Obituaries

Apr 30, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Darwin Ralph Thompson, 87, of Iona, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at his home of causes incident to age. Darwin was born September 26, 1926, in Moreland, ID, to Ralph Marion Thompson and Valeda Leavitt Thompson. He was raised in the Teton Valley, attended schools in Cedron and Victor, Idaho, and graduated from...

Apr 30, 2014

Terrel F. McArthur, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 30, 2014, at Mountain View Hospital. Terrel was born February 21, 1953, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Floyd Edward McArthur and Hilda Marie Dross McArthur. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. On February 14, 1989, he married Alice Merlie Bowman at Idaho Falls. Terrel and Alice made...

Apr 30, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Click Here To Listen to The Funeral Services Live Russell Neil Swensen, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, community servant and dear friend, passed away suddenly at his home in Ammon April 30, 2014. Russell was 86 years young and loved life, loved his wife, family, church, country and many friends. He was...

Apr 30, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Mary Larue “Mary Lou” Johnson, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at her home of natural causes. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Mary Lou was born October 11, 1933, in Shelton, ID, to Arthur Vernon Jenkins and Clara Ada Ferguson Jenkins. She grew up...

Apr 30, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Ross Dean Gneiting, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 30, 2014, surrounded by his family at his home of Parkinson’s Disease. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Ross was born October 14, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dean Emery Gneiting and Verla Taylor Gneiting. He grew...

Apr 29, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Benjamin Charles Lunis, 83, a long-time resident of southeast Idaho, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at home surrounded by family, and he is now joyfully with his Lord and Savior. Ben was born the oldest of two sons on December 3, 1930, to immigrants from eastern Europe, Benjamin Charles Lunis and Marie Krolewski...

Apr 29, 2014

William “Uncle Bill” Remsburg, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 29, 2014, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living. He was under the care of Hearts for Hospice. If you are reading this, he has already touched your life...or you’ll wish you had known him. William was born January 29, 1940, in Idaho Falls, ID, to Earl E. Remsburg...

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

Send Flowers P. Alfred Anderson November 22, 1936 - April 21, 2014

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...