Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for IDAHO FALLS, ID, Bonneville County & Surrounding Areas

Ann  J. Weber

Ann J. Weber

Jul 12, 2017

Ann was born to Herman and Anna Jessen on November 4, 1924. She grew up near Swan Valley on the Pine Creek Bench on a farm homesteaded by her parents. She moved to Idaho Falls for high school where she graduated. On December 9, 1944 she married Dale Weber. Together they farmed in the York area for many years. After...

Leslie  Neal SHELTON

Leslie Neal SHELTON

Jul 10, 2017

Leslie Neal Shelton was born on June 27, 1938 to Jessica and Leslie J. Shelton in Garland, Utah. He passed away on July 10, 2017. His early years were spent in Garland and also in the Idaho Falls area with his parents and siblings. Following his father's death in 1950, Les came to Shelley, Idaho where he was taken in...

Lenyce  Ann Zenk

Lenyce Ann Zenk

Jun 16, 2017

Lenyce Ann Ahlfs Zenk, Passed away quietly and peacefully in her home of natural causes with her loving family by her side, June 16th, 2017. She was born September 2nd 1925 in Le Mars Iowa, to John H. Ahlfs and Verna Mandelkow Ahlfs. Lenyce embraced her education early on. She graduated from Le Mars High School in 1942 at age...

Maxine  Phyllis Niemeier

Maxine Phyllis Niemeier

Jun 16, 2017

Maxine Phyllis Niemeier, 93, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Friday, June 16, 2017. Maxine was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on April 5, 1924 to Peter and Marie Niessen. She was raised in Twin Falls and attended Washington Grade School, Vera C. O'Leary Junior High, and Twin Falls High School. She was an...

Bradley  Dean Halpin

Bradley Dean Halpin

Jun 13, 2017

Bradley Dean Halpin, 64, lifelong resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away at home surrounded by family on June 13, 2017. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School. Throughout his life Brad worked for Halpin's Dairy Supply. He enjoyed the outdoors camping fishing and spending time with his family and friends. He lived his life by the "golden rules" which...

Nell Johnson

Nell Johnson

May 27, 2017

Doris Nell Johnson resident of Idaho falls passed away on May 27, 2017. She was born on December 29, 1925, to Joseph Samuel Dyar and Grace (Brown) Dyar in Blount County, Alabama. She graduated in 1944 from Marshall County High School in Guntersville, Alabama, where she was a cheerleader. She was married to Blair D. Johnson on June 26, 1943....

Willard  Orvin Olson

Willard Orvin Olson

May 26, 2017

Willard Orvin Olson was born May 9, 1933 on a dairy farm near Dresser Wisconsin to Ole and Borghild Olson. He grew up on that farm and attended high school in Amery, WI. After high school, He attended the University Of River Falls where he majored in Physics and Chemistry. He and his future wife, Sally Malone, graduated in 1956....

Kenneth  Charles Wrenn

Kenneth Charles Wrenn

May 23, 2017

Kenneth Charles Wrenn, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 23, 2017 at Morning Star Assisted Living under the care of the Morning Star and Encompass Home Health and Hospice Care. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones throughout the day. Kenneth was born on September 29, 1938, In Topeka, Kansas to Charles and Ruth Wrenn. The family moved...

Suzie  Deen Leavitt

Suzie Deen Leavitt

May 18, 2017

Suzie Payne Leavitt was born Suzie Deen Payne to Joseph Otto Payne and Myrtle Mitchell on July 30th in the year of 1951, in Pocatello, Idaho. Her father was a farmhand and mother was a stay at home mom in the small town of Aberdeen, Idaho. There she lived with her parents and her older sister Lovinia. In 1959, at...

Geraldine Crighton

Geraldine Crighton

May 9, 2017

Geraldine H. Crighton, a longtime resident of Idaho Falls, ID passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Morningstar Assisted Living. She was born to James Benjamin and Mae Dunston Halford in 1927, the younger of two daughters. Raised in Butte Montana throughout her teen years, she attended Butte High School and later graduated from Montana State College where...

