obituaries

Nov 17, 2018

Bonnie Pearl Raley Hess, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sat., Nov. 17, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Fri., Nov. 24, 2018, at the Lincoln 5 th Ward, 4440 E. High Grove Road, Idaho Falls. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services at the church....

Nov 15, 2018

Earl Kay Davis was born on January 23, 1925 and passed away on November 15, 2018. He was born in Sugar City, Idaho to Frank Leroy and Alvaretta Harmon Davis. He was the youngest of 16 children and was sure to let us know that as much as possible. Dad always told us he was one of the few...

Nov 14, 2018

Ina LaVonne (Bonnie) Tanner, 86, of Idaho Falls, ID/St. George, UT, died November 14, 2018 in St. George.  She was born June 13, 1932 in Ogden, Utah to Elmer and Iris (Calkins) Raat.

She attended school in Ogden and graduated from Ogden High, where she met her prince charming.

Owen Ray Tanner and Ina Lavonne...

Nov 12, 2018

Beryl Vivian Blattner Waters, 92 years old, of Idaho Falls passed away Monday, November 12, 2018, surrounded by her family. Beryl was born August 11, 1926, in Arco, Idaho to Stanley Charles and Vivian Combe Blattner. She was the first born of seven children, followed by Lynn, Claudene, Shirley, Renae, Gary and Garth.

Beryl graduated from Butte...

Nov 10, 2018

John (Jack) George Keller, 88, born January 14, 1930 in Idaho Falls, ID was son of John Mathew Keller and Mary Ethel Gergen.  After a brief illness, Jack passed away peacefully surrounded by family on November 10, 2018 in Boise, Idaho.

Jack mostly grew up in Idaho Falls spending time with his siblings and many cousins. When...

Nov 9, 2018

Siobhan Marie Bartlett, 31, of Idaho Falls, passed away on Friday, November 9, 2018, surrounded by her family. She was under the care of Aspen Hospice.

Siobhan was born on January 26, 1987, to Michelle Reagan Walsh and Brian Wade Haney in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She attended Firth High School.

On October 21, 2011, she...

Nov 9, 2018

Our beloved Ernest endured a massive stroke on September 9 th that took his life on November 9, 2018. Ernest was born on November 4, 1952, in Killeen, Texas, to Ernesto and Celia Cardenas.

For the majority of Ernest's life, he lived in Basalt, Idaho. Ernest was the oldest of six children which consisted of two brothers...

Nov 6, 2018

Scott Worton, 69, passed away peacefully in his home in Idaho Falls on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Born August 29, 1949, in Idaho Falls to Mathew and LaDean Worton, Scott graduated from Skyline High School in 1967.  After completing a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ...

Nov 3, 2018

Glenna Mae Winn Jorgensen, 90, of Idaho Falls, died November 3, 2018 at Fairwinds Retirement Home in Idaho Falls where she had recently moved, prior residence was Morningstar Retirement Home.  She was born May 5, 1928, in Idaho Falls, to Marion Winn and Marcella Andrew Winn.  Her family moved to Ruth Nevada, Ely Nevada and then to Overton, Nevada. ...

Nov 3, 2018

Jeffery A. Dopp, 51, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully Saturday, November 3, 2018, from a lingering illness, surrounded by his family. He was under the care of his lifelong friend and nephew, Troy Nelson and Encompass Hospice.

Jeff was born on September 8, 1967, in Pocatello, Idaho and raised in Idaho Falls. He attended Falls Valley...

Oct 24, 2018

Reneé Dutson Kohler, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at home. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.

Reneé was born on July 20, 1931, to Eben Grant and Vanetta Olson Dutson in Logan, Utah. She grew up in Nibley, Utah. She graduated from South Cache High School in 1949....

Oct 22, 2018

Dorothy Elaine 'Dottie' Hensley, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018, at her home. She was under the care of Encompass Home Health and Hospice.

Dottie was born on January 6, 1944, to Faye Ross and Lawrence E. Hensley in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Spencer, Idaho. She attended school in Clark County....

Oct 21, 2018

Idaho farm boy, professor, builder, intellectual, skeptic, Believer, writer, carpenter, historian, philosopher, archivist, craftsman, scholar, husband, father, brother and Friend Richard Kay Hanks passed away on October 21, 2018 at his Idaho Falls home of multiple causes. He was 75. In 1962, he met Sherry Mackay and later married her in the Los Angeles LDS Temple. He adored her...

Oct 19, 2018

William Kim Conner was born on June 19, 1949, in Burley, Idaho, to William Keith Conner and Elda Jean Anderson, passed away on Friday, October 19, 2018, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Kim as he was known by family and friends, had one sister, Leslie Kathleen, and one brother, Adrian Kyle. He enlisted in the U.S. Army with...

Oct 16, 2018

Elizabeth "Diane" DeFilippis, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at her home. She was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. Diane was born on May 21, 1952, to William Woolery and Dorothy Densford Woolery in Oklahoma City, OK. She grew up in Oklahoma City and attended business school.

She married Charles...

Oct 15, 2018

Justin Vern McCowan, 18, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, October 15, 2018, at home.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Thunder Ridge 2 nd Ward, 3000 Central Ave., Idaho Falls. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, October 19, 2018, at Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First Street,...

Oct 14, 2018

December 19, 1929

Born to Harry T Nelson and Angelina Orastina Curutti Nelson.

Left us on October 14, 2018 to join her loved ones and to start her next journey.

Besides being an awesome mother and grandmother, she was an accomplished paralegal and then retired from the INL in the late 80's. She...

Oct 10, 2018

Funeral services for Leanne Sharp Olsen will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Ammon 3 rd Ward building, 2150 Avocet. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services. Burial will be at the Archer-Sutton Cemetery.

Leanne was born on December 16, 1946 in Rexburg, Idaho. Leanne was the third child...

Oct 9, 2018

Gary Curtis Williams, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at home.

Curtis was born on January 8, 1962, to Winnafred Gay Bodenhoffer in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School in 1980. He attended Idaho State University and Eastern Idaho Technical College.

He...

Oct 8, 2018

Darrell Grant Beck, 78, passed away peacefully Monday, October 8, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, of congestive heart failure. Darrell was born in Rexburg, Idaho on August 31, 1940, to Darwin Stephen Beck and Ruth Sharp Beck. He attended Idaho Falls High School and Ricks College.

On June 7, 1962, he married Marilyn Kay Johnson...