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Idaho falls, Idaho Obituaries
Rayola Miller
Aug 10, 2011
Rayola Miller, 85, of Rigby and Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Rayola was born November 22, 1925, in Garfield, Idaho, to James Andrus and Florence Crystal Andrus. She graduated from Ucon High School in 1943. She married Ralph O. Miller in...
Oralia Vasquez-Vela
Aug 9, 2011
Oralia "La La" Vasquez-Vela, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully at her home August 9, 2011 surrounded by her son, Homero and family Bill Tozer and Guadalupe Sanchez. She was born October 3, 1928, in San Benito, Texas, to Carlos Vasquez and Angelina Barron. She grew up and attended schools in Matamoros Mexico and Brownsville, Texas. In 1945, she...
Doris Charlene Fish Hendricks
Aug 9, 2011
Doris Charlene Fish Hendricks, 92, of Ammon, died August 9, 2011, at her son's home in Ammon. She was born June 8, 1919 in Cody, Wyoming, to Glen Cecil Fish Sr. and Maude Ester Stevenson Fish. She grew up in Cody and graduated from Cody High School in 1937. She was a self taught seamstress and worked for LeVines, a...
Nina Blanche Aiman
Aug 5, 2011
Nina Blanche Aiman, 87, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away from complications of heart disease at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on Friday, August 5, 2011. Nina was born December 30, 1923, in York (near Taylor in Bonneville County), Idaho. She was the eighth and youngest child of William Dare Neilson and "Lola" (Miller) Neilson Hampton. She grew up and...
Dot Thornock Crook
Aug 4, 2011
Dot Thornock Crook, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away August, 4, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of multiple system failure, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born December 18, 1919, in Rigby, Idaho, to Seymour Hyrum Thornock and Janet Leishman Moffat. She was the middle child of seven. The family moved to many different places in Idaho,...
Tessie Mary Wojnarowicz
Aug 2, 2011
Tessie Mary Wojnarowicz, 91, of Ammon, Idaho died August 2, 2011, at her home. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Beth Armstrong Jaussi
Jul 30, 2011
Our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at the age of 89. Beth Armstrong Jaussi was born on January 3, 1922, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Joseph D. Armstrong and Norine Streeper Armstrong. When she was three years old her mother died and when she was seven years old her father married...
Terry Shepherd
Jul 26, 2011
Terry "Shep" Shepherd, 74, of Idaho Falls, died July 26, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 27, 1936, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Otis Terry and Elizabeth Theros Shepherd. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He served in the United States Air Force. He married...
Alvin Edwards
Jul 22, 2011
Alvin Edwards, 84, of Lincoln, Idaho, died Friday, July 22, 2011, at his home in Lincoln from complications of cancer. He was under the care of Hospice Alliance. He was born on December 24, 1926, to Vernon Benjamin and Harriet Elizabeth Barrington Edwards in Lincoln, Idaho. He was raised in Lincoln. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1945....
Josephine Ferguson
Jul 17, 2011
Josephine Ferguson, 65, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at her home. She was under the care of Hearts for Hospice. She is survived by the following: Husband, Thomas L. Ferguson Daughter, Barbara (Alan) Cox Son, Gary (Tracey) Ferguson Son, Stephen Ferguson Son, Joseph (Teresa) Ferguson Son, Wesley Ferguson Private family services will be held at a...
Stanley B. Englert
Jul 16, 2011
Stanley B. Englert, 72, of Idaho Falls, died Saturday, July 16, 2011 at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary of Idaho Falls. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com
John C. Wilson
Jul 9, 2011
John C. Wilson, 59, of Idaho Falls, died July 9, 2011 at Mountain Valley Assisted Living Center in Ammon. Memorial Services will be held 1:00 p.m. Tuesday July 19, 2011 at the Ammon LDS 17th Ward Chapel 2200 Stafford Dr. in Ammon with Bishop Ray Phillips officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls. Condolences may...
Brooke Bullock Snyder
Jul 8, 2011
Brooke Bullock Snyder, 70, of Idaho Falls passed away July 8, 2011 at her home due to cancer. She was surrounded by her entire family who will miss her gentle spirit and loving nature very much. Brooke was born May 31, 1941, to Richard and Marjorie Fenderson Bullock and was raised in Wrentham, Massachusetts. She graduated from Wrentham High School...
Jay Dee Pilgrim
Jul 5, 2011
Jay Dee Pilgrim, 74, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Jay was born March 11, 1937, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Ray Hadfield Pilgrim and LaVene Morris Pilgrim. He grew up in the Riddyville area near McCammon, Idaho. He attended Marsh Valley High School after which he served four years...
Thomas Richardson Hill
Jul 2, 2011
Thomas Richardson "Dick" Hill M.D., 81, of Idaho Falls passed away July 2, 2011. He was born May 23, 1930, to Leonidas Edwin Hill, Jr. and Josephine Fransioli Hill. He spent his first decade in his birthplace, Aberdeen, Washington and Everett. As a former naval officer his father was recalled in 1940 to work on engineering problems of torpedoes in...
Dennis James Fanning
Jul 1, 2011
Dennis James "DF" Fanning, 55, of Idaho Falls, died July 1, 2011 at his home of heart failure. He was born January 23, 1956, in Idaho Falls. He was adopted by James Albert Fanning and Glen Mae Crabtree Fanning. He attended Idaho Falls and Skyline High School and graduated in 1975. He also attended Eastern Idaho Technical College. He also...
Ronald O. Bate
Jun 30, 2011
Ronald Otis Bate, 79, of Idaho Falls, died June 30, 2011 at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. He was born February 20, 1932, in Idaho Falls to Peter Earl and Ethel Ruth Walker Bate. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1950. Ron enlisted in the US Army in 1951 and served...
Milton George Koop
Jun 27, 2011
Milton George Koop, 93, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Cayucos, California, died June 27, 2011 at his son's home in Idaho Falls. Private Family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St. Idaho Falls. Send condolences to the family online at www.coltrinmortuary.com
Edward Adam Kuharske
Jun 26, 2011
Edward Adam "Ed" Kuharske, 57, of Idaho Falls died Sunday, June 26, 2011. Arrangements are pending at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St. in Idaho Falls. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com.
Sharell D. Brown
Jun 18, 2011
Sharell D. Brown, 80, Idaho Falls resident, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls. Private family services will be held under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Cemetery. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com
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