Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Ruth Scott

Ruth Scott

May 27, 2003

RUTH M. SCOTT IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Ruth Metcalf Scott, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, May 27, 2003. Ruth was born in Ucon, Idaho, on December 19, 1920, to George Stanley Metcalf and Mabel Clifton Groom Metcalf. The fifth of seven children, she took after her father in her love...

Myrna Stucki

Myrna Stucki

May 27, 2003

MYRNA STUCKI COLTMAN, ID -- Myrna Louise Murri Stucki, 65, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, passed away at her home in Coltman, surrounded by her family, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer, on Sunday, May 25, 2003. She was born October 17, 1937, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Charles Henry Murri and Vella Lucille Durney Murri, the...

Marie Hansen

Marie Hansen

May 23, 2003

IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Blanche Marie Rockwood Hansen, 86, of Idaho Falls, died May 22, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born March 19, 1917 to Bryant Nixon Rockwood and Vera Blanche Hain Rockwood in Iona, Idaho. She lived in Bone, Idaho as a child, Iona for the next 40 years, then in Idaho Falls. She...

Doris Morris

Doris Morris

May 23, 2003

DORIS M. MORRIS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Doris M. Fowler Morris, 85, of Idaho Falls, died May 22, 2003, at the Lincoln Court Retirement Community. She was born June 4, 1917 in Moran, Kansas to Roy E. Cook and Leota Best Cook. She grew up and attended schools in Moran. Following graduation, she earned her bachelor's degree in education. On...

Lucy Morris

Lucy Morris

May 22, 2003

LUCY M. MORRIS DAHO FALLS, ID -- Lucy Mae Morris, 81, of Idaho Falls, died May 19, 2003 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of heart failure. She was born April 11, 1922 in Tipton, Tennessee to Abner Arden Armstrong, and Inez LaVara Smith. She married John Barton to whom a son, John Wayne, and a daughter, Diann were born....

Evelyn Weeks

Evelyn Weeks

May 22, 2003

EVELYN WEEKS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Evelyn Virginia Barrett Weeks, 73, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died May 21, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born May 5, 1930, in Almo, Idaho, to William Marshall Barrett and Nina Rosena Litson Barrett. She attended the Malta Public Schools. She married Harry Cook Weeks June 13, 1950. She was a...

Donald Jenkins

Donald Jenkins

May 20, 2003

DONALD "PETE" JENKINS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donald Robert “Pete” Jenkins, 79, of Idaho Falls, died May 18, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born May 22, 1923, at Bluebell, Utah, to Robert Marks Jenkins and Nyda Smith Jenkins. He grew up and attended schools in Utah. He moved to Idaho Falls at the...

Donald Holm

Donald Holm

May 19, 2003

DON HOLM IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Donald Jay “Don” Holm, 68, of San Jose, California, formerly of Ammon, died May 15, 2003, at the San Jose, California, residence of his son, Mike. Don was born February 10, 1935, in Ammon, Idaho, to Carl Theodore Adolphus Holm and Dora Cox Holm. He grew up and attended schools in Ammon and graduated...

Velma Emery

Velma Emery

May 16, 2003

VELMA L. EMERY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Velma Leona Emery, 84, of Idaho Falls, died May 17, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born October 27, 1918 at Bountiful, Utah to Albert J. “Dusty” Rhoades and Ella Labrum Rhoades. The family moved to Idaho Falls where she attended Riverside Elementary, O. E. Bell Junior High, and graduated...

Helen Casper

Helen Casper

May 15, 2003

HELEN F. CASPER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Helen Francis Casper, 80, of Idaho Falls, died May 13, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born February 26, 1923 in Dundee, Oregon to William Harrison Clayton and Nickolene Christina Christensen. As an adult, she worked as a professional Baker in Salt Lake City. She was a member of The...

