Obituaries

Mar 5, 2012

LaRue "Tootie" Fleetwood, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, March 5, 2012, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehab Center of natural causes. Tootie was the fifth child in a family of nine, born July 5, 1923, in Teton, Idaho, to Edward Peter Sorensen and Verna Mae Neighbor Sorensen. She grew up in Teton City and attended school there...

Mar 4, 2012

Joseph Ernest Frey, Jr., 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 4, 2012, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. Joe was born June 18, 1920, in Vincennes, Indiana, to Joseph E. Frey and Gladys Heady Frey. He grew up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and attended schools there, graduating from Assumption College High School. He also attended Assumption College. Joe was a...

Mar 4, 2012

Biography

Aleksandr Ivanovich Arutyunov, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 4, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born January 24, 1938 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Aleks graduated from Baku Pedagogical University in 1964 and was a teacher of mathematics for more than 26 years at a Baku High School. He became a refugee due to the conflict...

Mar 3, 2012

Ephraim Kay Olsen, 82, loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Uncle, Brother, Teacher, and Friend, passed away at his home on Saturday, March 3, 2012, surrounded by loving family members. Kay was born April 4, 1929, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Theodore Eugene Olsen and Nina Clapp Olsen. He grew up, attended school and graduated from high school in Iona, Idaho....

Mar 3, 2012

Charles Phillip “Chuck” Allen, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away on March 3, 2012, at his home. He was born September 15, 1955, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Buddy Gene Allen and Emma Ella Young Allen. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Skyline High School. Charles married Melonie Howard and they were later divorced. He...

Mar 2, 2012

Esther Tashjian Johnson, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 2, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Esther was born May 12, 1926, in Newton, Massachusetts, to Armenian immigrants Hagop Tashjian and Veronica Sarkisian Tashjian. She attended schools in Newton, where she graduated from Newton High School in 1944. She also earned her Associates Degree at Lasell College in...

Feb 28, 2012

Dorothy Staples Mahoney, 74, of Ucon, passed away February 28, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, due to complications after surgery. Dorothy was born June 27, 1937, in Tooele, Utah, to Roscoe Benjamin Staples and Elva Skinner Staples. She grew up and attended schools in Tooele and graduated from Tooele High School. She graduated from...

Feb 28, 2012

Darla Jean Hansen Kindel, 61, of Idaho Falls passed away February 28, 2012 at her home in Idaho Falls. She was born January 6, 1951 in Idaho Falls to Darlo Hansen and Betty Jean Adams Hansen. She was raised in the Goshen, Firth area and graduated from Firth High School. She attended Nursing School at the LDS Hospital. Darla...

Feb 28, 2012

Larry Elvin Smith, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 28, 2012 in Idaho Falls surrounded by his family. Larry was born September 11, 1931 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Chester Everett Smith and Alma Marie Hunter. He attended and graduated from Ashton High School. Larry served with the 116th Battalion in the Idaho Army National Guard during the Korean Conflict....

Feb 26, 2012

Evelyn Louise Dooley Harkness 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 26, 2012, at her home at Parkwood Meadows. Evelyn was born June 13, 1918, in Washington, D.C., to Timothy Lee Dooley and Eva Rebecca Flowers Dooley. She attended elementary and junior high school in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Eastern High School in Washington, D.C. On February 6, 1938,...

Feb 26, 2012

Joseph William (Bill) Longhurst, 93, of Iona, left us to live with our Heavenly Father on February 26, 2012, at Presidential Living Center in Idaho Falls of natural causes. He was under the care of Hearts of Hospice. Bill was born January 17, 1919, in Lincoln, Idaho, to Joseph Longhurst and Josephine Ione Hain Longhurst. Bill was a resident of...

Feb 26, 2012

Biography

Virginia Lee Taylor Porter, 91, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Lyndhurst, Ohio, passed away February 26, 2012, at her home. She was under the care of her son, Douglas Porter, and Avalon Home Health. She was born May 14, 1920, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Grover Tylor and Thelma Wood Taylor. She grew up in Cleveland area and graduated...

Feb 26, 2012

Winona Leola Squires, 88, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at The Gables Senior Living in Ammon, Idaho of causes incident to age. Winona was born July 6, 1923, in Charleston, Kansas to Leo and Alice Webster. She had four sisters and three brothers. She spent her childhood in Scott City, Kansas. After high school, she moved to...

Feb 25, 2012

Julie Lynne Wood Campbell, 46, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 25, 2012, at her home of cancer. She was under the care of her family and Hospice Alliance. Julie was born December 31, 1965, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Dale L. Wood and Sharon A. Beedle Wood (now Krueger). She grew up in Watertown, Iowa, and attended Watertown Unified...

Feb 24, 2012

Kathryn Jane Robertson Beebe, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 24, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born January 14, 1926, in Sidney, Nebraska, to Robert S. Robertson and Gladys V. Leitner Robertson. The family moved to Oregon, where she graduated from Adrian High School. On January 9, 1944, she married Rex Willard Beebe in Ridgeview,...

Feb 21, 2012

Lora Louise Gardner White Hayes, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away on February 21, 2012, at the Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 16, 1935, in Ely, Nevada to Joseph Nathaniel Gardner and Ellen Adella Daniels Gardner. She attended Rigby Elementary and Middle Schools. Her family moved to California where she graduated from Morgan Hill High...

Feb 21, 2012

James Darrel Lark, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 21, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Jim was born January 28, 1921, in Gannett, Idaho, to Franklin Theodore Lark and Luella Charlotte Petersen Lark. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Jim worked as a farmer and rancher. James is survived by his sister,...

Feb 21, 2012

Mary Jeanne TeNgaio, 69, passed away from cancer Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Promontory Point Rehabilitation Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born August 6, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Pat and Ruby Whittington. She spent her childhood in Nephi, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The family bought a motel in West Yellowstone, Montana, in 1952, and...

Feb 20, 2012

Betty Jean Kiesling, 83, a long-time resident of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away peacefully at the Homestead Assisted Living Center in Rigby, ID, on February 20, 2012, with her daughters by her side. Betty was born August 19, 1928, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Her parents were Otense Charlotte Rosdahl Lake and and John James Lake, Jr. She was the youngest of...

Feb 16, 2012

Tony Morris, 65, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 16, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from complications of pneumonia and acute leukemia. He was born October 16, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Tom and Anna Geist Morris. He grew up in Salt Lake City. Tony served his country in the United States Army in the Vietnam...