Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Ida Blower

Ida Blower

Apr 8, 2004

IDA BLOWER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ida Schow Blower, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 6, 2004, in Idaho Falls of heart failure. She was born August 21, 1919, at Dubois, Idaho, to Ira Michael Schow and Mary Elizabeth Bickmore Schow. The family moved to Brigham City, Utah, where she grew up and attended schools and graduated from high...

Karen Forbush

Karen Forbush

Apr 8, 2004

KAREN FORBUSH IDAHO FALLS, ID - Karen Forbush, 39, of Iona, passed away April 7, 2004, at the home of her mother and father-in-law after a valiant battle with ovarian cancer. She was born August 27, 1964, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Dale Lloyd Watson and Betty Joan Williams. When Karen was five, her mother married Dean Bowles, and she became...

Paula Crossley

Paula Crossley

Apr 8, 2004

PAULA CROSSLEY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Paula Dee Davis Crossley, 35, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 4, 2004, near Twin Falls, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born June 26, 1968, at Mount Edgecom, near Sitka, Alaska, to James Leslie Davis and Alice Elaine Darling Davis. The family later moved to Idaho Falls, where she grew...

Blane Holbrook

Blane Holbrook

Apr 6, 2004

BLANE W. HOLBROOK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Blane Wilkes Holbrook, 84, of Idaho Falls, died April 6, 2004, at Life Care Center. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born December 4, 1919, in Afton, Wyoming, to Joseph Lamoni Holbrook and Sarah Leola Wilkes Holbrook. He grew up and attended schools in Marysville and graduated...

Cheryl Clark

Cheryl Clark

Apr 6, 2004

SUZY CLARK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Cheryl Suzy Clark, 58, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 6, 2004, at Portneuf Valley Hospital & Rehab in Pocatello following a short illness. She was born October 2, 1945, in Boise, Idaho, to Ferris Hadley Clark and Viola Myrtle Reynwald Clark. She lived in Idaho Falls and attended the Ann Carlsen Crippled Children’s...

Karen Louk

Karen Louk

Apr 3, 2004

KAREN A. LOUK IDAHO FALLS, ID - Karen Arlene Smith Louk, 63, of Iona, passed away April 2, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from an extended illness. She was born January 10, 1941, in American Falls, Idaho, to Arthur John Smith and Emma Louise Dille Smith. She attended school in American Falls. She met Thomas Franklin Louk in...

Madge Jacobs

Madge Jacobs

Apr 2, 2004

MADGE A. JACOBS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Madge Artell Gneiting Jacobs, 86, of Coltman, died April 1, 2004, at her home under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born on March 14, 1918, to Abraham Gneiting, Jr. and Ada Mae Hicks Gneiting in their log home in Coltman, Idaho. She was the third of five children. She...

Clyde Burrows

Clyde Burrows

Apr 2, 2004

CLYDE M. BURROWS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Clyde Merle Burrows, 80, of Idaho Falls, died April 1, 2004, at his home. He was born August 12, 1923, in Rigby, Idaho, to Stephen Lewis Burrows and Ada May Fairweather Burrows. He attended Emerson Elementary, O.E. Bell Jr. High School and Idaho Falls High School. He was drafted into the U. S....

Buddy Allen

Buddy Allen

Mar 30, 2004

BUDDY G. ALLEN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Buddy Gene Allen, 79, of Idaho Falls, died March 30, 2004, in Victor at the home of his daughter. He was under the care of the Teton Valley Hospice Home Health Care. He was born February 2, 1925, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Charles WIlliam Allen and Bertha Marie Lewis Allen. He was raised...

Roland Backlund

Roland Backlund

Mar 30, 2004

ROLAND "OLLIE" BACKLUND IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Roland Dan “Ollie” Backlund, 86, of New Sweden, passed away March 28, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1917, in Idaho Falls, to Daniel Severus Backlund and Elena Nelson Backlund. He grew up in Riverdale and attended schools there. He served in the U. S. Army during...

