Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas
Vaun Kempton
Jul 12, 2010
Vaun Earl Kempton, 65, of Idaho Falls passed away, July 12, 2010 at the Idaho State Veteran’s Home in Pocatello. He was born September 30, 1944 in Rexburg, Idaho to Olaf Earl Kempton and Amy Elizabeth Henrie Kempton. He attended school in Tetonia, Alameda Jr. High in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School. Vaun joined the Marines and served...
Lewis Thompson
Jul 11, 2010
Lewis Sessions Thompson, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 11, 2010, at his home. He was born November 20, 1917, in Ogden, Utah, to Martin W. Thompson and Elva Sessions Thompson. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Rexburg, Idaho where he spent his early years. Lewis honorably served his country in World War II as a military...
Glenn "Mike" Finck
Jul 10, 2010
Glenn A. “Mike” Finck, 93, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away July 10, 2010, at Clovis Community Medical Center in Clovis, California. He was born June 13, 1917 at Howe, Idaho to Ben Finck and Clara Snyder Finck. When he was two years old, his parents moved to Blackfoot, then to southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma, where they resided for...
Damian Riddoch
Jul 10, 2010
Damian Mark Riddoch, 37, passed away July 10, 2010, in a small plane crash in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born March 9, 1973, in Auburn, Washington, the son of Leland Mark and Heidi Strobel Riddoch. Damian attended Hawthorne Elementary in Boise and Longfellow Elementary in Idaho Falls. He earned the Eagle Scout award when he was thirteen years old. He...
Vernon "Nick" Thelen
Jul 9, 2010
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grand father, Vernon Nicholas Thelen, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, July 9, 2010, at Community Hospital South in Indianapolis, Indiana. Nick, as he was known to close friends and family, was born April 27, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, to Nicholas Vernon Thelen and Gertrude Dichie Thelen. He grew up in Chicago...
Wayne Hope
Jul 9, 2010
Wayne Lauris Hope, 62, of Ammon, passed away July 9, 2010 at his home surrounded by family. He was under the care of Alliance Hospice. Wayne was born September 27, 1947 in Rexburg, Idaho, to Hyrum Lauris Hope and Laura Susannah Sutton Hope. He attended Moore Elementary, Arco High School and graduated from Wendell High School. He attended the National...
Darrell "Scott Hayes" Hayes
Jul 8, 2010
Darrell Scott Hayes, 30, of Menan, died July 8, 2010, in Idaho Falls of injuries received in a automobile accident. Scott was born November 29, 1979, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Burdette W. Hayes and Sheryl R. Hall Hayes. He grew up in Menan and attended Rigby schools. He graduated from Jefferson High School and was currently attending Idaho State...
Marjorie Zink
Jul 8, 2010
Marjorie Brown Zink, 82 of Ammon, passed away July 8, 2010 at her son's home from cancer. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born December 20, 1927 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Worthy “WD” and Myrtle Henderson Brown. She attended elementary school in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in...
Sandra Talkington
Jul 7, 2010
Sandra Luana Cotterell Lee Talkington, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 7, 2010 at her home. Sandra was born April 11, 1949 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Albert Kaler Jr. And Marjorie Marie Cleverly Kaler. She was raised by her adoptive parents, Hazen S. And Ann Cotterell. She received her GED and attended ISU Vo-Tech studying Graphic Arts. She...
Claude Smith
Jul 6, 2010
IDAHO FALLS, ID - Claude L. Smith, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 6, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 26, 1918, in Clearfield, Iowa, to Leroy D. and Josie Ellen Wood Smith. He grew up rural Iowa and attended a one room school until eighth grade in Taylor County, Iowa. He...
Ethel Ellibee
Jul 4, 2010
Ethel Ellibee, 92, of Ammon, died July 4, 2010, at her home of natural causes. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Ethel was born May 6, 1918, in Sage Creek, Idaho, to Henson Ira Lords and Liddy Leva Shelton Lords. She grew up west of Rigby and Idaho Falls and attended Sage Creek Elementary School,...
Beth Olsen
Jun 28, 2010
LAS VEGAS, NV -- Beth Wadsworth Olsen, age 80, passed away on Monday, June 28, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born July 28, 1929 in Chinook, Montana to Eli Arnold and Sara Ann Humpherys Wadsworth. On October 7, 1949 she married her sweetheart (who shared her birthday), Roy Christian Olsen in the Idaho Falls Temple. Beth grew up...
Benon Whyte
Jun 27, 2010
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Benon Palmer Whyte, 83, of Idaho Falls, died June 27, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications of pneumonia. Benon was born December 22, 1926, in Morgan, Utah, to James Thomas Palmer and Fern Lowe Palmer. She grew up and attended schools in Morgan. Following high school, she moved to Provo, Utah, and attended...
Joellen Jones
Jun 24, 2010
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- JoEllen Baldwin Jones, 58, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 24, 2010, at her home of a brain tumor. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. JoEllen was born October 21, 1951 in Logan, Utah, to William Bartlett Albretsen Baldwin and JoAnn Kellett Baldwin. She graduated from Maconaquah High School in Bunker Hill,...
Anita Burke
Jun 24, 2010
Anita Mae Saunders Burke , 65, of Idaho Falls passed away June 24, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Anita was born May 28, 1945 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Joseph Edgar Saunders and Ida Hammond Saunders. She grew up on the family farm west of Moreland. She helped a lot on the farm and never complained, but got busy...
Merril Hansen
Jun 23, 2010
On June 23, 2010, Merril left this life to go on to a new one. Merril loved the mountains and was the happiest when he was camped in the most remote places possible. His hobby was nature and wildlife photography. He loved animals and always had his two dogs by his side. Survivors are: His wife: Joy Joy’s children:...
Diane Sanchez
Jun 23, 2010
Diane Robbins Sanchez, 75, of Idaho Falls, died June 23, 2010, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California. Diane was born December 16, 1934, in Hailey, Idaho, to Ray and Eva Robbins. She grew up in Carey, Idaho, and graduated from Carey High School. She attended Idaho State University, worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C., then moved to Sacramento,...
Melvin "Mel" Bell
Jun 22, 2010
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Melvin M. Bell, 92, of Idaho Falls, died June 22, 2010, at his home of a heart attack. Mel was born July 22, 1917, in Sayre, Oklahoma, to William Preston Bell and Nettie Jane Ferguson Bell. He grew up in Sayre and graduated from high school there. He then attended the Cal Poly Tech. Mel...
Helen Contreras
Jun 22, 2010
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Helen Rodriquez Contreras, 58, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 22, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 14, 1952, at Gatesville, Texas to Raymond Rodriquez and Mary Lopez Rodriquez. She grew up and attended schools in the area. She later attended Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC) in Idaho Falls. On May...
Mary "Louise Henderson" Henderson
Jun 19, 2010
MARY LOUISE NIELSEN HENDERSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother, Mary Louise Nielsen Henderson of Idaho Falls, returned to live with her loving companion, son and her Heavenly Father on June 19, 2010. She was at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 102 years old. Grandma was born on April...
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