Obituaries

Curtis Cleverley

Mar 1, 2011

Curtis Wade Cleverley, 45, of Idaho Falls died March 1, 2011, at his home. Private family services will be at a later date.

Private Family Services

Private family services will be held at a later date.

Facts Born: December 11, 1965 Place of Birth: Idaho Falls, ID Death: March 1, 2011 Place of Death: Idaho Falls,...

Sheril Kofoed

Feb 28, 2011

Sheril Lynn Kofoed, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away on February 28, 2011 at his home. He was born September 6, 1934, in Weston, Idaho to Gordon Elverow Kofoed and Leone Ruth Simmonds Kofoed. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He served as an Airman First Class in the United States...

Ruth Gibbons

Feb 27, 2011

Ruth Louise Gibbons, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 27, 2011 at her home. Ruth was born April 5, 1938 in Rigby, Idaho to Glen James Radford anmd Dortha Louise Monroe Radford. She grew up in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. On February 1, 1957 she married Frank E. “Toby” Gibbons in Rigby. Together they raised...

Margaret Orvick

Feb 25, 2011

Margaret Leola Hauser Orvick, 90, formerly of Stockton, California, passed away February 25, 2011, at Bonaventure of Idaho Falls Senior Living Community in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Margaret was born November 9, 1920, in Blythe, California, to George Henry Hauser and Ethel Chamberlin Hauser. She graduated from Redlands High School in Redlands. She worked as a “Rosie the Riveter” during World...

Ruth Hendricks

Feb 24, 2011

Ruth LaVetta Hendricks, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away on February 24, 2011, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 27, 1934, in Ashton, Idaho to Levi Stone and Grace Metsker Stone. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from North Fremont High School. On February 7, 1957, she married Carl V. Hendricks...

Norma Vance

Feb 23, 2011

Biography

Norma Claire Vance, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 23, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Norma was born November 7, 1931, in Gulfport, Mississippi, to Irvin Blaise Haydel, Sr. and Myrtle Ada DeLoach Haydel. She grew up and attended schools in Gulfport and graduated from Gulfport High School. She then took...

Ruby Fisher

Feb 22, 2011

Ruby Schofield Fisher, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 22, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born August 22, 1923, in Salmon, Idaho, to Walter Earl Schofield and Mary Louise Sampson Schofield. She grew up and attended schools in the area. Following graduation from high school she continued her education at Boise Junior College and...

Dennis Bitton

Feb 22, 2011

Dennis Bitton, 90, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011, in McCammon, Idaho. Born in Ririe, Idaho, on February 9, 1921, he was raised in Swan Valley on his parent's farm. He went to "Rainey Dell" Elementary School in the valley and attended high school in Idaho Falls and Logan, Utah. After graduation, Dennis enlisted in the U. S. Navy and became...

Glen Mortensen

Feb 21, 2011

Biography

Glen Albert Mortensen, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 21, 2011 at his home. Glen was born December 1, 1933 in Moscow, Idaho, to William Albert Mortensen and Ora Frances Nicholson Mortensen. He graduated from Moscow High School. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho, He attended the Oak Ridge School...

Robert "Bob Hill" Hill

Feb 20, 2011

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Robert Errol “Bob” Hill, 67, of Idaho Falls, went home to his loving Father In Heaven on Sunday morning, February 20, 2011. Bob was born August 29, 1943, in Port Orford, Oregon, to Jesse LeRoy Hill and Nello Von Rapp Hill. He grew up on the highway East of Idaho Falls,...

Richard Foster

Feb 20, 2011

Richard Foster, 88, of Shelley, passed away February 20, 2011, at his home. Richard was born September 7, 1922, in Wichita, Kansas to Alpheus Parker Foster and May Pearl Wells Foster. He grew up and attended schools in Wichita. Following high school he served as a Sergeant in the U. S. Army Air Force during World War II. He married...

Mary Degraaf

Feb 19, 2011

Mary Abigail Sawyer DeGraaf, 98, of Ammon, passed away February 19, 2011, at her home of causes incident to age. Mary was born December 8, 1912, in Steuben, Maine, the only daughter of Charles Addison Sawyer and Josie Dunbar Sawyer. She grew up with her two brothers in this small rural community on the coast of Maine and graduated...

Gary Smith

Feb 19, 2011

Gary Elwin Smith, 42, of Menan, passed away February 19, 2011, of lingering heart disease, while snowmobiling at Dry Creek near Spencer, Idaho. Gary was born September 18, 1968, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Teddy Leland Smith and Beverly Ellen McLane Smith. He grew up in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. He also attended Eastern Idaho Technical College. Gary...

Sue Dodge

Feb 18, 2011

Sue Ellen Dodge, 68, of Idaho Falls, died February 18, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Kenneth Bailey

Feb 18, 2011

Kenneth Eldon Bailey, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 18, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from complications due to pancreatic cancer. He overcame many obstacles and survived nearly three years after diagnosis. Ken was born April 4, 1940, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Eldon Bartel Bailey and Esther Aileen Pendlebury Bailey. He graduated from Mackay High School in...

Anke Jachmann

Feb 16, 2011

Anke Maren Thea Wamser Jachmann, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 16, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Anke was born June 11, 1939, in Schleswig, Germany, to Willi Wamser and Karla Ottzen Wamser. She graduated from high school in Chicago. She married Bruno Heinz Jachmann on December 30, 1970, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple....

Hilary Gregg

Feb 16, 2011

Hilary Beth Gregg, beloved daughter of Richard and Carlee Gregg, passed away on February 16, 2011, at the Life Care Center of Idaho Falls, following an extended illness. Hilary was born on June 1, 1982, in Idaho Falls, to Richard Gregg and Naomi Carlee Woodward Gregg. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 2001 Hilary was a member of...

Emma Tweedie

Feb 15, 2011

Emma Amanda Harper Tweedie, 103, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 15, 2011, at Fairwinds Retirement Community. Emma was born April 23, 1907, in Moore, Idaho, to Chester Alfred Harper and Amanda Ellen Herbst Harper. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Moore High School in 1926. She then attended Ricks Academy in Rexburg, where...

Roger Ottersbach

Feb 14, 2011

Roger James Ottersbach, 64, of Ammon, passed away February 14, 2011 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Roger was born November 3, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky, to William Jay Ottersbach and Mary Elizabeth Gagel Ottersbach. He graduated from Manual High School in Louisville. He attended Louisville Technical Institute. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Roger...

Valois Orme

Feb 13, 2011

Our beloved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother, VaLois Neeley Orme, age 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 13, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a lingering illness. VaLois was born October 7, 1930, in Roosevelt City, Utah, to Louis Paul Neeley and Mary Pilling Neeley. When she was 3, the family moved to Evanston, Wyoming, then six...