Obituaries

Jan 25, 2018

John Russell “Russ” Orders, 93, passed away at Lincoln Court Retirement Community in Idaho Falls, Idaho on January 25, 2018.  Russ was born on the Orders Homestead near American Falls, on April 22, 1924, to Reuben and Rachel Orders.  Russ attended school at Cold Creek and American Falls High School.  Russ enlisted into the United States Army in July, 1943,...

Jan 23, 2018

Michelle Hardy, 57, of American Falls passed away January 23, 2018 at her home.  A viewing will be from 6:00-7:30PM Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Davis-Rose Mortuary.  Another viewing will be at 10:00 AM Friday, January 26 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in American Falls, with the funeral starting at 11:00 AM.  Interment will follow at the Falls View Cemetery,...

Jan 23, 2018

Shelley Hunt Krueger, passed away January 23, 2018 in Boise, ID.  A memorial Service will be at 2PM Friday, January 26, 2018 at Calvary Chapel, 123 S. Auto Dr. Boise.  The graveside service will be at 12:00 noon Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the Falls View Cemetery, in American Falls, Idaho.  

Jan 19, 2018

Glenna L. Parrish, 81, passed away from this life on January 19, 2018 in Pocatello, Idaho.  Glenna was under the care of Heritage Hospice and Monte Vista Hills the last month of her life. 

            Glenna was born October 21, 1936 to Don Barton Parrish and Ellen Mae Wheeler Parrish in American Falls, Idaho.  She liked to say she was...

Jan 14, 2018

Lois Jean Holt Palmer, age 85, died January 14, 2018, after a brief illness. Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Neldon. Jean is survived by children Rick (Julie) Palmer, Debbie (Paul) Behrend, and Cori Rogers, sister Shana (Jay) Andersen and preceded in death by her brother Jack (Joann) Holt. Jean was born on September 16, 1932 in Aberdeen,...

Jan 12, 2018

Betty Lorraine Phillips 85, passed away peacefully on Friday January 12, 2018 surrounded by loving family. Betty was born April 8, 1932 to Everett and Bertha Belville in Roundup, MT. Her family later moved to the Pingree, Idaho area where they farmed and raised dairy cows. Betty attended school in the Pingree area and graduated from Snake River High School...

Jan 7, 2018

Eloise Mendenhall Povey, 90, of American Falls, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, January 7, 2018, in her home surrounded by family.    

Grandma was born September 17, 1927 to Willis and Natolie Mendenhall in Clifton, Idaho. She graduated from high school in 1945 and fell in love and married the dashingly handsome and charming Grant Povey on May 15, 1948.    

Grant and Eloise settled in American Falls, Idaho, with their three children, Max (deceased), Wade (Susan), and Sally Hess...

Jan 5, 2018

James Michael Kariger died January 4, 2018 in Rockland, Idaho.  He was born in Ogden, Utah, January 8, 1951, the first son of George Washington and Mae Clark Kariger.  He was educated in Ogden and graduated from Juneau, Alaska in 1970, then served in the army during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the LDS church.  He worked...

Dec 27, 2017

DonEtta Hulkovich was born to Donald Durrant and Naomi Murdoch in Idaho Falls.  She was raised in Aberdeen, along with her two older sisters, Coleen and Carma, as well as her younger sister, Arletta and baby brother, King. 

 

DonEtta left home when she was in the 10th grade and moved to American Falls to begin her working life.  She...

Dec 20, 2017

Marilynn Halling passed away surrounded by family in Meridian, Idaho on December 20, 2017 due to a stroke following other health issues. She was 62.

Mari was born on January 9, 1955 in Eugene, Oregon to Walter and Nancy Ann Loomis Neptune. She attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah and The University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She also...

Dec 18, 2017

Ruel J Westover was born July 8, 1928 in Lancaster, CA at home.   He lived in Colton, CA and graduated from Colton High School and then served an LDS mission in the Central Pacific Mission of Hawaii.  He then went to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he met the love of his life, Beverly Kay Westover from Aberdeen...

Dec 14, 2017

Wayne Earl Kendell, 92, of Aberdeen, Idaho, died peacefully at Quinn Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center in Pocatello, Idaho, on December 14, 2017. Wayne was born November 29, 1925, in Aberdeen, Idaho. He was the fourth son of William Kendell and Edith May Earl Kendell.

Wayne attended elementary school in Grandview, Idaho and high school in Aberdeen, Idaho.   He loved...

Dec 13, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

Our Brother, Mark Raymond Grischkowsky, 50, went home to our Heavenly Father on Sunday, December 10, 2017.  He was born in American Falls Idaho on March 24, 1967 to Emil and Dorothea Bernadean (Slaven) Grischkowsky.  At a young age Mark started special education at the Child Development Center and later attended Lincoln Elementary in Pocatello.  He also attended special education...

Dec 10, 2017

Karol Ann Winder beloved mother, grandmother, wife, sister, and daughter was born July 11, 1948 to Art and Emma Keller.  She had three brothers Phil, Vern, Rick and two sisters Dorthey and Anita.  She grew up in Roberts, Idaho on the family farm.  She was a free spirit and would often be found on a horse bareback riding through the...

Dec 9, 2017

Sandra Savage Tomlinson passed away December 9, 2017 at the Power County Nursing Home in American Falls, Idaho. She was born on July 18, 1944 in Hanford, Washington to William & Colleen Hopp Savage. 

Sandra is survived by her two sons, Bill (Shari) Savage, Steve (April) Cardona, Idaho Falls, Grandchildren Kamber, Kaden, Jamie and Derrik, a sister Merri Meade, her...

Dec 6, 2017

Mary Lynn (Lynn) Brown, born Mary Lynn O’Brien, passed peacefully into her Father’s arms on December 6, 2017.  Born October 25, 1950 to the late Bill and Blanche O’Brien, she was the second of four children: Chic (Connie O’Brien), Marti (George Wagner), and Colleen (Eric Anthony).  She had bright blue eyes, round cheeks, a big smile that would make her...

Dec 3, 2017

Betty Jane Wolverton, 92, of American Falls, Idaho, passed from this Earth to be with the Lord Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 at 4:48PM at Brookdale Assisted Living, Pocatello, Idaho, where she resided for the past 14 years. 

 

Betty was born in Sanger, California on August 7, 1925 to Evelyn Galliher Scott and George Scott.  She was preceded in death...

Nov 25, 2017

Edna Luceil (Honey) Rytting Hansen was born on October 5, 1926, in her grandparent’s home in Rexburg, Idaho to Joseph and Edna Rytting. She earned her nickname, Honey from the family to distinguish her from her mother. Much of her childhood was spent in Rexburg where she remembers picking raspberries and taking them to the train station to be shipped...

Nov 24, 2017

Pearl Ethel Christensen McKnight, 91, of Aberdeen, Idaho passed away Friday, November 24, 2017 incident to the maladies of old age.  Pearl was born November 14, 1926 in Aberdeen, Bingham County, Idaho to Henry Parley Christensen and Ethel ALzina (Snow) Christensen.

 

Pearl attended school in Aberdeen.  In 1942, she married Anastacio (Ernie) Ramirez.  To that union was born one...