Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Inez Brown

Inez Brown

Feb 6, 2006

INEZ BROWN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Inez Mable Coons Brown, 91, died February 2, 2006, at the Rexburg Nursing Center. She was born January 1, 1915, in Torrington, Wyoming, to Wesley Marion and Mary Etta Coons. She attended grade school at Watson Valley School, a country school, and graduated from Torrington High School in 1933. On February 27, 1935, she...

Victoria Koster

Victoria Koster

Feb 6, 2006

VICTORIA KOSTER BOISE, ID -- Victoria Lurus Koster, 85, of Boise, passed away February 4, 2006, at her home of throat cancer. She was born August 10, 1920, in Manchester, New Hampshire, to Lambrou Dagovanis and Vasilike Rodanas Dagovanis. Her father passed away when she was a child and she was raised by her mother and adopted father, Vasilike and...

Oneida "Nita" Juhnke Godwin

Oneida "Nita" Juhnke Godwin

Feb 2, 2006

NITA GODWIN SHELLEY, ID -- Oneida Lyvonne “Nita” Juhnke Godwin, 80, of Shelley, passed away February 1, 2006, at her home of natural causes. She was born May 31, 1925, in Beach, North Dakota, to Otto F. Juhnke and Lettie G. Smith Juhnke. She grew up and attended schools in Clyde Park, Montana. She married Roy Lee Godwin September 1,...

Beulah Rosenkrance

Beulah Rosenkrance

Feb 2, 2006

BEULAH ROSENKRANCE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Beulah Leota Wolf Rosenkrance, 73, of Idaho Falls, died January 31, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 4, 1932, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Henry T. Wolf and Metta C. Samson Wolf. The family moved to Idaho Falls, where shegrew up and attended schools. She married Joseph Rosenkrance December 22,...

Juanita "Nita" Hayes

Juanita "Nita" Hayes

Feb 2, 2006

NITA HAYES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Juanita Joan “Nita” Hayes, 78, of Idaho Falls, died January 31, 2006, in her home of natural causes. Her family was with her. Nita was born May 23, 1927, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Orie W. Doan and Golda Wright Doan. She grew up and attended schools in Indianapolis, and it was there that she...

Willard Eldredge

Willard Eldredge

Feb 1, 2006

WILLARD ELDREDGE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Willard June Eldredge, 82, of Idaho Falls, died January 31, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born June 25, 1923, at Carey, Idaho, to Forest Howard Eldredge and Vivian Elizabeth Cross Eldredge. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Carey High School. He served as a Sergeant...

Lucille Painter

Lucille Painter

Jan 30, 2006

LUCILLE ROMNEY PAINTER 1907-2006 WEST JORDAN, UT -- On January 27, 2006, Lucille Romney Painter, 98, passed away at her daughter's home in West Jordan, Utah, from causes incident to aging. Lucille was born July 17, 1907, in Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico (one of the Mormon colonies) to Thomas Cottam and Lydia Ann Naegle Romney. Lucille met all of life's challenges...

Bruce Blackwell

Bruce Blackwell

Jan 30, 2006

BRUCE BLACKWELL RIGBY, ID -- Bruce Anthony Blackwell, 64, of Rigby, died January 28, 2006, of cancer at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. He was born April 24, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, to Carl Blackwell and Kathleen Gooday Blackwell. He grew up in Chicago and attended Tilden High School. He married Carol...

Fred Wright

Fred Wright

Jan 27, 2006

FRED J. WRIGHT IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Fred J. Wright, 74, of Idaho Falls, died January 26, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with acute leukemia. He was born September 20, 1931, in Shelley, Idaho, to Orice B. Wright and Zelda Williams Wright. He attended elementary school in Shelley. The family moved to Idaho Falls...

Eunice Cook

Eunice Cook

Jan 24, 2006

EUNICE COOK SALEM, OR -- Eunice Bitton Cook passed away peacefully January 22, 2006, at the age of 91 at her son’s home in Salem, Oregon, with her family at her side. She was born February 20, 1914, in Riverside, Idaho, to Louis and Zina Bitton. She had three brothers and grew up on a ranch in Chilly, Idaho. The...

