Obituaries

Dec 26, 2010

Harriet Ellen Sommer Carlson, 95, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 26, 2010 at Fairwinds Retirement Community. Ellen was born September 17, 1915, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Edward Sommer and Alice Ethel Hendricks Sommer. She attended public schools in Hibbard and Rexburg. She obtained an Associate Degree from Ricks College. She married Alfred Holley Carlson on March 3, 1939...

Dec 25, 2010

Alta Mavis Ashliman Pickett, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 25, 2010, at her home of natural causes. Mavis was born November 30, 1927, in Logan, Utah, to Eldon Ashliman and Alta Clark Ashliman. She attended Idaho Falls High School. She has lived most of her 83 years in Idaho Falls and surrounding areas. She married Meade Doyle...

Dec 25, 2010

Marshall D. Rapp, 86, passed away Christmas Day, December 25, 2010, at Mountain Valley Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Marshall was born Friday, June 13, 1924, in Grace, Idaho, to LeRoy Arthur Rapp and Vada Durrant Rapp. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School and joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. He worked as a motor machinist first...

Dec 24, 2010

Esther Cottle Mathews, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 24, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of causes incident to age. Esther was born August 6, 1918, in Menan, Idaho. Her parents, William Stephen Cottle and Elizabeth (Rawson) Cottle, were very exceptional people. They taught by example as well as precept, giving love and understanding and all other...

Dec 23, 2010

Victor Eugene Stoddart, 79, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2010, at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. He was born February 7, 1931, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Roland Victor Stoddart and Vera Lucille Ball Stoddart. He attended schools in Idaho Falls and Great Falls, Montana. He served in the U.S. Air Force. On...

Dec 23, 2010

Michael Larry Lloyd, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Michael was born November 9, 1941, in American Falls, Idaho, to Fenton H. Lloyd and Bernice N. Draper Lloyd. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and lived in Idaho Falls most of his life. He served...

Dec 23, 2010

Beulah Janiemay Walton Cave Banning Stary, 99, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2010 at Life Care Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Beulah was born December 5, 1911, in Yankton, South Dakota, to Clarence Sylvester Walton and Ora Valentine Lentz Walton. She attended school in a one-room school house educated through the sixth grade. She married Ernest J....

Dec 22, 2010

DuWayne LeRoy “Benny” Goodwin, 91, passed away December 22, 2010, at Mountain Valley Assisted Living in Ammon. Benny was born May 18, 1919, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Alvin Leroy Goodwin and Hazel Hemenway Goodwin. He attended Central Jr. High School and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He continued his education at Idaho State University, Utah State University, the University...

Dec 22, 2010

Barbara Eleanor Grant Finn, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 22, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from a lingering illness. Barbara was born April 6, 1934 in Idaho Falls, ID to Clarence Edwin Grant and Mary Lucille Longhurst Grant. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She was...

Dec 21, 2010

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Aaron Blake Egan, 28, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 21, 2010 from a trucking accident in Ohio. Aaron was born May 5, 1982 in Idaho Falls, ID to David Egan and Alysia Byington Egan. He grew up in the area and attended schools there. He graduated from Jefferson Alternative High...

Dec 18, 2010

Dolores Ann "Dee" Foreman Sanda, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully December 18, 2010, at her home, of natural causes. Dee was born October 31, 1941, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles Leonard Foreman and Margaret Dolores McCleary Foreman. She grew up in Baltimore and attended St. Andrew's Elementary and St. Andrew's Commercial School. She married Joel R. Sanda...

Dec 18, 2010

Wendell Humphries, 85, passed away, December 18, 2010, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center of natural causes. He was under the care of Creekside Home Health and Hospice. Wendell was born March 11, 1925, in Shelley, Idaho, to Harold Humphries and Ora May Chaffin Humphries. He grew up and attended schools in the Shelley area until he was drafted...

Dec 18, 2010

Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Robert LeRoy Rasmussen, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 18, 2010, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehab Center of natural causes. LeRoy was born June 20, 1919, in Coltman, Idaho, to George Henry Rasmussen and Rose Smith Rasmussen. He attended school in Coltman and graduated from Ucon High School. He lived most of...

Dec 17, 2010

Nona Woolf Tavares, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2010, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Nona was born November 18, 1927, in Grover, Wyoming, to Martin LeRoy Bee and Louisa Welchman Bee. She attended schools in Grover and Idaho Falls High School. Nona married her first love, Lloyd Hales. She later married Wade Woolf July 23, 1951,...

Dec 17, 2010

Our precious mother, grandmother, and sister, Beverly White Packer, age 80, former longtime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2010, at her home in Alpine, Utah, of natural causes. Beverly was born March 27, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Wesley White and Effie Myrle Miller White. She grew up in Idaho Falls, attended Eastside Elementary and...

Dec 17, 2010

Troy Joseph Tranter, 49, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away December 17, 2010, while on a work related trip in Nevada. Troy was born April 11, 1961, in Mobile, Alabama, to Bryce Laverne Tranter and Marcella Jean Adams Tranter. He grew up in Tombstone, Arizona, and Flippin, Arkansas, where he attended schools and graduated from high school. Troy married Rhonda...

Dec 16, 2010

Thomas Speziale, 62, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 16, 2010, at his home. He was born July 2, 1948, in Dunkirk, New York to Charles C. Speziale and Anita Phyllis Bennice Speziale. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Dunkirk High School. He continued his education at the State University of New York at Fredonia...

Dec 15, 2010

Eleanor Muriel June Walters, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 15, 2010, at Mount Vernon Assisted Living Center following a stroke. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Eleanor was born June 2, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Sven "Sam" and Gitlaug "Gail" Stensland Serigstad. She attended schools in Minneapolis and graduated from South High...

Dec 15, 2010

Virginia E. Jeppesen Fry, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 15, 2010 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Virginia was born September 7, 1935 in Geary, Oklahoma, to Henry Calvin Evans and Floriene Blake Evans. She graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg, Idaho. She married LeRoy Jeppesen on December 16, 1953 in Rexburg, Idaho. They were later...

Dec 13, 2010

Lester John Allred, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 13, 2010 at Parkwood Meadows. Les was born August 7, 1916, at Lee Creek, nine miles west of Leadore, Idaho, to Milford Allred and Olive Reddington Allred. He attended public schools in Leadore. He married Wanda Lucille Hancock on August 8, 1936 in Salmon, Idaho. They made their home in...