Obituaries

Joel Sanda

Jan 10, 2011

Joel Richard Sanda, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away, after a long battle with lung cancer, on January 10, 2011, at his home with his daughter and sister at his side. He was born August 12, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland to Francis Joseph Sanda and Eleanor M. Richard Sanda. He grew up in the area and attended St. Wenceslaus Elementary...

Kirk Brocksome

Jan 10, 2011

Kirk Wayne Brocksome, 66, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away January 10, 2011, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehab Center of cancer. Kirk was born July 2, 1944, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Howard Wayne Brocksome and Lillian Rose Brocksome. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1964. Kirk answered his country's call for...

Larry "Larry" Jones, Jr

Jan 9, 2011

Orville Lawrence “Larry” Jones, Jr., 65, of Idaho Falls, passed away on January 9, 2011, at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. He was born April 14, 1945, in Los Angeles, California to Orville Lawrence Jones, Sr. and Betty Jeannette Long. He was raised in Tooele, Utah; Vista and Twentynine Palms, California; and Boise, Idaho. He graduated from Boise High...

Floyd Rammell

Jan 9, 2011

Floyd Miner Rammell, 72, of Idaho Falls and formerly of Tetonia, died January 9, 2011, at his home of complications following a mule accident July 15, 2008. He was under the care of his loving wife, LaRae, and Hands of Hope Hospice. Floyd was born September 24, 1938, in Driggs, Idaho, to Russell Floyd Rammell and Faye Miner Rammell. He...

Jolene Peterson

Jan 8, 2011

Jolene Sessions Peterson, 48, of Ammon, passed away at her home January 8, 2011 from cancer. She was under the care of Creekside Home Health and Hospice. She was born October 28, 1962 in Idaho Falls, to Roy Dale Sessions and Odetta Crow Sessions. She grew up in the area and graduated from Bonneville High School. On October 8, 1988,...

Boyd Mathews

Jan 8, 2011

Boyd Mathews, 82, longtime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away January 8, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Boyd was born June 13, 1928 in Shelley, Idaho, to Heber Grant Mathews and Ruth Luella McBride Mathews. He was a graduate of Shelley High School. He married Anna Lu Warner on May 28, 1955 in Idaho Falls. Their marriage was...

Elwood Wilkins

Jan 8, 2011

Send Flowers Elwood Wilkins September 20, 1917 - January 8, 2011

Byron Elwood Wilkins, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 8, 2011 at Life Care Center from causes incident to age. Elwood was born September 20, 1917 in Coltman, Idaho to William Henry Wilkins and Hannah Miranda Butler Wilkins. He attended schools in Coltman and graduated from Ucon...

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

Send Flowers Jordan Alexander Terrill

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

Send Flowers Vilet May Cohens

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...