Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Ruth Beyer

Ruth Beyer

Jan 24, 2015

Ruth Marian Leslie Beyer, 100, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 24, 2015, at Lily and Syringa Assisted Living. She was born December 7, 1914, in McMinneville, Oregon to George McKay Leslie and Hallie Iona Fuller Leslie. She was born in the living quarters above the railway station where her father was station master for the Southern Pacific Railroad....

Angel Bateman

Angel Bateman

Jan 23, 2015

Angel Bessie Green Bateman, 46, of Idaho Falls passed away on January 23, 2015, at her home. She was born August 28, 1968, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Seymour Ross Green and Marla LaRee Byington Green. She attended school in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School where she was a cheerleader. She then attended Ricks College where she received an...

Everardo Bejar

Everardo Bejar

Jan 23, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Everardo "Lalo" Bejar, 41, of Idaho Falls, passed away suddenly January 23, 2015, in St. Anthony. Everardo was born July 1, 1973, in Nueva Italia, Michoacan, Mexico, Genaro Bejar and Victoria Menera Flores. He grew up and attended schools in Mexico. On October 7, 1994, he married Ivonne Nuñez Perez in Mexico. To this...

Arland Purcell

Arland Purcell

Jan 22, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Arland Marcus Purcell, 87, of Ammon, passed away January 22, 2015, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. He was under the care of his loving family and Encompass Home Health and Hospice. The family would like to especially thank his hospice caregivers, Brandy and Cindy. Arland was born July 29, 1927, in Idaho Falls, Idaho,...

James Shively

James Shively

Jan 22, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Click Here To View Jim's Funeral Live James “Jim” David Shively, 82, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 22, 2015, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice and his loving family. Jim was born January 11, 1933, in Idaho Falls,...

Colleen Hadfield

Colleen Hadfield

Jan 22, 2015

Colleen P. Hadfield died peacefully on January 22, 2015 in Rexburg, Idaho at the age of 87. Colleen was born on September 14, 1927 in Lewiston, Utah, to her parents Clifford Leroy Poulsen and Elnora Hauser Poulsen. After graduating from North Cashe High School in 1945 and working a year for the telephone company she married Darrell "Bud" Hadfield on...

Gerald Merrell

Gerald Merrell

Jan 20, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Gerald “Gerry” Duane Merrell, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 20, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born August 21, 1923, in Ripley County, Missouri to Cecil O. Merrell and Merritt E. Colley Merrell. He grew up in Missouri and Ohio and graduated from Garfield High School in Akron,...

Darrell Farnsworth

Darrell Farnsworth

Jan 20, 2015

Edward Darrell Farnsworth, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 20, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of causes incident to age. Darrell was born October 15, 1928, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ralph Washington Farnsworth and Hilda Ann Byram Farnsworth. He grew up and attended schools in Ucon, Idaho. He served as a Combat Medic in the United...

Lee Smith

Lee Smith

Jan 19, 2015

Lee Melburn Smith, 89, formerly of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away January 19, 2015, at the VA Nursing Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lee was born Oct. 23, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the youngest son of Henry Melton Smith and Myrtle Sykes Smith. He attended York Elementary School and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Lee, who was...

Ethel Hardrath

Ethel Hardrath

Jan 19, 2015

Ethel Sarah Hardrath of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 19, 2015. Ethel was born April 8, 1923, in Loyal, Wisconsin, to Fred Clouse and Clara Wittlinger. On June 20, 1941, she married Alden Hardrath. They were truly meant for one another. She is survived by two children, Douglas (Deb) Hardrath and Kay (Max) Hahn. She has 13 grandchildren, 25...

D. Lavon Storer

D. Lavon Storer

Jan 18, 2015

Dell LaVon ”Connie” Storer, 85, formerly of the Idaho Falls area, passed away January 18, 2015, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Raul, in Layton, Utah. He was born August 2, 1929 in Idaho Falls to Dell Roy Storer and Margaret Van Sickle Storer. He attended schools in the Ririe area. LaVon married Edna V....

Maxine Smith

Maxine Smith

Jan 18, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Maxine Chloie Crow Smith, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 18, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was under the care of her loving family. Maxine was born December 1, 1933, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Benjamen Arthur Crow and Esma Elizabeth Waters Crow. She grew up and attended schools in...

John Greene

John Greene

Jan 17, 2015

John Kenneth Greene, age 83, of Idaho Falls, died January 17, 2015, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Born May 28, 1931 in Greybull, Wyoming, John was the second of four children born to William D. and Zella B. (Forbes) Greene. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served aboard the submarines USS Sargo, USS Skate and...

Preston Butikofer

Preston Butikofer

Jan 16, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Preston Hyrum Butikofer, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 16, 2015, surrounded by loved ones at his home. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice. Preston was born September 15, 1922, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Rudolph Arnold Butikofer and Bertha Lucille Linck Butikofer. He grew up and attended schools in Coltman...

Michael Miller

Michael Miller

Jan 15, 2015

Michael Bill Miller, 64, of Irwin, Idaho, passed away January 15, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Mike was born July 13, 1950, in Afton, Wyoming, to Bill Miller Jr. and Yvonne Miller. He grew up and attended schools in Star Valley, Wyoming, and graduated from Bonneville High...

Steven Smith

Steven Smith

Jan 15, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Steven James Smith, 45, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 15, 2015, at a family member’s home in Idaho Falls of natural causes. Steve was born December 8, 1969, in Bellingham, Washington, to Joseph Charles Smith and Dolores Alyce Fritz. He grew up and attended schools in Lakewood, Washington, and graduated from Encina High...

Brent Dye

Brent Dye

Jan 14, 2015

Brent Elwood Dye, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully at his home on January 14, 2015. He was under the care of Hearts of Hope Hospice. He was born May 3,1939, in Firth, Idaho, to Etha Jeanette Quinn Dye and Barber Dewane Dye. His growing up years were spent on a farm in Firth helping his parents and seven...

G. Keith Walker

G. Keith Walker

Jan 12, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Guice Keith Walker, 86, of Iona, Idaho, passed away January 12, 2015, at the University of Utah Medical Center of causes incident to age. Keith was born October 12, 1928, in Iona, Idaho, to James Leo Walker and Kate Wyatt Walker. He grew up and attended schools in Iona. On May 17, 1947, he...

Scott Nickum

Scott Nickum

Jan 12, 2015

Scott Charles Nickum, 61, of Idaho Falls, was killed in an industrial accident on January 12, 2015. Scott was born on October 7, 1954, in Sacramento, California, to Ray and Lois Nickum. He grew up in the Sacramento area and moved with his family to Idaho Falls in 1969. Scott worked as a mechanic. Automobiles were a true passion in...

Gary Martin

Gary Martin

Jan 11, 2015

Gary Ralph Martin, 75, of Rigby, passed away in his sleep on January 11, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society - Idaho Falls Village. Gary was born July 10, 1939 in Florence, Arizona, to Ralph Henry Martin and Frances Louise Samuels Martin. When he was in high school, the family moved to Nampa, Idaho, where he graduated from high school. He...