Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Gladys Gruvman

Gladys Gruvman

Oct 24, 2010

Juanita Gladys Reynwald Gruvman, 96, of Blackfoot, passed away October 24, 2010 at her daughter’s home. Gladys was born November 1, 1913 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Henry Reynwald and Juanita Sarah Reed Reynwald. She attended schools in New Sweden and Dewey. She married Anton Ivan Gruvman on August 10, 1932 in Logan, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in...

Marlene Freeman

Marlene Freeman

Oct 23, 2010

Marlene Morgan Summers Freeman, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 23, 2010, in Island Park, Idaho, of a heart attack. Marlene was born March 22, 1932, in Ririe, Idaho, to Ervin Morgan and Lillie Coles Morgan. She grew up and attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. Marlene married Donald Keveren Summers April 8, 1954, in...

Lynn Rowett

Lynn Rowett

Oct 23, 2010

Lynn Arthur Rowett, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away on October 23, 2010, at Safe Haven Health and Rehabilitation Center in Pocatello. He was born February 25, 1926, in Ogden, Utah to Ernest John Rowett and Lucille Olsen Rowett. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Ogden High School. Following high school he joined the U....

Ted Baker

Ted Baker

Oct 21, 2010

Ted Baker, 86, of Sun City West, Arizona, formerly of Swan Valley and Idaho Falls passed away October 21, 2010 in Sun City West, Arizona. He was born June 24, 1924 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to William Simmons Baker and Laura Lucille Daniels Baker. He grew up in the Swan Valley area and attended school there and graduated from...

Wayne Munson

Wayne Munson

Oct 20, 2010

Wayne Lorenzo Munson, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 20, 2010, at his home of natural causes. Wayne was born December 25, 1922, in Milo, Idaho, to Swen Munson and Carrie Elizabeth Bradshaw Munson. He grew up in Milo, Ucon, and Fairview and attended schools there. He entered the U. S. Navy in November 1941 and served his country...

Lola Williamson

Lola Williamson

Oct 20, 2010

Lola Lee Kunz Williamson, 67, died October 20, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from pneumonia. Lola was born August 19, 1943, in Montpelier, Idaho, to Leo Robert and Nathell Cook Kunz. After growing up in the southeast Idaho area, Lola attended Utah State University, where she graduated with a bachelor degree in Elementary Education. While attending college,...

Evan Cowley

Evan Cowley

Oct 18, 2010

Evan Hindle Cowley, 91, of Idaho Falls, died Monday, October 18, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Evan was born October 29, 1918, in the log home his father constructed on the banks of Bitter Creek near Penrose, Wyoming, to James and Sarah Ellen Hindle Cowley. Evan graduated from high school in 1937 where he was Salutorian and attended...

Darvin Boyles Jr

Darvin Boyles Jr

Oct 18, 2010

Darvin Dean Boyles Jr., 45, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 18, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Darvin was born October 3, 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Darvin Dean Boyles, Sr. and Peggy Scovel Boyles. Darvin was working as a service tech for the Pepsi Cola Company at the time of his death. He is...

W. Merle Jensen

W. Merle Jensen

Oct 18, 2010

William Merle Jensen, 82, of Idaho Falls passed away at his home, early Monday, October 18, 2010. Merle was born September 23, 1928, at the family home in Basalt, Idaho. His parents were Rulon M. Jensen and Mary Ellen Singleton Jensen. He attended school in Basalt and graduated from Firth High School. He grew up on a farm and loved...

Shirley Watts Hart

Shirley Watts Hart

Oct 17, 2010

Shirley Olsen Watts Hart, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 17, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born August 7, 1932 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Bruce Milford Olsen and Mary Elizabeth Kingston Olsen. Shirley married Theris Watts in 1950 and together they had eight children. They made their home in Iona and later divorced....

Alvin Brunson

Alvin Brunson

Oct 12, 2010

Clarence Alvin Brunson, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 12, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of congestive heart failure. Alvin was born August 19, 1929, in Fillmore, Utah, to Clarence Otto Brunson and Ruth Louise Hofer Brunson. He grew up in Blackfoot and graduated from Blackfoot High School. Alvin served in the National Guard and in the...

Bonnie Weise

Bonnie Weise

Oct 12, 2010

Bonnie Ruth Clapp Weise, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away on October 12, 2010, at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on April 12, 1936, on the family farm in Bonneville County, Idaho to Leslie Charles Clapp and Katie Christina McNulty Clapp. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Bonneville High School. On...

Clayton "Clay" Bates

Clayton "Clay" Bates

Oct 11, 2010

Clayton Bates, 54, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away on October 11, 2010, at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born February 4, 1956, in American Falls, Idaho, to Daniel Hyrum Bates and Thelma Freeman Bates. The family moved to Idaho Falls where he attended Whittier Elementary, Central Junior High and Skyline High School. He continued...

Linda Streeper

Linda Streeper

Oct 11, 2010

Linda Grace Streeper, 58, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, passed away Monday, October 11, 2010, at 1:00 a.m. EST. She was peaceful and happy as her mortal life ended, at her home, in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA, with four of her children by her side. Linda was born 7 June 1952 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, to the late Denis...

Leona "Leona" Dees

Leona "Leona" Dees

Oct 10, 2010

Mamie Leona Owens Dees, 85, of Ammon, passed away October 10, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born March 18, 1925, to Edward Merrill Owens and Lizzie Addeline Harrison Owens in Teton, Idaho. She grew up in Teton and attended Sugar-Salem High School. She moved to the Idaho Falls area, where she...

Van Johnson

Van Johnson

Oct 9, 2010

Van Johnson, 81, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away at his home October 9, 2010. He was born December 15, 1928 to George D. Johnson and Catherine Covert Johnson in Alpine, Wyoming. At the age of three, his mother passed away. Later on, his father married Ella Luthi. Van grew up and attended school in the Etna, Wyoming area....

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson

Oct 8, 2010

Robert Royal Johnson, 79, of Thayne, Wyoming, passed away October 8, 2010, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. The family will hold private services in Wyoming.

Batista Covolo

Batista Covolo

Oct 8, 2010

Biography Batista Joseph Covolo, 91, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, of natural causes. Batista was born in Kemmerer, Wyoming, on September 29, 1919, to Rosie Carollo and Joseph Covolo. He was the sixth of 12 children. He grew up in Glenco, Wyoming, a mining community Kemmerer. He married Doris Youngberg June 27, 1946. Their marriage...

Robert "Greg Mays" Mays

Robert "Greg Mays" Mays

Oct 7, 2010

Greg Mays went home to his Heavenly Father and reunited with his daughter peacefully in his sleep while surrounded by loved ones, Thursday, October 7, 2010, after being diagnosed with liver cancer. Robert Gregory “Greg” Mays was born October 23, 1954, in Waterloo, Iowa. He grew up in Ammon, Idaho and graduated from Bonneville High School in 1972. In 1975,...

Darel Cooper

Darel Cooper

Oct 7, 2010

Darel Ivan Cooper, 60, lifetime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away October 7, 2010, at his home of complications from cancer. He was under the loving care of his wife. Darel was born July 25, 1950, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ivan Dale Cooper and Venna Marie Martin Cooper. He attended Iona Elementary and graduated from Bonneville High School. He...