Obituaries

Roger Williams

Sep 18, 2010

Roger M. Williams, 55, passed away September 18, 2010, in the arms of his loved ones at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born February 22, 1955, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Alton E. Williams and Joyce Elizabeth Obrey Williams. Roger grew up in the Idaho Falls and Iona area and attended Bonneville High School. He worked as a...

Lila Burton

Sep 16, 2010

Lila Haderlie Burton, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 16, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Lila was born May 5, 1926 in Freedom, Idaho to Luther Herman “L.H.” Haderlie and Johanna Lindholm Haderlie. She graduated from Star Valley High School before attending the LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Dee Rainey Burton...

Edward "Ed Backus" Backus

Sep 13, 2010

Edward Evens Backus, Major, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, died September 13, 2010, at his home in Idaho Falls. He was under the care of Idaho Home Health and Hospice. He was born June 30, 1926, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Rodman F. Backus and Anna C. Hall Backus. He attended school in Fall River, Massachusetts, enlisted in the Marine Corps in...

Van Hodson

Sep 13, 2010

Van Heber Hodson, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 13, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on December 18, 1921 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Delbert Hodson and Marian Whitesides Hodson. He grew up and attended schools in Blackfoot, graduating from Blackfoot High School. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II....

Douglas "Doug Andrus" Andrus

Sep 12, 2010

Douglas Milo Andrus, Jr., 69, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away 12 September 2010 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be remembered for his kindness, love, and devotion to the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was a man of integrity, virtue...

Pamela ""Pamie"" Panker

Sep 11, 2010

On September 11, 2010, our dear sister Pamela Ann Panker “Pamie” passed away from smoking. She was 63. Pam was a sweet girl with a sunny disposition. She grew up in Illahee, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and Hawaii; she lived in Hawaii for 35 years. Pam came to Idaho Falls in 2008 to be near her aunt and...

Sena Polson

Sep 9, 2010

Sena Marie Elizabeth Wilson Polson, age 90, of Idaho Falls, returned to live with her loving Heavenly Father on September 9, 2010. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. She was born on August 6, 1920, in Brainerd, Minnesota to Minnie Josephine Larson and Leander Jackson Wilson. She was the 5th of eight children, five girls...

Gus "Gus Gustaveson" Gustaveson

Sep 9, 2010

M. L. (Gus) Gustaveson, 81, of Island Park, Idaho, passed away September 9, 2010, at the home of his son, Roy Gustaveson, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, of natural causes. He was born November 12, 1928, in Ogden, Utah, to Hugo Elmer and Ruth Norlin Gustaveson. Gus, as he was known to his family and friends, was raised in the Logan...

Dennis Andersen

Sep 8, 2010

Dennis James Andersen, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 8, 2010, at his home following a short illness. He was born March 7, 1954, in Pocatello, Idaho to Leland R. Andersen and Ann Elizabeth Brown Andersen. He grew up in the area and attended Whittier Elementary, Central Junior High, and Skyline High School, where he played trumpet in the...

Richard Smith

Sep 8, 2010

Send Flowers Richard Lynn Smith July 8, 1940 - September 8, 2010

Richard Lynn Smith passed away at his home surrounded by his wife and family September 8, 2010 following a long, courageous battle with cancer. Richard was born July 8, 1940 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the second son to George Stanford Smith and Martha Maxine Reading Smith. The...

Berniece Decoria

Sep 7, 2010

Berniece Elaine Call DeCoria, 89, passed away after a short battle with cancer, at her home in Idaho Falls on Tuesday, September 7, 2010. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born March 4, 1921 in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Earnest W. and Mabel Johnson Call. She grew up and attended schools in Blackfoot and graduated...

Ronnie Smith

Sep 6, 2010

ROBERTS, ID -- Ronnie Dale Westerfield Smith, 58, of Roberts, passed away September 6, 2010 at his home of Lung Cancer. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice. Ronnie was born August 12, 1952 in Livingston, Montana, to Owen H. Westerfield and Bertha Irene Jonas Westerfield. After his parents divorced, he assumed the name of his stepfather, Henry Smith....

Ellamae "Jeri" Krantz

Sep 5, 2010

IONA, ID -- Ellamae Bartholomew “Jeri” Krantz, 98, of Iona, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2010 at her son’s home where she has resided for the last two years. She was born May 10, 1912 in Gunnison, Utah, to Alma C. Bartholomew and Elsie Katherine Christensen Bartholomew. She attended Gosphen Grade School and Graduated from Payson High School. She attended...

Elias "Rusty Timbana" Timbana

Sep 4, 2010

Born: June 29, 1938 Place of Birth: Fort Washakie, WY Death: September 4, 2010 Place of Death: Pocatello, ID

Roma Grant

Aug 28, 2010

Roma Staples Grant, 91, of Rigby, passed away August 28, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Roma was born June 30, 1919 in Martin’s Flat near Blacktail, in Bonneville County, Idaho, to Moroni Andrew Alexander Staples and Caroline Thueson Staples. She attended schools in Enterprise, District 18 and Central High School. She lived in Idaho Falls, Osgood, and Ririe....

Daveen "Dee" Davis

Aug 27, 2010

Daveen “Dee” Patricia Haderlie Davis, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 27, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born February 29, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to David William Haderlie and Marian Ivy Lee Haderlie. She attended Holy Rosary Catholic School, Iona, Ammon and Bonneville. On June 8, 1954 she married Bill J. Davis in Idaho...

Marcus Toliver

Aug 26, 2010

Marcus Darnell Toliver, 37, of Idaho FAlls, died August 26, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, August 30, 2010 at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Ave. Services will be held in Calfornia under the direction of Dan Scales Funeral Services, Inc.,...

Donna Weymouth

Aug 25, 2010

Donna Jean Wisniewski Weymouth, 63, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Michigan, died August 25, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. A memorial visitation for Donna will take place from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2010, at Wood Funeral Home East Side (963 S. Ammon Road). Visitation 2 p.m. - 3 p.m....

Rickie "Rick" Jones

Aug 24, 2010

Rickie Teton Jones, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 24, 2010 at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born July 5, 1950 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to William Richard Jones and Nellie May Foster Jones. He attended the Class of 1968 at Idaho Falls High School. Later he obtained his GED while serving in...

Connie Corsi

Aug 22, 2010

Connie Virginia Fegert Corsi Lewallen, 69, went to be with the Lord, peacefully in her sleep, August 22, 2010, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Connie was born April 30, 1941, in Ely, Nevada, to Howard Fegert and Virginia Dolan Fegert. Connie grew up in the Elko area, received her GED and graduated from business school. Connie...