Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

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...

Taige Johnson

Taige Johnson

Oct 6, 2010

Taige Lee Johnson, 18, fell into the open arms of his Father on October 6, 2010. Born in Boise, Idaho, on December 12, 1991, to Sondra Dawn Johnson and Mark Allen Johnson. He was raised by his adoring Nana, Reverend Lydia Strong, and his grandpa, Dennis Craig Strong of Idaho Falls. He was an All-American boy. During these formative years...

Eleanor Angell

Eleanor Angell

Oct 5, 2010

Eleanor Daisy Pritchard Angell passed away October 5, 2010 at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls at the age of 89. She was born Oct. 12, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to George and Daisy Orril Huff Pritchard. When she was 6 months old, she moved with her parents to Los Angeles, California, where she grew up...

Audrey Byington

Audrey Byington

Oct 4, 2010

Audrey Mary Wheeler Byington, 80, of Ririe, passed away October 4, 2010, at her home in Ririe, Idaho, of natural causes. She was under the loving care of her family and Creekside Hospice. Audrey was born January 17, 1930, in Lower Poplar, Idaho, to Blaine Levi Wheeler and Doris Hennekens Wheeler. She grew up in Lower Poplar and graduated from...

Craig Ellingford

Craig Ellingford

Oct 4, 2010

Craig M. Ellingford, 63, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 4, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Craig was born August 28, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Mahlon W. Ellingford and Barbara Ellen McNeil Ellingford. He was a graduate of Idaho Falls High School. He attended Brigham Young University and Idaho State University. Craig married Cathryn Jane Harward...

Charles "Chuck" Bousquet

Charles "Chuck" Bousquet

Oct 1, 2010

Charles Eugene “Chuck” Bousquet, 80, of Idaho Falls and Ammon, passed away October 1, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to complications of COPD. He was born February 4, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Sylvio A. Bousquet and Amy Lee Simpson Bousquet, the oldest of four boys. He attended schools in the Springfield area and graduated from...

Lauren Franklin

Lauren Franklin

Oct 1, 2010

Lauren Elizabeth Franklin, 11, of Ammon passed away October 1, 2010, at her home due to complications of liver cancer. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Lauren was born September 21, 1999, in Bitburg, Germany, to Shawn David Franklin and Mary Jo Hoffman Franklin. She spent two years in Speicher, Germany, three years in Wichita Falls,...

Mary Taylor

Mary Taylor

Sep 29, 2010

Mary Ann Burdge Taylor, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 29, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born March 12, 1917 in Fairhaven, New Jersey to Howard Elijah Burdge and Elisabeth Reid Burdge. She graduated from Red Bank High School and went on the University of North Carolina, where she received her bachelor’s degree in teaching....

Carol Simpson

Carol Simpson

Sep 28, 2010

Carol Ann Simpson, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away on September 28, 2010, at her home of natural causes. Carol was born July 21, 1937, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Arthur Chester Edwards and Erma Viola Hincks Edwards. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. Carol married Dean Charles Simpson Sr. April 8, 1962, in Las Vegas, Nevada....