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Helen P. Reed

Helen P. Reed

Aug 20, 2013

Helen Reed, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at Fairwinds Retirement Center of causes related to age. She was born in Idaho Falls on December 17, 1923, to Ernest and Sylvia Pickett. Helen attended Riverdale Elementary School, O. E. Bell Jr. High School and Idaho Falls High School where she graduated. She also attended a business...

Wilford Jay Westergard

Wilford Jay Westergard

Aug 12, 2013

Wilford Jay Westergard, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, August, 12, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 10, 1936, in Roberts, Idaho, to Virginia and Willard Westergard. His family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, when he was very young, along with his brother, Gerald and sister, Sara Mae. He joined the United States...

Eva Salazar

Eva Salazar

Aug 8, 2013

Evangelina "Eva" Salazar, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, at her home of natural causes. She was born Jan. 29, 1917, in Aguililla, Michoacan, Mexico, to Natividad Huerta and Christina Escalera. On Feb. 9, 1938, she married Francisco Salazar Alaniz. He passed away April 27, 2001. Eva enjoyed being a homemaker, cooking, crocheting, reading and solving...

Tara Crawford

Tara Crawford

Aug 6, 2013

Tara Lynn Smith Crawford, 21, of Idaho Falls, and formerly of Rexburg, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at her home. She had been under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Funeral Arrangements are pending under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary of Idaho Falls. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com

Rita Renee Lundblade

Rita Renee Lundblade

Aug 5, 2013

Rita Reneé Lundblade, 63, of Idaho Falls, died August 5, 2013, at her sister's home. Aspen Home Health and Hospice assisted the family in her care. She was born June 13, 1950, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Donald Warner Lundblade and Rayola Jones Lundblade. She spent her entire life in Idaho Falls and on the family ranch in Tetonia. Rita...

Lou Jean Oswald Nielsen

Lou Jean Oswald Nielsen

Aug 2, 2013

Our beloved mother, Lou Jean Nielsen, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, August 2, 2013, at her home. Lou Jean was born December 26, 1927 in Idaho Falls, the first child of Herbert W. Oswald and Donna Hancey. She was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from I.F. High School in 1946. She married Chris Nielsen...

Jeffery Mark Kolbe

Jeffery Mark Kolbe

Aug 2, 2013

Jeffery Mark Kolbe, 48, of Idaho Falls, died August 2, 2013, at his home. Arrangements are pending under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First Street, Idaho Falls.

Douglas Delore Grover

Douglas Delore Grover

Aug 1, 2013

Douglas Delore Grover 60, of Idaho Falls passed away Thursday August 1, 2013 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle of cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 22, 1953 in Idaho Falls Idaho to Clinton & Patsy Grover. He grew up in the Idaho Falls area and attended Idaho Falls High...

Perry Mason Bloom

Perry Mason Bloom

Jul 31, 2013

Perry Mason "Bud" Bloom Jr., 76, of Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at the home of his daughter in Ammon. Private family services will be held at a later date. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com

Martha Dell Lambert

Martha Dell Lambert

Jul 27, 2013

Martha Dell Lambert, 88, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Corpus Christi, TX, died Saturday, July 27, 2013 at the home of her daughter in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. At her request no services will be held. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com

Louis A. Weinrich

Louis A. Weinrich

Jul 23, 2013

Louis August Weinrich was born in Floral Park, New York on August 2nd, 1930 to August Louis Weinrich and Mildred Florence Bairley Weinrich. Lou passed away, July 23rd, six days shy of his 83rd birthday at the Life Care Center as a consequence of age. He was raised in Floral Park and shared fond memories of his time playing at...

Steven Robert Morse

Steven Robert Morse

Jul 22, 2013

Steven Robert Morse left this world on July 22, 2013, due to complications from cancer. He was 58 years old. Steve was born on November 11, 1954 in Denver, Colorado. The family then moved to Billings, Montana, where Steve was raised. He graduated from Billings West High School in 1973 and attended Montana State University, Eastern Montana College and Rocky...

Ethel Marie Lindsay

Ethel Marie Lindsay

Jul 20, 2013

Ethel Marie Lindsay, 95, of Sisters, Oregon, and formerly of Ririe, died July 20, 2013, at her daughter's home in San Jose, California. She was born on March 25, 1918, in Rigby, Idaho, to Franklin Johnson Fowers and Elizabeth Lousie Schnider Fowers. She grew up in Lewisville and Ogden, Utah. She graduated from high school in Ogden, Utah, in 1936....

Benjamin Lyle Frantzen

Benjamin Lyle Frantzen

Jul 17, 2013

Benjamin Lyle Frantzen, 32, of Ririe, Idaho, passed away July 17, 2013, suddenly at his home. He was born October 3, 1980, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Scott Henry Frantzen and Nora Jane Schriber. He grew up in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. In 1998, he graduated from Stillwater Area High School. On June 27, 2002, he married Deborah Joy...

Eric Flynn Freitas

Eric Flynn Freitas

Jul 16, 2013

Eric Flynn Freitas, 49, of West Jordan, UT, died July 16, 2013, at the home of his cousin in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was born September 9, 1963, in Las Vegas, NV to Frank and Gail Ryder Freitas. He was raised in El Cajon, CA, and Idaho Falls, ID. He graduated from Bonneville HIgh School in Idaho Falls in 1981....

Douglas Earl Hay

Douglas Earl Hay

Jul 16, 2013

Douglas Earl Hay, 90, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, July 16, 2103, at his home. He was under the care of Encompass Home Health and Hospice. He was born December 31, 1922, in Roberts, Idaho, the son of Robert Edward Hay and Wanda Alice Rhoades Hay. He grew up in Menan, Idaho and Chinook, Montana. He graduated in 1941, from...

Don Leon Roberts

Don Leon Roberts

Jul 11, 2013

Don Leon Roberts, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2013, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born April 11, 1944, in St. Anthony to John J. Roberts and Stella Jensen Roberts. He grew up and attended schools in St. Anthony. He served in the Army National Guard. On Oct. 21, 1975, he married LaRayne Rawls...

Thelma Page

Thelma Page

Jul 11, 2013

Thelma C. Phillips Page, 94, died July 10, 2013 at the Gables in Idaho Falls. She was born in Dayton, Idaho on December 16, 1918 to Vernon M. Phillips and Bertha S. Callan Phillips. Thelma was 9 years old when the family moved to Ammon and later, to Osgood, Idaho. She graduated from Ammon High School in 1937, and married...

Lowell H. Weeks

Lowell H. Weeks

Jul 9, 2013

Lowell H. Weeks, 62, loving father, grandfather, son and brother, returned to the peaceful presence of his Heavenly Father on July 9, 2013. His passing was a result of natural causes. Lowell was born on January 29, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Idaho; the oldest child of Harry and Evelyn Weeks. He enjoyed the outdoors and would hunt and fish with...

Art Manazanares

Art Manazanares

Jul 8, 2013

Joseph Arthur "Art" Manzanares, 64, of Idaho Falls died Monday, July 08, 2013 at his home. He was born March 19, 1949, in Antonito, Colorado, to Jose Maria Manzanares and Matilda Maria Manzanares. He grew up in Riverton and Lander, Wyoming. He attended Riverton and Lander Valley High Schools. On February 17, 2005, he married Rebecca St. Clair, Manzanares in...

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