Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Brent Turner

Brent Turner

Jul 31, 2009

BRENT TURNER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Brent L. Turner, 56, died July 2009 of unknown causes. He was born January 24, 1953, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Peg and Lin Turner. Brent grew up in Pocatello and lived most of his life in Idaho. He spent time working in California and Utah. At the age of 17, he met his wife...

Fern Chadwick

Fern Chadwick

Jul 30, 2009

FERN HUMBERGER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Fern Eaton Humberger Chadwick, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 30, 2009, at Lilly and Syringa Assisted Living Center. She was under the care of Creekside Hospice. She was born July 7, 1922 in Fairbury, Nebraska, to John Eaton and Minnie Huss Eaton. She married Robert "Bob" Humberger on October 17, 1940. He...

Mckenzie Hamilton

Mckenzie Hamilton

Jul 28, 2009

McKENZIE MAY HAMILTON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- McKenzie May Hamilton, infant daughter of Scott James Hamilton and Kasey May Birrell Hamilton, was stillborn July 28, 2009, at Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls. She will be missed by her parents, as well as her brother Nicholas James Hamilton, and her grandparents, Howard and Diana Birrell and Jim and Kara Hamilton....

John Gardner

John Gardner

Jul 26, 2009

JOHN GARDNER Click here to view John's Video Tribute MACKEY, ID -- John S. Gardner, 58, of Mackay, Idaho, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2009, at his cabin in Island Park from cardiac arrest. He was born on July 16, 1951, in Boise, Idaho. He is the son of Jack and LaVaun Gardner. He grew up in Idaho Falls and...

Edna Dursteler

Edna Dursteler

Jul 26, 2009

EDNA DURSTELER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Edna Dursteler, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 26, 2009, at Idaho Falls Care & Rehabilitation Center of causes incident to age. Edna was born September 6, 1912, in Teton City, Idaho, to George Albert Huskinson and Maida Inez Johnson Huskinson in her Great Grandmother Cloward's home. The family lived in a log...

Martin Portmann

Martin Portmann

Jul 26, 2009

PORT PORTMANN 6/26/24 - 7/28/09 IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Martin Ernest Portmann (Port), died peacefully in his sleep at 85 years of age on July 28th, 2009, under the caring staff at the Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. Port was born June 26, 1924, in St. Louis Missouri, to Sylvia and Anthony Portmann. He lived a full and active...

Marsha Egbert

Marsha Egbert

Jul 26, 2009

MARSHA TAPP IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Marsha Anne Tapp Egbert, 60, of Idaho Falls, died July 26, 2009, at her home. She was born October 30, 1948, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Luther Edward Tapp and Maxine Brown Tapp. She attended Riverside Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High, and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She married Darwin Lynn Egbert in...

Leona Grover

Leona Grover

Jul 25, 2009

LEONA GROVER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Leona Josephine Nelson Grover, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away at her daughter's home in Idaho Falls on July 25, 2009, from causes incident to age. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Leona was born March 13, 1916, in Marysville, Idaho, to James Clarence Nelson and Viola Agnes Thompson Nelson....

Eleanor Husted

Eleanor Husted

Jul 25, 2009

ELEANOR HUSTED IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Eleanor Filomena Husted, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 25, 2009, at Pinebrook Assisted Living. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born May 8, 1925 in San Pedro, California, to Luka John Alafetich and Jakomina Ann Kovacina Alafetich. She graduated form San Pedro High School and attended...

Velda Smith

Velda Smith

Jul 24, 2009

VELDA SMITH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Velda Faye Slaybaugh Smith, 94, of Irwin, passed away July 25, 2009, at Idaho Falls Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 8, 1915, in Santa Barbara, California, to James Salybaugh and Mary Delilah Brown Slaybaugh. She married Arnold B. Smith in 1964 in California. He preceded her in death. Velda opened her...

