Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Tracy Barrus

Tracy Barrus

Dec 11, 2004

TRACY ANN BARRUS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- On December 10, 2004, Tracy Ann Barrus shed her mortal skin and passed on to a new life. She passed away at the home of her mother and stepfather, surrounded by her family. The cause of death was renal failure. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Tracy led a...

Ernest Hercher

Ernest Hercher

Dec 11, 2004

ERNEST A. HERCHER, SR. IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ernest Adam Hercher, 82, of Idaho Falls, died December 10, 2004, at the home of his daughter in Idaho Falls of renal failure. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born October 29, 1922, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Emil Maxmillian Hercher and Agnes Ruth Diemer Hercher....

Reva Gray

Reva Gray

Dec 9, 2004

REVA GRAY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Reva Arvesta Gray, 93, of Idaho Falls, died December 8, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 2, 1911 in Payette, Idaho, to Fernando A. Coulter and Lula Arvesta Mayfield Coulter. She grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from high school. She later received her...

Donald Miller

Donald Miller

Dec 9, 2004

DONALD MILLER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donald James Miller, 79, of Ammon, died December 6, 2004, at his home. He was born December 8, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, to John Miller and Oletta Kirian Miller. He grew up and attended schools in Toledo. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. On April 8, 1978, he married...

Mauree Call

Mauree Call

Dec 8, 2004

MAUREE CALL IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Mauree Marsden Call, age 47, passed away December 8, 2004, at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho from cancer. She was born January 17, 1957, in Provo, Utah. She is the daughter of J. Zane Marsden and Beth Marsden. Mauree grew up in Shelley (Taylor area) and graduated from Shelley High School in 1975,...

John Welker

John Welker

Dec 7, 2004

REX WELKER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- John Rex Welker, 77, of Idaho Falls, died December 6, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following complications of surgery. He was born May 31, 1927 in Salem, Idaho to Samuel Sylvester Welker and Sophrona Ricks Welker. He received most of his schooling in Rexburg. Following his graduation from high school, he joined...

Delbert Groberg

Delbert Groberg

Dec 6, 2004

DELBERT V. GROBERG IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Delbert V. Groberg, 98, passed away at home in Idaho Falls on December 5, 2004. He was born February 14, 1906, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Enoch and Maude Elizabeth Brunt Groberg. At age three, after the loss of both parents, he was welcomed into the home of his aunt and uncle,...

Wanda Shurtliff

Wanda Shurtliff

Dec 5, 2004

WANDA M. SHURTLIFF IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Wanda McGavin Shurtliff, 82, of Idaho Falls, died December 3, 2004, at her home. She was born March 12, 1922 at Thayne, Wyoming to George Gee McGavin and Hazel Jeanette Tanner McGavin. The family moved to Idaho Falls where she attended schools. Prior to her marriage, she worked at S. H. Kress Company...

Franklin Cunningham

Franklin Cunningham

Dec 5, 2004

FRANK CUNNINGHAM IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Franklin Cunningham, 76, of Idaho Falls, died December 3, 2004, at his home. He was born November 22, 1928, in Berkeley, California, to Frank Elliott Cunningham and Annie Quinn MacPheators Cunningham. He grew up and attended schools in Berkeley, then moved to Rock Springs, Wyoming. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1947,...

Reed Bloxham

Reed Bloxham

Dec 3, 2004

REED "CHUCK" BLOXHAM IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Reed Davis "Chuck" Bloxham, 79, of Idaho Falls, died December 2, 2004, at his home from cancer. He was born on August 16, 1925, in Downey, to Frederick Bloxham and Esther Jane Davis Bloxham. He was the youngest of ten children. His mother passed away when he was an infant and he was...

James Chandler

James Chandler

Dec 3, 2004

JAMES F. CHANDLER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- James Foster Chandler, 83, of Idaho Falls, died December 2, 2004, at his home. He was born January 28, 1921 in Rigby, to Arthur Reuel Chandler and Margaret Foster Chandler. He was the first son of seven children, He graduated from Rigby High School, then went on to attend Ricks College. On January...

Jeanne Brunson

Jeanne Brunson

Dec 3, 2004

JEANNE BRUNSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - Jeanne Allen Skelton Brunson, 77, of Idaho Falls, died December 1, 2004, at her home. She was born January 23, 1927, in Rexburg to Clyde Skelton and Alice Allen Skelton. She graduated from Madison High School and attended Idaho State University. On October 17, 1947, she married Stephen Lewis Brunson in Rexburg, Idaho. They...

Carl Leyse

Carl Leyse

Nov 30, 2004

CARL F. LEYSE IDAHO FALLS, ID - Carl F. Leyse, 87, of Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center with his family at his bedside. He was born February 11, 1917, in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, to Henry and Emilie Duescher Leyse. He grew up in Kewaunee and graduated from Kewaunee High School. As a...

Merle Sucher

Merle Sucher

Nov 30, 2004

MERLE SUCHER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Merle Hill Sucher, 88, of Idaho Falls, died November 28, 2004, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born August 4, 1916, in Farnum (near Ashton), Idaho, to Elmer Lucious Hill and Amplis Maud Kinder Hill. She grew...

Inez Founds Abbott

Inez Founds Abbott

Nov 30, 2004

INEZ ABBOTT ROY, UTAH -- Inez Elizabeth Founds Abbott, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away November 29, 2004, at Heritage Park Care Center in Roy, Utah, of causes incident to age. She was born August 30, 1908, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, to Maxwell Founds and Bertha May Grigsby Founds. When she was a toddler the family moved to Shelley, where...

Hannah Christensen

Hannah Christensen

Nov 29, 2004

HANNAH C. CHRISTENSEN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Hannah Cole Christensen, 100 years old, died Friday, November 26, 2004, at the home of her daughter on Egin Bench, near St. Anthony, Idaho. She was born April 16, 1904, at Treasureton, near Preston, Idaho, to John Alred Cole and Jane Millington Cole. She grew up and attended school in Treasureton. As a...

George Blacker

George Blacker

Nov 29, 2004

GEORGE BLACKER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- George Blacker, 85, of Idaho Falls, died November 27, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries due to a fall. He was born March 8, 1919, in Afton, Wyoming, to Thomas Blacker and Hettie Mae Wilkes Blacker. He grew up on a farm in Rupert, Idaho, and graduated from Rupert High School....

Walter Burt, Jr

Walter Burt, Jr

Nov 26, 2004

WALTER C. BURT, JR. IDAHO FALLS, ID - Walter Curtis Burt, 79, of Ririe, died November 24, 2004, at his home from natural causes. He was born July 20, 1925, in Logan, Utah, to Walter Curtis Burt, Sr. and Veda Malinda Miles Burt. His Dad passed away when he was eleven years old. His mother then married Morris J. Jordan...

Andrew Jorgensen

Andrew Jorgensen

Nov 26, 2004

ANDREW JORGENSEN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Andrew Lee Jorgensen, 79, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died November 25, 2004, at his home. He was born February 16, 1925, in Shelley, Idaho, to Andrew and Elsie Virginia Malcom Jorgensen. He attended schools in Shelley, Lincoln and Idaho Falls. During World War II, he served as a Staff Sergeant U. S. Army Air...

Pearl Gentle

Pearl Gentle

Nov 23, 2004

PEARL A. GENTLE IDAHO FALLS, ID - Pearl Aner Gentle, 85, former Idaho Falls resident, died November 19, 2004, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington. She was born March 29, 1919, in Harmony, Utah, to Moses Daniel Barney and Julia Aner Taylor Barney. She grew up and attended schools in Utah. She married Paul M. Gentle. They were...