Obituaries

Dec 27, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Ethel Ann Rockwood, 89, of Iona, passed away December 27, 2014, at Mountain View Hospital. She was under the care of her loving family. Ethel Ann was born September 5, 1925, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to Harold Whitehead Oliverson and Lucy Pearl Lena Olsen Oliverson. She grew up and attended grade school in...

Dec 26, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Tara Nichole Purcell-Utterbeck, 38, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 26, 2014, peacefully. Tara was born June 11, 1976, a beautiful beam of light that blessed all who knew her for 38 years. She was born to Michael Everett Purcell and Kay Ann Robinson Purcell, a delightfully tardy gift to her four older siblings...

Dec 26, 2014

Milton Ray Fox, 65, of Rigby, passed away December 26, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Milton was born October 22, 1949, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Darrell Wilson Fox and Melva Maude Goodson Fox. He grew up and attended schools in Utah and Idaho Falls. Milton served in the National Guard before receiving a...

Dec 23, 2014

Spencer Dean Covert, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2014, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Spencer was born April 8, 1936 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Spencer Covert Jr. and Ida Nelson Covert. He lived in Ammon and went to Ammon Elementary. He graduated from Bonneville High School. He...

Dec 21, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Phyllis Stoddard Call, 98, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 21, 2014, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born December 13, 1916, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Daniel Stuart Stoddard and Jane Norwood Heaton Stoddard. Phyllis grew up in Rexburg and spent her summers in Island...

Dec 20, 2014

Lanny Scott Bingham, 63 of St. Anthony, Idaho, died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at his home. Lanny was born July 11, 1951, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Dale LeMar Bingham and Eunice Doreen Gehrt Bingham. He was educated in Montana and graduated from Charles M. Russell High School. Lanny worked for Dan Schroder, where he started with shop cleanup and then...

Dec 20, 2014

Charles “Ray” Carlson, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 20, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, after a valiant fight with cancer. Ray was born July 30, 1928, in Wellsville, Utah, to Charles Carlson and Ann Perkins Carlson. He was raised and attended schools in North Logan, Utah, graduating from South Cache High School. He served for four...

Dec 17, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Fred David Baker, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 17, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born August 9, 1939, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Fred D. Baker and Alice Augusta Christensen Baker. He grew up and attended schools in Madison County. During his teen years he moved to...

Dec 16, 2014

Beulah “Boots” I. Gosnell, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 16, 2014, at her home. Beulah was born October 21, 1943, in Pacoima, California, to Daniel Ira Gosnell and LaVina Frances Walton Gosnell. She grew up and attended O.E. Bell in Idaho Falls. Beulah made their home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where she worked in security for AEC at...

Dec 15, 2014

Tanis Ann Walters, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 15, 2014, at her home. Tanis was born February 16, 1947, in Council, Idaho. Her family lived in Riggins, Idaho, where she was the youngest of eight children--the only one born in a hospital. She was very spoiled by all of her siblings. Her family moved several times, and ended...

Dec 15, 2014

Jerry Jacobson, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 15, 2014, at Morningstar Senior Living Center. Jerry was born December 25, 1930, in Rigby, Idaho, to Andrew Moroni Jacobsen and Mary Alice Thompson Jacobsen. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He also attended the University of Idaho, where he earned his Bachelors...

Dec 14, 2014

Jay Selvoy Waters, 74, of Firth, passed away December 14, 2014, at his home. He was under the care of his family and Avalon Home Health and Hospice. Jay was born November 24, 1940, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Douglas Leo Waters and Martha Knorr Drexal Waters. He grew up and attended schools in Salt Lake City. He served...

Dec 13, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Esmeralda Gomez de Cruz, 40, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 13, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be at 12 noon on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Wood Funeral Home East Side (963 S. Ammon) with Pastor Carlos Cajiga, of the Idaho Falls Hispanic Four Square Church, officiating. The family will...

Dec 12, 2014

Leon Richard Mastin, 39, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away December 12, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Leon was born June 4, 1975, in Stockton, California, to Dennis Dean Mastin and Virginia Jean Monroe Mastin. He grew up and attended schools in Winnemucca, Nevada, and graduated from Lowry High...

Dec 11, 2014

Ingeborg Spaulding Ingeborg Anna Spaulding, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 11, 2014, at her daughter’s home. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Ingeborg was born April 18, 1937, in Hanau, Germany, to Anna Born. She grew up and attended schools in Germany and spent the first 26 years there. On July 24, 1963, she...

Dec 11, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Melvin Mark Richardson, 86, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Mel was born April 29, 1928, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Mark Richardson and Mary Lundquist Richardson. Mel was raised in Salt Lake City, where he graduated from East High School. He...

Dec 9, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Joan Mahalia Jensen Soelberg, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Joan was born October 13, 1920, at Mink Creek, Idaho, to Daniel Jensen and Anita Mahalia Petersen Jensen. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Preston High School. She attended the...

Dec 9, 2014

Barbara Jeanne Froman Tatham, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2014, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Barbara was born September 16, 1928, in Seattle, Washington, to Lowell Simpson Froman and Frances Irene Goering Froman. She attended Seattle Pacific University. In 1950, she married Glen S. Player, MD, in Port Orchard, Washington, and to this union were...

Dec 6, 2014

Biography

Thomas Van De Weerd, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 6, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society - Idaho Falls Village. Graveside Burial will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 15, 2014, at Taylor Cemetery. Military Rites will be performed by the Bonneville County Veterans Memorial Team and Idaho Honor Guard.

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Dec 6, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Dell Ray Campbell, 77, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away peacefully surrounded by the ones he loved on December 6, 2014, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living. He was born November 30, 1937, in Idaho Falls to Arnold C. Campbell and Catherine Jones Campbell. He grew up in Idaho Falls and lived his life...