Dee Fred Hayes, 56, of Ririe, Idaho Falls, and most recently of Tetonia, passed away September 25, 2016, on Pine Creek, in a fishing accident.

He was born October 5, 1959, in Rigby, Idaho, to Reed Bush Hayes and Helen Venetia Durrant Hayes. He attended school in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School.

On...

Betty Dixon

Sep 24, 2016

Betty Iola Dixon, 71, of Shelley, passed away September 24, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Betty was born September 18, 1945, in Redondo Beach, California, to Joseph Carl Hurd and Ester Giesse Hurd. She grew up and attended schools in Redondo Beach.

She married William Roy Mason and they were later divorced. On...

Glenn Rodgers, Sr

Sep 23, 2016

Glennis Lewis "Glenn" Rodgers, Sr., 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 23, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in the arms of his loved ones. Glenn was born August 9, 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Blease Fulton Gray and Mary Rodgers. He grew up and attended schools in Virginia. On December 31, 1986, he married Mary Jo...

Connie Call

Sep 23, 2016

Connie Wheeler Call, 81, of Bedford, Texas, and formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away September 23, 2016, in Bedford. After surviving ovarian cancer for more than 6½ years, Connie passed away peacefully in her home.

Connie was born on July 9, 1935, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Etsel & Fay Wheeler of Ririe. She graduated as Salutatorian from Ririe...

Vernon Ritchie

Sep 23, 2016

Vernon LaRoy Ritchie, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 23, 2016, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Vern was born February 17, 1943, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Elbert Ritchie and Lila Mae Smout Ritchie. He grew up in Rigby, Idaho, and attended schools there. On September...

Darrell Christensen

Sep 20, 2016

Darrell Ray Christensen, 84, of Malad, passed away September 20, 2016, at Hospice of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Private family services will be held.

Private Family Services. He passed away

Millie Crystal

Sep 19, 2016

Elsie Mildred "Millie" Erickson Crystal, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 19, 2016, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center. She was born September 22, 1930, in Pocatello, Idaho, to John Doyle Richardson and Eva Edna Stewart Richardson. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Pocatello High School. On February 14, 1948, she...

Robert Saad, Jr

Sep 18, 2016

Send Flowers Robert Lawrence Saad, Jr.

December 4, 2015 - September 18, 2016

Robert Lawrence Saad, Jr., 9 months old, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016, at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 24, 2016, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963...

Robert "Bob" White

Sep 18, 2016

Robert Arthur "Bob" White, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 18, 2016, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation of complications of cancer. Bob was born January 1, 1953, in Salmon, Idaho, to Arthur Wilson White and Rosemary Andrews White. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. A lifelong...

Karen Musselman

Sep 17, 2016

Karen Musselman’s life was tragically cut short in an automobile accident in Idaho Falls on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

Karen was born on July 19, 1937, to Nellie and Emery Skinner and lived at the foot of Mt. Sawtell in Island Park until age seven when she moved to a farm in Mud Lake and then to...

Cody Messenger

Sep 16, 2016

Cody Allen Messenger, 28, of Ammon, passed away September 16, 2016, at his home. He was under the care of his mother and Teton Hospice. Cody was born October 26, 1987, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Boyd Allen Messenger and Bethia Judy Messenger. He grew up in Ammon and graduated from Hillcrest High School. He was a member of...

Karl Morgan

Sep 16, 2016

Karl Lester Morgan, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 16, 2016, at his home. Karl was born on July 2, 1929, in Spanish Fork, Utah. Karl attended Provo High School in Provo, Utah, where he met the love of his life, Dorinne Pendleton. Karl married this high school sweetheart on March 16, 1951. Karl graduated from Brigham...

Glenn Davenport Ii

Sep 16, 2016

Glenn Allen Davenport II, 25, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 16, 2016, at his home.

Glenn was born in Huntsville, Alabama on December 27, 1990, the first son of Glenn and Annette Davenport, now of Idaho Falls. He was a happy and precocious child with a thirst for knowledge and justice, and gifted with artistic,...

Jackie Denning

Sep 15, 2016

Jacqueline Joann "Jackie" Denning, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 15, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of Alliance Hospice. Jackie was born March 2, 1937, in Coquille, Oregon, to William Arthur Miller and Loretta Mae Andrews Miller. She grew up and attended schools in Nebraska and Idaho. On August 20, 1959, she married Dell...

Eddie Abreu

Sep 15, 2016

Edward Joseph "Eddie" Abreu, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 15, 2016, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice.

Eddie was born June 7, 1920, in Oakland, California, to Antonio Francis Abreu and Mamie Gonsalves Abreu. He grew up and attended schools in Oakland and graduated from Roosevelt...

Scott Singleton

Sep 14, 2016

Versal Scott Singleton, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 14, 2016, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Scott was born July 31, 1955, in Shelley, Idaho, to George Blaine Singleton and Alice Dorothy Shosted Singleton. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He then attended Eastern Idaho...

Brent Bybee

Sep 13, 2016

Brent Dale Bybee, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 13, 2016, at his home. Brent was born June 26, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dale Weston Bybee and Gazette (Midge) Sayer Bybee. He served in the United States Marine Corps for four years in North Carolina. He was an automotive and aircraft mechanic for several years. He...

Theresa Melanson

Sep 13, 2016

Marie Jeanne Therese "Theresa" Arel Melanson, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 13, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of Teton Hospice. Theresa was born June 16, 1929, in Biddeford, Maine, to Roland Arel and Blanche Cyr. She grew up and attended schools in Biddeford. In 1947, she married Joseph Melanson. To this union was...

Leland Jones

Sep 13, 2016

We mourn the loss of our husband, brother, father and friend, Leland Monroe Jones, who died September 13, 2016 at the Idaho State Veterans home surrounded by family.

Lee was born to Eura and Deana Larson Jones in Pocatello, Idaho on December 20, 1927. He went to Pocatello Schools and enjoyed a wonderful childhood. As a young...