Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Aner Abelson

Aner Abelson

Oct 28, 2003

ANER ABELSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - Aner Abelson, 88, of Idaho Falls, died October 26, 2003, at Life Care Center. He was born August 4, 1915, in Idaho Falls, to Henry Carl and Elin Abelson. He attended public school in Idaho Falls. Aner was a farmer most of his life, and also worked as a ditch rider for the New...

Larry Farnes

Larry Farnes

Oct 27, 2003

LARRY DEAN FARNES IDAHO FALLS, ID - Larry Dean Farnes, 67, of Idaho Falls, died October 26, 2003, at the Sawtelle Mountain Resort in Island Park. He was born September 6, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to John Russell Farnes and Ida Rosylvia Jacobsen Farnes. . Larry grew up on the dry farm in Swan Valley with his seven brothers...

Paul Miner

Paul Miner

Oct 25, 2003

PAUL E. MINER 7/7/27 - 10/24/03 IDAHO FALLS, ID - On July 7, 1927, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, a beautiful soul named Paul was born to Austin Corydon and Audrey Francis Goodman Miner. With a twinkle in his eye and a smile that could light up any room, Paul was the tenth of eleven children and spent his childhood growing up...

Nancy Empey

Nancy Empey

Oct 22, 2003

NANCY C. EMPEY IDAHO FALLS, ID - Nancy Cassie Gerrard Empey, 76, of Idaho Falls, died October 20, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born May 22, 1927 at Salt Lake City, Utah to Samuel and Cassie Gerrard. She grew up and attended schools in the area. After high school, she moved to Rosa, California and worked...

Gregory Herndon

Gregory Herndon

Oct 21, 2003

GREGORY L. HERNDON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Gregory Lynn Herndon, 41, of Idaho Falls, died October 19, 2003, at his home. He was born September 11, 1962, at Idaho Falls, to Marvin Robert Herndon and Dorthetta Jean Allgood Herndon. He attended Temple View and Emerson Elementary schools, Eagle Rock Junior High, and graduated in 1980 from Skyline High School. On...

Donna Peterson

Donna Peterson

Oct 21, 2003

DONNA PETERSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - Donna Mary Ritchie Peterson, 74, of Ucon, died October 18, 2003, at her home. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born November 15, 1928, in Coltman, Idaho, to Alfred Coop Ritchie and Wilhelmina Constance Birdie Price Ritchie. Shortly after she was born the family moved to Ucon, where...

Everett Smith

Everett Smith

Oct 21, 2003

EVERETT D. SMITH IDAHO FALLS, ID - Everett D. Smith, 73, of Idaho Falls, died October 20, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born April 27, 1930 at St. Anthony to Edwin Luther Smith and Sarah Ethel Hathaway Smith. He grew up and attended schools in the area. On April 8, 1950, he married Sonja Mathys at...

Robert Neep

Robert Neep

Oct 20, 2003

ROBERT "BOB" NEEP IDAHO FALLS, ID - Robert “Bob” Arthur Neep, 92, of Blackfoot, died October 19, 2003, at Bingham Memorial Extended Care. He was born March 5, 1911, at Graton, California, to Walter Neep and Alice Wirts Neep. He grew up in California and graduated from high school there. He served as a Sargeant in the U. S. Army...

Alex Wilson

Alex Wilson

Oct 20, 2003

ALEX WILSON IDAHO FALLS, ID - Alex Wilson, 2, of Idaho Falls, died October 17, 2003 at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born July 5, 2001, in Idaho Falls, to John Scott Wilson and Andrea Susanne Marianne Linz Wilson. He loved to play, be held and cuddled, and gave lots of kisses to his family....

Ira Corey

Ira Corey

Oct 18, 2003

IRA N. COREY IDAHO FALLS, ID - The encroachments of age took the life of Ira N. Corey on Friday, October 17, 2003. He would have been ninety-seven years old in a few days. Ira was born on a 180-acre homesteaded farm three miles west of Thornton, Idaho, November 2, 1906, a son of Ira Newton and Mary Maria Firth...

