obituaries

Dec 29, 2005

Violet Adeline LaMeres Shipp, 90, of Idaho Falls, died December 29, 2005, at Mallory House in Idaho Falls. She had been under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

She was born at home May 26, 1915, in Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, to Jay Ellsworth LaMeres and Inez Adeline Knapp LaMeres. She grew up and attended school...

Dec 28, 2005

Larry E. Eslinger, 64, passed away December, 28, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

He was born July 28, 1941, to Edwin Eslinger and Dorothy Shelton Eslinger. He was raised by his mother and step-father, William T. Bowman.

He served 4 years in the United States Air Force.

On January 28, 1966,...

Dec 27, 2005

James Reed Barnes, 91, of Idaho Falls, died December 27, 2005, at the Gables Assisted Living of Ammon. He had been under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

He was born July 23, 1914, in Blackfoot, Idaho, the tenth of twelve children, to Oscar Barnes and Mary Ellen Bennett Barnes. He grew up in the...

Dec 26, 2005

Richard Theodore Staggie, 61, of Boise, and formerly of Idaho Falls, died December 26, 2005, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise.

He was born April 21, 1944, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to LeRoy Staggie and Jane Ann Henry Staggie. He grew up and attended school in Idaho Falls.

In 1962, he married Dianne Walters...

Dec 22, 2005

Lilly Anna Wiemer Richards, 84, of Idaho Falls, died Dec. 22, 2005, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

She was born Sept. 28, 1921, in Waco, Nebraska, the daughter of William B. and Lilly Mae Foster Wiemer. She grew up in York County, Nebraska.

She married Harry Strobel on Sept. 19, 1942, in York,...

Dec 20, 2005

Chloe Ada Woolstenhulme Curtis, 98, of Idaho Falls and formerly of Driggs, Idaho, passed away December 20, 2005, at Syringa Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She had been under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

She was born February 19, 1907, in Chapin, now Victor, Idaho to George Woolstenhulme and Eleanor Cluff Woolstenhulme. She grew...

Dec 8, 2005

Micheal Gene Abegglen, age 55, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2005, at his home following a long battle with cancer.

Mike was born June 28, 1950, to Gene and Donna Wright Abegglen in St. Anthony, Idaho. Mike was raised and educated in St. Anthony, graduating from South Fremont High School. He attended Ricks...

Dec 6, 2005

Rose Bjerkness, 99, of Idaho Falls, died December 6, 2005, at Riverview Assisted Living.

She was born December 21, 1905 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, to David Beck and Bertha Catlin Beck. She graduated from Osakis High School in 1923 and attended the Osakis Teacher=s Training School in 1923 and 1924 for teaching in rural schools. Rose received...

Dec 3, 2005

Rene Madaline Park, 80, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died December 3, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

She was born Nov. 23, 1925, in Milo, Idaho, to Tom Clifton Wilson and Sarah Elizabeth Harmon Wilson. She grew up and attended schools in Milo and Idaho Falls.

On July 24, 1943, she married Earl Henry...

Dec 3, 2005

Keith Robinson Barrus, 89, of Idaho Falls, died December 3, 2005, at his home. He had been under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

He was born August 14, 1916, in Fairview, Wyoming, to Aldo B. Barrus and Mabel Robinson Barrus. In 1918, his family moved to Sugar City, Idaho, where he grew up and...

Nov 30, 2005

Betty Joyce Squires Bell, 76, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from heart failure. She was born May 14, 1929, to Whitney Napoleon Squires and Harriet Hendricks Squires in Hibbard, Idaho.

She married Seth Robertson in Rexburg, Idaho in 1948. They had four children, Terrell, Rex, Michelle, and Bart. They divorced...

Nov 18, 2005

Sharon Martha Drowns, 66, of Ammon died Friday, November 18, 2005, at her home.

She was born Oct. 17, 1939, in Idaho Falls, the fifth of six children born to Leo Thomas and Mary Naomi Maxwell. She grew up and was raised in Idaho Falls. In 1958, she graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She attended Idaho...

Nov 16, 2005

Dewaine H. Stoddard, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on November 16, 2005 at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation from complications of Parkinsons disease. Dewaine was born on December 19, 1924 in Shelley, Idaho. He was the oldest of 16 children born to Ireta Winward and Wilford Stoddard.

During the ravages of World War II, Dewaine enlisted...

Nov 15, 2005

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother Lola Alice Dayley Thompson (93) passed away on November 15, 2005 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Born on April 30, 1912, in Parker, Fremont County, Idaho to Phoebe Ann Stoddard and Myron Maine Dayley. Married to John Ashworth "Cat" Thompson on August 22, 1932. They were later sealed...

Nov 13, 2005

Jose Refujio Acevedo, 79, of Idaho Falls, died November 13, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born July 4, 1926 in San Antonio, Hidalgo, Mexico, to Fernando Acevedo and Tiburcia Lopez. He grew up in San Antonio and Hidalgo.

On October 6, 1949, he married Cruz Hernandez in Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico. He was a...

Nov 1, 2005

Pearl LaPrea Hansen Harris, 88, of Iona, passed away Nov. 1, 2005, at Idaho Falls Health and Rehabilitation of natural causes.

She was born June 28, 1917, in Clawson, Idaho, to William Andrew Hansen and Maggie May Ames Hansen. She grew up in Teton Valley on a ranch in Clawson, just east of Tetonia. She graduated from...

Oct 30, 2005

Margaret Mildred Nessen Creasey, 38, of Idaho Falls, died October 30, 2005 at her home.

She was born May 2, 1967, in Idaho Falls to Thomas O. Nessen and Bennie June Thomas Nessen. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls. In 1985, she graduated from Bonneville High School.

On May 21, 1993, she...

Oct 27, 2005

Neta Marlene Hansen, 56, of Idaho Falls, died Oct. 27, 2005, in Holladay, Utah, at Wasatch Valley Rehabilitation Center from complications of Parkinson's disease.

She was born Feb. 28, 1949, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Deverl Andrew and Reva Iola Russell Hansen. She attended Lewisville and Emerson Elementary Schools, Central Jr. High and Clare E....

Oct 17, 2005

Colleen Drake Hillman, 76, of Ammon, formerly of St. Anthony, died unexpectedly at her home Monday, October 17, 2005.

She was born August 3, 1929, in Driggs, Idaho to Asa M. B. Drake and Gretude O. Ripplinger Drake. She grew up on the family farm in Cedron, a small community outside of Victor. In 1947, she graduated...

Oct 15, 2005

Tracy Wray Porter Miller, 44, died October 15, 2005, at her home.

She was born December 5, 1960, in Greeley, Colorado, to James Waldo Porter and Awilda Wray Shank Porter. In 1979, she graduated from Arcadia High School in Arcadia, California. She received her Licensed Practical Nurse degree in 1981 from Eastern Idaho Vocational Technical College in...