Obituaries

Jun 17, 2011

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Douglas Jay Walters, 50, lifelong resident of Idaho Falls, passed away on June 17, 2011, at his home. Doug was born May 12, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Reese Jensen Walters and Marilyn Blanche Lewis Walters. He attended school at Skyline High School. Doug worked as a clerk in a convenience store for a while. He had...

Jun 16, 2011

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Joan Lorraine Bashaw, 56, of Idaho Falls, died June 16, 2011, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, June 27, 2011, at Fielding Memorial Park under the direction of Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Avenue.

Monday June 27, 2011 , 12:30...

Jun 14, 2011

Mary Hancock Young passed away June 14, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Village in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Mother was born October 28, 1927, in North Ogden, Utah, to Victor C. and Edith Buck Hancock. She was the fifth child of eight children. She was raised in Ogden, Utah, attended Mound Fort Jr High and graduated from Ogden High School....

Jun 13, 2011

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Everette Clinton Beaulieu, aka "Bud," "Frenchie," and "Grampa," of Idaho Falls passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday, June 13, 2011, at the age of 89. Frenchie was born February 28, 1922, on the White Earth Reservation near Lengby, Minnesota. He graduated from welding school in Flandreau, South Dakota. He was serving as a civilian welder in the...

Jun 13, 2011

Betty Valerie Morley Ahlstrom, 91, passed away June 13, 2011, from natural causes at her home in Idaho Falls. Betty was born November 23, 1919, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Joseph Morley and Astrid Johannessen Morley. She attended Riverside and Emerson Elementary Schools, O.E. Bell Jr. High, and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1937. Betty was married to...

Jun 13, 2011

Lelia Christiansen Mason, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away on June 13, 2011, at her home. She was born June 7, 1927, at Downey, Idaho, to Albert Hans Christiansen and Eliza Casper Christiansen. The family moved to Boise, where she attended Boise High School. They moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where she graduated from Roosevelt High School. She continued...

Jun 12, 2011

Carol Anne Barlow Briggs was born April 12, 1936, in Oak City, Utah, to Roy Jesse Barlow and Nell Lovell Barlow. She grew up in Lucin and Brigham City, Utah, and graduated from Box Elder High School and Utah State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary and Special Education. On August 10, 1956, she married William Marshall Briggs...

Jun 11, 2011

Verl Dean Young, 53, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 11, 2011, at his home. Verl was born January 27, 1958, in Rigby, Idaho, to Nathaniel Carling Young and Margie Louise Quinton Young. He grew up in Utah and Eastern Idaho and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Following high school, he served his country in the United States...

Jun 10, 2011

Stephanie Rose Campbell, 19, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Castile and Alden, New York, passed away Friday, June 10, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in a car accident. Stephanie was born March 24, 1992 in Brockport, New York, to Steven Campbell and Karen Jennings Campbell. She attended Letchworth Central School and graduated from Alden Senior...

Jun 10, 2011

Nolan David Stucki passed away Friday, June 10, 2011, at his home. He was born April 3, 1932 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Adolf and Clara Miskin Stucki. He attended Coltman Elementary, Ucon High School, Idaho Falls High School, Ricks College and Utah State University. In October 1956 he married Marlene Ward in the Idaho Falls Temple. She died in...

Jun 10, 2011

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Lynn Ellsworth Phelps, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 10, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Lynn was born March 23, 1928, in Menan, Idaho, the only child of Ezra James Phelps and Mary Ann Ellsworth Phelps. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School class of 1946. Lynn joined the military in 1945 and proudly served...

Jun 9, 2011

Melinda Kay Briggs Chester, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 9, 2011, at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, of COPD. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Melinda was born May 27, 1948, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Lennis Briggs and Gladys Vay Hansen Briggs. She grew up in Rexburg and graduated from Madison High...

Jun 9, 2011

Jean Slack Collard, 84, of Idaho Falls died Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications of pneumonia. Jean was born August 23, 1926 in Provo, Utah to H. Roy Slack and Ethel Holt Slack. She grew up in Provo and graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelors degree in music in 1950. Jean...

Jun 8, 2011

Goldia Ann McCortney Knudsen, 90, of Ammon, passed away June 8, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Goldia was born February 14, 1921, in Fox, Oklahoma, to James Edward McCortney and Vera Velma Pruitt. She graduated from Fox High School in Oklahoma, attended Oklahoma College for Women, and Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she obtained a Bachelor’s...

Jun 7, 2011

Our beloved son, brother, and uncle, William “Bill” Allen Wilkins, 40, passed away June 7, 2011, at his home in Idaho Falls of cancer. He was under the loving care of his family and Alliance Hospice. Bill was born April 23, 1971, in Blackfoot, Idaho, the second of four children born to Reuel Hugh Wilkins and Lori Christensen Wilkins...

Jun 7, 2011

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Stephen Richard Olaveson was born in Idaho Falls on April 13, 1953, to Drew and Tony Olaveson. He had one sister, Sue, and three brothers, Kevin, Dave and Terry. Steven got married Aug. 16, 1971, to Ivy and had two sons, Richard and Kelly, who gave him three grandkids, Darian, Maycie and Drake. He passed away June 9,...

Jun 6, 2011

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OBITUARY INFORMATION Whitney Johnson Whitney Owen Johnson, 91, of Groveland, passed away June 6, 2011, at Bingham Memorial Hospital of old age. He was born November 6, 1919, in the farming community of Groveland. His parents, Michael Johnson Jr. and Elsie Mae Paskett Johnson purchased an 80 acre dairy farm, in Groveland, where he would live and work...

Jun 6, 2011

Beth Allen Mecham Swendsen, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011 at Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 11, 1921 in Hyrum, Utah, to Glen N. Allen and Reta Scarborough Allen. She attended school in Franklin and graduated from Preston High School. She apprenticed in hair styling in Preston and received her...

Jun 6, 2011

Vic Jerald Yates, 54, of Idaho Falls, passed away suddenly June 6, 2011, of a heart attack. He was born May 31, 1957, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Jerald Charles Yates and Roma Pearl Johnson Yates. Vic attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School where he participated in wrestling. He served in the U.S. Army during the...

Jun 6, 2011

Lillian Rosella Case, 87, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Monday, June 6, 2011, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center of Idaho Falls. She was born June 25, 1923, in Alliance, Nebraska to Zachariah and Mary Ann Partridge. She lived with her parents and siblings in the Alliance and Hemingford, Nebraska area while growing up. She spent many of her summers...