Jerry Warner

Jerry Warner

May 13, 2003

Jerry Warner - 05/13/2003 Jerry Warner - 05/13/2003 JERRY WARNER IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Gerald F. “Jerry” Warner, 67, of Idaho Falls, died May 12, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. He was born July 27, 1935, at Ogden, Utah, to Fredrick Samuel Warner and Mildred Jeanette Mitchell Warner. He grew up in Ogden and attended...

Helen Minton

Helen Minton

May 13, 2003

Helen Minton - 05/13/2003 Helen Minton - 05/13/2003 HELEN MINTON IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO - Helen Irene Perkins Minton, 78, of Idaho Falls, died May 10, 2003 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born June 21, 1924 at Union City, Indiana, to Leonard Perkins and Nellie Lewis Perkins. She grew up and attended schools in the...

John Wotring

John Wotring

May 13, 2003

JOHN W. WOTRING IDAHO FALLS, ID - John W. Wotring, 77, of Idaho Falls, died May, 15, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born March 17, 1926 in Terra Alta, West Virginia to Paige Robert Wotring and Agnes Madeline Watkins Wotring . He grew up and attended school in West Virginia. After graduation he enlisted in the...

Bonnie Christofferson

Bonnie Christofferson

May 13, 2003

Bonnie Christofferson - 05/13/2003 Bonnie Christofferson - 05/13/2003 BONNIE CHRISTOFFERSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Bonnie Marvella Christofferson, 63, of Ammon, died May 12, 2003, at her home under the care of her family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. She was born September 16, 1939, in Driggs, Idaho, to Ernest Theodore Miller and LeLah Pauline Hendricks. She grew up and...

Thomas Birch

Thomas Birch

May 13, 2003

THOMAS REED BIRCH Thomas Reed Birch, 90, of Idaho Falls, died May 14, 2003, at the Life Care Center. He was born October 2, 1912, at St. Anthony, to David Birch and NancyEldredge Garn Birch. He grew up and attended schools in St. Anthony. He married Eileen Clinkscales September 26, 1934, in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple. They lived briefly...

Max Beardall

Max Beardall

May 13, 2003

MAX BLAINE BEARDALL RIGBY, ID -- Max Blaine Beardall, 68, of Rigby, died May 18, 2003, at his home following a lingering illness. He was born March 10, 1935 at Springville, Utah to Max Clyde Beardall and Thelma Nelson Beardall. He grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Springville High School. He served in the U. S....

Fred Mason

Fred Mason

May 12, 2003

Fred P. Mason - 05/12/2003 Fred P. Mason - 05/12/2003 FRED P. MASON SALEM, OR – Fred Phillip Mason, 85, formerly of Idaho Falls, died May 8, 2003, at the home of his daughter in Salem, Oregon. He was born April 12, 1918, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Fred Herbert Mason and Yerda Sophia Mason. He grew up in St....

Clifford High

Clifford High

May 12, 2003

Clifford High - 05/12/2003 Clifford High - 05/12/2003 CLIFFORD L. HIGH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Clifford Leroy High, 43, of Idaho Falls, died May 11, 2003. He was born April 22, 1960, in Joliet, Illinois, to George Dale High and Donna May Howell High. The family moved to Arizona and then Idaho Falls where he attended Bonneville High School. On...

Robb Lowe

Robb Lowe

May 12, 2003

Robb G. Lowe - 05/12/2003 Robb G. Lowe - 05/12/2003 ROBB G. LOWE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Robb Gordon Lowe, 60, of Idaho Falls, died May 10, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born October 4, 1942, in Idaho Falls, to Daniel Wesley Lowe and Loveda Butte Lowe. He grew up and attended elementary school and...

Ocile Portmann

Ocile Portmann

May 12, 2003

Ocile Portmann - 05/12/2003 Ocile Portmann - 05/12/2003 OCILE PORTMANN WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT -- Helen "Ocile" Norman Portmann, 77, of West Yellowstone, Montana, passed away May 11, 2003, following a courageous two-year battle with lung cancer. She was being cared for in her Idaho Falls home by her loving family, friends, and the wonderful folks from Aspen Hospice. She was...