Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Scott Robinson

Scott Robinson

Aug 18, 2003

SCOTT R. ROBINSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - Scott Russell Robinson, 53, of Idaho Falls, died August 13, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from a heart attack. He was born May 6, 1950 in Fort Collins, Colorado to Eldon Robinson and Shirlee Jean Scott Robinson. He grew up and attended schools in Salmon, Idaho; has lived in Wyoming...

Clyde Burtenshaw

Clyde Burtenshaw

Aug 18, 2003

CLYDE A. BURTENSHAW SHELTON, ID -- Clyde Alan Burtenshaw, 78, of Shelton, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on August 16, 2003, from complications due to bone cancer. He was born July 3, 1925, at Perry, Idaho, to John Robert Burtenshaw and Lilly Dale Humphrey Burtenshaw. He grew up in Shelton and graduated from Ucon High School. He...

Ella Perkins

Ella Perkins

Aug 16, 2003

ELLA MAY PERKINS MESA, AZ -- Ella May Perkins, 87, of Mesa, Arizona, formerly of Idaho Falls, died August 13, 2003, at the Odyssey House, in Mesa. She was born April 16, 1916, in LaBelle, Idaho, to George Elihu Pettingill and Maude Leona Lords Pettingill. She grew up and attended schools in the Idaho Falls area. She married Howard Nelson...

Lisette Howard

Lisette Howard

Aug 15, 2003

IDAHO FALLS, ID - Lisette Howard, 21, of Idaho Falls, died August 15, 2003, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Lisette was born May 11, 1982, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Glen Leon Howard and Lidia Lester Martin Howard. She was born and raised in Idaho Falls and attended Fox Hollow Elementary, Eagle Rock Junior High and graduated...

Ralph Allan, Jr

Ralph Allan, Jr

Aug 14, 2003

RALPH D. ALLAN, JR. IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ralph Douglas Allan, Jr., 82, of Idaho Falls, died August 14, 2003, at his home of cancer. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born May 29, 1921, in Eveleth, Minnesota, to Ralph Douglas Allan, Sr. and Anna Katharine Byrne Allan. He spent his early years in...

Douglas Ricks

Douglas Ricks

Aug 13, 2003

DOUGLAS DON RICKS Douglas Don Ricks, 49, of Idaho Falls, ID died August 10, 2003, at his home. He was born March 24, 1954, in Logan, Utah to Don Frank Ricks and Iris Viola Hunter Ricks. The family moved to Rexburg, Idaho where he attended Washington and Kennedy Elementary schools and Madison Jr. and High Schools. He also attended Ricks...

Rex Rigby

Rex Rigby

Aug 12, 2003

Rex J Rigby IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Rex J Rigby, 84, of Idaho Falls, died August 11, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications of diabetes. He was born December 19, 1918, in Sugar City, Idaho, the eighth of nine children born to David Eckersley Rigby and Agnes Elsie Price Rigby. He attended school in Chance, Montana, and...

Orpha Cleverly

Orpha Cleverly

Aug 11, 2003

ORPHA CLEVERLY IDAHO FALLS, ID - Orpha Cole Cleverly, 85, of Idaho Falls, died August 7, 2003 at her home. She was born in a log cabin June 2, 1918 in Maesar Ward, Uinta County, Utah to Francis Albert Cole and Margaret Murray Cole. She grew up and attended the Maesar School in Vernal, Utah, thru 5th grade. The family...

Alton Jacobson

Alton Jacobson

Aug 6, 2003

ALTON S. JACOBSON REXBURG, ID - Alton Sylverous Jacobson, 91, of Irwin, died August 4, 2003, at the Rexburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on April 3, 1912 at Idaho Falls to Leslie Leroy Jacobson and Maude Melinda Oakden Jacobson. He was raised on a ranch in Grand Valley until he was six. His family then moved to...

Bruce Lott

Bruce Lott

Aug 6, 2003

BRUCE R. LOTT IDAHO FALLS, ID - Bruce Ray Lott, 44, of Idaho Falls, died August 4, 2003, near Swan Valley from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born November 26, 1958 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ray Hawkins Lott and Ada LaDawn Taylor Lott. He grew up in the Ucon area and graduated from Bonneville High School....