Irene Crose

Irene Crose

May 8, 2017

Irene M. Crose, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017, of pancreatic cancer. She was born in Weymouth, Mass., to Leo and Irene Chabot. She attended school in Weymouth, Mass. and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1962. Following high school, Irene married her sweetheart, Jack Eugene Crose, on July 28, 1962, in Weymouth, Mass. They...

Mr.  Varsel Peterson

Mr. Varsel Peterson

Apr 30, 2017

Varsel Peterson lifelong resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away April 30, 2017. Art was born July 20, 1935 in Idaho Falls to Arthur W. and Arzula Peterson. He was raised and lived in the New Sweden area most of his life except for attending the University of Idaho and his hitch in the US army. He was a graduate...

Jerry  Mac Hansen

Jerry Mac Hansen

Apr 15, 2017

Jerry Mac Hansen, 62, of Idaho Falls passed away April 15th 2017 at his home following a very courageous battle with cancer. He was under the care of the great staff of Teton Cancer Institute. Jerry was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Darwin and Belva Hansen as the middle of five children. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School...

Lela  Marie Hudson

Lela Marie Hudson

Apr 11, 2017

Idaho Falls- Lela Marie Baker Hudson, 81, long time resident of Idaho Falls, died April 11th, 2017 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. She was born December 1st, 1935, in Belmont, Ohio to William H. and Mary Alice Rush Baker. She Moved to Idaho at a very young age. She attended schools in Shelley , Idaho Falls...

Joretta  Thiel Burke

Joretta Thiel Burke

Apr 9, 2017

She was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on August 2, 1931 to Harry and Venna Thiel on their 4th wedding anniversary. She passes into internal peace on April 9, 2017. She grew up in the New Sweden area on a farm. It was there with strict German discipline and hard work that would affect her in a positive way the...

Audrey  Louise Smout

Audrey Louise Smout

Feb 20, 2017

Audrey Louise Smout, 89, Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away on February 20, 2017 at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living. Mrs. Smout was born on February 27, 1927 in Ceres, California. Audrey was raised in Santa Cruz, Ca. in the loving care of her Grandma and Grandpa Marchand where she loved playing on the boardwalk. At age 18 she moved to Stockton...

Ethel  Louise Alleman

Ethel Louise Alleman

Feb 17, 2017

Ethel Louise Staley Alleman, 78, of Boise died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, February 17th, 2017 at her home in Boise Idaho. Ethel was born on April 8, 1938, in Idaho Falls to James and Gertrude Staley. She was raised alongside her older sister Ellen and younger sisters Ruth and Wilma in Mud Lake Idaho. She met Jean Twitchell...

Kenneth  Vernon Strom

Kenneth Vernon Strom

Feb 4, 2017

Kenneth V. Strom, 89, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Feb. 4, 2017, at the Hospice House of East Idaho. Kenneth was born in Idaho Falls to Nels and Ester Strom on April 19, 1927. Ester died in 1930 from pneumonia which caused Nels to request help from the children's home in Boise, Idaho, for dad and his one brother...

Earl  W. Krenz

Earl W. Krenz

Jan 30, 2017

Earl William Krenz, 93, of Idaho Falls, died the morning of January 30, 2017 after a brief illness. He was a hard-working, studious man with a prodigious memory, and loved to regale us with stories of the many curious, fascinating, and spectacular events of his early life in Saskatchewan. He was born August 2, 1923 to Julius F. and Hulda...

Milton  Roddy Fischer

Milton Roddy Fischer

Jan 29, 2017

Milton Roddy Fischer (Rod) passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017. He is reunited with his wife of 61 years, Pauline, and his son, Patrick. Rod was born August 28, 1929 in Wallace, Idaho to Nora Roddy and Alex Fischer. The oldest of two boys, Rod attended elementary school in Gilmore, Idaho where his mother was his teacher. He attended high...