Obituaries

Jul 30, 2007

ERNEST "TOBE" SMITH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ernest Junior Smith, 83, of Idaho Falls, died July 30, 2007, at Life Care Center. He was born October 27, 1923, at Fishhaven, Idaho, to Earnest Raymond Smith and Myrtle Winnifred Christensen Smith. He was raised and worked on a farm. He attended schools in the area, graduating from Fielding High School in...

Jul 30, 2007

JAMES A. SCHRADER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- James Arthur (Jim) Schrader, 73, passed away on the afternoon of July 30, 2007, in Idaho Falls Idaho. He was born March 28, 1934, in Waupaca, Wisconsin, to Elmer and Helen Schrader. He was the middle of three sons, older brother Richard of Waupun, Wisconsin and a younger brother, Lloyd. His early years...

Jul 29, 2007

MARJORIE E. BUCHANAN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Marjorie E. Buchanan ,87, died peacefully early Sunday morning, July 29, 2007, as the sun was rising at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Marjorie was born February 13, 1920, to Fern Curtis Evans and Lamar S. Evans in Provo, Utah. She attended school in Provo, Utah, and later attended BYU for a couple...

Jul 27, 2007

VERNON JESSEN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Vernon Roger Jessen, 63, of Roberts, died July 27, 2007, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born July 22, 1944, in Idaho Falls, to Herman Henry Jessen and Nihla Kunz Jessen. On June 11, 1974, he married Norma Jean Degelbeck. He worked as a crane...

Jul 26, 2007

GLEN BITTER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Glen Lamar Bitter, 77, of Idaho Falls, died July 26, 2007, at Life Care Center of brain cancer. He was born June 16, 1930 in American Fork, Utah to Lee Ericksen Bitter and Lois Pearl Oler Bitter. He attended schools in Idaho Falls. He resided in Idaho Falls, Blackfoot and Arco, Idaho where he...

Jul 26, 2007

MILLIE SHIPP IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Mildred “Millie” Elizabeth James Shipp, 67, of Idaho Falls, died July 26, 2007, at her home. She was born September 19, 1939, in Hailey, Idaho, to Rex William James and Stella Ina Sisiam James. She attended Hailey Elementary and graduated from Hailey High School. She attended a year at Ricks College. She married LeRoy...

Jul 26, 2007

BILL STOKES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Shirley Wixom "Bill" Stokes, 80, of Ammon, died July 26, 2007, at his home. He was born August 17, 1926, at Franklin, Idaho, to Wilford Stokes and Ella Nora Wixom Stokes. He attended schools in Franklin and graduated from Preston High School. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as...

Jul 24, 2007

DONNA CROFT IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donna Louise Croft, 84, of Ammon, died July 24, 2007, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born December 6, 1922, at Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Eli Arnold Wadsworth and Sarah Ann Humphreys Wadsworth. The family moved to Chinock, Montana, where she attended school. Following her graduation from high school, she attended...

Jul 22, 2007

DENESE HIGHTOWER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Shirley Denese Hightower, 77, of Idaho Falls, died July 22, 2007, at home of Alzheimer’s Disease. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born April 7, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Percy B. Coburn and Annie McIntyre Coburn. She attended Eagle Rock Jr. High and Idaho Falls High...

Jul 22, 2007

JEAN HAMMON RIRIE, ID -- Jean Harris Hammon, 75, of Ririe, Idaho, died July 22, 2007, at her home. She was born February 27, 1932, to her parents, Arthur Chase Harris and Verna Mae Layman Harris. She grew up and attended schools in the Ririe area. She married Donald Roy Hammon April 27, 1950. Currently they live outside of Ririe....

Jul 21, 2007

DONALD R. MONSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donald Ralphs Monson, 77, passed away July 21, 2007 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls of natural causes. He was born April 2, 1928 in Glendale, California, to Stanley Thomas Monson and Verde Marion Ralphs Monson. He lived most of his life in the Glendale and Burbank, California, areas. He served in...

Jul 21, 2007

JOE MAYEDA IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Tsuyoshi Joe Mayeda, longtime area farmer, passed away July 21, 2007. Joe was born February 16, 1926, in Idaho Falls, and lived his whole life in Idaho Falls. He graduated from Iona High School in 1944. He served in the U. S. Army from 1944 to 1946. Upon his return he helped farm the...

Jul 21, 2007

LEANNA ROWAN CLACKAMAS, OR -- Leanna Ruth Ritter Rowan, 66, passed away July 21, 2007, in Clackamas, Oregon, from complications following a stroke. She was born April 25, 1941, to Clyde W. Ritter and Ardith M. Durrant Ritter. She was the oldest of nine children, seven girls and two boys. Leanna married Ralph Leroy Rowan November 6, 1957, in Ririe,...

Jul 20, 2007

NATHAN NEIWERT IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Nathan Ray Neiwert, 31, of Idaho Falls, died July 20, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 17, 1976, in Burley, Idaho, to John and Marilyn Hogg Neiwert. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Minico High School. On March 25, 1999, he married Jillea Robinson...

Jul 20, 2007

WALT HUNTER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Walter Clarence “Walt” Hunter, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 20, 2007, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehab Center of natural causes. He was born August 4, 1919, in Rigby, Idaho, to Clarence Bingham Hunter and Rachel Cecilia Beckstrand Hunter. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. He served in the...

Jul 18, 2007

KATHI ISAACS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Katherine Denice “Kathi” Welch Isaacs, 40, of Shelley, passed away July 18, 2007, at her home. She was born March 3, 1967, in Stanton, California, to Ross C. Jenkins and Evelyn Denice Barrie Jenkins. She grew up in Ucon and attended Ucon Elementary School. She graduated from Bonneville High School. She married Frank Larry...

Jul 18, 2007

EVELYN BARRIE UCON, ID -- Evelyn Davenport Barrie, 88, of Ucon, passed away July 18, 2007, at her daughter’s home of causes incident to age. She was under the care of Idaho Home Health & Hospice. She was born April 17, 1919, in Woodville, Idaho, to Ezra Sperry Davenport and Martha Arminta Higley Davenport. She grew up in Woodville and...

Jul 17, 2007

FERDINAND JAUSSI IDAHO FALLS, ID --Ferdinand Gottfried Jaussi, age 90, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, in Orem, Utah. He was born March 31, 1917, in Paris, Idaho, the eldest child of Gottfried Jaussi and Susanna Schlunegger Jaussi converts to the LDS Church and immigrants from Switzerland. He was a long-time resident of Idaho Falls and in 2003, relocated to the...

Jul 17, 2007

Jul 16, 2007

LOIS G. MOLEN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Lois Goodsell Molen, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 16, 2007, at her home after a nine year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born October 4, 1927, in Logan, Utah, to Dean C. Goodsell and Ivy Rose Madsen Goodsell. She...