Obituaries

Gary Andrus

Jan 7, 2011

Gary Todd Andrus, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, January 7, 2011 at his home. He was born November 18, 1928 in Idaho Falls to Todd Woodruff Andrus and Hortense Naomi Hansen Andrus. Gary earned the Eagle Scout award at the age of 17. He attended school in Ucon and graduated from Ucon High School in 1946. He served...

Ann Itaya

Jan 6, 2011

Yukino “Ann” Itaya passed away peacefully on January 6, 2011 at Lily and Syringa Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born March 25, 1921 in Idaho Falls, the eldest of eight siblings born to Arata and Toki Takata Mayeda. She married Frank Itaya in Kemmerer, Wyoming on...

Marilyn Stacey

Jan 4, 2011

Marilyn Kay Shurtliff Stacey, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away of Renal Cell Carcinoma on January 4, 2011, at her home surrounded by family and loved ones. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Marilyn was born March 11, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Marvin Dean and Wanda McGavin Shurtliff. A lifelong resident of Idaho...

Oscar Maas

Jan 4, 2011

Oscar Monroe Maas, 90 years old, of Roberts, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. at his home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was under the care of Shilo Cooley, his granddaughter. Oscar was born March 8, 1920, in Menno, South Dakota, to Henry Maas and Julianna Fink Maas. He was the eleventh of...

Jordan Terrill

Jan 2, 2011

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January 2, 2011 - January 2, 2011

Facts Born: January 2, 2011 Place of Birth: Idaho Falls, ID Death: January 2, 2011 Place of Death: Idaho Falls, ID Services Private Family Services

Vilet Cohens

Dec 31, 2010

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June 4, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Vilet May Cohens, age six months, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 31, 2010 at her home. She was under the care of Home Health and Hospice. Vilet was born June 4, 2010 in Seattle, Washington to Joseph Michael Cohens and Lacey Christine Rafn Cohens....

Ruth Swearingen

Dec 31, 2010

Ruth Swearingen, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 31, 2010 at No Place Like Home Assisted Living. The family will hold private memorial services. Arrangements are under the direction of Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Ave.

Private Family Services Facts Born: May 23, 1932 Place of Birth: Casa Grande, AZ Death: December 31, 2010 Place of...

Lee Jacobsen

Dec 31, 2010

Lee “Cowboy” Jacobsen, 100, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 31, 2010, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living. He was born January 8, 1910, in Bloomington, Idaho to Andrew Moroni Jacobsen and Mary Alice Thompson Jacobsen. He grew up and attended schools in the area. On December 5, 1938, he married Caroline Holland in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They...

Lynn Anderson

Dec 31, 2010

Rex Lynn Anderson, 82, of Ammon, passed away December 31, 2010 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Lynn was born November 28, 1928, in Idaho Falls, to Rex Milo Anderson and Annie Rebecca Peterson Anderson. He graduated from Aberdeen High School. He married Theone Pappas on November 24, 1961 in Elko, Nevada. Their marriage was solemnized in the...

Dee Armstrong

Dec 30, 2010

Dee LeRoy Armstrong passed away December 30, 2010, at his home in Iona, Idaho, from causes incident to age. Dee was a devoted family man, loved the outdoors, was a master gardener and loved teaching in the school system. He was dedicated to community, served on the Iona City Council and was instrumental in starting the Iona Sewer Board on...

Ellen Carlson

Dec 26, 2010

Harriet Ellen Sommer Carlson, 95, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 26, 2010 at Fairwinds Retirement Community. Ellen was born September 17, 1915, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Edward Sommer and Alice Ethel Hendricks Sommer. She attended public schools in Hibbard and Rexburg. She obtained an Associate Degree from Ricks College. She married Alfred Holley Carlson on March 3, 1939...

Mavis Pickett

Dec 25, 2010

Alta Mavis Ashliman Pickett, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 25, 2010, at her home of natural causes. Mavis was born November 30, 1927, in Logan, Utah, to Eldon Ashliman and Alta Clark Ashliman. She attended Idaho Falls High School. She has lived most of her 83 years in Idaho Falls and surrounding areas. She married Meade Doyle...

Marshall Rapp

Dec 25, 2010

Marshall D. Rapp, 86, passed away Christmas Day, December 25, 2010, at Mountain Valley Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Marshall was born Friday, June 13, 1924, in Grace, Idaho, to LeRoy Arthur Rapp and Vada Durrant Rapp. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School and joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. He worked as a motor machinist first...

Esther Mathews

Dec 24, 2010

Esther Cottle Mathews, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 24, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of causes incident to age. Esther was born August 6, 1918, in Menan, Idaho. Her parents, William Stephen Cottle and Elizabeth (Rawson) Cottle, were very exceptional people. They taught by example as well as precept, giving love and understanding and all other...

Victor "Vic" Stoddart

Dec 23, 2010

Victor Eugene Stoddart, 79, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2010, at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. He was born February 7, 1931, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Roland Victor Stoddart and Vera Lucille Ball Stoddart. He attended schools in Idaho Falls and Great Falls, Montana. He served in the U.S. Air Force. On...

Michael Lloyd

Dec 23, 2010

Michael Larry Lloyd, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Michael was born November 9, 1941, in American Falls, Idaho, to Fenton H. Lloyd and Bernice N. Draper Lloyd. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and lived in Idaho Falls most of his life. He served...

Beulah Stary

Dec 23, 2010

Beulah Janiemay Walton Cave Banning Stary, 99, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2010 at Life Care Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Beulah was born December 5, 1911, in Yankton, South Dakota, to Clarence Sylvester Walton and Ora Valentine Lentz Walton. She attended school in a one-room school house educated through the sixth grade. She married Ernest J....

Duwayne "Benny" "Benny Goodwin" Goodwin

Dec 22, 2010

DuWayne LeRoy “Benny” Goodwin, 91, passed away December 22, 2010, at Mountain Valley Assisted Living in Ammon. Benny was born May 18, 1919, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Alvin Leroy Goodwin and Hazel Hemenway Goodwin. He attended Central Jr. High School and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He continued his education at Idaho State University, Utah State University, the University...

Barbara Finn

Dec 22, 2010

Barbara Eleanor Grant Finn, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 22, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from a lingering illness. Barbara was born April 6, 1934 in Idaho Falls, ID to Clarence Edwin Grant and Mary Lucille Longhurst Grant. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She was...

Aaron Egan

Dec 21, 2010

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Aaron Blake Egan, 28, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 21, 2010 from a trucking accident in Ohio. Aaron was born May 5, 1982 in Idaho Falls, ID to David Egan and Alysia Byington Egan. He grew up in the area and attended schools there. He graduated from Jefferson Alternative High...