Debbi Jean Bills
Mar 14, 2015
Debbi Bills-Super mom, crazy cat lady, bird lover and all around wonderful person passed away peacefully at her home on March 14, 2015, at the age of 65. Debbi was born July 31, 1949, in Rigby, Idaho but made her home in Idaho Falls. She graduated as one of the first graduating classes of Skyline High School. In June of...
Gene Cushman
Mar 11, 2015
Chester Gene Cushman, 88, of Idaho Falls and formerly of Blackfoot, Idaho, passed away March 11, 2015, at his home. He was born October 1, 1926, in Springfield, Idaho, the son of Chester Guy Cushman and Emma Inskeep Cushman. He grew up in Springfield, Pingree and Blackfoot. He graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1944. As a young man, he...
Gloria Jean Johnson
Mar 7, 2015
Gloria Jean Johnson, 67, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Saturday March 7, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society-Idaho Falls Village. She was born August 6, 1948, in Ammon, Idaho, to Lavern Williams and Doris Jorgensen Williams. She grew up in Ammon and graduated from Bonneville High School in 1966. She married Drew L. Johnson in Idaho Falls on December 24,...
Dee David Whittier
Mar 1, 2015
Dee David Whittier, 57, of Idaho Falls, died March 1, 2015 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to complications from a heart attack. Dee was born February 8, 1958 in Pocatello, Idaho, to Homer Dee and Ora Stoker Whittier. The family lived in several Southeastern Idaho locations before settling in Idaho Falls when he was eight years old. He...
Garth Lords
Feb 27, 2015
Garth Lords, 60, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's Disease Friday, February 27, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society in Red Oak, Iowa. Garth Brent Lords was born August 31, 1954, in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Darrell and Ethel (Davidson) Lords. He grew up in Aberdeen, Idaho, graduating from high school there. He then moved to...
Hazel Elizabeth Claver
Feb 27, 2015
Hazel Elizabeth Claver, 97, of Idaho Falls, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015, at Good Samaritan. Hazel was born on April 27, 1917, to Herbert and Elizabeth Hook, in Bellplain, Iowa. She had three sisters and one brother. Hazel graduated from High School in Bellplain in 1934. On August 4, 1937, she married James Albert Claver, her true love. In...
Dan Gene Simkins
Feb 22, 2015
Dan Gene Simkins, 74, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 30, 1940, in Fairfield, Montana, the oldest son born to Thurland J. Simkins and Jean Elizabeth McCann Simkins. He grew up on a dairy farm and graduated from Fairfield High School in 1957. He obtained his...
Dorothy Helen Fields
Feb 16, 2015
Dororthy Helen Fields, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2015, at Lily and Syringa. Private family services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary, 2100 First Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.coltrinmortuary.com.
Ronald George Rose
Feb 15, 2015
Ronald George Rose, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away at his home. He was born March 31, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to George William Rose and Deborah Myrtle Clegg Rose. He grew up in Dubois and graduated from Clark County High School in 1960. He served in the U.S. Air Force. On August 1, 1964, he married Janice Mae...
Lorraine Shortt
Feb 4, 2015
Madge "Lorraine" Shortt, 90, of Idaho Falls, and formerly of Pocatello, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at Mt. Vernon Assisted Living in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Solace Hospice. She was born May 19, 1924, in Pocatello, to Tracy Pugmire and Mary Thelma Stones Pugmire. She grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School in...
Vasil "Jim" Hal Whitmill
Feb 4, 2015
Vasil "Jim" Hal Whitmill, 80, passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at home after battling with cancer. He was under the care of One Source Hospice and Nuclear Care Partners. Jim was born on December 31, 1934, in Shelley, Idaho, to Lee and Ida May Whitmill. He grew up in Shelley and graduated from Shelley High School in 1953....
Dess Lauder
Jan 30, 2015
Dess Stoddard Lauder, 97, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 30, 2015 at Pine Brook Assisted Living, while under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice. Dess was born April 20, 1917, in Rexburg, Idaho to William Stuart Stoddard and Anna Laura Bowers. Her early years were spent in Island Park at the family sawmill. Dess and her cousins would...
Patricia Gail Casella
Jan 26, 2015
Patricia Gail Casella, 60, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Monday January 26, 2015, at her home. She was born on October 3, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles Joseph Meeker, Sr., and Beulah Maxine Horner Meeker. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from West High School in 1973. She married Robert Alfred Burden in 1974, and they...
Griffith Van Roberts Jr.
Jan 26, 2015
Griffith Van Roberts Jr., 61, of Menan, Idaho, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015 while working in Idaho Falls. He was born December 10, 1953, in Afton, Wyoming, to Griffith Van Noy Roberts and Eldora Joyce Lee Roberts. He grew up in Menan and spent most of his life there. He graduated Rigby High School. On July 17, 1972 he...
Clara O. Watson
Jan 26, 2015
Clara O. Watson, 96, of Idaho Falls, Idaho and formerly of Oroville, Washington, passed away Monday, January 26, 2015, at her home. She had been under the care of her family and One Source Hospice. She was born April 1, 1918, in Ekalaka, Montana to Allen Edward Robinson and Nellie Ripley Robinson. She grew up in Montana and Washington. She...
Donna Doreen Mondada
Jan 24, 2015
Donna Doreen Mondada, 80, formerly of Idaho Falls passed away on January 24, 2015 in Boise following a short battle with cancer. She spent the last 3 years in Boise to be closer to her family. Her final days were spent lovingly surrounded by her family. Donna was born September 16, 1934 in Boise, Idaho to Herbert Anderson and Jennie...
Donald W. Legrand
Jan 18, 2015
Donald W. LeGrand, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 18, 2015 at his home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Eagle Rock LDS Stake Center, 2020 South Charlotte Dr. Idaho Falls with Bishop Todd Shepherd officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Condolences may...
Norma Croft Torngren
Jan 18, 2015
Norma Croft Torngren, 91, of Iona, Idaho, passed away January 18, 2015, at Idaho Falls, Idaho from cause's incident to age. Norma was born October 17, 1923, and weighed two and a half pounds. She was adopted at two days old by her loving parents, William Henry Croft and Florence Marie Thornton Croft. She grew up in Iona and spent...
J. D. Woolf
Jan 17, 2015
J.D. Woolf, 93, of Iona, ID passed away, Saturday, January 17th, 2015, at the home of his daughter in Iona, ID. J.D. was born January 27th, 1921, in Teton ID, to Marion Hurren Woolf and Lillian Gertrude Ashcraft. He was the youngest of 7 children and attended school in Osgood, ID. On May 13th, 1950, J.D. married the love of...
Fern Mackay
Jan 15, 2015
If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. - Jane Austen One of the last surviving members of that Greatest Generation, Fern Mackay, passed away on January 15, 2015, at Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was 96 years old. During the last weeks of her life she was attended around the clock...
