Obituaries

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.

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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...

Dolores "Dee Sanda" Sanda

Dec 18, 2010

Dolores Ann "Dee" Foreman Sanda, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully December 18, 2010, at her home, of natural causes. Dee was born October 31, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles Leonard Foreman and Margaret Dolores McCleary Foreman. She grew up in Baltimore and attended St. Andrew's Elementary and St. Andrew's Commercial School. She married Joel R. Sanda...

Wendell Humphries

Dec 18, 2010

Wendell Humphries, 85, passed away, December 18, 2010, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center of natural causes. He was under the care of Creekside Home Health and Hospice. Wendell was born March 11, 1925, in Shelley, Idaho, to Harold Humphries and Ora May Chaffin Humphries. He grew up and attended schools in the Shelley area until he was drafted...

R. Leroy Rasmussen

Dec 18, 2010

Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Robert LeRoy Rasmussen, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 18, 2010, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehab Center of natural causes. LeRoy was born June 20, 1919, in Coltman, Idaho, to George Henry Rasmussen and Rose Smith Rasmussen. He attended school in Coltman and graduated from Ucon High School. He lived most of...

Nona Tavares

Dec 17, 2010

Nona Woolf Tavares, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Nona was born November 18, 1927, in Grover, Wyoming, to Martin LeRoy Bee and Louisa Welchman Bee. She attended schools in Grover and Idaho Falls High School. Nona married her first love, Lloyd Hales. She later married Wade Woolf July 23, 1951,...

Beverly Packer

Dec 17, 2010

Our precious mother, grandmother, and sister, Beverly White Packer, age 80, former longtime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2010, at her home in Alpine, Utah, of natural causes. Beverly was born March 27, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Wesley White and Effie Myrle Miller White. She grew up in Idaho Falls, attended Eastside Elementary and...

Troy Tranter

Dec 17, 2010

Troy Joseph Tranter, 49, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away December 17, 2010, while on a work related trip in Nevada. Troy was born April 11, 1961, in Mobile, Alabama, to Bryce Laverne Tranter and Marcella Jean Adams Tranter. He grew up in Tombstone, Arizona, and Flippin, Arkansas, where he attended schools and graduated from high school. Troy married Rhonda...