obituaries
Idaho falls, Idaho Obituaries
Betty Lucy Roice
May 27, 2009
Betty Lucy Eynon Roice was born November 16, 1932 in Jackson, Wyoming. She was fiercely proud of being a Jackson Hole native. Betty was the daughter of Lester Eynon who was born in Victor, Idaho, July 8, 1899 and Maude Eynon who came to Jackson in 1923 to teach at the Spread Creek School. Some of Betty's fondest memories were...
Gloria Clark
May 25, 2009
Gloria Ferrell Willmore Clark, 79, of Idaho Falls, died May 25, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society-Idaho Falls Village of natural causes.
She was born January 5, 1930, in Idaho Falls, to Edgar Balfor Ferrell and Alta Theora Jordan Ferrell. She grew up in Idaho Falls and Milo. In 1947, she graduated from Ucon High School.
On...
Ernestine Schenk
May 21, 2009
Ernestine Schenk, 72, of Rigby, Idaho, died Thursday, May 21, 2009, at her home. She was under the care of Hospice Alliance.
She was born August 6, 1936, in Roseville, California, to Lester and Audrey Astill. She attended schools in Roseville, and graduated from Roseville High School.
She married Walter Schenk June 3, 1955 at...
Donna Rae Ricks
May 12, 2009
Donna Rae Huskinson Ricks, 82 of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and formerly of Ephrata, Washington, died May 12, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
She was born November 16, 1926, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Albert Huskinson and Harriet Howells Huskinson. She was 1 of 5 children. She grew up and attended school in Sugar City....
Willa Marjean Sutton
May 12, 2009
Willa Marjean Sutton, 81, of Idaho Falls passed away peacefully at her home on May 12, 2009.
She was born September 3, 1927, in the Teton Valley at a place known as Badger Creek to John Preston Atchley and Laura Emily Atchley. She had many brothers and sisters and she was 12th of 14 children. Her family moved to...
Hilda Evans
May 9, 2009
Hilda Evans, 93, of Idaho Falls, died May 9, 2009, at the Pine Brook Assisted Living Center in Rigby.
She was born on June 21, 1915, in Billings, Montana, to John B. Peil and Mary Katherine Marker Peil. She grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
In April 1933, she married Daniel Gable. He passed away in September 1947....
Don H. Haroldsen
May 8, 2009
Donovan Howard Haroldsen, 93, died May 8, 2009 at Lincoln Court Retirement Center in Idaho Falls.
He was born Sept. 8, 1915, in St. Leon, Idaho, the son of Reuben and Mary Gardner Haroldsen. Don grew up at the family home on St. Leon Road, attended Crowley and Ammon schools and graduated from Ucon High School in 1935.
...Sonya Ludlow
May 5, 2009
Sonya Lois Lee Ludlow, 75, of Idaho Falls, died May 5, 2009 at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village.
She was born July 24, 1933 In Long Beach, California to Chalmer Lee Donovan and Thelma Lois Mitchell.
She grew up in Long Beach and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in l951. She worked as an...
Halsey E. "Junior" Gridley
May 3, 2009
Halsey Elwin (Junior) Gridley, 83, of Challis, Idaho, was released from the bonds of this earth on May 3, 2009, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello where he resided the last 9 years.
He was born on March 23, 1926, to Halsey Melvin and Edna Buchanan Gridley in Pocatello, Idaho. In the early 1930's, he and his...
Ray Young Parker
May 2, 2009
Ray Young Parker passed away peacefully, May 2, 2009 in Idaho Falls, Idaho at Life Care Center from complications resulting from Parkinson's Disease.
Ray was born the sixth child of Parley Pratt Parker Jr. and Mary Muir in Independence, Polk County, Oregon on September 4, 1924. He was raised in Hibbard and Teton, Idaho. He married Norma Morton on...
Richard Carlson
May 1, 2009
Richard "Dick" Carlson passed away May 1, 2009, at his home in Iona, Idaho.
He was born February 5, 1934, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Emil and Lillian Carlson. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School with scholarships in football and baseball. After graduating from high school, he married Margie Carlson. They had five children.
He followed...
Barbara Peart
May 1, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009, Barbara Jane "Bobbi" Peart slipped the bonds of this earth. Born December 26, 1926, to Dan C. and Myrtle Myra Iverson, she lived her childhood on the Rock Creek Ranch in Hansen, Idaho.
Bobbi attended schools in Kimberly and graduated high school there in 1944. She later attended beauty schools in California and Idaho. She...
Alice Lavonne Ruder
Apr 29, 2009
Alice LaVonne Hurt Ruder, 70, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and formerly of Cheyenne, Wyoming, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at her home.
She was born March 8, 1939, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Ivan H. And Hazel J. Koon Hurt. She grew up in Cheyenne and graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1957.
She attended Mountain Bell and...
Alton Anderson
Apr 27, 2009
Alton Anderson, 88, of Ammon, died April 27, 2009, at the home of his daughter in Clinton, Utah of natural causes.
He was born two months premature on Feb. 21, 1921, in Ammon, Idaho, to Marvin Joseph Anderson and Flora May Hammer Anderson. He grew up on the family farm south of the Ammon town site and in 1939,...
Julia Lee Mclaughlin Johnson
Apr 25, 2009
Julia Lee McLaughlin Johnson, 86, Idaho Falls resident, died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
She was born October 26, 1922, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Benjamin LeRoy McLaughlin and Bessie Augusta Miller McLaughlin. She grew up and attended schools in Pocatello. She received her nurse's training in Idaho Falls and was in the Cadet Nurses'...
Dorothy B. Culver
Apr 25, 2009
Dorothy Berneice Culver, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
She was born December 9, 1924, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to James Monroe and Edna Geneva Fox Brown. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended schools in Ammon.
She married Gordon Culver on October 26, 1946, in...
John Maheras
Apr 22, 2009
John P. Maheras of Blackfoot, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Willows Assisted Living Center in Blackfoot from causes incident to age.
John was born September 3, 1923, in Idaho Falls to Peter John and Celia Argenta Miles Maheras. He was raised and educated in the Idaho Falls area where he learned the...
Jone P. Crabtree
Apr 22, 2009
Jone Paulsen Crabtree, wife of Dr. Larry Crabtree, died on April 22, 2009, in Idaho Falls at the age of 79. Jone had been in residence at the Lily & Syringa Care Center and assisted by the Hands of Hope Hospice since last fall.
Born November 27th, 1929, in Lewisville, Idaho, she was the daughter of Vance and Faye...
Robert Dale Carruthers
Apr 18, 2009
Robert Dale Carruthers, 69, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
He was born July 5, 1939, to Dale Stanley and Dorthy May Carruthers in Idaho Falls. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1957.
He served in the...
Thomas Francis Wirth
Apr 10, 2009
Thomas F. Wirth, 61, of Idaho Falls, died Friday, April 10, 2009 at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.
He was born November 23, 1947 in Joliet, Illinois to Fred and Alberta Fessett Wirth. He attended schools in Lemont, Illinois and graduated from Lemont Township High School.
Tom served in the...
Obituaries for Coltrin Mortuary & Crematory
Obituary Notifications
Subscribe to get alerts for new obituaries when Coltrin Mortuary & Crematory posts tributes.

A Year of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time.