Jane Holmes

Jane Holmes

Mar 30, 2004

JANE HOLMES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jane Mitton Gunnell Holmes, age 98, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away March 29, 2004 at her home. She was born January 26, 1906, in Wellsville, Utah, to Ezra Baxter Gunnell and Mary Thirkell Mitton Gunnell. As a child she and her family moved to Soda Springs, Idaho, where they managed a ranch....

William "Pete" Ottino

William "Pete" Ottino

Mar 29, 2004

WILLIAM "PETE" OTTINO SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- William A. “Pete” Ottino, 77, of Swan Valley, died March 26, 2004, at Huntsman Cancer Unit of University Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT due to surgery complications. He was born September 16, 1926, in Max, Missouri to Grant Ottino and Roxy Jarman Ottino, the oldest of 3 children. He grew up...

John Work

John Work

Mar 29, 2004

JOHN S. WORK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- John Stuart Work, 90, of Mt. Home, Arkansas, died March 25, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born May 25, 1913, in Chicago, Illinois, to George Alexander Work and Cecile Crouse Work. He attended schools in the Chicago area, and graduated from Armour Institute of Technology....

Robert "Bob" Davidson

Robert "Bob" Davidson

Mar 29, 2004

ROBERT "BOB" DAVIDSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Robert Clint “Bob” Davidson, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 28, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bob was born May 25, 1930, in Salem, Idaho, the older brother of Steve and Deanne, and the son of Robert Leon Davidson and Ruth Archibald Leatham Davidson. He spent his growing up years...

Marc Ashton

Marc Ashton

Mar 29, 2004

MARC A. ASHTON DENVER, CO -- Marc Alan Ashton, infant son of Marc Nolan and Angela Andrus Ashton of Laramie, Wyoming, died March 24, 2004 in St. Luke's Presbyterian Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He is our special blessing from Heavenly Father. He is survived by his parents, Marc and Angela Grandparents, N. Craig and Peggy Ashton, Idaho Falls, Grandmother, Dana...

Alice Quayle

Alice Quayle

Mar 29, 2004

ALICE MURDOCK QUAYLE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Alice Mary Summers Murdock Quayle, 81, was born on September 22, 1922, in Ririe, ID, to George and Ivy Summers, the youngest of seven children. She passed away in Idaho Falls on March 25, 2004. Alice had a happy childhood growing up in Ririe. During her teen years she spent the summers cooking...

Catherine Nakayama

Catherine Nakayama

Mar 26, 2004

CATHERINE FOX NAKAYAMA IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Catherine “Cathy” Jane Fox Nakayama, 54, of Idaho Falls, passed away March 25, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born November 16, 1949, in Jamaica, New York to Arthur F. McCormick and Agnes E. Funk McCormick. She then traveled with her family to Florida, Africa, and Japan. Her family settled...

Jennie Groberg

Jennie Groberg

Mar 26, 2004

JENNIE HOLBROOK GROBERG IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jennie Holbrook Groberg, 96, passed away March 25, 2004 at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was born March 3, 1908 in Provo, Utah to Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook and Alsina Elizabeth Brimhall Holbrook, the fourth of their eleven children. She was the granddaughter of George H. Brimhall, president of Brigham Young University....

Lance Richardson

Lance Richardson

Mar 25, 2004

LANCE M. RICHARDSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Lance Melvin Richardson, 42, of Idaho Falls, died March 24, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born June 21, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Melvin Mark Richardson and Dixie Joyce Gordon Richardson. He attended Hillview Elementary, Ammon Middle School, and Bonneville Jr. High and High School in Idaho Falls,...

Carol Powell

Carol Powell

Mar 24, 2004

CAROL A. POWELL IDAHO FALLS, ID - Carol Ann Powell, 52, of Ririe, died March 23, 2004, at her home. She was born June 24, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois, to James E. and Lorraine Glimco. She lived in Tucson, Arizona, then moved to Idaho where she lived in Pocatello, Moyie Springs, Sandpoint, and Coeur d'Alene, and in Ririe the past...