obituaries

Oct 7, 2009

Lena M. Layton, 78, of Star Valley, WY and Sand Springs, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Funeral Arrangements are pending under the direction of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Services in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Local Arragements are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary of Idaho Falls. Condolences may be sent online at www.coltrinmortuary.com.

Oct 3, 2009

Jack Howell Jensen, 87, of Idaho Falls, died October 3, 2009, at his home of natural causes. He was born September 5, 1922, in McCammon, Idaho, to Hans Jensen and Mattie Howell Jensen. He grew up in Dayton, Idaho, and attended high school in Weston, Idaho. On November 29, 1945, he married Melveen Shaw in Logan, Utah. Their marriage was...

Sep 23, 2009

Gertraud Drigert, 85, of Idaho Falls, died September 23, 2009, at her home of cancer. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born March 9, 1924, in Germany to Adolf and Hedwig Kludt. She arrived in New York from Germany in 1953. She married William Drigert in June, 1955, in New York, New York. She...

Sep 20, 2009

Ronald Haynes Wise, 69, of Idaho Falls, died September 20, 2009, at Pinebrook Assisted Living Center from a lingering illness. He had been under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. He was born March 23, 1940, in Idaho Falls to Levi William Wise and Edith Blair Wise. He grew up and attended school in Idaho Falls. He later served...

Sep 18, 2009

Susanna Wilkey Leavitt, 78, of Idaho Falls, died September 18, 2009, in St. George. She had been under the care of Zion's Way Hospice. She was born April 26, 1931, in Nephi, Utah, to John Henry Wilkey and Elizabeth Kendall Wilkey. She grew up and attended school in Nephi and graduated from Juab High School. She attended Snow College. On...

Sep 16, 2009

Carol Lee Freebairn, 71, of Idaho Falls, died September 16, 2009, at the home of her daughter, Carrie Lemmon. Funeral arrangements are pending at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com

Sep 15, 2009

Wyatt Tyrell Byers, infant son of Kirk Byers and Shannon F. Byers was stillborn September 15, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Funeral services will be at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St., Idaho Falls with Bishop David Adams officiating. The family will visit with friends one hour prior to...

Sep 7, 2009

Anna Margaret Berrett passed away peacefully in her sleep September 7, 2009, at the home of her daughter, Trudy Ross, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born to Arthur John and Anna Hansen Maher on April 4, 1921, in Los Angeles, California. She was orphaned at the age of 5 and was reared by her Uncle Hyrum and Aunt...

Sep 6, 2009

Barry was born in Casper, Wyoming on March 25th, 1944, and adopted by his parents Burr and Marjorie Robbins when he was three months old. Burr and Marjorie raised Barry, their only child in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He spent most of his early childhood years by his father's side hunting, fishing, and enjoying the great outdoors. As a teenager he...

Sep 3, 2009

Tristan Lee Ashby, 8 months, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born January 1, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Steven Ashby and Kayla Haslam Ashby. He lived his short life in Shelley and Ammon. He is survived by his mother, Kayla Ashby of Ammon; his...

Sep 3, 2009

Burdett Lords, 86, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. He was born April 17, 1923, in Idaho Falls to Robert J. and Lillian Mae Bowcutt Lords. As a young boy he lived in El Centro, California. The family moved back to Idaho and Burdett...

Sep 3, 2009

Mary Johnnetta Shick, 83, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Thursday, September 3, 2009, at her home in Idaho Falls. She had been under the care of Idaho Home Health and Hospice. She was born April 13, 1926, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to John R.V. Call and Celia Woodland Call. She grew up in Eureka, California, and attended Eureka High School....

Aug 25, 2009

Edna Wride Johnson, 98, of Idaho Falls, died August 25, 2009, at her home. She had been under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. She was born May 4, 1911, in Provo, Utah, to Angus and Harriet Ann Clinger Wride. She spent her first years in Provo, moving to Aberdeen, Idaho, in 1917. She graduated from Aberdeen High School...

Aug 24, 2009

Glenn "Scotty" Joel Scott, 87, of Idaho Falls, died August 24, 2009, at Idaho Falls Health & Rehabilitation. He was born September 17, 1921, in Letha, Idaho, the sixth child born to Joel Mannon Scott and Esther Vernon McMurtrey. He grew up and attended schools in Salmon. He served in the United States Army as a Tailgunner during World War...

Aug 20, 2009

Betty Jane Dalling Smith, 62, formerly of Idaho Falls, died August 20, 2009, at her home in Shelley, Idaho, of brain cancer. Betty was born January 12, 1947, in Rexburg, Idaho, to John L. and Mildred Jenkins Dalling. She grew up in and attended schools in Moore, Idaho, until the family moved to Idaho Falls in 1960. She graduated from...

Aug 19, 2009

Zella May Dannehl, 79, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation. She was born February 26, 1930, in Basalt, Idaho, to Lorin Farr Freeman and Dolores Jensen Freeman, the 10th child of 16. She grew up in Basalt and graduated from Firth High School in 1947. On September 22, 1952, she married...

Aug 17, 2009

William McAdoo Gibson, 90, of Idaho Falls, died August 17, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born November 24, 1918, in Ft. Worth, Texas, to Albert Henry Gibson and Dora D. Hickman. He was raised in Ft. Worth and later served with the 96th Infantry Division on Okinawa from 1944-1945. He earned the Bronze Star and two...

Aug 16, 2009

Jarvis Anderson, 79, of Ammon, Idaho, died Sunday August 16, 2009, at his home. He was born July 10, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Marvin Joseph Anderson and Flora May Hammer Anderson. Jarvis was raised in Ammon and graduated from Ammon High School in 1948. He left the Rocky Mountains to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in his...

Aug 13, 2009

Verna Lee Bodily, 80, of Idaho Falls, died August 13, 2009, at her home of natural causes. She had been under the care of Creekside Hospice. She was born June 10, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Warren E. Wright and Hazel Sarah Fridal. She spent the first seven years of her life in Salt Lake and then the...

Aug 9, 2009

Marie Papworth Wright, 84, of Idaho Falls, died August 9, 2009, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home-Idaho Falls Village of natural causes. She had been under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

She was born September 4, 1924, in Afton, Wyoming, the youngest of four children born to William Elmo Papworth and Florence Mae Roberts Papworth. She grew up...