Obituaries

Sep 9, 2012

Jack Boyd Thompson, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 9, 2012, at Fairwinds Sandcreek Retirement Community of causes incident to age. He was being cared for by his family and OneSource Hospice. Jack was born January 17, 1919, in Clarkston, Utah, to Newel Rendall Thompson and Amy Griffiths Thompson. He attended school in Logan, Utah, and graduated from North...

Sep 7, 2012

Stacy Jeanne Carney, 44, of Pocatello, passed away peacefully Friday, September 7, 2012, at the home of her parents in Rigby. Stacy was born July 26, 1968, in Bethesda, Maryland, to Dayrl Jay McMullin and Diane Theresa Huber McMullin. Having been born into a Navy family, Stacy spent her first five years in Manassas, Virginia, and on Ford Island in...

Sep 6, 2012

Roger Dee Cox, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 6, 2012 at Lily and Syringa Assisted Living Center. He was born May 26, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Clinton Harrison Cox and Norma Conrad Cox. He grew up in the Idaho Falls area and attended Iona Elementary and Bonneville High School. He was a member of The...

Sep 5, 2012

Morrison Wayne Lambert Clark, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 5, 2012, at his home. He was born July 14, 1937, in Eagle Rock (Idaho Falls), Idaho to Wayne Morrison Clark and Ellen Harriett Lambert. He attended both elementary and high school in Idaho Falls. At age17, Morrison volunteered for the U.S. Navy. During his tour to...

Sep 5, 2012

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Joyce Marie Page Cooper, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 5, 2012 at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center. Joyce was born in Ponca City, OK to Jake and Dixie Page on January 29, 1938. She went to high school at Ponca City High School and graduated in 1956. She...

Sep 4, 2012

Edna Virginia Mann Storer, 83, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 4, 2012, in Ogden, Utah from injuries received in an accident. She was born on March 1, 1929, in Shelton, Idaho to Claude Charles Mann and Alice Virginia Barnes Mann. She grew up on a farm on Willow Creek and attended Ririe High School. On November...

Sep 4, 2012

Joan Berntson Pilkington passed away Tuesday morning September 4, 2012, at the Promontory Point Rehabilitation Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by her family. Joan was born into the loving home of Russell and Clara Berntson on May 17, 1929, in Logan, Utah. The third of four daughters, she grew up in a home surrounded by aunts, uncles, and...

Sep 3, 2012

Donald Roy Hammon, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 3, 2012, at his home from congestive heart failure. He was under the care of his family and Aspen Hospice. Don was born August 11, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Willard Levi Hammon and Elizabeth M. Jordan Hammon. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended local schools. Don...

Sep 3, 2012

Daniel Jay “Chipez” Ortiz, 10, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 3, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born May 9, 2002, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Joel Ortiz and Tonia Lynn Noreen Ortiz. He attended Longfellow Elementary and would have been in 4th grade this year. He had a background in both the Catholic and...

Sep 2, 2012

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Max Henry Ririe, 89, of Ammon, passed away September 2, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to heart failure. Max was born on August 2, 1923, to James Edmond Ririe and Verna Fanny Perry Ririe in his grandmother's big stone house on Ririe Highway, Ririe,...

Sep 1, 2012

Ruth Ellen Anderson, 95, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 1, 2012, in Gig Harbor, Washington. She was born on June 2, 1917, in Dunlap, Iowa, to Frank Fisher and Anna Haines Fisher. In April of 1939, she married Glenn Anderson. Ruth was a beautician for many years in Idaho Falls. In her later years she became...

Sep 1, 2012

Shirley Irene Mason Higham, 86, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 in Lindon, Utah. Shirley was born December 26, 1925 in Long Beach, California to Aaron Burr Mason and Bona Roe Mason. She grew up in southern California, where she loved the beaches and always seemed to live near one. At the age of 16, she...

Aug 30, 2012

Michael Robert Groh, proud father, grandfather, son, and brother, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center at the age of 62. Mike was born November 2, 1949, in Great Bend, Kansas, to Robert Groh and Ethel Lucile Clark Groh. He graduated from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. He continued his education at...

Aug 30, 2012

Irene Imogene Harper Westerkamp, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 30, 2012, at The Gables Assisted Living with her daughter by her side. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Irene was born January 11, 1921, in Bates, Arkansas, to Roy Harper and Delpha Mae Norton Harper. She grew up and attended schools in...

Aug 30, 2012

Lori Williams Freeman, 49, of Basalt, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Lori was born July 25, 1963 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Jerry V. Williams and Joy Harker Williams. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Skyline High School and Challis High School. On June 25, 1994 she married...

Aug 29, 2012

LaVerne Marie Dixon Kruse, 88, of Boise, passed away August 29, 2012, at Overland Court Senior Living Center in Boise. LaVerne was born September 12, 1923, in the New Sweden area of Idaho Falls to Walter Ellsworth Dixon and Grace Violet Clark Dixon. She attended New Sweden Elementary, O.E. Bell Junior High School, and Idaho Falls High School. She later...

Aug 29, 2012

Cleola Beth Grover Chandler, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 29, 2012, at her home. She was under the care of her family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Beth was born July 24, 1924, in Rigby, Idaho, to Clarence Grover and Cleah Leavitt Grover. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High...

Aug 28, 2012

Gladys Brower Pettingill, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 28, 2012, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls of causes incident to age. She was under the care of her family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Gladys was born October 31, 1919, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Frank Brower and Hazel Smith Brower. She grew up...

Aug 27, 2012

Lucy Elvira “L.E.” Thornock Gantt, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 27, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. L.E. was born January 12, 1932, in Bloomington, Idaho, to Joseph Ralph Thornock and Lucy Emeline Perkins Thornock. She attended Bloomington Elementary, Bancroft Junior High School, and graduated from Fielding High School in Paris, Idaho. L.E. moved to Pocatello, where...

Aug 26, 2012

Donna Mae Emma Jensen Miller, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her home. At her request, no public services will be held.