Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Verdis Cox

Verdis Cox

Nov 2, 2010

Verdis Ilean Bloxham Cox, 88, of Idaho Falls, died November 02, 2010 at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center. She was born November 28, 1921 at Downey, Idaho, to Richard Thomas Bloxham, Kaysville, Utah and Elsie Henderson Bloxham, Clifton, Idaho. She was the sixth daughter and ninth child of their family of twelve children. She attended schools in Ragged-Louse...

Brittney Marsden

Brittney Marsden

Oct 30, 2010

Brittney Nicole Marsden, 24, of Ucon, died peacefully in her sleep October 30, 2010 at her home due to an extended illness. She was born August 8, 1986 in Rexburg, Idaho to Brian Lyman Marsden and LuAnn Lundquist Marsden. She grew up in the Ucon area of Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. Brittney worked at Lincoln...

Lorraine Bassett

Lorraine Bassett

Oct 29, 2010

Lorraine Poole Bassett, 46, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 29, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Lorraine was born August 15, 1964 in Idaho Falls to Jesse D. Broyles and Connie Poole Broyles. She grew up in the Eastern Idaho area and attended schools in Shelley, Firth, and Ririe. She was a member of The Church of...

Ronald "Ron" Stone

Ronald "Ron" Stone

Oct 28, 2010

Ronald Wayne Stone, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 28, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born December 11, 1939, in Gunnison, Colorado to Wayne Ronald Stone and Edith Roberta Murdie Stone. On March 1, 1980, he married Donna Ruth Johnson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He is survived by his wife, Donna Stone; a son,...

Mike Stoddard

Mike Stoddard

Oct 26, 2010

Mike H. Stoddard, 53, of Idaho Falls, died October 26, 2010, at his home. He was born November 23, 1956, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Bert Stoddard and Nell Hanes Stoddard. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Skyline High School. He continued his education at the University of Idaho in Moscow and received a Bachelor’s...

Raymond "Ray" Skillings

Raymond "Ray" Skillings

Oct 25, 2010

Raymond Skillings, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 25, 2010, at his home of cancer. Ray was born January 21, 1934, in Nampa, Idaho, to Ira William Skillings and Elsie Margot Gowen Skillings. He attended schools in Nampa and graduated from Nampa High School. He also attended the University of Idaho and Brigham Young University. On August 24, 1954,...

Rex Meikle

Rex Meikle

Oct 25, 2010

Robert Rex Meikle, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 25, 2010 at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Rex was born December 27, 1924 in Cache, Idaho, to Robert Gilbert Meikle Jr. And Cleo Aurelia Micklesen Meikle. He attended Teton Valley public schools and graduated from Teton Valley High School. He married...

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...