Obituaries
Soda Springs Obituaries
Landon Hayes
Dec 31, 2020
On December 31, 2020, Landon Carl Hayes of Pocatello, Idaho passed away at age 64. Landon was born October 17, 1956 to Lucy Jane Stocking  Hayes and David Carlett Hayes in Soda Springs, Idaho.   Landon was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Later day Saints
Landon was the youngest of five children. He...
Barry Ellis Skinner
Dec 31, 2020
Barry Ellis Skinner, 69; of Soda Springs passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020.
He was born on June 21, 1951 in Soda Springs, Idaho the son of Ellis Harris and Shirley Lewis Skinner.
Barry Lived in Conda, ID for 21 years and 48 years in Soda Springs, ID. He graduated from Soda Springs High...
Larue Bills
Dec 22, 2020
LaRue Covert Bills, Born June 19, 1944, Soda Springs, ID, died December 22, 2020, at home in Soda Springs, ID.
LaRue loved anything that had to do with arts & crafts, she loved baking. She had a big heart and would help anyone that needed it. she loved spending time with her family including her niece's and...
Joan P. Hamp
Dec 19, 2020
Joan Packer Hamp, 88, passed away at her home on December 19, 2020 in Rupert, Idaho from natural causes.
She was born in early 1933 to Milton and Letha (nee Tate) Packer at the family home in Riverdale, Idaho. Her childhood was spent on the family farm. After the Second World War her family moved to Idaho...
Larae Bowen Smith
Dec 18, 2020
LaRae Bowen Smith resident of Sun City Shadow Hills in Indio, Ca. and native of Ogden, Utah passed away peacefully at her home in Indio, CA on Friday, December 18, 2020 following a long illness.
LaRae was born July 18, 1937 in Grace, Idaho to Wells and Cleone (Ormond) Bowen.  She grew up in Ogden where she...
Arlene "Louise" Woods
Dec 15, 2020
Arlene "Louise" Ivie Woods, 88, of Bancroft , Idaho, passed away Tuesday December, 15 th 2020. Louise was born August 25 th 1932, in Mackay, Idaho, the daughter of Carl Seymore Ivie and Emma Mickelsen Ivie. She was their second child and first daughter.
Louise's parents divorced when she was quite young. Her mother moved her and...
Curtis Crane
Dec 12, 2020
James Curtis Crane of Soda Springs, Idaho passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 in Soda Springs from complications of a short battle with cancer.
Curtis was born in Soda Springs, Idaho to James Reid and Joan Harris Crane on September 15, 1958.
After graduation from High School, he attended the Diesel Mechanics program at...
Sally Barratt
Dec 6, 2020
Luetta "Sally" Barratt, of Grace, Idaho, quietly passed away December 6, 2020 in Lehi, Utah.
She was born in Provo, Utah on December 31, 1934 to Lynn Willis and Ada Elizabeth Hamilton Goodridge. Sally grew up in the Lakeview Ward in Provo, Utah on a small dairy farm. She milked cows by hand both morning and night,...
Marilyn Larue Christensen
Dec 6, 2020
Marilyn LaRue Tew Christensen, of Soda Springs, passed away on December 6, 2020 at home.
She was born April 20, 1941 in Malad, Idaho the daughter of Arthur George and Florence LaRue Morris Tew.
On June 17, 1960 she married Roger Clark Christensen in Logan Utah. Roger passed away June 12, 2017.
Marilyn...
Dean Eliason Gunnell
Dec 3, 2020
Dean Eliason Gunnell, 95; of Soda Springs passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at his home.
Dean was born on January 26, 1925 in Soda Springs, Idaho the son of Thomas Poppleton and Effie Barbara Eliason Gunnell.
He married Phyllis Mathews and they were later divorced.
He married Karleen Loveland Gunnell on...
Kirkland Jay Clements
Dec 1, 2020
Kirkland Jay Clements, 80; of Bancroft passed away at his home on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
He was born on December 13, 1939 in Rexburg, Idaho the son of Silas Prentice and Sarah Mock Clements.
He was raised and educated in Rexburg until 1962 when he joined the U.S. Army where he spent two years...
Beth Smith
Nov 27, 2020
Stannie Beth Park Smith, 89, the beloved mother of nine children, passed away peacefully on November 27th at her home in Thatcher, Idaho. She was known for her devotion to her family and church, her sense of humor, her love of music, her work ethic, her positive outlook on life, her love of games, sports and interacting with family...
Lee Wilford Hall
Nov 22, 2020
Lee Wilford Hall was born June 11, 1926 in Fairview, Idaho to William Roy and Caroline Smith Hall.
He was the youngest of seven sons born to them. Lee was raised in Fairview. He went to school in Fairview and Preston.
Lee Joined the Marines and was stationed in San Diego California then shipped off...
Jean Windley
Nov 19, 2020
Jean Windley, 85; of Soda Springs passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020 2020.
Jean was born on October 6, 1935 in Pocatello, Idaho the daughter of Samual C. and Sarah Elvera Edler Hargraves.
She lived in Conda, Idaho for 16 years before moving to Soda Springs, Idaho. She grew up in Inkom, Idaho with...
Norma Bennett
Nov 18, 2020
Norma Nielsen Bennett passed away on November 18, 2020 in Soda Springs Idaho, just two weeks from reaching the age of 103.
Norma was born December 3, 1917 in Cleveland Idaho to Albert and Vera Charlotte Nielsen. She learned to be a hard worker being raised on a farm and she experienced living during the Depression when...
Douglas Lee Elgan
Nov 14, 2020
Douglas Lee Elgan passed away on November 14, 2020, in Soda Springs, Idaho at the age of 83. He was born January 13, 1937 in Anchorage, Alaska. He is the third of the four children of Jesse H. Elgan and Estella Bybee Elgan. He spent his early years in Anchorage, Alaska; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and Salmon, Idaho...
Diane Coburn
Nov 13, 2020
Vera Diane Coburn, 76; of Bancroft, Idaho passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs.
Diane was born on April 22, 1944 in Rexburg, Idaho the daughter of Mazel and Merle Shosted Bowman.
She graduated from High School and also became a C.N.A. and enjoyed working in...
Dorothy Mae Gates
Nov 7, 2020
On Saturday, November 7, 2020, Dorothy Mae Gates, passed away peacefully at the age of 88 in Pocatello, Idaho.
Dorothy was born in 1932, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was raised on Washington Street with her twin sister Donna, and her two older sisters, Blanche and Beverly. Her parents, Louis and Elizabeth Dunn, worked hard to provide a...
Deon Larue Smith
Nov 6, 2020
Deon LaRue Davis Smith, 93; of Soda Springs passed away on Friday, November 6, 2020.
Deon was born on December 8, 1926 in Davis Ville, Idaho the daughter of Alvin J. and Erma Rose Hagland Davis Lallatin.
She attended school at the Davis Ville School. At the age of 17 she married Vaughn Fredrick Smith...
Maxine R. Hildreth
Nov 3, 2020
Maxine Rasmussen Hildreth was born in Niter, Idaho to Carl and Beryl Rasmussen on November 12, 1941.
The world is better for the time she spent here with us. Maxine lived an extraordinary life and she did it on her own terms. When she was a small child, she was diagnosed with polio. It was from that...
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