Robert Webster

Robert Webster

Aug 4, 2003

ROBERT M. WEBSTER IDAHO FALLS, ID - Robert Merrill Webster, 74, of Rigby, died August 3, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born on November 6, 1928 in Rexburg to Kenneth S. Webster and Lola Merrill Webster. He grew up in the area and graduated from Madison High School. He attended Ricks College, Utah State University, and...

George Mayson

George Mayson

Aug 4, 2003

GEORGE A. MAYSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - George Albert Mayson, 87, of Idaho Falls, died August 3, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born June 10, 1916 in Pocatello, Idaho to George Mayson, Sr. and Ethyl Littleford Mayson. The family moved to Salt Lake City, UT where he grew up and attended schools. On April 29, 1939,...

Gwen Jenkins

Gwen Jenkins

Aug 4, 2003

GWEN M. JENKINS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Gwendola (Gwen) Mangum Caughie Jenkins, 84, of Idaho Falls, died August 1, 2003, at Life Care Center. She was born October 8, 1918 at Bicknell, Utah to William Henry Mangum and Burl Atellia Mangum. The family moved to Woodville, Utah where she grew up and attended school. At the age of 14, she...

Lloyd Brown

Lloyd Brown

Aug 4, 2003

LLOYD R. BROWN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Lloyd Robert Brown, 91, of Idaho Falls, Idaho died August 1, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born June 10, 1912 in Bartlett, Kansas to William Melvin Brown and Sarah Ann Vandermark Brown. He grew up on a farm attending all of his schooling in Bartlett’s only school. He...

Erica Summers

Erica Summers

Jul 29, 2003

ERICA SUMMERS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Erica Joyce Esplin Summers passed away Saturday, July 26, 2003, as a result of a lightning strike on the Grand Teton, where she was climbing with her husband and several others. Erica was born October 10, 1977, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Tye J. and Gale Burnside Esplin, the third of five children. Erica attended...

Christopher Byrd

Christopher Byrd

Jul 24, 2003

CHRISTOPHER A. BYRD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Christopher Adam Byrd, 29, of Idaho Falls, died at his home July 22, 2003, of cancer. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Chris was born July 13, 1974, at Enterprise, Alabama, to Timothy Byrd and Anita Mae Meadows. He spent his childhood years in Texas and Alabama. He moved...

Kathleen Mcmurtrey

Kathleen Mcmurtrey

Jul 23, 2003

KATHLEEN LOUISE McMURTREY IDAHO FALLS, ID - Kathleen McMurtrey, 70, of Idaho Falls, died July 23, 2003, at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls, following a long-term disability. She was born December 22, 1932, in Swan Valley, Idaho, to Calvin Lewis McMurtrey and Mary Catherine Sweeney McMurtrey. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 28, 2003, at...

Nell Farmer

Nell Farmer

Jul 23, 2003

NELL C. FARMER IDAHO FALLS, ID - Nell C. Farmer, 85, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, formerly of Hernando, Mississippi, died July 22, 2003 at her home. She was born December 12, 1917 in Lula, Mississippi, to Horace William Carpenter and Lena Thornton Carpenter. She was reared and attended schools in Mississippi and graduated from Lula Rich High School in Lula,...

John Buck

John Buck

Jul 23, 2003

JOHN DESMOND BUCK IDAHO FALLS, ID - John Desmond “Des” Buck, 86, of Idaho Falls, died July 22, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. He was born December 30, 1916 at Menan, Idaho to Ernest Buck and Jessie Martin Buck. He grew up in the area and graduated from Midway High School where he was a four sport letterman....

Rickey Furniss

Rickey Furniss

Jul 22, 2003

RICK FURNISS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Rickey Lynn Furniss, 50, of Idaho Falls, died July 22, 2003, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice. He was born April 29, 1953 in Roseville, California, to Kenneth Boyd Furniss and Carol Jane Lundgren Furniss. He grew up and attended schools in Roseville and Long Beach, California before moving...