Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Sarah Hill Cooper

Sarah Hill Cooper

Mar 13, 2006

SARAH MARIE COOPER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Sarah Marie Hill Cooper, 78, of Idaho Falls, died March 12, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born December 4, 1927, in Thornton, Idaho, to Robert Painter Hill and Hazel Manila Thomason Hill. She was raised in the Thornton area and attended schools in Rexburg. She graduated...

Don Moore

Don Moore

Mar 13, 2006

DON MOORE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Don Lee Moore, 62, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 13, 2006, at his home of cancer. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born September 16, 1943, in Idaho Falls, to Ross G. Moore and Martha Amy Ball Moore. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Hawthorne...

Leland Johnson

Leland Johnson

Mar 11, 2006

LELAND (PETE) JOHNSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - Leland Joseph Johnson, 79, longtime Shelley resident, died March 11, 2006 at the home of his daughter in Shelley from kidney failure. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born April 12, 1926, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to George Waldamer Johnson and Ethel Leona Stoddard Johnson. He attended...

Mary "Pat" Clousing

Mary "Pat" Clousing

Mar 10, 2006

PAT CLOUSING IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Mary Patricia “Pat” Clousing, 71, of Idaho Falls, died March 9, 2006, at her home. She was born June 14, 1934, in Rockford, Illinois, to Harry Francis Beyer and Maryn Elizabeth Swauger Beyer. She grew up in Illinois and graduated from East High School. She attended Rio Hondo College in Whittier, California, where she...

Irene Sauer Hansen

Irene Sauer Hansen

Mar 10, 2006

IRENE K. HANSEN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Irene K. Hansen, 84, of Idaho Falls, was called home to be reunited with her family on March 9, 2006. She was born December 7, 1921, in Bryon, Wyoming, to George John Sauer and Mary Katheriene Henery Sauer. Her parents imigrated from Russia in the late 1800's. They worked as farm laborers in...

Shirley Thomas Ashworth

Shirley Thomas Ashworth

Mar 9, 2006

SHIRLEY ASHWORTH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Shirley Ashworth, 79, died March 7, 2006, in Boise, Idaho. Shirley Jayne Thomas was born July 22, 1926, in Greenville, Utah, to Sarah Esther Barton Thomas and Richard Rees Thomas. She had three brothers and six sisters. She attended Belnap Grade School and Beaver High School, in Beaver, Utah. As a child she enjoyed...

Harry Jones

Harry Jones

Mar 9, 2006

HARRY E. JONES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Harry Eugene Jones, 64, of Idaho Falls, died March 5, 2006, at Life Care Center. He was born January 14, 1942 in Idaho Falls. He has lived in Idaho Falls all of his life. He worked at dairies milking cows and also as a handy man. He enjoyed going fishing, being with his...

Gladys Wilkins

Gladys Wilkins

Mar 9, 2006

GLADYS WILKINS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Gladys Barnes Crofts Wilkins, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 8, 2006, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born May 6, 1914, in Shelton, Idaho, to Thomas Hillman Barnes and Mary Ellen Cleverly Barnes. She grew up in Shelton, where she attended Buck School, then attended Idaho Falls High School and graduated...

Afton Harker Scoresby

Afton Harker Scoresby

Mar 7, 2006

AFTON SCORESBY IDAHO FALLS, ID - Afton Louise Harker Scoresby, 74, of Iona, died March 6, 2006, at East Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born March 24, 1931, in Shelley, Idaho, to Benjamin Ernest Harker and Anna Elizabeth Pehrson Harker. She attended Stanton School through eighth grade and graduated from Shelley High School. She has lived in the Idaho...

Greenland Simpson

Greenland Simpson

Mar 6, 2006

GREENLAND C. SIMPSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Greenland Cadman Simpson, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 6, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 15, 1920, in Winter Quarters, Utah, to George Henry Simpson and Annie Elizabeth Knecht Simpson. He spent his early years in Salt Lake City and attended Webster Elementary, then moved with...

