Obituaries

Feb 27, 2007

LeROY EKISS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- LeRoy George Ekiss, 72, of Chubbuck, died February 27, 2007, at the Veterans Home in Pocatello. He was born February 6, 1935, in Oklahoma, to Emyel Grant Ekiss and Sallie Ann Ames Ekiss. He attended schools in Washington state, living there until the 1950's, then moving to Springfield, Idaho, then to Pocatello. He served...

Feb 25, 2007

DAVID SPAULDING IDAHO FALLS, ID -- David Phillip Spaulding, 48, of Idaho Falls, died February 25, 2007, at his home. He was born May 17, 1958, to Carol Spaulding in Farmington, New Mexico, and was raised by Carol and Ray K. Spaulding. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls, then later moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where...

Feb 25, 2007

MARK A. HOOVER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Mark Allan Hoover, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 25, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to heart failure. He was born March 18, 1937, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Harold Isaac and Lena May Katherman Hoover. He spent his younger years in Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Maryland, before...

Feb 23, 2007

CHARLES HURST IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Charles Jose “C.J.” Hurst, 53, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 23, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was under the care of Alpine Hospice. He was born February 16, 1954, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Jimmy Carl Hurst and Wilma May Benson Hurst. He attended O.E. Bell Jr....

Feb 23, 2007

CEOLA MARSHALL IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ceola Purcell Marshall, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 23, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of medical complications. She was born March 22, 1921, in Ammon, Idaho, to Lenard Joseph Purcell and Tillie Anna Blatter Purcell. She attended Ammon Elementary and Ammon High School. She married Dean Young Marshall February 28,...

Feb 19, 2007

NORA BATT REXBURG, ID -- Nora Maud Martin Batt, 85, of Rigby, died February 20, 2007, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. She was born on July 26, 1921, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Arthur Eugene Martin and Ella Jane Lords Martin. She grew up in the area and attended Osgood schools. On June 25, 1947, she married Melvin Lee...

Feb 19, 2007

ELEANOR MANDEL IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Eleanor Louise Mandel, 89, of Idaho Falls, died February 19, 2007, at her home. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born January 26, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois, to Aaron William Mandel and Eleanor Kahlofer Mandel. Her family owned one of Chicago's largest and busiest department stores during the...

Feb 18, 2007

GLADYS ERICKSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Gladys Mattson Erickson, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 18, 2007, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. Gladys was born May 12, 1915, at Hallock, Minnesota, to Fred and Anna Mattson. She married William A. “Bill” Erickson March 21, 1938, at Glasgow, Montana. During World War II they lived in Freehold, New Jersey, while...

Feb 18, 2007

FRED OCHI IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Fred Isao Ochi, an Idaho Landscape Artist and businessnman who recorded the history of Idaho in watercolor paintings for more than six decades, passed away February 18, 2007, at the home of his son. He was 93. Best known for his paintings of Idaho's red barns, Ochi could be seen with his easel and...

Feb 15, 2007

KURT KELLY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Richard Kurt Kelly, 45, died February 15, 2007, in Idaho Falls, as a result of the cumulative effects and complications of diabetes. Kurt was born June 25, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Richard Henry "Dick" Kelly and Ethel Vesta Ward Kelly. Kurt loved the outdoors. He camped, hiked and spent a lot of...

Feb 15, 2007

THOMAS COOLEY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Thomas Leonard Cooley, 53, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 15, 2007, at his home. He was born February 17, 1953, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Leonard Gibson Cooley and YaVonne Kathleen Postel Cooley. At age 4, the family moved to Kuna, Idaho where he attended Kuna grade schools and graduated from Meridian High School....

Feb 13, 2007

JO CONRAD POCATELLO, ID -- Josephine "Jo" Allen Conrad, 95, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away February 13, 2007, in Pocatello, Idaho, at the Quail Ridge Living Center. She was born February 5, 1912, in Alamo, Nevada, to Lafayette Collins Allen and Sabra Higbee Allen, the second in a family of ten children - six girls and...

Feb 13, 2007

JEAN RANDALL-SMITH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jean Collins Randall-Smith, 85, of Idaho Falls, died February 13, 2007, at her home. She was under the care of Aspen Hospice. She was born July 8, 1921, at Franklin, Idaho, to Edgar Collins and Elda Wilkinson Collins. She grew up and attended schools in the area. On April 15, 1938, she married Max...

Feb 11, 2007

VIVIAN MARRON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Vivian Ruth Marron, who moved to Idaho Falls with her family in 2005, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 11, 2007. Present at that time were her husband, Daniel, daughter, Catherine Heath and her husband, Charles Heath of Idaho Falls, Vivian’s grandson, Brian Heath of Pleasanton, California, granddaughter, Nicole Heath a student at San...

Feb 11, 2007

Biography

IONA, ID -- James Edward "Jim" Soliday, 64, of Iona, died February 11, 2007, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Jim was born September 27, 1942, in Connellsville, Pa., to Clarence Leroy Soliday and Mary Glenrose Kock Soliday. He grew up and attended schools in Pennsylvania. He moved to the Idaho...

Feb 9, 2007

ETHEL LOFTUS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ethel Wilcock Sparks Loftus, 90, of Idaho Falls, died at Life Care Center early in the afternoon, February 9, 2007, leaving the bonds of mortality and awaking to a glorious reunion with her husband, Frank, her parents, and all of the other relatives and old friends who have been waiting for her. Ethel was...

Feb 9, 2007

VERLA SORENSON IONA, ID -- Verla Willmore Sorenson, 83, of Iona, passed away at her home February 9, 2007, surrounded by her family. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Verla was born August 27, 1923, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Ephraim Willmore and Viola Rigby Willmore. She was the third of ten children. She grew up...

Feb 8, 2007

BRENT JACOBSEN IDAHO FALLS , ID -- Brent Neil Jacobsen passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 8, 2007, at his home in Idaho Falls at the age of 60. Son of Elmo Alvin Jacobsen and Frances Phyllis Pitts, Brent was born on August 23, 1946, in Heber City, Utah. He spent an idyllic childhood growing up in the Wasatch Mountains...

Feb 7, 2007

VERDA RICHARDS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Verda Richards, 84, of Idaho Falls, died February 7, 2007. At the sunrise of our life she was there. When we took our first steps she was there. When we fell, she was there to pick us up and kiss away all of our hurts. Home is where we would always find her. She...

Feb 7, 2007

DORENE TOLMAN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ellen Dorene Tolman, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 7, 2007 at her home of pancreatic cancer. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born May 11, 1929, in Monarch, Wyoming, to William Todd King and Ellen Sylvia Mattson King. She grew up in and graduated from...