Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Zola Denning

Zola Denning

Mar 3, 2007

ZOLA DENNING IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Zola Irma Denning, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 3, 2007, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehab of causes incident to age. She was born November 29, 1916, in Lund, Idaho, to Erastus Snow Hansen and Mary Sophia Jensen Hansen. She grew up and attended schools in the Idaho Falls area. She married...

Joseph (J. Leo) Cook

Joseph (J. Leo) Cook

Mar 3, 2007

J. LEO COOK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Joseph Leo “J. Leo” Cook, 85, of Idaho Falls, died March 3, 2007, at his home. He was born March 19, 1921, in Taylor, Idaho, to Stephen Joshua Cook and Clara Lillian Doty Cook. He attended schools in Taylor, Shelley, and Idaho Falls. He served as a Seaman 1st Class in the Navy...

Donald Winger

Donald Winger

Mar 1, 2007

DON WINGER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donald Lee Winger, 72, of Idaho Falls, died March 1, 2007, at his home of congestive heart failure. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. He was born June 5, 1934, in Moline, Illinois, to Earl Fredirick Winger and Lucy Olivia Handley Winger. He grew up and attended schools in...

Phyllis Seyfert

Phyllis Seyfert

Mar 1, 2007

PHYLLIS SEYFERT IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Phyllis Marie Oswald Seyfert, 79, of Idaho Falls, died March 1, 2007, at the Idaho Falls Health & Rehabilitation Center. She was born February 14, 1928, in Idaho Falls, to Phillip Fredrick Oswald and Lucille Andrus Oswald. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She continued...

Willis (Bill)  Brandon

Willis (Bill) Brandon

Feb 28, 2007

BILL BRANDON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Willis Elwood "Bill" Brandon, 85, of Idaho Falls, died February 28, 2007, at The Gables Assisted Living Center. He was born November 10, 1921, at Sweet, Idaho, to Audmer Lawrence Brandon and Mable Nellie Darrah Brandon. He grew up in the area and attended a one room schoolhouse. He later attended Hemphill Diesel School....

Karen Carlson

Karen Carlson

Feb 28, 2007

KAREN CARLSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Karen Jo Carlson, 60, of Idaho Falls, died February 28, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born August 16, 1946, at Nampa, Idaho, to Calvert LaGrand Carlson and Rosamond Bullock Carlson. Born prematurely and just 3 lbs. 3 oz. at birth, Karen was born without a hip, but you couldn't slow...

Dr. Peter Collins

Dr. Peter Collins

Feb 27, 2007

DR. PETER COLLINS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Dr. Peter J. Collins (Papa) beloved husband, father and grandfather left us early Tuesday February 27. He began his life in England, where he earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with an emphasis in Nuclear Physics. He came to the United States in 1970, where he enjoyed and cherished a twenty-five year career...

George Wehmann

George Wehmann

Feb 27, 2007

GEORGE WEHMANN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- George Wehmann, 81, long time resident and active community leader in the Idaho Falls area, passed away February 27, 2007. He was born August 8, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York. After moving to Central Point, Oregon, George served in the Navy during World War II. He married Lola June Cobleigh, his wife for 45...

Leroy Ekiss

Leroy Ekiss

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...

David Spaulding

David Spaulding

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...

Mark Hoover

Mark Hoover

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...

Charles (C.J.)  Hurst

Charles (C.J.) Hurst

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....

Ceola Marshall

Ceola Marshall

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,...

Nora Batt

Nora Batt

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...

Eleanor Mandel

Eleanor Mandel

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...

Gladys Erickson

Gladys Erickson

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...

Fred Ochi

Fred Ochi

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...

Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly

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...

Thomas Cooley

Thomas Cooley

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....

Josephine Conrad

Josephine Conrad

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...