Obituaries

Jul 3, 2003

MODINE GWEN SHAFFER SMITH IDAHO FALLS, ID - Modine Gwen Smith, 89, of Idaho Falls, died July 3, 2003, at Syringa Homes in Idaho Falls. She was born March 3, 1914 in Lexington, Lee County, Texas, to Claude Shaffer and Robert Estelle Astin Shaffer. She grew up and attended schools in Lexington. She married John Thomas Smith, Jr. , of...

Jul 3, 2003

EMMA PERRY EAMES IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Emma Perry Eames, 85, of Osgood, died July 2, 2003, at her home of heart failure. She was born February 14, 1918, in Perry, Idaho, to Henry Ridges Perry and Eleanor Yates Perry. She grew up and attended schools in the Grace area, then went to high school in Thatcher. She married Morgan...

Jun 30, 2003

DOROTHY ELIZABETH ROBINSON CLAYTON IONA, ID -- Dorothy Elizabeth Robinson Clayton, our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed from mortality due to natural causes on June 29, 2003, at her home on Lincoln Road near Iona, Idaho. She was greatly loved by many here on this earth; she will be greatly missed by family and friends. Dorothy was born...

Jun 27, 2003

MORGAN B. EVANS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Morgan Barrus Evans, 47, of Idaho Falls, died June 28, 2003, at his home of cancer. He was under the care of the Aspen Home Health Care. He was born July 19, 1955, at Blackfoot, to Sterling L. Evans and Arveen Barrus Evans. He grew up in Springfield, where he attended Springfield and...

Jun 25, 2003

SETH L. JENKINS IDAHO FALLS, ID --Seth LeGrande Jenkins left this mortal existence, 24 June 2003, of complications following open-heart surgery. Seth was born 23 February 1922, to Evan W. And Alice Hawkins Jenkins, in their home in Ucon, Idaho. He was the seventh of eight children. Seth graduated from Ucon High School and attended the University of Idaho on...

Jun 25, 2003

JACK P. CARTER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jack Phillip Carter, 74, of West Yellowstone, Montana, died June 26, 2003, at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born January 13, 1929 at Kiowa, Kansas to Phillip Martin Carter and Louise Elizabeth Sloan Carter. He attended Excelsior High School in Downey, California. Following graduation, he attended two years of...

Jun 24, 2003

CHRIS B. WOOD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Chris Bert Wood, 53, of Idaho Falls, died June 24, 2003, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. He was born December 25, 1949, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Forrest William Wood and Helen Morrison Wood. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended schools here, graduating from Skyline High School. He then attended Brigham...

Jun 21, 2003

LELAND H. MORRIS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Leland Howard Morris, 86, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died June 20, 2003 at his home from congestive heart failure. He was born August 23, 1916, in Woodville, near Shelley, Idaho, to Ebenezer William Morris and Elizabeth Risenmay Morris. He attended Shelley schools. He served as a Surgical Technician for the 78th Calvary of...

Jun 21, 2003

MAX R. OSTLER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Max R. Ostler, 71, of Idaho Falls, died June 19, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1931, in Sugar City, Idaho, to George Lloyd Ostler and Georgiana Ricks Ostler. He grew up in the Sugar City area and attended schools there graduating in 1951. He attended Ricks...

Jun 18, 2003

Jun 18, 2003

BETTY A. MacDONALD IDAHO FALLS, ID. - Betty Aileen Smith MacDonald, 77, of Plano, Texas, formerly of Idaho Falls and Pocatello, died June 16, 2003, at the Life Care Center in Plano. She was born August 21, 1925, at Pocatello, Idaho, to Frank Harold Smith and Bertha Augusta Krueger Smith. She grew up in Pocatello and attended Washington Elementary, Franklin...

Jun 18, 2003

Jun 17, 2003

ALLIE CLARK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Allie Lamar Hancock Clark, 89, of Sacramento, California, died June 14, 2003, at the Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento. She was born December 10, 1913, at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, the eldest daughter of Ether Thomas Hancock and Elvira Christensen Hancock. She married Delmar Wade Clark August 18, 1934, in St. Anthony, Idaho, and their marriage...

Jun 16, 2003

DEE PRITCHARD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- William Dee “Dee” Pritchard, 84, of Leeds, Utah, died June 14, 2003, in St. George, Utah. He was born March 17, 1919, at Cedar City, Utah, to Sidney P. Pritchard and Nellie Dover Pritchard. He grew up in Parowan, Utah and graduated from Parowan High School. He then attended school in California to learn...

Jun 16, 2003

SUE CURTIS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Betty Sue “Sue” McKemie Curtis, 66, of Idaho Falls, died June 15, 2003, at her home of natural causes. She was born October 2, 1936, at Minden, Louisiana, to Morris Bert McKemie and Claudia Lee Donaho McKemie. She grew up in Louisiana and graduated Natchitoches High School. She then attended Northwestern University in Louisiana...

Jun 14, 2003

JOLEEN DONEY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Joleen Lynn “Jo” Henrie Doney, 40, of Idaho Falls, died June 13, 2003, at her home. She was born December 15, 1962, in Butte, Montana, to Lester D. "Joe" Henrie and Frances J. Ross Henrie. She attended Monroe Elementary School, West Junior High, Butte High School, and Eastern Montana College. She lived in Butte...

Jun 13, 2003

BLANCHE HOLMER FUNK IDAHO FALLS, ID - Blanche LaRue Brown Holmer Funk, 86, formerly of Macks Inn, died June 10, 2003, at the Idaho Falls Care Center. She was born on September 10, 1916 at Monroe, Utah to Elbert C. Brown and Chloe Gardner Brown. She grew up and attended schools in the Arco/Pingree area and Idaho Falls. On April...

Jun 13, 2003

DONNA SYME IDAHO FALLS, ID - Donna Syme, 78, of Idaho Falls, died June 10, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1925 in Deseret, Utah to Marion Albert Craft and Nina LaVern Conk Craft. She grew up and attended schools in Deseret, then moved to Ruth, Nevada and graduated from White Pine High School...

Jun 13, 2003

CATHERINE L. BOLINDER IDAHO FALLS, ID - Catherine Loraine Likes Bolinder, 74, of Firth, died June 12, 2003, at her home of cancer while under the care of Aspen Hospice. She was born March 5, 1929 in Idaho Falls to Clarence Loraine Likes and Amy Evadone Hamilton Likes. She attended Eastside Elementary, O.E. Bell Junior High, and graduated from Idaho...

Jun 11, 2003

LEO R. MILES IDAHO FALLS, ID - Leo Ray Miles, 66, life long resident of Blackfoot, died June 10, 2003, at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. He was born December 22, 1936 at Blackfoot to Ray Miles and Laura Elmina Hopkins Miles. He attended schools in Blackfoot, graduating from high school in 1955. Later, he attended Heating & Air...