Lucille Taysom

Lucille Taysom

Jul 22, 2009

LUCILLE TAYSOM ST. ANTHONTY, ID -- Lucille Joyce Mitchell Taysom, 80, of St. Anthony, passed away at her home on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. She was under the care of Hospice Alliance. Lucille was born November 1, 1928 in Shelley, Idaho to Thomas James Mitchell and Clara Rose Beck Mitchell. Her mother died when she was seven years old and...

Vernice Orr

Vernice Orr

Jul 21, 2009

VERN ORR Click here to view Vern's Video Tribute IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO -- Vernice Leon Orr, 98, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 21, 2009, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born October 27, 1910, in Piney, Missouri to William E. Orr and Dessie Robertson Orr. The family moved...

Mary Blackson

Mary Blackson

Jul 21, 2009

MARY BLACKSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Mary Louise Parks Blackson, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 21, 2009, at Lincoln Court Retirement Center. Mary was the second of three daughters born to George and Elsie Riggle Parks on February 16, 1927, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. Mary graduated from Vandergrift High School in 1945, and soon after got a secretarial job....

Eva Buist

Eva Buist

Jul 21, 2009

EVA BUIST Click here to view Eva's Video Tribute IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Eva Orminda Buist, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 21, 2009, at the Rosetta Assisted Living Center. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born August 14, 1921, in Newton, Utah to Leonard Goodsell and Margaret Hansen Goodsell. She grew up...

Tasha Fawn Coulson

Tasha Fawn Coulson

Jul 21, 2009

TASHA COULSON IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO -- Tasha Lillie Fawn Coulson, daughter of Cynthia LeAnn Coulson, was stillborn on July 21, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Survivors are: Mother: Cynthia Coulson, Idaho Falls, ID Brother: Valkery Wade Coulson Folk, Idaho Falls, ID Grandmother: Elizabeth B. Coulson, Idaho Falls, ID She was preceded in death by her great grandparents, Clinton...

Helen Ogren

Helen Ogren

Jul 21, 2009

JOYCE OGREN AMMON, ID -- Helen Joyce Ogren, 71, of Ammon, died July 21, 2009, at The Gables Assisted Living Center. She was born May 28, 1938 in Vero Beach, Florida, to Leonard Howard and Helen Crocker Howard. She grew up and attended school in Vero Beach. She married Elton Earl "Al" Ogren on November 17, 1956 in Florida. They...

Wendy Humphrey

Wendy Humphrey

Jul 18, 2009

WENDY HUMPHREY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Wendy Lee Humphrey, 56, of Idaho Falls, died July 18, 2009, at her home after a long illness. She was under the care of Hospice Alliance. Wendy was born July 21, 1952, in Weiser, Idaho, to James Clark Humphrey and Esther Lydia McWherter Humphrey. She attended school in Montpelier, Idaho, through the 11th grade...

Frances Mack

Frances Mack

Jul 18, 2009

FRANCES MACK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Frances Kathie Mack 75, of Idaho Falls, died July 18, 2009 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born November 19, 1933, in Stockton, California, to Ralph Walter Steger and Bruna Olga Sartini Steger. She spent her childhood years in Stockton with her brother Frank. She met and married Thomas Mack in...

Charles Just

Charles Just

Jul 17, 2009

CHARLIE JUST Click here to view Charlie's Video Tribute IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Charles (Charlie) Just passed peacefully in his home after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family. Charlie was born October 29, 1927, to Alvin and Dora (Hilliard) Just in Presto, along the banks of the Blackfoot River, scion to one of the oldest ranching families in...

Michael Jacobsen

Michael Jacobsen

Jul 16, 2009

MIKE JACOBSEN Click here to view Mike's Video Tribute IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Michael Edward Jacobsen, 58, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Michael was born April 20, 1951, as the fourth child of Bill Jacobsen and Margaret Caroline Patton Jacobsen. From a young age, he was passionate about reading. While...