Irma Randolph

Irma Randolph

Oct 17, 2003

JUNE RANDOLPH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Irma June Randolph, 88, of Idaho Falls, died October 17, 2003, at Lily House of causes incident to age. She was born June 27, 1915, at Staunton, Virginia, to Lowell Wayne Randolph and Viola Esther Coulsen Randolph. She graduated from the University of Miami with a teaching degree. She lived in Hawaii and taught...

Roger Sanders

Roger Sanders

Oct 15, 2003

ROGER FRANK SANDERS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Roger Frank Sanders, 61, of Idaho Falls, died October 15, 2003, at his home. He was under the care of The Aspen Foundation for Hospice Care. He was born March 22, 1942, at Rexburg, to Ferrel Frank Sanders and Audrey Garner Sanders. The family moved to Idaho Falls when he was young and...

Lawrence French

Lawrence French

Oct 15, 2003

LARRY G. FRENCH IDAHO FALLS, ID - Larry G. French, 81, of Ammon, passed away at his home, October 15, 2003. He was under care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born December 28, 1921, in Clarksville, Texas, to Gilbert French and Martha Rainey French. He grew up and attended various schools in Arkansas, and High School in Kaiser,...

Cindy Kelso

Cindy Kelso

Oct 14, 2003

CINDY KELSO IDAHO FALLS, ID - Cindy Kelso, 40, of Idaho Falls, returned home to her Heavenly Father October 12, 2003, at her home. She was born March 30, 1963, in Idaho Falls, to Don Aaron George and Vilate Elizabeth Terrell George. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. She married Allen Lee Kelso August 23, 1986 in...

Karl Page

Karl Page

Oct 14, 2003

KARL G. PAGE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Karl Grant Page, 89, of Idaho Falls, died October 13, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 23, 1914, in West Point, Utah, to Willard Page and Lillian Page. He grew up and attended schools in the area and graduated from Davis High School. He then attended Weber State...

Eunice Frandsen

Eunice Frandsen

Oct 13, 2003

EUNICE L. FRANDSEN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Eunice LuDean Frandsen, of Idaho Falls, died October 11, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born April 19, 1916 in Ammon, Idaho to William Jasper Hammer and Dora May Denning. She grew up in the Osgood and Ammon areas where she attended school through the eighth grade. She worked...

Stephen Meppen

Stephen Meppen

Oct 13, 2003

STEVE MEPPEN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Stephen William “Steve” Meppen, 42, of Idaho Falls, died October 10, 2003, at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, of leukemia. He was born May 12, 1961, at Idaho Falls, to William “Bill” Meppen and Beverly “Jean” Young Meppen. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended schools here, graduating from...

Gwyn Call

Gwyn Call

Oct 13, 2003

GWYN CALL IDAHO FALLS, ID - Gwyn Call, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 12, 2003, at his home of cancer. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice. He was born May 27, 1923, in Pocatello, Idaho, one of nine children born to Rosco Cyril Call and Hazel Hill Call. He graduated from Pocatello High School, where he...

Veatrice Andrus

Veatrice Andrus

Oct 11, 2003

VEATRICE N. ANDRUS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Veatrice Mildred Nelson Andrus, 90, of Idaho Falls, died October 10, 2003, at the home of her son, Douglas Andrus, Jr. She was born July 29, 1913, in Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, to Price Williams Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Foster Nelson. She grew up and attended schools in Douglas, and also attended Brigham...

Lula Hanson

Lula Hanson

Oct 11, 2003

LULA HANSON BLACKFOOT, ID -- Lula Lamont Hanson, 98, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, October 9, 2003, as the result of a fall. She was a resident of Ridge Wind Assisted Living Center in Pocatello. She was born on June 16, 1905, in the small farming community of Felt, Idaho, to Louis Anderson Lamont and Martha Jane Howell Lamont....