Delbert Leroy Colby
Jan 17, 2012
Delbert Leroy Colby, 54, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 17, 2012, at his home. He was born April 28, 1957, in Idaho Falls, to Isaac Ransford Colby and Norma Jean Hines Colby. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1975. Delbert worked at King B Jerky for 20 years prior to being...
Galen Shawn Bush
Jan 14, 2012
Galen Shawn Bush, 44, of Idaho Falls, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls of natural causes. Galen was born Jan. 19, 1967, in Idaho Falls. He was the youngest of eight children to Bill F. Bush and Shirley Bush Madsen. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High...
Melveen Shaw Jensen
Jan 9, 2012
Melveen Shaw Jensen, 85, of Idaho Falls, died January 9, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Melveen was born Nov. 26, 1926, in Tetonia, Idaho to Alma Ray and Florence Pastore Turner Shaw. She grew up in the Teton Valley, and in Jerome, Idaho. She graduated from Jerome High School in 1944. After graduation she attended...
Robert G Talamantez
Jan 9, 2012
Robert "Bob" Talamantez, 75, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died January 9, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born December 11, 1936, in Bracketville, Texas, to Octaviano and Mary Galvan Talamantez. When he was young, the family moved to Shelley, Idaho, where he grew up and attended Shelley High School. He also attended classes at Eastern Idaho Technical...
Donald Lawrence Jarvis
Jan 4, 2012
Donald L. Jarvis Sr. died in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the arms of his loving daughter, Debbie Peebler, on January 4, 2012, at the age of 80. Don was born in Groton, Connecticut, on September 6, 1931. He was the youngest of seven children born to Leon and Margaret Collins Jarvis. Don was raised in Waterford, Connecticut. In the 1950's,...
Owen Ray Tanner
Jan 1, 2012
Long time business owner, Owen Ray Tanner, 80 of Washington, Utah, and formerly of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away January 1, 2012, at his home. He was under the care of Zion's Way Hospice. Owen was born in Ogden, Utah, September 26, 1931, to Carlos LaVar Tanner and Norma Lucy Bean Tanner. He attended Madison Elementary, Central Jr. High and...
Lillian T. Houser
Dec 31, 2011
Lillian T. Houser, 90, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Allentown, Pennsylvania, died Dec. 31, 2011 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Local Arrangements are pending under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Carol Ann Jay
Dec 27, 2011
Carol Ann Jay, 77, of Idaho Falls, Idaho went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 27, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was born November 9, 1934 to Daniel and Hilda Gable in Gering, Nebraska. She married Nelson Jay Jr. on June 20, 1954 and they were married for fifty seven years. They lived Greeley, Colorado until...
Amelia Gauna
Dec 20, 2011
Amelia "Millie" Gauna, 77, of Idaho Falls, died December 20, 2011 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Millie was born in Hillsboro, Texas on December 2, 1934 to George and Pauline Gauna Castro. She was raised in Taylor, Idaho and then moved to Rigby, Idaho. She loved Dr. Pepper and chewing gum. Millie had a lot of...
Melvin Vernon Bird
Dec 20, 2011
Melvin Vernon Bird of Ammon, died December 20, 2011, at Peak Village Assisted Living Center in Ammon. He was born November 28, 1920, in Pocatello, Idaho to Vernon C. and Mabel M. Covert Bird. Melvin grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1939. Melvin married Mona Williams on December 21, 1940 in Pocatello. Shortly after their...
Rosieanna Checketts
Dec 12, 2011
Rosie Anna Woodbury Checketts, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 12, 2011, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehabilitation. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Rosie was born June 15, 1927, the seventh of eight children. She was born to Milo Thomas Woodbury and Minnie Ethyl Lemmons in Pocatello, Idaho. She grew up on the Swanson...
Phyllis V. Humphrey
Dec 9, 2011
Phyllis V. Humphrey, 91, of Idaho Falls and Ashton, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2011 in Idaho Falls. She was born on February 27, 1920 in Marysville, Idaho, the daughter of Clad and Viola Nelson, the fifth of eleven children. At the age of four, the family moved to the Teton Valley and located in Alta, Wyoming. Shortly after...
Joan Harris Hill
Dec 5, 2011
Joan Harris Hill, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 5, 2011, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Joan was born on February 27, 1932, 3 minutes after her twin sister, in Ririe, Idaho, to Arthur C. Harris and Verna May Layman. She grew up and attended schools in Ririe. In 1950, she...
Ruth H. Birch
Dec 4, 2011
Ruth Huskinson Birch, 92, of Idaho Falls, died December 4, 2011, at Fairwinds-Sand Creek of causes incident to age. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Ruth was born August 14, 1919, in Moody Creek, Idaho, to George Albert Huskinson and Maida Inez Johnson. She grew up in Moody Creek, Idaho. She graduated from Sugar Salem High...
Shirley Tolman Black
Dec 4, 2011
Shirley Tolman Black, 89 of Idaho Falls, formerly of Nampa, died Sunday, December 4, 2011, at her daughter's home in Idaho Falls. Shirley was born December 9, 1921, in Fairview, Wyoming, to Mondell and Muriel Bagley Tolman. She had two sisters, Eloise and Audrey. Just before she turned three, her mother died. A few years later, her father married Bertha...
Danny Clark
Dec 1, 2011
Danny Clark, 55, of Idaho Falls, died December 1, 2011, at his home. Arrangements are pending at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls, Idaho. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Ferna Jewell Berrett
Nov 29, 2011
Ferna Jewell Connell Berrett, 91, of Idaho Falls, died November 29, 2011 at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls. Ferna was born October 26, 1920, in Rigby, Idaho, to Henry Samuel Connell and Hattie Luella Catherine Rapp Connell. She grew up in Clark Ward and attended high school in Roberts where she graduated in 1938. On June 22, 1939 she...
Jack Roberts
Nov 27, 2011
Courtious Jack "C.J." Roberts, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center. Jack was born August 12, 1923, in Topeka, Kansas, to Paul Roberts and Marie Ramsey Roberts. He joined the Army at the age of 17 and served his country through World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. He...
Ted Wojnarowicz
Nov 25, 2011
Theodore "Ski" Stanley Wojnarowicz, 69, Ammon resident, died November 25, 2011, at his home from Mesothelioma. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. He was born July 27, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Theodore W. and Tessie Ciurlej Wojnarowicz. He grew up in Philadelphia, Penn., where he graduated in 1960, from Father Judge High...
Nona Jean Fullmer Hanson
Nov 20, 2011
Nona Jean Fullmer Hanson, age 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday November 20, 2011 at Mount Vernon Assisted Living Center. Nona was born August 27, l930 in Roberts, Idaho to Reid & Evelean Fullmer. She was the ninth of twelve children. Nona grew up in Menan. She attended grade school in Menan, graduated from Midway High School in 1948....
