Obituaries

Sep 8, 2011

Allysha Modesta Castaneda, 19, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Allysha was born March 11, 1992 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Moises Castaneda Sr. and Modesta Nanez Castro Castaneda. She attended local schools and graduated from Bonneville High School. She attended the University of Idaho in Moscow. She worked with...

Sep 8, 2011

Laura Mildred Gordon Bush, 93, of Swan Valley, Idaho, passed away September 8, 2011, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls of causes incident to age. Mildred was born December 30, 1917, in St. Maries, Idaho, the second of four girls born to Jacob T. Gordon and Anna Elizabeth Gordon. The girls all helped their parents on the farm...

Sep 7, 2011

Ruby Romola Miller Hatton, 83, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at her home in Idaho Falls. She was under the loving care of her family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Ruby was born May 1, 1928, in Litchfield Park, Arizona, to Walter Reuben Miller and Montie Lee Strange Miller. Ruby had two older sisters,...

Sep 7, 2011

Ralph Dalton Henderson, 88, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away September 7, 2011, at his home, following a long illness. Ralph passed peacefully after an extended illness. He was under the care of Hearts for Hospice. Ralph was born October 21, 1922, in Rockville, Utah, to Harold Webber Henderson and Letitia Dalton Henderson. He grew up in Rockville and attended schools...

Sep 5, 2011

Shirlene Kay Smith, 59, passed away September 5, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born September 10, 1951, in Pocatello, Idaho, to John D. Cunningham and Darlene Celeste Stewart Cunningham. Shirlene attended schools in Idaho Falls. She lived in Pocatello, then moved to California and has lived in Idaho Falls for the past 40 years. Shirlene...

Sep 5, 2011

Marjorie Jean Mangum Reich, 79, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away September 5, 2011, at her home. Marj was born August 2, 1932, in Jackson, Wyoming, to Ray Mangum and Evelyn Ross Mangum. She grew up in Jackson and graduated from high school there. She has lived in Jackson and Lander, Wyoming, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Archer and Driggs, Idaho, and...

Sep 4, 2011

Our special husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed with his ever beloved great-granddaughter Michelle, his wife Caroline, his daughter Jann, and his daughter Dawn, his granddaughter Natasha, and his dog Molly surrounding and comforting him on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, ID at the age of 86. Robert Wallace Edward was born February...

Sep 4, 2011

Dean Arthur Tornkvist, age 43, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2011, at his home after a year long battle with cancer. Dean was born August 3, 1968, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to John Theodore Tornkvist and Lucille Jannette Anderson Tornkvist. He was the oldest of three children. Dean graduated from Missouri Valley High School with the...

Sep 4, 2011

LaVern Josephine Wardle-Sides, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 4, 2011 at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. LaVern was born December 4, 1923 in Idaho Falls to Raymond James Wardle and Josephine Meacham Wardle. She grew up in the Burley and Paul, ID areas and attended schools there. On June 3, 1939, she married Donald Delbert Sides in Rupert, Idaho....

Sep 2, 2011

Delbert Ray Hanson, 72, of Idaho Falls Idaho, passed away Friday, September 2, 2011, at his home. He had been under the care of Hearts for Hospice. He was born January 30, 1939, to Ray F. Hanson and Lena Rammell Hanson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He attended Ammon grade school and graduated from Bonneville High School in 1957. He attended...

Sep 2, 2011

Robert Morris "Bob" Goodspeed, 75, of Ammon, Idaho, former longtime resident of Mud Lake, passed away September 2, 2011, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Bob was born December 3, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan, to Earl W. Henry and Opal Hariette Couger Henry. He grew up in Michigan and attended school there. Bob was married and divorced. He lived...

Sep 1, 2011

Biography

Steve L. Jenkins 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 1, 2011 peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was under the compassionate care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Steve was born March 1, 1940 in Ucon, Idaho to William H. Jenkins and Athene Lott Jenkins. He grew up and attended schools in the area....

Aug 31, 2011

Ferrel Wyatt Wood, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 31, 2011, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehab. Ferrel was born February 10, 1922, in the family home at Rexburg, Idaho, to George Hirst Wood and Sarah Barnes Wyatt Wood. He was the youngest of ten children. He grew up on his dad’s dry farm in Moody Creek and...

Aug 31, 2011

Christopher Reed Rivers, 21, of Idaho Falls, passed away on August 31, 2011. He was born September 15, 1989, in Medford, Oregon, to Philip Reed Rivers and Becky Marie Miller Rivers. The family lived in Central Point, Oregon, until Chris was four, then moved to Idaho Falls. He attended Edgemont Elementary, Clair E. Gale Junior High and graduated from Idaho...

Aug 30, 2011

Nola House Hagberg Leavitt, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2011, at her home. She was born May 9, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Adolphus House and Mabel Hardman House. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from West High School. On March 27, 1948, she married Frank Donald Hagberg in...

Aug 30, 2011

Wanda Brown Woodhouse, 89, of Ammon, passed away on August 30, 2011, at The Gables in Ammon. She was born April 21, 1922, in Ammon to Farimorze Young Brown and Katie Owen Brown. She grew up in the area and attended schools in Iona. She and her sister, Gwen, were both moved up a grade and both graduated early. On...

Aug 29, 2011

Andrew Dunford Elison passed August 29th, 2011 of causes resulting from a fall on Memorial Day. He was born March 13th, 1956 to Lewis and Elaine (Dunford) Elison in Blackfoot, Idaho. The family moved to Price, Utah briefly, then moved back to Blackfoot to live in Grandpa Marvin Elison's house on Riverton Rd. A new house was built next door...

Aug 28, 2011

Joshua Alan Brotherson, 29, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 28, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries following a car accident. Joshua had a great start to life - he was born on the bathroom floor at 2:15 a.m. What made this special was that he was delivered by his father on the cold, cruel, morning...

Aug 28, 2011

Ruth Kimi Morishita passed away August 28, 2011 at the Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Community. She was born April 3, 1921 in Garden Grove, CA to Jinpei and Fusa Imaizumi. She was one of seven siblings and the daughter of a truck farmer. She grew up in Palm City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater Union High School. In 1942...

Aug 27, 2011

Gladys Martha Pearl Beisheim Weller, 95, longtime resident of New York, passed away August 27, 2011, at the home of her son, Gary, of natural causes. She was under the care of her loving family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Gladys was born January 21, 1916, in Rochester, New York, to Gustave and Martha Pauline Bertha Koschnik Beisheim. She grew...