Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Donna Volmer

Donna Volmer

Jan 19, 2013

Donna Louise Volmer, 84, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away on January 19, 2013 at her home. Donna was born April 17, 1928, in Rigby, Idaho, to David Alfred Bates and Myrtle Alice Bates. She attended school at Rigby High School. On September 15, 1956, she married Lawrence O. Volmer in Ammon, Idaho. The marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls...

Audrey Burke

Audrey Burke

Jan 17, 2013

Audrey Jean Empey Burke, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 17, 2013, at her home of natural causes, with her husband and daughter by her side. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Audrey was born June 14, 1937, in Ammon, Idaho, to Guy Ephraim Empey and Marcia Berneice Walker Empey. She grew up in Ammon...

Reeve Norman

Reeve Norman

Jan 17, 2013

Reeve Ernell Norman, 81, of Ammon, passed away January 17, 2013, at his home surrounded by the family he loved. Reeve was born January 29, 1931, to Sharon Adriel Norman and Alvera Oliver Norman in Fairview, Utah. Reeve grew up in Salt Lake City and graduated from Granite High School. He served a full-time LDS mission in the Western Canadian...

Beryl Gray

Beryl Gray

Jan 17, 2013

Beryl Gray, 90, of Idaho Falls passed away January 17, 2013 at her home at Fairwinds Retirement home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Beryl was born December 16, 1922 in Cardiff, Wales to George Algernon Bryant and Martha Reese Jones Bryant. Beryl grew up in Wales and immigrated to Sacramento area in California at the...

Gregory Myler

Gregory Myler

Jan 16, 2013

Gregory Scott Myler, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 16, 2013, at his home, of natural causes. Greg was born November 27, 1946, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dewey Benjamin Myler and Elaine Magdalene Lang Myler. At the age of seven weeks he contracted spinal meningitis, which left him permanently disabled. Greg was a joy and a blessing to...

Robert Crowton

Robert Crowton

Jan 15, 2013

Robert Frederick Crowton, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away quietly on January 15, 2013 at Idaho Falls, ID. Bob was born November 8, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Burt Steadman Crowton and Sarah Edna Simonds Crowton. He graduated from Salt Lake South High School, attended Utah State University, University of Colorado and earned a Bachelor's degree from the...

Joann Tolman

Joann Tolman

Jan 14, 2013

JoAnn Magdalena Amann Tolman, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 14, 2013, at Mount Vernon Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls of natural causes. JoAnn was born June 1, 1925, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Emil Otto and JoHanna Magdalena Dupper Amann. She grew up and attended schools in Salt Lake City, Utah, and graduated from Granite High School....

Shannon Adams

Shannon Adams

Jan 14, 2013

Shannon Maria Acosta Adams, 37, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 14, 2013, at her home. She was born on April 28, 1975, in Truckee, California to Augustine Muňoz Acosta and Sally Lucille Avita. She grew up and attended schools in the area. Following graduation she attended San Joaquin Delta College and received her Associate’s Degree in Liberal Art....

Kerry Longua

Kerry Longua

Jan 13, 2013

Kernan Joseph “Kerry” Longua, Sr., 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 13, 2013, at The Gables of Ammon. Kerry was born August 4, 1931, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Harold Ludwig Longua and Dolores Marion Kernan Longua. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and graduated from Edgewood High School. He moved to Idaho Falls in 1958. He continued his education...

William Orville Waddell

William Orville Waddell

Jan 13, 2013

William Orville Waddell, 79, of Chubbuck, Idaho, passed away January 13, 2013, at Monte Vista Hills in Pocatello of natural causes. Orville was born July 21, 1933, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Samuel Eugene Waddell and Bertha Celia Dymack Waddell. He attended Riverside School in Idaho Falls. He has also lived in Montana and Casper, Wyoming. He met and married...

Berenice Young

Berenice Young

Jan 11, 2013

Berenice Mason Young, 98, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away January 11, 2013, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Berenice was born June 24, 1914 in Milo, Idaho to Joseph Henry and Eleanor (Armstrong) Mason. She was the fourth of nine children: Basil, Harlan, Byron, Mont, Vivienne, Jack, Sterling, and Rita. Berenice was raised in Ririe, Butler Island, and the dry...

John Orr

John Orr

Jan 10, 2013

John T. Orr, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home Thursday, January 10, 2013, surrounded by his family and friends. John was born November 9, 1923, in Richmond, Missouri, to John and Margaret Woods Orr. He was the youngest of four children. John attended schools in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from Richmond High School in Richmond, Missouri....

Donald Stevens

Donald Stevens

Jan 10, 2013

After 15 months of an extended illness, Donald G. Stevens, 87, passed away January 10, 2013 surrounded by faithful family members. Don was born December 29, 1925, in Teton City, Idaho, to Sisson Arden Stevens and Edith Celestia Gillette Stevens. He grew up in the town of Driggs at the base of the beautiful Teton Mountains. He attended Teton High...

Michael Potter

Michael Potter

Jan 10, 2013

Michael Troy Potter, 41, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 10, 2013, at his home from a sudden illness. Mike was born February 8, 1971, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Wayne D. Potter and Pamela May Murdock Potter. He moved to Snoqualmie, Washington, in 1978, where he lived and attended school. He moved back to Idaho in 1986, and went...

Roger Vickers

Roger Vickers

Jan 10, 2013

Roger Lee Vickers, 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 10, 2013 at his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Roger was born August 20, 1948, in Charleston, West Virginia to Calvin Vickers and Lahoma Chapman. He attended Franklin High School in Seattle. He served in the Gulf War as a Technical Sergeant in the Army and also as a...

Mary Kelley

Mary Kelley

Jan 9, 2013

Mary Irene Lyon Kelley, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 9, 2013, after living with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) for three years, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Mary was born February 17, 1949, in Shelley, Idaho, to Elvin Lyon and Patrina Bolander Lyon. She grew up and attended schools in Firth, graduating from Firth High School. On March 22,...

Karl Quigg

Karl Quigg

Jan 9, 2013

Karl Alex Quigg, 68, of Ammon, passed away January 9, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Karl was born November 13, 1944, in Shelley, Idaho, to Erskine Quigg and Donna Olaveson Quigg. He grew up on a farm in the Shelley area and graduated from Shelley High School. He attended Ricks College in Rexburg and earned...

Roy Bird

Roy Bird

Jan 8, 2013

Roy Frank Bird, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 8, 2013, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family and Hearts for Hospice. He was born November 9, 1940, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Frank Bird and Girda Lois Rich Bird. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls...

Eva Petersen

Eva Petersen

Jan 8, 2013

Eva Mortensen Petersen, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 8, 2013, at her home of natural causes. Eva was born March 14, 1939, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Christian Charles Mortensen and Pearl Evelyn Chandler Mortensen. She spent her early years in Sugar City, then moved to Chinook, Montana, and Lincoln, Idaho. She graduated from Bonneville High School and...

Darla Mathews

Darla Mathews

Jan 7, 2013

Darla Bair Heindel Mathews, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 7, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, due to an illness. The family would like to thank Life Care Center for helping her with her rehab. Darla was born December 8, 1921, in Rexburg, Idaho to Robert Welcome Preece and Mary Jerusha...