Obituaries

Apr 17, 2011

Lewis Allan “Louie” Smith, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 17, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a heart attack. Louie was born September 10, 1934 in Boyd, Wisconsin, to Elmer W. Smith and Freida Adrian Smith. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He married Sandra Irene Corum on November 20,...

Apr 16, 2011

Val Douglas Garner of Ammon, Idaho, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Gables Assisted Living in Idaho Falls, Idaho, of natural causes. He was 87. Val was born June 1, 1923, in Sugar City, Idaho, to William Lawrence Garner and Lottie Mae Pincock. He was the fifth of eight children. He grew up in the rural community of Sugar City,...

Apr 16, 2011

Dr. Clifford A. Patterson passed away April 16, 2011, in Idaho Falls. Dr. Patterson was born January 26, 1922, in Remer, Minnesota, to Earl and Lillian Patterson. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a navigator and bombardier. He received a purple heart for his service. In December of 1944, Cliff married...

Apr 15, 2011

Patricia "Patti" Lee Sadlo Gebarowski, 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 15, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Patti was born April 4, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to Chester Sadlo and Rosa Dillon Sadlo. Besides Illinois, she lived in Florida and California. She has called Idaho Falls home for the last 27 years. On November 21, 1986...

Apr 15, 2011

Rual Fullmer Campbell, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully Friday, April 15, 2011, in Shelley, Idaho. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born November 17, 1927 in Tetonia, Idaho to Anna Almedia Fullmer Campbell and Bryant Garr Campbell. He was the sixth of 11 children. His family moved from Providence, Utah in 1900...

Apr 12, 2011

David "Gramps" Woodrow Browning, 91, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He was born June 17, 1919, in Idaho Falls to Stephen A. and Amy Browning. He was the youngest of 13 children. Dave was a hard worker and a devoted family man. During World War II, he proudly served in the U.S. Army Air Force, where he...

Apr 11, 2011

William Todd “Bill” Hunsaker, 40, passed away Monday April 11, 2011 from injuries received in an auto accident near Kemmerer, Wyoming. Bill was born September 8, 1970 to Randy and Peggy Hunsaker in Landstuhl, Germany while his father was in the U.S. Army. Bill attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School in 1988. He joined...

Apr 9, 2011

Send Flowers Donald "Don" Peterson Wilde December 27, 1917 - April 9, 2011

Donald Peterson Wilde, 93, of Terreton, Idaho, passed away April 9, 2011, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Don was born December 27, 1917, in Smoot, Wyoming, to Clarence H. Wilde and Myrtle Ivy Peterson Wilde. He lived with...

Apr 8, 2011

Bernice (Mickey) Burnham McDonald Nickerson, 97, of Idaho Falls, died April 8, 2011, at Lincoln Court Retirement Center. She was born June 27, 1913, at Columbia Gardens, near Butte, Montana, to John Charles McDonald and Lora Westover McDonald. She resided with her beloved grandmother, Emma Pearce and husband, Joe Pearce in Butte, Montana when she was a young girl. She...

Apr 7, 2011

Edward Francis Grady, 62, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 7, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born January 23, 1949, in Pocatello, Idaho to James Henry Grady and Gwendolyn Maria Miller Grady. He grew up in the area and attended Whittier Elementary, Hawthorne Junior High, and graduated from Pocatello High School. He served in the...

Apr 7, 2011

Biography

Ronald Dee Morgan, 70, lifelong resident of Idaho Falls, passed away April 7, 2011 at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Ron was born May 4, 1940, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Earl Morgan and Emma LaVell Rasmussen Morgan. He attended Riverside Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High, and Eagle Rock before it...

Apr 6, 2011

Wanda May Wilson, 99, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 6, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Wanda was born April 14, 1911, in Hibbard, Idaho, to Hans Jensen and Isabell “Bell” Smith Jensen. She attended schools in Hibbard. She married Robert “Bob” Wilson. He preceded her in death. She worked as a beautician. She lived in Rexburg...

Apr 6, 2011

Barry Todd Oviatt, 54, passed away April 6, 2011 at his home in Aurora, Colorado. He was the son of Norma Oviatt and the late Wilbur Oviatt. Barry was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania September 27, 1956. Barry attended grade school ion Upton, Wyoming and Malley School in Northglenn, Colorado. During his high school years, Barry was involved in...

Apr 6, 2011

Tamera Jean Jensen Ralph, 48, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully April 6, 2011 from a lingering illness. Tami was born April 11, 1962 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Dale Jay Jensen and Gayla Jean Earl Jensen. She attended Falls Valley Elementary, Longfellow Elementary, Clair E. Gale Jr. High, and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She attended Ricks College....

Apr 6, 2011

Biography

Marriner Ray Jensen, 92, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Montpelier, passed away April 6, 2011 at his home. He was under the care of his family, assisted by One Source Home Health and Hospice. Marriner was born April 26, 1918 in Moore, Idaho to Emil Ray Jensen and Selma Anderson Jensen. He grew up and attended schools in...

Apr 6, 2011

Sharon Frances Hughes Forsythe, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 5, 2011, at her home of natural causes. Sharon was born December 20, 1926, in Bakersfield, California, to Howard Milton Hughes and Frances Elizabeth Andrews Hughes. Although she was an only child, she considered her cousin, Mildred Grant, her little sister and dear friend. She was raised in...

Apr 4, 2011

Vernon William Watson, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 4, 2011 at Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. Vernon was born May 30, 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona to Reuben Carl Watson and Beulah Ritter Watson. He grew up in Phoenix and graduated from Phoenix Union High School. He continued his education at the University of Idaho and earned a...

Apr 2, 2011

Lela Mae Davis Ard, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 2, 2011, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. She was born April 30, 1938, at Wilford, Idaho to Walter Henry Davis and Leona Nelson Davis. The family later moved to Idaho Falls where she attended schools. On November 12, 1960, she married Gary Demar Ard in Elko,...

Apr 1, 2011

Nellie Fay Warr Bird, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away due to old age April 1, 2011, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Fay was born August 7, 1919, in West Valley City, Utah, to Parley Ray Warr and Nellie Ray Field Warr. She grew up in the Salt...

Mar 30, 2011

Robert Eugene “Bob” Clements, 76, of Ammon, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at his home. He was born September 18, 1934, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clifford Clements and Maurine Bybee Clements. He was raised in Lincoln, Idaho and attended Bonneville High School. Bob joined the Air Force, working in cryptography at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. As part...