Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Luther Jones

Luther Jones

Mar 19, 2008

LUKE JONES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Luther Handley Jones, 83, of Idaho Falls, died March 19, 2008, at Syringa House. He was born February 21, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Luther Harrison Jones and Ruby Margaret Potter Jones. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. He was a First Lieutenant in...

Eleanor Mehas

Eleanor Mehas

Mar 17, 2008

ELEANOR MEHAS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Eleanor Mehas, 94, of Idaho Falls, died March 17, 2008,at Life Care Center in Ammon of causes incident to age. She was born November 1, 1913, in Manchester, New Hampshire, to Peter Dragatoulis and Peggy Jimiejelis Dragatoulis. Her father died when she was nine months old; years later her mother remarried Peter Copanas. In...

John Kinney

John Kinney

Mar 17, 2008

JOHN KINNEY Click here to view video of John's life IDAHO FALLS, ID -- John Valentine Kinney, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 17, 2008, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born June 18, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Sid Kinney and Afton Black Kinney. The family soon...

Yordis Wilding

Yordis Wilding

Mar 16, 2008

YORDIS WILDING IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Yordis Ida Marie Holmstrom Wilding, 95, died March 16, 2008, at Lily and Syringa Assisted Living Center. She was born December 6, 1912, in Stockholm, Sweden, to Alben Bernard Holmstrom and Elin Fredrika Brinck Holmstrom. At the age of five she immigrated with her mother and three brothers to the United States in November,...

Sylner Bergeman

Sylner Bergeman

Mar 16, 2008

SYLNER BERGEMAN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Sylner “Sy” Bergeman, 95, of Idaho Falls, died March 16, 2008, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. He was born April 10, 1912, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, to Julus E. and Emma Bergeman. He attended school in the area. He married Bethine Claire Huff in 1961. They made their home in Chico, California,...

Milton Kelley

Milton Kelley

Mar 16, 2008

JAY KELLEY IONA, ID -- Milton Jay Kelley, 85, of Iona, passed away March 16, 2008, at Life Care Center of complications of surgery. He was born February 26, 1923, in Shelley, Idaho, to Milton John Kelley and Caroline Jensen Kelley. He grew up and attended schools in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School. He served in the U....

Macy Reed

Macy Reed

Mar 15, 2008

MACY RAE REED IDAHO FALLS, ID -- On Saturday, March 15, 2008, our little ray of sunshine went to heaven to be with her Heavenly Father. Macy Rae Reed was born December 3, 2002, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Michael “Barty” and Holly Meuleman Reed. Macy loved and adored her big brother, Eric, “Erico.” She was his little “Tuttie.” She...

F. Scott Gilman

F. Scott Gilman

Mar 15, 2008

SCOTT GILMAN Click here to view a video of Scott's life IDAHO FALLS, ID -- F. Scott Gilman, 74, of Idaho Falls, died March 15, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born March 27, 1933, in Juneau, Alaska, to Frederick Joseph Gilman and Edna Elizabeth Roop Gilman. He served in the US Navy as an aviator during...

Bethine Bergeman

Bethine Bergeman

Mar 13, 2008

BETHINE BERGEMAN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Bethine C. Huff Bergeman, 94, of Idaho Falls, died March 13, 2008, at Life Care Center of causes incident to age. She was born November 16, 1913, in Nebraska, where she grew up and attended schools. She served her country in the U. S. Navy during World War II. In 1961, she married Sylner...

George Hadley

George Hadley

Mar 12, 2008

GEORGE HADLEY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- George William Hadley, 77, of Idaho Falls, died March 12, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1930, in Brownsville, Texas, to Noah Pearson Hadley and Ethel Johnson Hadley. He attended schools in Brownsville; Filer, Idaho; and Twin Falls, Idaho. He served in the U. S. Navy as a...

Bette Staten

Bette Staten

Mar 11, 2008

BETTE STATEN Click here to view a video of Bette's life IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Bette Ruth Rapp Staten, 82, died March 11, 2008, at Mount Vernon Assisted Living Center of causes incident to age. Bette was born February 18, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to LeRoy Arthur Rapp and Vada Heiner Durrant Rapp. She attended schools in the Idaho...

Helen Scheets

Helen Scheets

Mar 8, 2008

HELEN SCHEETS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Helen Leah Reed Scheets, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 8, 2008, at her home. She was born August 14, 1923 in Ririe, Idaho, to Freeman Reed and Lula Yearsley Reed. She attended local schools and graduated from Rigby High School. She received her teaching degree from Ricks College and taught elementary school...

Norma Bates

Norma Bates

Mar 7, 2008

NORMA BATES Click here to view a video of Norma's life IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Norma Jean Bates, 84, of Idaho Falls, died March 7, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born May 16, 1923 in Logan, Utah, to Roy Harvey Heileson and Inez Elizabeth Nixon Heileson. She was the second of six siblings. She married Claud...

Ruth Westergard

Ruth Westergard

Mar 6, 2008

RUTH TRACY WESTERGARD Click here to view video of Ruth's Life IONA, ID -- Ruth Schwieder Tracy Westergard passed away peacefully at her home in Iona on March 6, 2008, surrounded by her family, who all love her very much. Ruth was born June 9, 1917, in a home built by her father in Idaho Falls, the fifth child of...

Elizabeth Lawyer

Elizabeth Lawyer

Mar 6, 2008

BETTY LAWYER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Elizabeth Helen "Betty" Lawyer, 78, of Idaho Falls, died March 6, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a lingering illness. She was born April 5, 1929, in Barnard, Maine, to Frank Rankin and Helen Elizabeth Hagen Rankin. She graduated from Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. On November 25, 1956, she married Franklin...

Dan Arnold

Dan Arnold

Mar 6, 2008

DAN ARNOLD Click here to view a video of Dan's life IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Dan Norman Arnold, 85, of Idaho Falls, died March 6, 2008, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello, Idaho. Dan was born May 11, 1922, in Ogden, Utah, to Anthony and Edith Arnold. He graduated from Ogden High School He then attended Weber College...

Marvin Virgil

Marvin Virgil

Mar 5, 2008

MARVIN VIRGIL Please click here to view a video of Marvin's life IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Marvin Lee Virgil, 63, of Ammon, died March 5, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born February 13, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ira Randle Virgil and Bertha Viola Stauffer Virgil. He grew up and attended schools in the area,...

Patrick Chester

Patrick Chester

Mar 5, 2008

PATRICK CHESTER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Patrick Allen Chester, 37, of Idaho Falls, died March 5, 2008, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehabilitation Center. He was born November 16, 1970, in Boise, Idaho, to Richard Allen Chester and Melinda Kay Briggs Chester. His family moved to Idaho Falls, where he attended Skyline High School. On July 25, 1998, he married...

Jean Flamm

Jean Flamm

Mar 2, 2008

JEAN FLAMM IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jean Flamm, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 2, 2008, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living Center. She was born December 5, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to William J. Hammer and Dora May Denning Hammer. She attended schools in the Idaho Falls area. She married Caleb "Buzz" Flamm April 2, 1990, in Elko,...

Linda Thomas

Linda Thomas

Mar 2, 2008

LINDA MARIE THOMAS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Linda Marie Gunter Thomas, 63, died March 2, 2008, of cancer at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born March 29, 1944, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Udell Albert Gunter and Helen Marie Herman Gunter. She graduated from Twin Falls High School and attended the University of Idaho. She married James...