Maxine Tucker Wight
Dec 17, 2013
Jessie Maxine Tucker Wight passed away peacefully at her home in Fairwinds/Sandcreek Retirement Community in the arms of beloved family members on December 17, 2013, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, at the age of 94. She was born on February 9, 1919, the 9th of 11 children born to George W. Tucker and Keziah Frances Mower Tucker, in Fairview, Utah. She...
Bennie Rinehart
Dec 14, 2013
Bennie Nelson Rinehart, 85, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, December 14, 2013, at the Gables of Ammon Assisted Living. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice. He was born October 15, 1928, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Oliver N. Rinehart and Mildred L. Stealey Rinehart. He grew up in Parkersburg and in 1947, he graduated from Parkersburg...
Vanessa Raye Gruver
Dec 14, 2013
Vanessa Raye Young Gruver, 52, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, December 14, 2013, at her home. She was born December 21, 1960, in Cocoa, Florida, the daughter of Ray Arthur Young and Vululu Joy Williams Young. She grew up in Alamogordo, New Mexico, in her early years and then the family moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico. She attended Los...
Wayne L. Way
Dec 13, 2013
Wayne L. Way, 66, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, December 13, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First Street, Idaho Falls.
Margaret June Johnson
Dec 11, 2013
Margaret June Johnson, 89, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born June 6, 1924, in Paw Paw, Illinois, the daughter of Sheldon G. Cooke and Edna A. Stryker Cooke. She grew up and attended schools in Paw Paw. In 1942, she graduated from...
Justin Arthur Martin
Dec 4, 2013
Justin Arthur Martin, 40, of Idaho Falls, died December 4, 2013, at his home. Justin was born February 20, 1973, in Idaho Falls to Leonard Jay and Christine Marie Chandler Martin. He grew up in Grant, Idaho, until he was four and then moved to Idaho Falls. He attended Bonneville and Idaho Falls High Schools and graduated from Idaho Falls...
Helen Thecla Smith
Dec 3, 2013
Helen Thecla Spackman Smith passed away on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 at a local care center with family by her side. She was 91 years old. Helen was the second of seven children born to Edward Arthur and Thecla (Lindholm) Spackman. She arrived at 12:50 a.m. on January 18, 1922 in Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. She was one of only...
Leland "Lee" Robert Bender
Dec 2, 2013
Leland Robert Bender, 75, passed away December 2, 2013, at his home in Idaho Falls with his wife and daughter by his side. Lee was born July 5, 1938, in Dallas, South Dakota, to Robert and Emma Hoffman Bender, Lee was the third of four children. Lee grew up in the Dallas/Gregory community, helping on the family farm, where he...
Paula Cherry
Dec 1, 2013
Paula Cherry, 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 1, 2013, at her home. She was born August 8, 1956, in Idaho Falls, the 3rd daughter and 4th of 5 children born to Milo Thomas Cherry and Patsy Bachtell Cherry. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. In 1974, she graduated from Skyline High School. She worked for...
Zenda Harrison Lords
Nov 29, 2013
Zenda Lords, 87, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, November 29, 2013, at Pine Brook Assisted Living. She was born on December 11, 1925, in Orem, Utah, to Ezra Harrison and LaNora Bell Grange Harrison. She grew up in Huntington, Utah, and graduated from Emery High School in 1942. She married Duane Walter Lords on September 25, 1945, in Huntington, Utah....
Anna Hunter
Nov 28, 2013
Anna Hunter, 36, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Thursday, November 28, 2013, at the home of her mother. She was born July 7, 1977, in Moab, Utah, the daughter of Roy Lee Trost and Rebecca Lynn Willett Trost. She graduated from Rigby High School and later Excelus Beauty College. At the time of her death, she was enrolled in the...
Bill Behner
Nov 17, 2013
William Thomas "Bill" Behner, 55, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013, at his home of cancer. He had been under the care of One Source Hospice. He was born February 5, 1958, in Decatur, Illinois to Elvata "Bonnie" Marie Sims. Later, his mother married Raymond Kenneth Behner. Raymond legally adopted Bill when he was in his teens....
Ada Marlene Terry
Nov 16, 2013
An elect lady, Ada Marlene Oliverson Terry, 70, a former resident of Ammon, Idaho, passed away peacefully November 16, 2013, at her home in Meridian, Idaho. Having come from a faithful and courageous pioneer family, Marlene was born on September 7, 1943, in Preston, Idaho, to James Kelly Oliverson and Hattie Egley Oliverson. She was married to her beloved sweetheart,...
Theodore "Ted" Fred Whitmoyer
Nov 11, 2013
Theodore Fred "Ted" Whitmoyer, 87, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away Monday, November 11, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Ted was born on June 30, 1926, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Lester Ellwood Whitmoyer and Esther Mary Wunderlick. He grew up in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey. In 1944, he graduated from Springfield High School in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He attended...
Elizabeth "Liz" Mae Rivas
Nov 10, 2013
Elizabeth Mae "Liz" Rivas, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013, at her home of natural causes. She had been under the care of Encompass Hospice. She was born January 29, 1946, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Elbert Glenn Walden and Lois Mae Page Walden. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. She...
Elizabeth (Betty) Rose Persky
Nov 6, 2013
Elizabeth (Betty) Rose Ivers Persky, 88 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Wednesday November 6, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was under the devoted care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was the first child born to Edward and Cameron (Mair) Ivers on Jan 13, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. Brothers, James and Edward completed the family....
Robert Ekins Elliott
Nov 5, 2013
Robert Ekins Elliott, born March 11, 1940, to Robert L. and Ruth Ekins Elliott in Provo, Utah, passed away Tuesday November 5, 2013, of cancer. Bob grew up working on his grandparent's fruit farm in Provo. When he was 13 years old his family moved to Heber City, Utah, where he worked hard on his family's farm. When he was...
Jack Jones
Nov 3, 2013
Jack Jones, 80, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center. Private family services will be held at a later date under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Stacey Briant Schmier
Nov 3, 2013
Stacey Briant Schmier, 53, of Idaho Falls passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013, with his loving family by his side after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born February 3, 1960, in Idaho Falls, the 4th child and only son to Donald and Jennie Stratton Schmier. He was raised and went to school in Idaho Falls. He graduated from...
Peggy Reeves
Oct 23, 2013
Florence (Peggy or Peg) Hoyt Reeves, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was born July 21, 1917, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Stanley William Wade and Florence Sears Wade. Peggy graduated from West High School in Salt Lake. She worked as a telephone operator for Mountain States...
