Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for IDAHO FALLS, ID, Bonneville County & Surrounding Areas

Angela  "Angie" Frost

Angela "Angie" Frost

May 15, 2016

Angela "Angie" P. Frost, 92, of Idaho Falls passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Fairwinds-Sand Creek Retirement Center in Idaho Falls. She was born on February 24, 1924 in Idaho Falls, ID to Joseph Adolf and Frances Helen (Sieger) Phillipp. She attended Holy Rosary Catholic School, O.E. Bell Jr. High School and Idaho Falls High School. After high...

Jerald  Carlyl Thorpe

Jerald Carlyl Thorpe

May 14, 2016

Jerald C. Thorpe, 80 of Idaho Falls, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016 in Idaho Falls. He was born on January 15, 1936 to Monte Roy and Eunice Ailene (Walker) Thorpe. He was raised in the Shoshone, ID area and graduated from Shoshone High School in 1953. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War in...

Cynthia  Cathryn Sorth

Cynthia Cathryn Sorth

May 7, 2016

Arrangements under the direction of Buck Miller Hann Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Idaho Falls, ID.

Barbara Jean Friedley Brumet

Barbara Jean Friedley Brumet

May 5, 2016

Barbara Jean Brumet, age 79, formerly of New Plymouth passed away in Ontario on May 5, 2016. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, May 17th at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth. Condolences may be made to Barbara's family at www.shaffer-jensenchapel.com. Services are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Barbara was born in Henery,...

Sandra  Lynn Rice

Sandra Lynn Rice

May 4, 2016

She was born on May 30, 1949 to Leonard O Widerburg and M. Louise (Moser) Widerburg in Idaho Falls, ID. She was welcomed by 6 older brothers and one sister. She grew up in the Garfield Community on the family farm. She had many happy memories of growing up in Garfield. Sandi was a warm, compassionate and vibrant woman who...

Barbara  Anne Friedrich

Barbara Anne Friedrich

May 3, 2016

Barbara Anne Friedrich, born on September 30, 1939, in Tilden, NB, to Carl Cecil Barr, MD and Ina Marie Barr, passed from this life on May 3, 2016. She fell while walking with her husband, Carl, and her dogs (Libby and Alle) and struck her head on a curb which caused an inoperable contusion in her brain. Barbara graduated from...

Richard Edward "Ed" Romack

Richard Edward "Ed" Romack

May 2, 2016

Richard Edward Romack, "Ed", 93, of Idaho Falls and Hailey, Idaho, died on Monday May 2, 2016. Ed was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children, Anne Elizabeth Browning Romack, and his second wife Jean Vance Carpenter Romack, and his brother Robert. Ed was born in Wausau, Wisconsin as were his parents Richard Wesley Romack...

Randy  Ben Wright

Randy Ben Wright

Apr 29, 2016

Randy's life reflected both the light and dark of an honest existence. His was a life filled with intellectual brilliance and incredible loving support to his family, and also characterized by a lifelong struggle for health and internal peace. In death he has found tranquility and his kind spirit shines on in the minds and memories of all who knew...

Oleta  Mae Reed

Oleta Mae Reed

Apr 27, 2016

Oleta Mae Duncan Reed, 86 years old, passed away on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. She was born on August 24, 1929 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas, the youngest child of Charles Edward "Charlie" and Alma Ida (Bernhardt) Duncan. She grew up in the small rural community of Ivan, Texas and went to school in Breckenridge and Graham, where she graduated...

Katherine  Annette Ellingford

Katherine Annette Ellingford

Apr 24, 2016

Katherine Annette Ellingford, 61 of Idaho Falls, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016. She was born on August 14, 1954 to John and Helen (Simon) Clark. She was raised in Idaho Falls and attended Bonneville High School where she was a cheerleader. She married Mark Ellingford in Idaho Falls and they later divorced. She worked at the State of...

