Obituaries

Aug 18, 2004

ELDA M. BROWN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Elda M. Brown, 88, of Idaho Falls, died August 17, 2004, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born December 7, 1915, in Shelton,Idaho, to Ira Moore and Mary Ellen Ferguson Moore. She grew up and attended schools in the Shelton area, then, after graduating from Ucon High School, she and...

Aug 18, 2004

NELDA C. CORBRIDGE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Nelda Carol Corbridge, 68, of Idaho Falls, died August 17, 2004, at her home. She was born July 2, 1936, in Aberdeen, Idaho to Arville Charles Corbridge and Madge Geniel Petersen Corbridge. She grew up and attended elementary and secondary schools in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1950, she moved with her family...

Aug 18, 2004

FRANCIS M. WOODARD IDAHO FALLS, ID - Francis Merley Woodard, 62, of Idaho Falls, died August 15, 2004, of a stroke, at the University of Utah Medical Center. He was born March 20, 1942, in Richfield, Utah, to Clyde Haken Woodard and Harriet Yates Woodard. He grew up and attended schools in Burley. He served an LDS mission to Manchester,...

Aug 17, 2004

ASHLEY JEPHSON REXBURG, ID -- Ashley Camie Hansen Jephson, 21, of Rexburg, died August 15, 2004, of complications shortly after giving birth at Madison Memorial Hospital. She was born May 10, 1983, at Prosser, Washington, to Charles Glenn Hansen and Valene Renee Wagstaff Hansen. When she was six, the family moved to Nyssa, Oregon, where she attended schools and graduated...

Aug 17, 2004

DAVID HALE Karl David Hale, 62, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away August 15, 2004, in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, after a valiant and courageous fight the past several years. David was born November 19, 1941, to Karl G. and Georgette Alice “Jetta” Jollineau Hale. He attended schools in Idaho Falls, graduating in 1960 from Idaho Falls High School. He...

Aug 17, 2004

WENDELL McCRACKEN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Wendell Edward McCracken, 82, of Idaho Falls, died August 17, 2004, at Life Care Center. He was born December 21, 1921, in Cuba, Kansas, to Henry McCracken and Lida Mae Hockett McCracken. He graduated from High School in Haddan, Kansas then joined the Army Air Corps. He served in World War II working in...

Aug 14, 2004

RELLA L. WALKINGSHAW IDAHO FALLS, ID - Rella LaDonna Walkingshaw, 89, died Wednesday, August 11, 2004, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, while visiting at the home of her son. She was born May 31, 1915, in Rexburg, Idaho, a daughter of Oliver Calvin Anderson and Isabell Ellsworth Anderson. She attended schools in Buhl, Montpelier, and Rexburg, Idaho. The summer she turned...

Aug 14, 2004

DELIGHT MAXFIELD IDAHO FALLS, ID - Delight Yvonne Maxfield, 78, of Idaho Falls, died August 13, 2004, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born May 2, 1926, in Salt Creek, Wyoming, to Marshall M. Kearney and Mary Lou Saathoff Kearney. She attended schools in Wyoming, and graduated from the University of Wyoming. She married Don G. Maxfield August 4,...

Aug 14, 2004

FREIDA WULF IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Freida Hannah Wulf, 88, of Idaho Falls, died August 13, 2004, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born February 24, 1916, in Preston, Idaho, to Albert Fredrick Harding and Bertha May Corbridge Harding. She attended Preston Schools. The family moved to the Idaho Falls area in 1929, where she has lived ever since,...

Aug 13, 2004

THORA P. PRESTWICH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Thora Pearl Gibbs Prestwich, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on August 10, 2004. She was born October 28, 1926, in Garland, Utah, the fifth child in a family of eight, to Melvin Gibbs and Emma Elizabeth Landon Gibbs. She and her family lived in Portage,...

Aug 11, 2004

MARGARET HAGGARD IONA, ID -- Margaret “Margie” Dalling Haggard, 79, of Iona, died August 10, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1925 in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Marshall R. Dalling and Blanche Thomas Dalling. She lived in Sugar City until the age of 12 when her father was transferred to Idaho Falls by the...

Aug 10, 2004

ALTA P. HANSEN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Alta Pearl Peterson Hansen, 91, of Iona, died August 9, 2004, at the home of her son in Iona. She was born October 1, 1912, at Garfield, Idaho, to Alma Joseph Peterson and Mable Jeffs Peterson. She grew up and attended schools in the area. On January 30, 1931, she married Douglas Hansen...

Aug 9, 2004

ROBERT "BOB" BARRIE UCON, ID -- Robert Wayne “Bob” Barrie, 68, of Ucon, Idaho, died August 7, 2004, from complications related to leukemia in the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bob, the second child of Andrew Barrie and Elva Nielsen Barrie, was born in Rigby, Idaho, on May 8, 1936, and grew up on the family...

Aug 9, 2004

BERTHA BURKE IONA, ID -- Bertha Stone Burke, 91, of Idaho Falls, died August 7, 2004, at her son’s home. She was born September 21, 1912, at Riddle, Idaho, to Richard Bluford Stone and Barbara Anna Portlock Stone. She grew up and attended schools in the area. On April 18, 1934, she married Floyd Burke in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Their...

Aug 8, 2004

GARY HASTINGS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Gary Duane Hastings, 65, of Idaho Falls, died August 8, 2004, at his home of cancer. He was under the care of the Aspen Foundation for Hospice Care. He was born July 29, 1939, in Riverside, California, to Lester Lyle Hastings and Mildred Louise Brock Hastings. When he was young the family moved to...

Aug 8, 2004

BETTY TWITCHELL IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Betty Fay Twitchell, 76, of Idaho Falls, died August 7, 2004, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born April 18, 1928, in Linwood, Utah, to Wilford Vernal Twitchell and Luella Francetta Warby Twitchell. She grew up and attended schools in Utah. In 1948 she moved to Idaho Falls. She...

Aug 7, 2004

Aug 7, 2004

DORAL J MEIKLE Doral J Meikle, age 76, passed away at his home on August 7, 2004, after a brief illness. He was born April 16, 1928, at Driggs, Idaho, to Robert Gilbert Meikle and Cleo Aurelia Mickelsen Meikle. He graduated from Treton High School, where he participated in football, basketball and track. Right after high school graduation, he joined...

Aug 7, 2004

ELGARDA Z. ASHLIMAN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Elgarda Zobell Ashliman died August 6, 2004, in Saint George, Utah, of causes brought about by age. Born August 18, 1915, on a farm near Rigby, Idaho, Elgarda Zobell graduated from Rigby High School in 1933, studied two quarters at Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in Logan, lived briefly in...

Aug 6, 2004

LOREN R. RICHAN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Loren Ray Richan, 81, of Idaho Falls, died August 5, 2004, at the Idaho Falls Care Center. He was born May 30, 1923, in Challis, Idaho to Edgar Ray Richan and Eva Young Richan. He grew up and attended schools in Mud Lake & Menan. He married Ardella May Marshall July 23, 1946...