Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Louise Blacker

Louise Blacker

Dec 13, 2013

Our dear mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Louise June Hammer Blacker, passed away peacefully of natural causes December 13, 2013, in Orem, Utah. She was born January 9, 1926, to Walter Hammer and Lenore Price Hammer in Woodville, Idaho. She was the oldest of four children. Mom attended high school in Shelley, Idaho, where she played the flute and...

James (Jim)  Thomas

James (Jim) Thomas

Dec 13, 2013

James “Jim” Lawrence Thomas, 77, died December 13, 2013, at his home following several years battling cancer. He was born March 20, 1936, in Sugar City, Idaho, to John Alexander Thomas and Marvella Annie Harris Thomas. Jim attended Sugar Salem High School, graduating in 1954. He joined the Idaho National Guard the same year and remained active until 1966. Jim...

Ruth Longmore

Ruth Longmore

Dec 13, 2013

Ruth Barnes Allen Longmore, 87, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away December 13, 2013, at Rexburg Care & Rehabilitation. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Ruth was born January 20, 1926, in Ogden, Utah, to Alfred Emory Barnes and Dorothy Tracy Barnes. She grew up and attended schools in Ogden, Utah, and graduated from High School...

Giovanni "Gio" Castillo

Giovanni "Gio" Castillo

Dec 13, 2013

Giovanni José Castillo Medal, 39, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, formerly of Managua, Nicaragua, passed away December 13, 2013 at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a brave three year battle with Leukemia. Beloved husband of Heather (Anderson) Castillo, father to Giovanni (Giovi), (9), Adellyna (6), and Eliana (2). Giovanni, fondly known as Gio, was born November...

Bernice Sargis

Bernice Sargis

Dec 12, 2013

Bernice Marie Johnson Sargis, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 12, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of causes incident to age. Bernice was born August 4, 1921, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Eno Julius Johnson and Lelah Mae Sample Johnson. She grew up in Eagle Rock, California, until she was about sixteen years old when the...

Anne Edwards

Anne Edwards

Dec 12, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Anne Povilauskas Giedraitis Edwards, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 12, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at Christ the King Catholic Church (corner of 17th and Woodruff), with Father Jose Ramirez officiating. The family will visit with friends on Friday from...

Brenda Meyer

Brenda Meyer

Dec 11, 2013

Brenda Gould Meyer, 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Teton Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation. She was born October 11, 1956 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Glenn Eliot Gould and Scharolette Cleverley Gould. She married Alan Meyer. They were later divorced. She worked in housekeeping and in the food service industry. Brenda enjoyed reading and...

Ronald Sessions

Ronald Sessions

Dec 10, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Ronald Mark Sessions, 71, lifelong Idaho resident, devoted husband, father, grandfather and life loving friend to all, passed away December 10, 2013, at his home after a courageous 5-year fight against cancer. Ron was born August 19, 1942, at Mrs. Goody's Maternity Home in Rigby, Idaho, to Fay Woodruff Sessions and Ruth Roberts Sessions,...

Cyndi Ballard

Cyndi Ballard

Dec 10, 2013

Cynthia Lin Byram Ballard, 55, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away December 10, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society, Idaho Falls Village. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Cyndi was born August 17, 1958, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Kenneth Byram and Naomi Green Byram. She grew up in Germany, Mississippi, and Idaho Falls, where she attended Bonneville...

Gareth "Gary" Homer

Gareth "Gary" Homer

Dec 10, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Gary and Maurine Homer are finally together again. Alone for four long and lonely years after she died in September 2009, Gareth B. Homer has finally joined his sweetheart, Maurine, the love of his life. Gary was born 13 October 1924 in Logan, Utah, to John M. and Leone T. Homer. He was the...

Robert "Bob" Wisdom

Robert "Bob" Wisdom

Dec 9, 2013

Robert Jake “Bob” Wisdom, Sr., 52, of Idaho Falls, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013, at his home. He was born on June 6, 1961, in Idaho Falls to Ronald Jake Wisdom and Joyce Linn Hathaway Wisdom. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Bonneville High School. He also lived in Crescent City, California;...

Douglas Mills

Douglas Mills

Dec 8, 2013

Douglas Ray McAlpin Mills, 62, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away December 8, 2013 at the Friends And Family Living Center in Idaho Falls. He was under the care of Solace Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at the Idaho Falls LDS 11th Ward (1235 Juniper Drive) with Bishop Tom Barker officiating....

Howard "Bud" "Bud" Wakley

Howard "Bud" "Bud" Wakley

Dec 7, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Howard Dale (Bud) Wakley 80, passed away December 7, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Society-Idaho Falls Village. Bud was born March 22,1933, at the family home in Downey, Idaho, to Howard Wakley and Violet Martin Wakley. He lived most of his early life in the Downey area. When Bud was about 5 years...

Leanne 'Dede' Cowley

Leanne 'Dede' Cowley

Dec 7, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Leanne "Dede" M. Cowley, 51, of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2013, at her home from injuries received in a house fire. Dede was born May 31, 1962, in Castro Valley, California, to Carl E. Jorgensen and Elizabeth Asdell Jorgensen. After her parents were divorced she was adopted by Dale Cowley. She...

Inez 'Becky' Taggart

Inez 'Becky' Taggart

Dec 7, 2013

Inez M. ‘Becky’ Taggart, 90, of Palisades, passed away December 7, 2013, at her home. She was born November 19, 1923, in Afton, Wyoming to Mariner Nelson and Olive Hale Nelson. She grew up on a farm in Grover, Wyoming. She graduated from high school and seminary in Afton. On April 1, 1941, Becky married Albert Leroy ‘Roy’ Taggart...

Mary Hansen

Mary Hansen

Dec 5, 2013

Mary Adeline Stringer Hansen, 84, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away December 5, 2013, at the home of her daughter in Clarkston, Washington, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mary was born October 14, 1929 in Douglas, Arizona, to Hannah Noreen Nelson Pointer. Her father, James Pointer, died before she was born. She was adopted...

Marilyn Montour

Marilyn Montour

Dec 4, 2013

Marilyn Kaye Lamb Montour, 68, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away December 4, 2013, at her home. She was under the care of Idaho Home Health & Hospice. Marilyn was born June 28, 1945, in Henryetta, Oklahoma, to David Crockett Lamb and Bonnie Marie Stephenson Lamb. She grew up and attended schools in Henryetta. She also attended Brigham Young University,...

Veda Lazzarotto

Veda Lazzarotto

Dec 4, 2013

Veda June Standley Wilde Lazzarotto, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 4, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. She was born October 18, 1928, in Idaho Falls to Joseph Hyrum Standley and Viola Russell Standley. She grew up in the area and attended schools in Ammon. On Dec. 5,1949, she married Clarence Otto Wilde. He preceded...

Max Huntsman

Max Huntsman

Dec 4, 2013

Max Odell Huntsman, 91, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at his home. Max was born September 13, 1922 in Woodville, Idaho, to Evon W. Huntsman and Martha Gifford Huntsman. Max was the seventh oldest child in the family of six brothers and four sisters, and outlived all his siblings. Max grew up in Woodville and attended...

Bonnie Humpherys

Bonnie Humpherys

Dec 1, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Bonnie Jean Humpherys, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 1, 2013, at her daughter’s home in American Falls. Bonnie was born August 6, 1942, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Wayne Rice and Rachael Elnore Wilson Rice. She grew up and attended schools in Blackfoot and graduated from Pocatello High School. She took her training...