Mildred Heston

Mildred Heston

Jan 21, 2006

MILDRED LUCILLE HESTON UCON, ID -- Mildred Lucille Heston, 86, of Ucon, went home to be with her Heavenly Father January 20, 2006. Her family was at her side. She was born November 20, 1919, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Frank Lawrence Travis and Lilly Caldwell Travis. She grew up and attended schools in the Idaho Falls area. She married...

Donna Mathiesen Guilford

Donna Mathiesen Guilford

Jan 20, 2006

DONNA GUILFORD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donna Gay Mathiesen Guilford, age 64, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 19, 2006, at her home of breast cancer. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born November 4, 1941, in Rawlins, Wyoming, to John Gordon Mathiesen and Rhoda Weller Mathiesen. She grew up and attended schools...

Marvin Nelson

Marvin Nelson

Jan 20, 2006

MARVIN EDMUND NELSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Marvin Edmond Nelson, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 18, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of heart failure. He was born February 13, 1927, in Idaho Falls, to Daniel Edmond Nelson and Iola Pearl Rhoades Nelson. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. He served in the U....

Virgil Dimick

Virgil Dimick

Jan 19, 2006

VIRGIL "DEAN" DIMICK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- On January 17, 2006, Virgil “Dean” Dimick passed away of natural causes while hunting geese on the American Falls Indian Reservation with his trustworthy black labs, Doc and KC, at his side. Although untimely, all who knew and loved Dean could not have written a better script for him to leave this life....

Carol Morrow

Carol Morrow

Jan 18, 2006

CAROL MORROW IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Carol La Nae Morrow, 66, of Idaho Falls, died January 17, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 25, 1939, in Idaho Falls, to Arthur Tennyson Morrow and Cora Etta Moore Morrow. She attended Emerson Elementary, Riverside Elementary, O. E. Bell Junior High and graduated from Idaho Falls High School....

George Thornock

George Thornock

Jan 16, 2006

GEORGE W. THORNOCK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- George Walter Thornock, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 15, 2006, at his home of lung cancer. He was born February 12, 1930, in Bloomington, Idaho, to David Earl Thornock and Sarah Quinton Thornock. He grew up and attended schools in Bloomington. He served as a Mechanic in the U. S. Army...

Margaret Kirkpatrick

Margaret Kirkpatrick

Jan 14, 2006

MARGARET KIRKPATRICK IDAHO FALLS, ID - Margaret Ann Brown Kirkpatrick, 77, longtime Idaho Falls resident, died January 12, 2006, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. She was born May 27, 1928, in Idaho Falls, to Charles Samuel Brown and Ibra Lisle Fox Brown. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended elementary and...

Margaret Blair Lopez

Margaret Blair Lopez

Jan 13, 2006

MARGARET LOPEZ IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Margaret JoAnn Blair Lopez, 48, of Idaho Falls, died January 12, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born August 18, 1957, in Idaho Falls, to Kenneth Blair and Margie Louise Dutton Montgomery. She attended Riverside Elementary, Central Junior High, and Skyline High School. She married Samuel Lopez in Idaho Falls. She...

Simon Martin

Simon Martin

Jan 11, 2006

SIMON S. MARTIN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Simon Spencer Martin, 60, of Idaho Falls, died January 10, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born November 23, 1945, at Idaho Falls, to Henry and Chloe Packer Martin. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School, and later attended the University of Idaho, where he received a Bachelors Degree in...

Norene Heaton Dixon

Norene Heaton Dixon

Jan 11, 2006

NORENE DIXON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Norene Harris Heaton Dixon, 81, died at Idaho Falls on January 10, 2006, at Riverview Care Facility, with her family by her side. She was born November 20, 1924, in Ririe, Idaho. She was the ninth and youngest child of Jonas Sinclair Heaton and Annie Jane Harris Heaton. Orphaned at the age of six,...