Obituaries

Dec 19, 2013

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Lewis Milton “L.M.” Rule, 94, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2013 surrounded by family. He was born on March 29, 1919 to Lewis M. and Bessie Rule in St. Anthony, Idaho. L.M. went to school in St. Anthony and graduated from St. Anthony High School in 1937. In high school he was active in...

Dec 19, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Gloria Hansen 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 19, 2013 at The Gables of Ammon. Gloria was born August 5, 1932 in Rexburg, Idaho to Dean Leroy Hinckley and Sarah Ida Barney. She grew up and attended schools in Rexburg. She attended Madison High School where she was valedictorian of her class, Ricks...

Dec 19, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video OBITUARY INFORMATION Wilma Marsette Wilma May Marsette “G-Unit”, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 19, 2013, at Teton Post Acute Rehabilitation. Wilma was born April 15, 1933, in Rupert, Idaho, to Herman Willis Benson and Amelia May Simpson Benson. She grew up in Rupert and attended Purjing Grade School and Rupert Junior High...

Dec 18, 2013

Raymond H. Fessler, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. At his request, private family services will be held.

Dec 18, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Alice Jean Hart Ricks, 86, life-long Idaho Falls resident, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the Pine Brook Assisted Living Center. Jean was born September 15, 1927 in Pocatello, Idaho, the family moving soon thereafter to Idaho Falls. She was the daughter of John and Ruth Hart of Hart’s/Jack...

Dec 17, 2013

Marjorie Louise Widerburg Homer, 79, passed away December 17, 2013, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Center. She was born at her family home in Coltman, Idaho, on September 23, 1934. She is the daughter of Leonard Orlando Widerburg and Martha Louise Moser Widerburg. She attended schools at Coltman and Garfield before attending and graduating from Rigby High School in 1952....

Dec 17, 2013

Darrell Lynn (Lynn D.) Gardner 74 of Irwin, Idaho passed away December 17, 2013, at his home from a short battle with lung cancer, surrounded by his loving wife and family. The family would like to thank Alli of One Source Hospice for the care she gave Lynn. Lynn was born January 29, 1939, the third child of six, in...

Dec 16, 2013

Kira Anderson Edmiston, 30, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 16, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 23, 1983, in Ogden, Utah to Craig Sterling Anderson and Debra Kay McFerson Anderson. She grew up in the Ogden area and was home schooled. She later attended Davis County Applied Technology Center in Ogden, Utah. On...

Dec 16, 2013

Seth Allen Kasper, 19, of Provo, Utah, passed away December 16, 2013, Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo. Seth was born June 8, 1994, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Christopher Allen Kasper and Dawn Heidi Dennis Kasper. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls, Phoenix, the Idaho Arts Charter School in Nampa, and graduated from Merit Academy...

Dec 14, 2013

Billie Elaine Mayfield, 86, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died peacefully on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at her home at Lincoln Court Retirement Community under the loving care of One Source Hospice. Billie was born October 25, 1927, in Upland, California, to Charles W. Chaplin and Norma Hudman Chaplin. She grew up and attended schools in Fillmore, California. On September 14,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...