Obituaries

Feb 4, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Gordon Dee Jones, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away suddenly February 4, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Gordon was born August 10, 1944, in the back seat of a car, in Thermopolis, Wyoming, to Joseph Melling Jones and Leah Dalley Jones. He grew up and attended schools in Draper, Utah, and...

Feb 4, 2014

James "Jim" Burtenshaw, Jr., 71, of Vallejo, California, passed away February 4, 2014, at Kaiser Hospital Vallejo of natural causes. Jim was born March 9, 1942, in Vallejo, California, to James Burtenshaw and LaRee Williamson Burtenshaw. A lifelong resident of Vallejo, he graduated from Vallejo High School. He served in the U. S. National Guard Reserves. On September 4, 1970,...

Feb 2, 2014

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Click Here To View Memorial Video Our loving husband and father, Lavern Jorgensen Smith, known as Vern J. all his life, passed away from cancer at his home near Ucon, Idaho on Sunday, February 2, 2014. Vern was born May 18, 1928 in Union, Utah, the first child of William Lavern Smith and Jenniev Jorgensen Smith. He spent...

Feb 1, 2014

David Gene Lefler, 58, of Salmon, passed away Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. No services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Wood Funeral Home in Idaho Falls. No Services Saturday, February 1, 2014

Feb 1, 2014

Jack R Wickham, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 1, 2014, at his home, of natural causes. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Jack was born February 9, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Vernon Hawkes Wickham and Mary Lavina Rasband Wickham. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. He joined the...

Jan 31, 2014

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Click Here To View Memorial Video William Dean Humphries, 87 of Idaho Falls passed away Friday, January 31, 2014, at his home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Dean was born November 16, 1926 in Woodville, Idaho, to William Chesley Humphries and Marilda Louise Chaffin Humphries. He attended Sheet Metal Welding and Drafting Technical Training. On August 23,...

Jan 30, 2014

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James Dewey Thomas, 80, of Dubois, passed away January 30, 2014, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Jim was born November 14, 1933, in Idaho Falls, ID, to George Dewey Thomas and Afton Laird Thomas. He grew up in Medicine Lodge and Dubois and graduated from Clark County High School, then he and his buddy, Jack Webster, volunteered for the...

Jan 28, 2014

Julie Alma Wall passed away on January 28, 2014, of complications caused by a fall. She arrived with her family in Idaho Falls in 1960. She was with her husband Dean, who had been given the job of shop foreman with Argonne National Laboratory. She spent most of her life as a mother, wife, and homemaker. She did go back...

Jan 27, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Steven Lynn Johnson, 50, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 27, 2014, in Shelley, Idaho. He was born January 20, 1964, in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Grover Vaughn Johnson and Sandra Lee Foster Johnson. He was raised in Omaha, Nebraska where he attended schools and graduated from Burke High School. He continued his...

Jan 27, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Cynthia Diane Stephenson, 59, long time resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho and most recently living in La Grande, Oregon died quietly at her home January 27, 2014. Diane was born June 12, 1954, in Decatur, Illinois to Everett Donald Buis and Violet Muezet Wakefield Buis. She grew up and attended schools in Decatur, graduating...

Jan 26, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Fred William Elkington, 91, of Idaho Falls passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014 in Orem, Utah. He was born January 28, 1922 in Tooele, Utah, to William Henry Elkington and Elize McClaws Elkington. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Idaho Falls High School. Fred joined the Army and served during World...

Jan 26, 2014

Norman Blake Ballard, 60, of Rigby, passed away January 26, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society, Idaho Falls Village. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Norm was born May 22, 1953, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Rex Ballard and Bulah Bradshaw Ballard. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. On August 1, 1981, he...

Jan 26, 2014

Jacqueline “Jackie” Bell, 62, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014, at her home. Jackie was born February 17, 1951, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ernest Leroy Andrus and Ruth Marion Jacobsen Andrus. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Bonneville High School. In 1967 she married John A. Kramer. They had two children while living...

Jan 25, 2014

Dean Singley Soelberg, 90, of St. George, passed away after a courageous battle with Acute Leukemia on January 25, 2014, at Dixie Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah. Dean was born November 14, 1923, in Washington, D.C., to Earl James Soelberg and Exie Alberta Singley Soelberg. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg and Idaho Falls. He served with...

Jan 24, 2014

Kenneth C Davis, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 24, 2014, at his home. He was under the care of One Source Hospice. Kenneth was born August 27, 1946, in Driggs, Idaho, to Leo Davis and Gladys Christensen Davis. He grew up and attended schools in Driggs and graduated from Teton High School. After school, he joined the...

Jan 24, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Kevin Jon Nield, 50, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 24, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Kevin was born February 7, 1963, in Rigby, Idaho, to Allen Jay Nield and Blanche Marie McMurtrey Nield. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from high school in Santee, California....

Jan 23, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Carl Gene Sorensen, 63, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away at his home on January 23, 2014. He was born January 26, 1950, to Ora and Marion Sorensen. He was the youngest child of four siblings. He attended schools in Idaho Falls, and graduated from Skyline High School in 1968. On September 2, 1967,...

Jan 23, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Our angel mother Helen Elaine McCulloch Davenport, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away from a massive stroke on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Helen was born June 22, 1933, in Salem, Idaho, to Harry Elmer McCulloch and Wanda Ester Ward McCulloch. She grew up and attended area schools, graduating...

Jan 20, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Lester Yale Peterson, 95, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away January 20, 2014, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Community in Idaho Falls. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Yale was born July 15, 1918, in Taylor, Idaho, to William Lester Peterson and Mary Viola Holm Peterson, the third of five...

Jan 20, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Hilmer Reynold George, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 20, 2014, at his home. He was under the care of his family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Reynold was born April 17, 1924, in Rigby, Idaho, to Hilmer Melvin George and Edith Kinghorn George. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby and...