Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Elaine Bradshaw

Elaine Bradshaw

Apr 27, 2013

Dora Elaine Bradshaw, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 27, 2013, at her home of cancer. She was under the care of her family and Alliance Hospice. Elaine was born August 12, 1936, in Chilly, Idaho, to Jim Bradshaw and Verga Walker Bradshaw. She grew up and attended schools in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. She was...

Milton Wilson

Milton Wilson

Apr 26, 2013

Milton LeRoy Wilson, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 26, 2013, at his home. Milton was born February 6, 1935, in Firth, Idaho, to George Wilson and Bessie Mangum Wilson. He grew up and attended schools in and graduated from Firth High School. He then attended the University of Utah, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering....

Dave Hempstead

Dave Hempstead

Apr 26, 2013

David Hempstead, 49, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on April 26, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a sudden illness. Private family services will be held at a later date. Private Family Services

Orval Wallace

Orval Wallace

Apr 25, 2013

Orval Wallace, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 25, 2013, at his home. He was under the care of his family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Orval was born May 8, 1924, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Benjamin Butler Wallace and Rosa Olive Owen Wallace. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls...

Walter Grass

Walter Grass

Apr 25, 2013

Walter Hanson Grass, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 25, 2013, at his home. He was born December 7, 1922, in Fort Bragg, California to Andrew Hugo Grass and Annie Marie Hanson Grass. He graduated from Leggit Valley High School in Mendocino, California. He served in the U.S. Army as a Sargent during World War II. From 1943-1945,...

Warren Shelton

Warren Shelton

Apr 24, 2013

Warren Newton “Newt” Shelton, 90, of Osgood, Idaho, passed away April 24, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Warren was born March 23, 1923 in Milo, Idaho, to Warren Oscar Shelton and Julia Belle Riley Shelton. His Dad worked for the railroad so he lived in many areas...

Linda Vandekamp

Linda Vandekamp

Apr 24, 2013

Linda Ann VandeKamp, 60, passed away April 24, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of injuries sustained in a car accident. Linda was born July 27, 1952, in Fullerton, California, to Utah Carl Ware and Elizabeth Jane (Fuller) Ware. She attended Commonwealth Elementary and Ladera Vista Middle School and graduated from Troy High School in Fullerton. She lived...

Howard Culbreth

Howard Culbreth

Apr 23, 2013

Howard Cranford Culbreth of Idaho Falls passed away April 23,2013, in his home. He was born November 8, 1920, in Aberdeen, North Carolina, to Rev. Cornelius Blackman Culbreth and Georgia Slough Culbreth. Howard graduated from high school in Sanford, North Carolina, and from Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. Immediately after graduation in 1942, he joined the U. S....

Judeth Randall

Judeth Randall

Apr 22, 2013

Mom, Judeth Ann Randall, was born in the shadow of the great Mt. Hood along the mighty Columbia River in The Dalles, Oregon on a summer day August 7, 1944. The only girl born to William Richard and Alta Anderson. Her early years of dealing with three unruly brothers prepared her for a life of dealing with three sons....

Bonnie Harker

Bonnie Harker

Apr 21, 2013

Our sweet wife, mother, sister and grandmother Bonnie Beth Millward Harker, passed away April 21, 2013, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family. Her devoted sweetheart Yale Harker was by her side, just as he has been for the last 54 years. Bonnie was born in Fairview, Star Valley, Wyoming, on May 23, 1941, to Thelma Ivy Crapo...

Salvador Nunez

Salvador Nunez

Apr 20, 2013

Salvador Nuñez, 81, of Idaho Falls, died April 20, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born April 9, 1932, in Zacatecas, Mexico, to Francisco Nuñez and Victoriana Rodriguez. He was the firstborn of seven children. On June 27, 1951, he married Celia Quiñonez in Zacatecas, Mexico. He lived in Mexico for 36 years, in...

Samantha Taylor

Samantha Taylor

Apr 19, 2013

Samantha "Sam" Rue Taylor was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on April 16, 1985 and joined all of the angels in heaven on April 19, 2013. Sam's greatest love was to help others. She had an unbelievable gift of making others feel loved and appreciated. Throughout her life Sam made a tremendous impact of the lives of those she touched....

Dianne Lange

Dianne Lange

Apr 19, 2013

Dianne Colleen McKellips Lange, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 19, 2013, at her home of breast cancer. She was under the care of her family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Dianne was born May 30, 1951, in Spokane, Washington, to Dwaine Junior McKellips and Genevieve Colleen Schoenberg McKellips. She grew up and attended schools in Kent, Washington. She...

Evelyn Thompson

Evelyn Thompson

Apr 19, 2013

Mary Evelyn Draper Findlay Thompson, 87, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away April 19, 2013, of causes incident to age. She was under the care of One Source Hospice and Fairwinds – Sandcreek Assisted Living Center. Evelyn was born May 12, 1925, in Bingham Canyon, Utah, to Francis Marion Draper and Mary Wright Draper Lim. She graduated from Moreland High...

Norma Ryner

Norma Ryner

Apr 18, 2013

Our Mother, Norma Mae Hunt Ryner, 85 years old, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Idaho Falls Good Samaritan Village, her sixteen year courageous battle with Alzheimer's now behind her. She was born October 4, 1927 in St. Anthony, Idaho, daughter of John Ray Hunt and Sarah Pearl Mullinnex Hunt. Her parents moved to Idaho...

Dorothy Staggs

Dorothy Staggs

Apr 16, 2013

Dorothy Janett Munro Staggs, 67, of Rexburg, passed away on April 16, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born February 21, 1946, in Soda Springs, Idaho to Harold Levern Munro and Dorothy Christopherson Munro. The family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where she graduated from Granger High School. She continued her education by attending Salt Lake...

Susan Welch

Susan Welch

Apr 16, 2013

Susan Margaret Frankland Welch, 47, passed away April 16, 2013 at her home. Susan was born October 6, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois, to Thomas Wilson Frankland Jr. and Margaret Jean Bouillard. She graduated from T. F. North High School and completed a CNA course at Eastern Idaho Technical School. Susan married Neil V. Welch in July 1984 in Virginia. They...

Thelma Sheetz

Thelma Sheetz

Apr 15, 2013

Thelma Louise Bickell Sheetz, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 15, 2013 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born February 5, 1927, in Butte, Montana to Merlin Everett Bickell and Jennie Mae Williams Bickell. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Butte High School. She moved to Medford, Oregon where she...

Peachi Melgaard

Peachi Melgaard

Apr 15, 2013

Edna “ Peachi” Melgaard, 67, of Idaho Falls passed away April 15, 2013, at her home surrounded for several days by friends and family. She was born May 13, 1945 to William Edward Fearheller II and Edna May Case Fearheller in Mill City, Oregon . She moved from Oregon and attended O. E. Bell Jr. High and graduated from Idaho...

Irene Wright

Irene Wright

Apr 15, 2013

Irene Cook Wright, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 15, 2013, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls of natural causes. Irene was born July 12, 1916, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to James Cook and Edna Ford Cook. She grew up and attended schools in Ririe, where she graduated from high school. On August 28, 1934, she married...