Obituaries

Aug 1, 2006

HOWARD D. BLACK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Howard Darwin Black, 79, of Idaho Falls, died July 31, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born February 27, 1927, at Blackfoot, Idaho, to Floyd Charles Black and Rose Lucinda Higginbotham Black. At the age of 2, his family moved to The Pahsimeroi Valley, Idaho where he lived until he...

Jul 29, 2006

CESAR RUIZ GARCIA IDAHO FALLS, ID - Cesar Ruiz Garcia, 22, of Dubois, passed away July 29, 2006, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born August 22, 1983, in Mexico, to Elio Ruiz and Elvira Garcia Ruiz. The family moved to Dubois in 1988 where he attended Clark County schools. He was active in sports and competed...

Jul 28, 2006

ELEDA FORBES MANILA, UTAH -- Eleda Elmina Wilde Forbes, 93, formerly of Idaho Falls, died July 27, 2006, at her home in Manila, Utah. She was born December 20, 1912, at Mink Creek, Idaho, to Lawrence Brown Wilde and Sophia Lenora Antonia Nielsen Wilde. In April of 1918, the family moved to Iona. She attended high school in Iona through...

Jul 28, 2006

IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Beloved husband, father, and son, Antonio Castaneda Hurtado, 43, of Idaho Falls, passed on peacefully July 27, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in an industrial accident. He was born February 19, 1963, at La Canãda, Michoacan, Mexico, to Onofre Castaneda and Rosario Hurtado. He grew up and attended schools there. At...

Jul 27, 2006

MINNIE C. HIGH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Minnie Estell Clements High, 82, of Idaho Falls, died July 26, 2006, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was born August 7, 1923, at Rexburg, Idaho, to George Washington Clements and Zella Cantwell Clements. The family later moved to Idaho Falls, where she attended Central High School. On April 27, 1946, she married...

Jul 27, 2006

Jul 26, 2006

ELIZABETH JEAN SUMMERS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Elizabeth Jean Summers, 38, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 25, 2006 at her home of complications of Type I Diabetes. She was born May 7, 1968, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to David Russell Bolton and Gail Joy Ryder Bolton. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Emerson and Hawthorne Elementary Schools,...

Jul 25, 2006

BOB SNARR IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Robert Barton “Bob” Snarr, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 24, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of congestive heart failure. He was born April 29, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Abner Wylie Snarr and Virginia Kathryn Coughlin (Croft) Snarr and was a lifelong resident of Bonneville County. He grew up...

Jul 25, 2006

VERA WALLACE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- On July 24, 2006, in Idaho Falls, Vera Summers Wallace passed away. We bid farewell to our dear mother, beloved grandmother, and cherished sister and friend. She was born October 2, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Joseph Newton Summers and Juanita May Bybee Summers. She grew up in Anaconda, Montana, and graduated from...

Jul 24, 2006

JUNE HARRIS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- June Panting Harris, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 23, 2006, at her home of cancer. She was under the care of Hospice Alliance. She was born July 29, 1917, in Soda Springs, Idaho, to Russell Milton Panting and Lettie Thirkill Panting. She grew up and attended schools in Soda Springs, graduating from...

Jul 21, 2006

BART J. DUENES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Bart J Duenes, 68, of Idaho Falls, died July 21, 2006 at his home. He was born December 22, 1937, in Atwood, Colorado, to Felix Duenes and Elena Luna Duenes. He attended schools in Atwood. He moved to Lewisville in 1957 where he worked for Ball Brothers in the potato industry. He married...

Jul 20, 2006

JACKIE GREENHALGH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jacqueline Florene "Jackie" Greenhalgh, 85, of Idaho Falls, died July 19, 2006 at Turtle & Crane Assisted Living Center. She was born July 15, 1921, at Eureka, Utah to William John Chivrell and Ada Ellen Mead Chivrell. The family moved to Idaho Falls, where she attended the Ammon High School. On November 24, 1937,...

Jul 19, 2006

GEORGE L. MILLER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- George LeRoy Miller, 60, of Idaho Falls, died July 19, 2006 at his home. He was born September 26, 1945, at Monterey, California to Garold Franklin Miller and Kay F. Malone Miller. For the past 30 years, he had resided in Idaho Falls. He worked as a realtor and had part ownership in...

Jul 17, 2006

FLOYD MARRIOTT MORRIS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Floyd Marriott Morris, 89 of Idaho Falls, Idaho died Saturday at Eastern Idaho Regional Hospital after a long illness. Morris was born in Marriott, Utah, December 23, 1916, and was the last survivor of nine children of John Russell Morris and Margaret Marriott, half sister of Willard Marriott, founder of the Marriott hotel...

Jul 17, 2006

LAVERL "TATE" GRAY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Laverl Pulley “Tate” Gray, 90, of Idaho Falls died July 16, 2006, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born January 5, 1916 in Lehi, Utah, to Arch Charles Gray and Theone Pulley Gray. He grew up in the York and Osgood areas and attended...

Jul 17, 2006

WILBUR OVIATT IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Wilbur Willis Oviatt, 73, of Idaho Falls, died July 17, 2006 his home. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice. He was born December 26, 1932, in East Smethport, Pennsylvania to Clinton Oviatt and Marie Cole Oviatt. He graduated in 1950 from Oil City High School in Pennsylvania. In 1972, he graduated from...

Jul 13, 2006

B. MAXINE SMITH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Billie Maxine Smith, 76, of Bountiful, Utah, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away July 12, 2006, at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. She was born December 19, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Barney Riggs Hinds and Lelia Ellen Neal Hinds. The family moved to Driggs, then Rexburg, Idaho, where she attended...

Jul 12, 2006

GEORGE A. FREUND IDAHO FALLS, ID -- After living a life that influenced those around him, George Adolf Freund of Idaho Falls, died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on July 9, 2006. He was 78. George was born August 6, 1927, in Vienna, Austria, to Hans Fritz Freund and Trude Goldmann Freund. His mother died in 1927 and...

Jul 11, 2006

LAURA B. TAYLOR IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Laura Mathilda Benson Taylor, 85, of Idaho Falls, died July 10, 2006, at her home from cancer. She was born January 4, 1921, in Moreland, Idaho, to Hans Andrew and Ida Adlinda England Benson. She grew up in Moreland, attending school there and graduating in May, 1939, from Moreland High School as a...

Jul 9, 2006

BERTHA ANDERSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Bertha Anderson, 81 died July 7, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 9, 1924, to Hans Peter Emil Anderson and Nellie Jane Textorious Anderson in Leamington, Utah. She was the ninth of 11 children. She grew up and attended schools in Leamington, Utah, graduating from Delta High School in...