Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Guy Jaynes

Guy Jaynes

Jul 19, 2011

Guy Jaynes, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 19, 2011 at Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation. Guy was born May 26, 1918, in Caney, Kansas, to Guy Jaynes Sr. and Annie L. Aitken Jaynes. He married Opal Lillie Deaton on August 16, 1941 in Evanston, Wyoming. Their marriage was solemnized on February 15, 1960, in the Idaho Falls...

Marion Arpin

Marion Arpin

Jul 18, 2011

Marion Lois Arpin, 86, of Ammon, passed away Monday, July 18, 2011 at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Community. Marion was born December 26, 1924 in East Providence, Rhode Island, to Michael Joseph Vardner and Margaret Belcher Vardner. She was one of eight children. Marion attended school in East Providence. She worked as a tacker (welder) at the Keizer Shipyard in...

Theola Mccafferty

Theola Mccafferty

Jul 17, 2011

Theola Geneva Radford McCafferty, 83, of Ucon, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home with her loving family on July 17, 2011. Theola was born July 22, 1927, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was the eighth and youngest child of John Edward Radford and Eva Miranda Teeples Radford. She grew up and attended school in Labelle and Idaho Falls. Theola married...

Lamar Johnson

Lamar Johnson

Jul 17, 2011

LaMar John Johnson, 76 of Idaho Falls, passed away July 17, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications from injuries received in an accident. LaMar was born December 27, 1934 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Glenn Howard Johnson and Ellen Sophia Scott Johnson. As a young Elder, he served in the Southern States Mission. He then went on...

Jack Forbush

Jack Forbush

Jul 16, 2011

Jack Forbush of Iona, Idaho, passed away at home on Saturday, July 16, 2011, surrounded by his loving family, at age 74. He was born August 5, 1936, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Elmer Forbush and Blanche Mackley Forbush. He grew up in Salem and served an LDS mission to Western Canada. He married Marilyn Pearl Miller on his birthday,...

Clain Hughes

Clain Hughes

Jul 16, 2011

Biography

Clain Robinson Hughes was born January 18, 1925 in Billings, MT to Eunice and Daniel Hughes. He passed away July 16, 2011 in Idaho Falls, ID after a year of declining health. Clain was fortunate to have been born with red hair and so was known as “Red” to family and friends. His sisters however called him “Pinky”...

Paulette Thomas

Paulette Thomas

Jul 15, 2011

Paulette Gilchrist Thomas, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 15, 2011, at her home of natural causes. Paulette was born June 18, 1948, in Soda Springs, Idaho, to Neil (J) Gilchrist and Phoebe Ruth Davids Gilchrist. She grew up in Ammon with her two sisters and her brother and graduated from Bonneville High School in 1966. Paulette married James...

Diane Bronson

Diane Bronson

Jul 14, 2011

Diane Marie Bronson, 51, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 14, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1960, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to David Milen Beahm and Margaret Ann Billington Beahm. She attended Idaho Falls High School and obtained an associate degree in drafting from Eastern Idaho Technical College. Diane worked as a drafter...

Aaron Newton

Aaron Newton

Jul 13, 2011

Our precious husband, father, son, brother, and uncle, Aaron Scott Newton, 37, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away July 13, 2011, at his home after a nearly five year battle with cancer. He was under the care of his loving family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Aaron was born April 5, 1974, in Denver, Colorado, to Stephen Harrel Newton...

Norma Birch

Norma Birch

Jul 13, 2011

Biography

Norma Lou Irish Birch, 82, of Ammon, passed away July 13, 2011, at Bonaventure of Idaho Falls. She was born October 30, 1928, in Marmarth, North Dakota, to Arleynn Day Irish and Ida Evelyn Hosman Irish. She graduated from high school in Saco, Montana, and attended beauty school in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Oscar Robinson Birch....

Doris Kimble

Doris Kimble

Jul 12, 2011

Doris Marie Stelzer Kimble, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 12, 2011. Doris was born November 12, 1916, in Medicine Lodge, Idaho, to Charles Stelzer and Isabell Robson Stelzer. She grew up and attended schools in Medicine Lodge. She married Raymond M. “Taylor” Kimble. Following their marriage they lived for a short time in Idaho Falls, then farmed in...

Judith "Judy Fredrickson" Fredrickson

Judith "Judy Fredrickson" Fredrickson

Jul 11, 2011

Our precious mother, Judith Ann Bosworth Fredrickson, 77, of Rigby, Idaho, returned to the loving arms of her family on July 11, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, due to complications from a fall. Judy was born August 18, 1933, in Ogden, Utah, to Arnold Wayne Bosworth and Gertrude Wilhelmine Henrietta Schuenman Bosworth. She grew up...

Ellen Campbell

Ellen Campbell

Jul 10, 2011

Ellen Faye Campbell, 46, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011 in Idaho Falls. Ellen was born May 10, 1965, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Richard Arnold Campbell and Barbara Jean Knapp. She graduated from Skyline High School. She married Larry Todd Wood in 1983 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. This union was blessed with two...

Priscilla Johnson

Priscilla Johnson

Jul 9, 2011

Our loving and compassionate wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, and friend, Priscilla Lane Blue Johnson, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 9, 2011, at her home near Ririe in an accident. Priscilla was born October 24, 1939, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, to Henry Leroy Blue and Era Mae Bodiford Blue. She grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina,...

Lee Keller

Lee Keller

Jul 8, 2011

Lela “Lee” Keller left this world peacefully in the early morning hours of July 8, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Lee was born in Scio, Oregon November 16, 1937. She grew up and attended schools in Jerome, Idaho. Lee married Philip Keller in June of 1958 and they together they raised two beautiful girls: Danya Lee and Danice...

Janice Takaki

Janice Takaki

Jul 7, 2011

Janice Darlene Leimomi Takaki, 66, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Hawaii, passed away July 7, 2011, at her home. Jan was born January 12, 1945, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, to James Mitsuo Takaki and Madeline Tsuyako Katayama Takaki. She attended school in Kapaa on the island of Kauai. She received her bachelors degree in speech and drama from BYU-Hawaii....

Charles Bowman

Charles Bowman

Jul 7, 2011

Biography

Charles Taggart Bowman, age 101 ½, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011 at his residence at Lincoln Court. He died from natural causes brought on by old age. He was under the care of Access Hospice. “Chuck” Bowman was born December 12, 1909 at South Weber, Davis County, Utah to William James Bowman and Mary Amanda Taggart. He...

Whitnie Harris

Whitnie Harris

Jul 6, 2011

The sunshine of our lives, Whitnie Rae Harris, 14, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 6, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, of injuries received in a boating accident on Ririe Reservoir. Whitnie was born March 3, 1997, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Michael Wayne Harris and Mary Otteson Harris. She attended Ammon Elementary School, Woodland Hills Elementary School,...

Greta Adam

Greta Adam

Jul 6, 2011

Greta Irene Deros Adam, 79, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away July 6, 2011 at her home in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Idaho Home Health & Hospice. Greta was born January 20, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois, to Peter Olof Deros and Gwenvier Pedersen Deros. She was raised in Pekin, Illinois, later lived in Norfolk, Virginia, and...

Ray Spaulding

Ray Spaulding

Jul 5, 2011

Biography

Errol Ray Spaulding, 41, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Ray was born October 29, 1969, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Errol Charles Spaulding and Sharen Holbrook Spaulding. He graduated from Ririe High School and attended Utah State University before obtaining an Associate Degree in Computer Technology from Eastern...