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Idaho falls, Idaho Obituaries
Valerie Lynn Sturm
Nov 30, 2012
Valerie Lynn Sturm, 52, of Idaho Falls lost a battle with cancer Friday, November 30, 2012. Valerie was born October 9, 1960 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Bobbie and Samuel Harr. When her parents divorced, she moved with her mother and sister, Melanie, to Idaho Falls, where she later graduated from Idaho Falls High School. On April 25, 1981 she...
Cheryl Ann Olson
Nov 23, 2012
Cheryl Ann Jacobsen Olson, 51, of Idaho Falls, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2012, at her home. She was born October 12, 1961, in American Falls, Idaho, to Donald E. Jacobsen and Arlene D. Tinker Jacobsen. The family moved to Idaho Falls where she attended Bush Elementary, Eagle Rock Junior High and Skyline High School. In March 1981, she...
Jean Evelyn Shewmaker
Nov 19, 2012
Jean Evelyn Rollins Shewmaker, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, November 19, 2012, at her home at Lincoln Court. She was under the care of One Source Hospice. She was born June 18, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Charles and Evelyn Rollins. Jean grew up in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 1959, she married Piatt "Pat" Shewmaker, who was a 27...
Beth Roszell
Nov 13, 2012
Beth Ivie Roszell, 70, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away November 13, 2012, at her home. She was under the care of Idaho Home Health & Hospice. She was born August 15, 1942, in Afton, Wyoming, to Edwin D. Ivie and Marjorie Anderson Ivie. She grew up and attended schools in Etna and Star Valley, Wyoming. She lived in California,...
Gerald Don Harmor
Nov 4, 2012
Gerald "Jerry" Don Harmor, 78, of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, November 4, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born January 11, 1934, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to John Albert Harmor and Verna Ledford Harmor. He grew up in Oklahoma and California. On August 29, 1984, he married Lucille Nelson in Beaver, Utah. Besides Oklahoma...
Elaine Getsinger
Nov 4, 2012
Elaine Hanson Getsinger, 85, of Iona, passed away peacefully Sunday, November 4th, 2012, at the home of her youngest daughter, Marilyn Danielson, in Shelley, Idaho. She was surrounded by several of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren at the time of her death. She was born the third of five children on August 2nd, 1927, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Lee...
Hazel Ruth Toole
Nov 3, 2012
Hazel Ruth Toole, 77, of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of a pulmonary embolism. She was born June 1, 1935, in Wenatchee, Washington, to Kenneth Coppess and Ada Smith Coppess. Hazel's mother passed away when she was 3 years old, and her father married Velma Bennett when Hazel was 6 years...
Gerald Robert Gray
Nov 2, 2012
Gerald Robert Gray, 74, Idaho Falls resident, passed away Nov. 2, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born January 22, 1938, in Albion, Idaho, to Robert Charles Gray and Freda Perrins Gray. He grew up in Blackfoot. In 1956, he graduated from Blackfoot High School. He served with the Idaho National Guard. On August 15, 1957, he...
John Dean Capek
Nov 1, 2012
John Dean Capek, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Sandra Gayle Foster
Nov 1, 2012
Sandra "Sandy" Gayle Foster, 65, of Firth, Idaho, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on Nov 1, 2012. She was born December 9, 1946, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Nelson Virgil Allen and LaDonna Fern Davis Allen. She grew up at Guthrie and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The family moved to California when she was 13. She graduated from Banning...
Kenneth P. Fallon Sr.
Oct 30, 2012
Ken P. Fallon Sr., 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 30, 2012 at Turtle and Crane of cause's incident to age. He was born April 5, 1916, in Goldthwaite, Texas. He married Geneva Whisenant, the love of his life, on November 18, 1934. After working in the petroleum industry in Texas, and the shipyards in San Diego at the...
Irel Douglas Church
Oct 30, 2012
Irel Douglas Church, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at his home of pancreatic cancer. He was born November 17, 1930, in Burley, Idaho, to Robert Holiday Church and Edna Leanore Paulson Church. He grew up and attended school in Burley. In 1949, he graduated from Burley High School and later attended Albion State Normal College....
Alexandria Caryn Hunter
Oct 28, 2012
Alexandria C. Hunter, 54, of Idaho Falls, died Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Don Voyal Harris
Oct 28, 2012
Don Voyal Harris, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Don was born September 16, 1930, in Ririe, Idaho, the son of Voyal W. Harris and Mary Leona Moss Harris. His childhood was spent in Ririe. He lived and worked with his Uncle Jack and Aunt Letha Rumsey and their family...
Sarah Emogene Powell
Oct 18, 2012
Sarah Emogene "Gene" Powell, 85, of Benton, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012, at the home of her son, Bob Powell in Roberts, Idaho. Local arrangements are pending at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls, Idaho. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Gale Moon
Oct 14, 2012
Ira "Gale" Moon, a man of integrity, principle, wittiness, and compassion, finished his earthly work and passed away October 14, 2012, surrounded by the most important and cherished people in his life - his sweetheart Iva Lou, and 6 children. He will be missed, but his lessons and example are rooted in the lives of his 27 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren,...
Jason Frederic Cowart
Oct 11, 2012
Jason F. Cowart, 41, of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home on Thursday, October 11, 2012. The family will visit with friends Tuesday, October 16, 2012, from 9-10:00 a.m. at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls. Private Graveside services will be held later. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Doris Elaine Barnes
Oct 9, 2012
Doris Elaine Marks Barnes, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 9, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Ammon. She was born on February 6, 1920, in Bedford, Wyoming. Doris was the sixth child of 13 children born to George Wiley Marks and Emma Delilah Merritt Marks. She grew up in Bedford and Rigby, Idaho. She left school...
Dennis Kelel Thueson
Oct 5, 2012
Dennis Kelel Thueson, 53, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of cardiac arrest. He was born May 5, 1959, in Idaho Falls, to Kelel N. Thueson and Della Cherry Thueson. He grew up in the Coltman area of Idaho Falls. In 1977, he graduated from Bonneville High School. He attended Ricks College where he...
Verna Marie Strong
Oct 5, 2012
Verna Marie Strong, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 5, 2012, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. She was born September 13, 1923, in Antelope, Idaho, the oldest of six children born to William Jennings Reed and Esther Sophia Browning Reed. She grew up on the original homestead east of Ririe. She graduated from Ririe High...
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