Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Leo Waters

Leo Waters

Jul 12, 2013

Leo Seth Waters, 98, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 12, 2013, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living Center of causes incident to age. Leo was born June 9, 1915, in Ammon, Idaho, to Seth Gates Waters and Frances Ethel Crow Waters. He spent his early years in Ammon and graduated from Ammon High School. He then served a telegraphy...

Bob Claiborne

Bob Claiborne

Jul 11, 2013

Bobby Ray Claiborne, 77, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away July 11, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, after a long battle with lung cancer. Bob was born in Jerome, Idaho, on April 18, 1936, to Ezra Ray Claiborne and Evelyn Linnie Bullock Claiborne. He attended school in Jerome and graduated from Twin Falls High School. Bob married Marylyn...

Vernita Meikle

Vernita Meikle

Jul 10, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Vernita Edith Meikle, 88, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away July 10, 2013, at Monticello Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. Vernita was born June 18, 1925, in Chapin, Idaho, to Henry Cooper Beesley and Edith Little Beesley. She attended schools in Tetonia and Driggs. On October 20, 1943, she married Robert Rex Meikle in...

Franklin "Frank Lawyer" Lawyer

Franklin "Frank Lawyer" Lawyer

Jul 9, 2013

Franklin Edward Lawyer, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 9, 2013 at Bonaventure of Idaho Falls, following a lingering illness. He was under the care of his family and Hearts For Hospice. Frank was born August 12, 1933, in Normal, Illinois, to Elmer Clayton Lawyer and Josephine Shomaker Lawyer. He graduated from Watseka Community High School in Watseka, Illinois....

Anthony "Tony" Fife

Anthony "Tony" Fife

Jul 9, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Anthony Wynn Fife, 46, of Ammon, passed away on July 9, 2013 at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Tony was born May 12, 1967, in Brigham City, Utah to Charles Bowring Fife and JoAnn Roper Fife. He attended schools in Idaho Falls and Boise, graduating from Meridian...

Emily Elsberry

Emily Elsberry

Jul 9, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Emily Cheney Elsberry returned to her loving heavenly home and family early in the morning of July 9, 2013, just a few days short of her 89th birthday. Her death was a result of a long term illness and incidents of age. Born on July 31,1924, to Rosina Esther Leighty and Stoyel Elijah Cheney...

L. Nelson Brown

L. Nelson Brown

Jul 8, 2013

Lawrence Nelson Brown, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 8, 2013, at his home. He was born February 7, 1944, at Gallup, New Mexico to Bill and Mabel Brown. He graduated from Madison High School and attended one year at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. In 1970, he married Launa S. Ruiz in Elko, Nevada. They were later...

Terry Rosenkrance

Terry Rosenkrance

Jul 8, 2013

Terry Lynn Rosenkrance, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 8, 2013 at his brother’s home. He was born May 2, 1954, to Joseph Joe Rosenkrance and Beulah Leota Wolf Rosenkrance in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He attended Firth High School and later attained his GED. He continued his education at Eastern Idaho Technical College. Terry joined the United States...

Jeff Blakely

Jeff Blakely

Jul 7, 2013

Jeffrey Dale Blakely, 49, of Ririe, passed away on July 7, 2013, at his home. Jeff was born May 9, 1964, in Idaho Falls to Warren Dale Blakely and Arline Stone Blakely. He was raised in Ririe where he worked moving sprinkler pipe on his Uncle’s farm or making pizza at Heise Hot Springs. After graduating from Ririe High School,...

Veda Heath

Veda Heath

Jul 5, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Veda Belle Smith Bendixsen Heath, 92, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away July 5, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Veda Belle Smith Heath was born January 27, 1921, in Ammon, Idaho, to George Abraham and Lovina Shurtliff Smith. She was the sixth of ten children who grew up in the farming...

Lloyd Westbrook

Lloyd Westbrook

Jul 4, 2013

Lloyd Nolan “Mister” Westbrook II, 27, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 4, 2013, in the Snake River in Idaho Falls near John’s Hole Bridge, while attempting to swim to Keefer’s Island. Lloyd was born May 7, 1986, in Kennewick, Washington, to Lloyd Nolan Westbrook Sr. and Easter Loretta Mangum Westbrook. He grew up in Arco and Idaho Falls and...

Connie Crump

Connie Crump

Jul 1, 2013

Connie Jean Brower Crump, 60, died July 1, 2013, at Mount Vernon Assisted Living Center under the care of Hearts for Hospice in Idaho Falls. She was born Nov. 21, 1952, in Twin Falls, Id., to Earl (Jesse) Brower and Nancy J. Wedge Brower. Connie grew up in Pocatello, graduating from Highland High School in 1971. During high school,...

G. E. Morris

G. E. Morris

Jul 1, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Dr. Goldie Earnest Morris, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 1, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Goldie was born March 29, 1929 in Comanche, Oklahoma, to Marion Monroe Morris and Rebecca Elizabeth Renfro Morris. He grew up in Oklahoma, California, and Virginia. He moved to Idaho Falls in 1960....

Robert (Bob)  Henman

Robert (Bob) Henman

Jun 30, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Robert Clyde “Bob” Henman, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 30, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Bob was born January 1, 1930, in Ansley, Nebraska, to Elzie Wilbur Henman and Anna Vera Mortenson Henman. He spent his early years in Nebraska, then moved with his family to...

John (Jack)  Ritchie

John (Jack) Ritchie

Jun 30, 2013

John James “Jack” Ritchie passed away June 30, 2013, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a month shy of his 88th birthday. Jack was born July 30, 1925, to John Coop Ritchie and Grace Price Ritchie in Rigby, Idaho. As a teenager, Jack joined the U. S. Navy and was stationed at the Farragut Naval Base in northern Idaho and in San...

Grover Chatterton

Grover Chatterton

Jun 29, 2013

Grover Terrance Chatterton passed away June 29, 2013, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by his family. He was born April 7, 1935, in Grace, Idaho, the son of Annie Mae Adams and Grover Winward Chatterton. He grew up in Grace and Pocatello. During high school he worked at Albertsons' first grocery store, where he met his sweetheart, Barbara Ann Curtis....

Barbara Cleverley

Barbara Cleverley

Jun 28, 2013

Barbara L. Cleverley, 75, of Ammon, passed away June 28, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Barbara was born June 11, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Virgil Wayne Egan and Beaulah LaVon Lounsbury. She grew up in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. She also lived in Rexburg, Utah, and California. On January 11, 1958, she married...

Carrie Mason

Carrie Mason

Jun 28, 2013

Carrie Anne Buettner Mason, 94, of Ammon, Idaho, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland, passed away June 28, 2013, at Good Samaritan Skilled Nursing Facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho, of age related complications. Carrie was born August 27, 1918, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Julius Robert Buettner, originally from Freisian Isles, Germany, and Carrie Blanche Virginia Wentz Buettner of Westminster, Maryland. She attended...

Elda Keele

Elda Keele

Jun 25, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Elda Ruth Smith Keele, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 25, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center in Idaho Falls, from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease, escorted home by the angels to her Heavenly Home. She was surrounded by her family and under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Born August 22, 1924, in...

Elsie Hollett

Elsie Hollett

Jun 24, 2013

Elsie Hollett, 85, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away on June 24, 2013 at her home. Elsie was born November 20, 1927, in Liverpool, England to John William Hollett and Mary Smith Hollett. She has lived in England, Idaho Falls and Pocatello. She worked as a bookkeeper and office manager. Elsie was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of...