Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

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...

Floyd (Bud)  Nielsen

Floyd (Bud) Nielsen

Jun 22, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Floyd "Bud" Nielsen, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 22, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bud was born April 24, 1927, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ephriam Nielsen and Rose Shelottie Lyman Nielsen. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended East Side Elementary, O. E. Bell Junior High, and graduated...

Mark Schell

Mark Schell

Jun 22, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Mark Jefferson Schell, 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away on June 22, 2013. He was born August 30, 1948, in Watertown, New York to Glenn William Schell and Rhoda Zecher Schell. He grew up and attended public schools in Watertown. He continued his education at Rochester Institute of Technology where he received a Bachelor’s...

Floyd Gobert

Floyd Gobert

Jun 21, 2013

Florent Joseph “Floyd” Gobert, 46, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 21, 2013, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Floyd was born July 14, 1966, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Gerald Gobert and Mildred Taylor Gobert. He lived in Yucca Valley, California, for eight years and Idaho Falls for the last year. On November...

Bonnie Morris

Bonnie Morris

Jun 21, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Benita Larae “Bonnie” Garner Morris, 72, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away June 21, 2013, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of her family and Encompass Home Health and Hospice. Bonnie was born July 3, 1940, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Chester Frank Garner and Elma Casper...

Sharon Vogel

Sharon Vogel

Jun 20, 2013

Sharon Kaye Harold Vogel, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away on June 20, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 1, 1939, in Malta, Montana to Charles R. Harold and Leona Dorn Harold. She moved with her family to Wyoming where she attended schools and graduated from Rock River High School. She continued her education by...

Dorothy Mcgary

Dorothy Mcgary

Jun 19, 2013

Dorothy Ann Dalton McGary passed away on June 19, 2013, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Dorothy was born June 23, 1926 in Shelley to Velta and Williard E. “Gene” Dalton. She spent her early childhood in Shelley and Lincoln, Idaho. Dorothy met Garth C. McGary in June of 1946 soon after he returned from WW II and they were married on...

Dean Snarr

Dean Snarr

Jun 18, 2013

Click Here To View Memorial Video Dean Melvin Snarr, 86, of Idaho Falls, our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013, after living 2½ months at Bonaventure Memory Care Unit in Idaho Falls. He was under the care of his family and Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born September 17, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho...

Russell Allen

Russell Allen

Jun 18, 2013

Russell James Allen, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away on June 18, 2013, at his home. He was born on February 15, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Buddy Gene Allen and Emma Ella Young Allen. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He served in the U. S. Army during...