obituaries

Oct 8, 2007

Gigi Ann Masters, 47, of Rexburg, died Oct. 8, 2007, at Madison Memorial Hospital, in Rexburg, Idaho, of cancer.

She was born Dec. 20, 1959, in Marysville, Ohio, the daughter of Gerald Wayne and Waunna Allison Galloway. She grew up in Marysville and graduated from Marysville High School in 1978. She graduated from the Ohio High Point School of...

Oct 7, 2007

Karma Bean Cox, 78, died October 7, 2007 at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho from complications of cancer.

She was born November 22, 1928 in Wilford, Idaho to Lloyd James and Millie Birch Bean, their third daughter. She grew up on a dry farm east of Drummond, Idaho. During the winter months she and her siblings skied to...

Oct 6, 2007

Jane Christina Jaring, 84, passed away on October 6, 2007, from causes incident to age. She was under the loving care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Jane was born November 19, 1922, at Velsen, in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Mina and Willem Van Beek. In 1939, she met her husband Cornelis (Carl) Jaring and they were...

Oct 4, 2007

Hugh Sneed Cole, 84, of Idaho Falls, died Thursday morning, October 4, 2007, at Lincoln Court Retirement Center in Idaho Falls.

He was born March 1, 1923, at home in Lorena, Texas, to William Hugh and Nellie Lee Hill Cole. During his childhood, his family moved every two to three years to small towns throughout central Texas because his...

Oct 1, 2007

Jean Theresa Onken, 36, of Idaho Falls, died Oct 1, 2007, at her home.

She was born April 8, 1971, in Van Nuys, California, to Carroll and Florence Brewer Heacock. She attended Elsinore High School and received her GED in 1991.

She was a Certified Nursing Assistant.

She married Michael Sutton. They were later divorced....

Sep 29, 2007

Vera Loree Evans Owens, 83, of Iona, died Saturday, September 29, 2007 at her home. Vera was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

She was born August 13, 1924 in Lamesa, Texas to Loree and Winnie Dale Davis Evans.

Vera grew up in Artesia, New Mexico, and graduated from Artesia High School in 1942....

Sep 24, 2007

Pearl Evelyn Anderson Good, 95, of Idaho Falls, and formerly of Salmon, died September 24, 2007, at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation.

She was born July 28, 1912 in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Carl Anderson and Amanda Grahm Anderson. She grew up and attended schools in Blackfoot.

On Oct. 7, 1932, she married Thomas Edward "Ed" Good in...

Sep 13, 2007

Good bye Virginia!

Do you know Virginia? If you do, then you know that she was argumentative, stubborn, opinionated, and terribly independent. These traits enabled this farm girl from Winchester, Kentucky, to survive and prosper in post-war Chicago in an automotive factory. Virginia spent her retirement in Idaho Falls.

Virginia maintained her contact with her sister, Frieda....

Sep 13, 2007

Samarawickrama Somasiri, 73, of Kurunagala, Sri Lanka, died September 13, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

Funeral Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 15, 2007, at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First St. Idaho Falls.

Sep 12, 2007

Eugene "Gene" Willard Jennings, 83, of Wickenburg, Arizona, and formerly of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died September 12, 2007, at My Fathers Retirement Ranch in Wickenburg, Arizona.

He was born January 10, 1924, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to James O. Jennings and Audrey Roush Jennings. He grew up in St. Anthony, Parker, and Idaho Falls. After losing his mother at...

Sep 10, 2007

W. Marie Rice, 82, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 10, 2007 following a long term illness. Marie was a resident of Alta Ridge in Holladay, an assisted living facility, since May of this year. Marie was a longtime resident of Idaho Falls.

She was born in Jamestown, Kentucky, in 1925, the daughter of Homer and...

Sep 8, 2007

Glen "Dick" Vernon Lowry, 94, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and formerly of Redding, California, died Saturday, September 8, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

He was born August 5, 1913, in Manti, Utah, to Jesse William Lowry and Eliza Stutzneggar Lowry. He was raised in McCammon, Idaho, and graduated from McCammon High School in 1931. He attended Idaho...

Sep 7, 2007

Nora Edna Johnson, 88, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Friday, September 7, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

She was born September 22, 1918, in Bancroft, Idaho, at her home to Michael and Emily Kelly Whitworth. She grew up in Bancroft and Chesterfield and graduated from Lava High School in 1936.

She married...

Aug 31, 2007

Patsy Rae Bachtell Cherry, 77, of Idaho Falls died August 31, 2007, in her home of pancreatic cancer.

She was born October 26, 1929, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Howard Paul and Cora Hylton Bachtell.

On October 20, 1947, she married Milo "Mike" Cherry in Rexburg, Idaho.

She was a member of the Church of...

Aug 28, 2007

Sheree Louise Havins, 51, of Ammon, Idaho, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

She was born July 21, 1956 in Hollywood, California. She was raised by her adoptive parents, John Joseph Murray and Louise Fern Price Murray.

She attended Our Lady of Guadalupe High School in California and attended Fullerton College where...

Aug 28, 2007

Lillian Sarah Baker Hadley, 92, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at her home due to causes of age. She was under the care of Idaho Home Health and Hospice.

She was born July 4, 1915, in Auburn, Wyoming, to William Levi and Edna Mae Taggart Baker. She grew up in Auburn, Butte, Montana,...

Aug 26, 2007

Cami Kay Coronado, 20, of Ammon, Idaho, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from injuries sustained in a car accident.

She was born June 12, 1987, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Tony and Launa K. McMurray Coronado. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. She attended Hillcrest High School.

She was a...

Aug 25, 2007

Sherryl "Sherry" Diane Brann-Rickman 55, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Rancho Cucamunga, California, died Saturday, August 25, 2007 at her daughter's home in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Creekside Hospice.

She was born December 11, 1951 in San Bernadino County, California to Walter Oscar Colbert and Carol Elaine Simms. She was raised by her mother and...

Aug 20, 2007

Teddy (Ted) Gene Petersen, 63, Ammon resident, died Aug. 20, 2007, at his home following a long term illness.

He was born Oct. 8, 1943, in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of Eugene D. and Helen Hunziker Petersen. He grew up in the Idaho Falls area where he graduated from Bonneville High School in 1962.

He...

Aug 14, 2007

Thomas A. Marshall, 65, of Idaho Falls, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at Life Care Center.

Private family services are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls