Obituaries

Apr 28, 2014

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Click Here To View Memorial Video Produced by the Family James LuRene "Rene" Shurtliff, 96, of Hamer, Idaho passed away Monday, April 28, 2014, at home surrounded by his family. Rene was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Rene was born August 23, 1917, in Iona, Idaho, the son of Tom and Mayme Shurtliff. At the...

Apr 28, 2014

Melvin Dean Nichols, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 28, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born October 15, 1941, in Gary, Indiana to John Milford Nichols and Beulah Call Nichols. The family moved to Pocatello and then to Idaho Falls where he finished his schooling at Idaho Falls High School. Melvin served 22 years...

Apr 28, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Donna Marie Shindurling, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 28, 2014, at Morningstar Senior Living. She was born May 4, 1922, in Hibbard, Idaho, to Horace Edward Fullmer and Mary Magdalene Pfost Fullmer. She grew up and attended schools in the Rexburg and Blackfoot areas, graduating from Blackfoot High School in...

Apr 27, 2014

Esther Josephine Smout Forman, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 27, 2014, at the Emerald House in Blackfoot. She was born April 25, 1933, in Lewisville, Idaho to Wilmer Ward Smout and Edith Margaret Mortensen Smout. She grew up in Lewisville and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School. On April 3, 1952, she married...

Apr 27, 2014

Rena Horton Pedersen, 68, of Idaho Falls passed away suddenly Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 24, 1945, in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Edwin Marian Horton and Virginia Carolyn McClurkin Horton. She grew up in Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Kentucky, and began her career teaching high-school theater in Virginia. On...

Apr 27, 2014

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Carolyn ‘Sue’ Wise, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at her home. Sue was born July 25, 1947 in Hamilton, Ohio to William E. Hamblin and Katherine Hamblin. She grew up and attended school in Ohio. Sue lived in Star Valley, Wyoming for 27 years before moving to Idaho Falls in 2000. On May...

Apr 26, 2014

Linda Lee Messmer, 55, of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Linda was born July 24, 1958, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Lee R. Schaefer and Eva LaRene McCulloch Schaefer. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and earned her GED. She also attended Eastern Idaho Technical College. In September of...

Apr 23, 2014

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Lynda Diane Garrett Melanson Orme passed quietly in her sleep, returning to the awaiting arms of her loving parents Big Jim and Ginger. While her death was sudden, her family has taken great comfort in knowing she will no longer suffer from the illnesses she has battled for the...

Apr 23, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Clarence Andrew “Andy” Nelson Jr., 66, of Ammon, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at his home. Clarence was born July 3, 1947, in Columbia, SC, to Clarence Andrew Nelson, Sr. and Martha Graham Nelson. He graduated from Fitzgerald High School in Georgia in 1965. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy...

Apr 21, 2014

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Click Here To View Memorial Video Click Here To View Funeral services live Peter Alfred Anderson Sr., 77, of Idaho Falls passed away on April 21, 2014, after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma Cancer at Life Care Center. Peter Alfred Anderson Sr. was born the 22nd...

Apr 21, 2014

Hildegard Bertalott Ricks, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 21, 2014, at her home. Hildegard was born March 31, 1935, in Frankfurt, Germany. She lived in Germany until she met and married Keith V. Ricks in April of 1956. She left her home and family and moved to the United States with her husband. They raised their four...

Apr 20, 2014

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Apr 19, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Elizabeth Stevens Jensen, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away of natural causes Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Encompass Home Health and Hospice. Elizabeth was born April 27, 1917, in Canyon Creek, Idaho, to Joseph Franklin Stevens and Martha Robena McKinlay...

Apr 18, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Our sweet, beautiful mom, Ardith Mae Durrant Ritter, 89, passed away April 18, 2014, at The Gables in Ammon. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. She was born July 27, 1924, to James E Durrant and Leah Park Durrant in Ririe. As a young girl, she enjoyed riding horses...

Apr 17, 2014

Doris Maxine Baird Squires passed away April 17, 2014, at her daughter’s home in Idaho Falls. Doris was born October 10, 1921, in Hill City, Kansas, to Joseph Alexander Baird and Margretha Armina Cloepfil Baird. She was the ninth of ten children. She met her future husband S. L. (Sandy) Squires while attending Links Business College in Boise, Idaho, where...

Apr 17, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Kendra Scoresby, 58, of Iona, Idaho, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 17, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Kendra was born July 9, 1955, in Provo, Utah, to Charles Burdell Merrell and Nyal Merrell. She grew up and attended schools in Utah and Virginia and graduated from Falls Church High School. She earned...

Apr 17, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Nelda Cleveland, 95, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away peacefully, April 17, 2014, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was under the loving care of her family. Nelda was born March 13, 1919, in Alpine, Wyoming, to Joseph Hyrum Robbins and Annie Viola Russell Robbins. She grew up and attended schools in...

Apr 16, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video LaVon Baker Hammon, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 16, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. LaVon was born September 3, 1927, in View, Idaho, near Burley, to Frederick W. Baker and Mary Eliza Coombs Baker. She grew up and attended schools in Smithfield Utah, and graduated from North Cache High School....

Apr 16, 2014

Wilma “June” Moore French, 86, passed away April 16, 2014, at Heritage Park in Roy, Utah. June was born March 21, 1928, to Chester Arthur Moore Sr. and Madge Moore in Pueblo, Colorado. June married John Milton French on September 16, 1947, in Joplin, Missouri. John and June had two daughters, Karen June and Linda Lea. They later moved to...

Apr 16, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Robert “Bob” Louis Crowley, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully April 16, 2014, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Bob was born November 2, 1927, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ansel Stanley Crowley and Sofia Edna Robison Crowley. He grew up and attended schools in...