Dorothy Pearce Prestwich

Dorothy Pearce Prestwich

Mar 6, 2006

DOROTHY PRESTWICH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Dorothy Luella Pearce Prestwich, 94, of Lincoln, passed away March 4, 2006, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehab of natural causes. She was born January 15, 1912, in Parker, Idaho, to Thomas Joseph Pearce and Harriet Amanda Loveland Pearce. When she was three years old the family moved to Dehlin, later moving to Iona....

Walter "Charlie" Davis

Walter "Charlie" Davis

Mar 6, 2006

CHARLIE DAVIS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Our father, Walter Charles “Charlie” Davis, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2006, at his home, comforted with his family by his side. Dad was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on September 15, 1937, to Walter C. Davis and Ann Pesoto Davis, from Idaho and Minnesota, respectively. Upon arriving into this world he was greeted by...

Levi Higbee

Levi Higbee

Mar 6, 2006

LEVI HIGBEE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Levi Robert Higbee, 8 months, our jumping baby boy, passed away March 4, 2006, at his home. Levi loved to jump in his saucer more than anything else. He was born a twin to his older sister, Lacey Kay Higbee, and as a younger brother to Taylor Christian Watson. Levi and Lacey said hello...

Carol Bennett

Carol Bennett

Mar 4, 2006

CAROL N. BENNETT IDAHO FALLS, ID - Carol Neeley Bennett, 87, died March 3, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls following complications from a fall. Carol was born January 8, 1919, in a log house in the little farming community of Riverdale, Idaho, ten miles north of Preston, to Orville and Laura Alida Peterson Neeley. She...

Ivon Russell

Ivon Russell

Mar 4, 2006

IVOL F. RUSSELL IDAHO FALLS, ID - Ivol Ferrele Russell, 78, of Idaho Falls, died March 4, 2006, at his home. He was born July 10, 1927, in Shelley, Idaho, to John Wesley Russell, Jr. and Ruth Chilson Covert Russell. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School, and served in the U. S. Navy from November 1944 to July 1948...

Wayne Sawyer, Jr

Wayne Sawyer, Jr

Mar 4, 2006

WAYNE SAWYER, JR. Wayne Elvin Sawyer, Jr., 60, of Idaho Falls, died March 4, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born August 5, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Wayne E. Sawyer, Sr. and Ivaloo Thompson Sawyer. He attended schools in Idaho Falls. He received his GED while serving in...

Scyril "Tex" Hamberlin

Scyril "Tex" Hamberlin

Mar 4, 2006

TEX HAMBERLIN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Scyril Berwis “Tex” Hamberlin, 91, longtime resident of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday March 2, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by family. Scyril was born October 28, 1914, in Kelsey, Texas to Victor Carl and Effie Lavinia Irwin Hamberlin. At the age of 12 he “hobo-ed” from Texas to Idaho and...

Faye Ward

Faye Ward

Feb 27, 2006

FAYE C. WARD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Faye Chaffin Ward, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away February 27, 2006, at her home of natural causes. Faye was born November 3, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Carlyle Chaffin and Erma Olivia Waldrum Chaffin. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. Faye and Charles Kent Ward were married June...

Ruth Breed Hanson

Ruth Breed Hanson

Feb 24, 2006

MARY B. HANSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ruth Mary Breed Hanson ,80, of Gibbonsville, passed away February 23, 2006, at Good Samaritan Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.. She was born May 31, 1925, in Port Orchard , Washington, to John Locke Breed and Mildred Elizabeth Stacey Breed. She grew up...

Diego Vasquez-Contreras

Diego Vasquez-Contreras

Feb 23, 2006

DIEGO VASQUEZ-CONTRERAS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Diego Manuel Vasquez-Contreras, infant son of Manuel Miguel Vasquez and Mary Dolores Contreras, was stillborn February 18, 2006, in Idaho Falls. Surviving are: Mother: Mary Contreras of Idaho Falls, ID Father: Manuel Vasquez of Idaho Falls, ID Sister: Eliza Contreras of Idaho Falls, ID Grandmother: Helen Contreras Great Grandfather: Frank Contreras, Sr. He was...