Beverly  Faye Alfrey

Beverly Faye Alfrey

Apr 20, 2016

Beverly Faye Alfrey, 78, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 due to complications from a stroke. She was born August 27, 1937 in Englewood, SD to Roland and Dorothy Irene (Dillavou) Merrill. She was raised in South Dakota and graduated from Lead High School in 1955. After high school, she attended a trade school in Rapid...

Ivan  "Ike" Catherman

Ivan "Ike" Catherman

Apr 17, 2016

Ivan "Ike" E. Catherman, 94 of Idaho Falls, passed away on Sunday April 17, 2016. Ike was born on February 24, 1922 to Charles and Mabel (Hall) Catherman in Stites, ID. He attended Kooskia High School and later enlisted in the US Army Air Corps, 8th Air Force, in World War II where he flew as a bombardier and navigator...

Lacenia  Maria Blackburn

Lacenia Maria Blackburn

Apr 16, 2016

Lacenia Maria Franklin Blackburn (Lacy), 72, from Payette, Idaho passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho of natural causes. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 22, 2016, at 11:00 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Payette Second Ward with Bishop Thomas conducting. Interment will follow at Rosedale...

Olga  Hoge Klinke

Olga Hoge Klinke

Apr 15, 2016

Olga Louise Hoge Klinke was born June 13, 1918 in Montpelier, Idaho to Bertha Grimmett Hoge and William Smith Hoge. She was the youngest of four children. She grew up in Paris, Idaho and graduated from Fielding High School in 1936. She attended the University of Idaho graduating with a degree in Drama and English in 1940. While teaching at...

Barbara  Doreen Shepherd

Barbara Doreen Shepherd

Apr 14, 2016

She was born October 23, 1931, in Eden, Idaho to Neil and Edna Whitney. She married her Hollister High School sweetheart Charlie R Shepherd on Aug. 25, 1949. Together they had five children. Barbara devoted her life to her husband and children. After retirement Barbara and her husband moved to Filer. They built a home. They enjoyed planting garden vegetables...

Peter  Templeton Isaksen

Peter Templeton Isaksen

Apr 14, 2016

Peter was born at Nassau Community Hospital in Oceanside, Nassau County, NY on October 20, 1948, and passed away on April 14, 2016. He was the son of Shirley Cowell and the late John Isaksen. He was big brother to Scott (Marves) and Donald; Uncle to Kristin (Jared Abramowitz), Erik (Krissy), Danny (Daria), and Keri (Brad Orr); and Great Uncle...

Lawrence  Almie Miller

Lawrence Almie Miller

Apr 11, 2016

He was born May 10, 1925 to George Robert & Eva Miller in Twin Falls, Idaho. In 1944 he then met the love of his life Hazel Fern Pearson. They were married on February 14, 1945. Later they had their first of 7 children, 3 booys & 4 girls; Larry, Vickey, Bonnie, Dick, Michiel, Rhonda, and April. On February 14,...

Maria Jesus Ochoa Landeros

Maria Jesus Ochoa Landeros

Apr 10, 2016

Maria Jesus Landeros, 99 of Idaho Falls, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016. She was born in on September 7, 1916 in Mexico to Jose and Carmen (Huerta) Ochoa. She came to the US in 1925 at nine years old and lived in Sheridan, WY. In 1936, she married Regino Landeros. They moved to the Lower Yakima Valley in...

Paul  Edward Alexander

Paul Edward Alexander

Apr 3, 2016

Paul Edward Alexander, age 69, died on April 3, 2016, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Paul was born on May 2, 1946, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ward and Harriet Alexander. He grew up in American Falls, Idaho, where he graduated from high school in 1964. He was named a National Merit Scholar in his junior year. He attended the University...

Marjorie Smith Smith Burggraf

Marjorie Smith Smith Burggraf

Mar 30, 2016

Marge was born on January 3, 1923, in Salt Lake City, UT to Alonzo Melvin and Melba (Homer) Smith. She and her family, including her sisters, Tressa, Lois, and Joann, moved to Idaho Falls, ID in 1935. There her father opened A.M. Smith Furniture Co. on Shoup and "A" Street, later moving to "C" Street. Marge attended O.E. Bell Junior...