Obituaries

Vera June Williams

May 24, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Vera June Williams, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away May 24, 2013, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. She was under the care of Hearts for Hospice. She was born November 18, 1928, in Benicia, California, to Leslie John Lingren and Martha Horman Lingren. The family moved to Idaho Falls when she was very...

Alan Hansen

May 24, 2013

Alan Jack Hansen, 62, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 24, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born August 31, 1950, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Hans Marvin Hansen and Waneta Blatter Hansen. He and his siblings were raised by their aunt and uncle, Rufus S. Olsen and Inez Blatter Olsen. He grew up and...

Jay Lords

May 23, 2013

Jay Hensen Lords, 54, of Ucon, Idaho, passed away May 23, 2013, at his home. He was under the care of his family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Jay was born April 24, 1959, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Nathan H. Lords and Neva Fern Robbins Lords. He grew up and attended schools in Roberts and graduated from West...

David Briggs

May 23, 2013

David Carlos Briggs, 36, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away May 23, 2013, at his home. On September 28, 1976, Dave was born to Don Briggs and Roxie Benson Briggs in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He moved with his family to Clearview, Washington, when he was three years old. He lived there for nineteen years before moving back to Idaho. He...

Marvin Shurtliff

May 22, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Marvin Dean Shurtliff, 93, passed away May 22, 2013, in Idaho Falls, at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living Center. Marvin, the fifth of eight children, was born September 22, 1919, in Iona, Idaho, to Thomas Iera Shurtliff and Mayme Smith Shurtliff. He grew up and attended schools in Iona and graduated from Iona High...

Norma Jensen

May 21, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Norma Chambers Jensen, 59, of Ammon, Idaho, died May 21, 2013, in Murray, Utah, of cardiac complications. Norma was born July 28, 1953, in Riverton, Wyoming, to Don Wesley Chambers and Lois Sorensen Chambers. The family moved to Utah and Norma grew up in Ogden and Hooper, Utah. On September 17, 1975, she married...

Kathleen "Kathy" Johnson

May 20, 2013

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Kathleen Marie “Kathy” Johnson, 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 20, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a lingering illness. Kathy was born February 27, 1949, in Rawlins, Wyoming, to David LeRoy McComas and Margaret Lucille Allison McComas. She attended school in Pocatello where she lived for 20 years before moving to Idaho Falls....

Darrell Yeaman

May 20, 2013

Darrell Wendle Yeaman, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 20, 2013, at Safe Haven Health Care Center in Pocatello. Darrell was born October 11, 1931, in Lorenzo, Idaho, to Joseph Leon Yeaman and Florence Eliza Bownes Yeaman. When he was 12 years old the family moved to Idaho Falls, and he mowed lawn for the Idaho Falls YMCA as...

Juanita Hainsworth

May 19, 2013

Juanita Cenarrusa Hainsworth, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 19, 2013, at her home of cancer. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born March 22, 1938, in Jerome, Idaho to Benito Cenarrusa and Mary Aspiasu Cenarrusa. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Wendell High School in Wendell,...

Robert Puckett

May 18, 2013

Robert Lee Puckett, 48, of Ucon, Idaho, passed away May 17, 2013 at Jordan Valley Hospital in West Jordan, Utah, of a heart attack. Robert was born August 18, 1964, in Burley, Idaho to Robert Dale Puckett and Vicki Anderson. He grew up and attended schools in Burley before graduating from Minidoka High School. Robert served with the United...

Maxwell Hansen

May 17, 2013

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May 17, 2013 - May 17, 2013

Maxwell Nate Hansen, infant son of Nathaniel Bruce Hansen and Erica Lyn McEwan Hansen, was stillborn on May 17, 2013, at Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls. Graveside services will be at 12 noon Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Fielding Memorial Park.

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Jill Frandsen

May 16, 2013

Jill Estelle Frandsen, 47, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013, at her home. Jill was born March 17, 1966, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dennis Frandsen and Janeen Korell Frandsen. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1984. She is survived by Son, Skylar Lynn Jenkins; Daughter, Nicole Koie Jenkins; Mother, Janeen Korell; Sister, Brandy Lawrence; and Grandmother, Florence...

Golden Snell

May 15, 2013

Golden Charles Snell, Jr, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 15, 2013, at Life Care Center. He had been under the care of Gables of Ammon and later Teton Home Health. Golden was born November 10, 1934, in Cowley, Wyoming, to Golden Charles Snell, Sr. and Ellen Madelyn Brennan Snell. He attended Cowley High School, then graduated from...

Alice Day

May 15, 2013

Alice Naomi Markham Day, 90, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Simi Valley, CA, passed away on May 15, 2013, at her home. Alice was born in Lansing, Michigan on October 19, 1922, to Frank and Ruby Higgins Markham. The family moved to Oklahoma for a short time before they moved across the country to southern California, where they lived...

Virginia Downs

May 15, 2013

Virginia Louise Vetter Downs, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 15, 2013, at her home. She was under the care of Access Hospice. She was born February 3, 1928, in Leavenworth, Kansas to Walter and Ethel Carlson Vetter. In 1944, she married Calvin Lee Downs who preceded her in death in 1967. She was mother and homemaker and...

Ky "Ky" (Kiyoshi) Nii

May 15, 2013

In Loving Memory Kiyoshi “Ky” Nii passed away on May 15, 2013, just shy of his 92nd birthday. He was deeply loved by his family and friends, including his wife, children, grandchildren, and siblings. We will miss him so much. Ky will be remembered for living what he believed. As a son, he cared for his parents. He tended his...

Jewel Larsen

May 14, 2013

Jewel Birch Larsen, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away on May 14, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 16, 1925, in Mink Creek, ID to Mads Martinus Larsen and Anna Mathilde Birch Larsen. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Preston High School in 1943. He joined the U.S. Army during...

Erik Bell

May 14, 2013

Erik Hayes Bell, 36, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 14, 2013 at his home. He was born April 5, 1977 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Marshall Hayes Bell and Jacquline Andrus Bell. He attended area schools, and graduated with an Associates degree from Eastern Idaho Technical College. He was a lifelong resident of Idaho Falls, where he worked...

Leon Stacey

May 10, 2013

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Leon James “Shorty” Stacey, 70, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away May 10, 2013, at Bonaventure Senior Living Center. Leon was born May 25, 1942, in Poplar, Idaho, to James William Stacey and Ora Killian Stacey. He had 2 older brothers (Jay & Dee) and an older sister (Ida). He grew...

Dell Roberts

May 8, 2013

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Dell Roberts, lifelong resident of Shelley, is once again doing what he did best, the three R’s, ridin’, ‘restlin’, and ropin’. Dell went to his last roundup on May 8, 2013, he was 84. Born in Jameston, east of Shelley, Dell attended local schools and spent his childhood working on the family farm. His early years taught him...