Obituaries
Soda Springs Obituaries
Hope Catherine Wood
Feb 8, 2017
One of Heavenly Father's sweetest daughters returned home to him Wednesday Feb. 8, 2017 at 12:57 a.m. in Ogden, UT surrounded by her loving family. Hope Wood, age 41, our beautiful daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin, sweetheart, and special friend was born Nov. 17, 1975 to Ned Opheikens and Claudia Sims Opheikens. She is the youngest child and only...
James Donald Barratt
Feb 5, 2017
James Donald Barratt, 86, passed away at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City on February 5, 2017. He left this Earth surrounded by his loving wife and family and returned to his Father in Heaven. He was born in American Fork, Utah on November 24, 1930 to Donald and Harriet Zimmerman Barratt. He married Sally Goodridge on...
Katherine Ann Jensen
Feb 2, 2017
Katherine Ann Jensen, 70, of Soda Springs passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 after fighting a courageous 19 month battle from a massive stroke. Katherine was born on September 30, 1946 in Bono, Arkansas the daughter of Gilbert Frank and Helen Mary Wiles Kluesner. She married Robert C. Jensen "Bird" on April 4, 1982 in Elko, Nevada. They were...
Nedra Carolyn Torgesen
Jan 28, 2017
Nedra C. Torgesen, 81 of Soda Springs passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017. Nedra was born on June 8, 1935 in Soda Springs, Idaho the daughter of William Carl and Mabel Athay Finch. She was a lifelong resident of Soda Springs, Idaho. She graduated from Paris High School in 1952 and then attended Utah State University. Nedra married Robert...
Eileen Alice Drummer
Jan 24, 2017
Eileen Alice Immig Drummer, 74, passed away on January 24, 2017 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born on July 1, 1942 to William James and Eileen Elizabeth Kinney Immig in Buffalo, New York. Eileen lived in Buffalo until she was thirteen. She moved to Richmond, Virginia where she finished school and went to work for Richmond Life Insurance Company in...
Neva Nielsen
Jan 21, 2017
Neva Ila Turner Nielsen, 87, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017, of natural causes. She was living at Heritage Home in Preston, ID. Neva was born 6 February 1929, in Harlem, Montana. She was the third child born to Henry Ross Turner and Ila Priscilla Olsen. Two brothers, Henry Jay and Glenn Virgil, welcomed their new baby sister. When...
Shirley Marie Senn Bassett
Jan 20, 2017
Shirley Marie Senn was born on August 4th, 1938 to Anthony and Leona Senn and raised in Montana. She told us her parents were German immigrants who spoke broken English, as a result she was her parents interpreter. She met Albert H. Gandenberger and they were married on August 21st, 1955 in Missoula Montana. Together they had 5 children, Michael...
Alta May Mansfield Chlarson
Jan 15, 2017
Alta May Mansfield Chlarson, 81, passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017. Alta was born on May 12, 1935 in Plymouth, Utah the daughter of John Bates and Manilla Trappett Mansfield. She married Dale Thomas Chlarson on September 11, 1952 in Brigham City, Utah. Alta enjoyed crocheting, knitting, sewing and quilting. She also loved hummingbirds and could watch them all day....
Marion Alice Sims Shappart
Jan 13, 2017
Marion Alice Sims Shappart, 95, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017 at her home in Pocatello. She was born on April 23, 1921 in Ogden, Utah the daughter of Frederick W. and Alice C. Frost Sims. She married Harold Robert Shappart on January 3, 1942 in Ogden, Utah. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on...
Fern Murray Lloyd
Jan 9, 2017
Fern Lamont Murray Lloyd 103, passed away on January 9, 2017. Fern was born on February 4, 1913 in Mendon, Utah the daughter of Andrew Reid Lamont and Myrl Hardman. She married Earl Riggs Murray on October 29, 1930. They had two sons, Earl Lamont Murray and Sterling Dale Murray. Earl Riggs passed away on January 15, 1938. She married...
Sandra Ranae Attebury
Jan 2, 2017
On January 2, 2017, as a beautiful night frost formed, our ever caring Sandra was welcomed to heaven by her parents and sister Toni. She had a great passion for the quiet outdoors in which she enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and sometimes just sitting by a fire. At the base of the Bannock Mountain Range, Sandra Ranae Attebury was born...
Connie Dale Thomas
Dec 30, 2016
Our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Connie Dale Dursteler Thomas passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Portneuf Medical Center on December 30, 2016. She was 58 years old. Connie was born on May 19, 1958 to Martin Dale Dursteler and Cora Lorraine Loveless in Burley, Idaho. She was raised and educated in Soda Springs, Idaho. She was active...
Barbara Kay Mellor
Dec 28, 2016
Heavenly Father called another one of His angels home. Barbara Kay Mellor, 74, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 28, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born July 16, 1942 to Joseph DeVon Hermansen and Effie Irene Hansen in Gunnison, Utah. Barbara was a very active little girl. She loved playing with her brother and sister. She was on the...
Lenniss Elaine Moore Lewis
Dec 27, 2016
Lenniss Elaine Moore Lewis, Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister passed away at her daughter's home in Jerome Idaho on December 27, 2016. Lenniss was born in Soda Springs on August 15, 1935 to Walter J. Moore and Elsie Hopkins Moore. She was the youngest of 3 children. Her Mother Elsie Hopkins Moore passed away when she was 4...
Hyrum Theodore Weighall
Dec 24, 2016
Hyrum Theodore Weighall, 90, of Soda Springs, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016 at his home in Soda Springs. Hyrum (Hy) was born September 1, 1926, in Rock Creek, Twin Falls County, Idaho, the thirteenth child of Franklin Lawrence Weighall and Agatha Inez Wells. As Hyrum put it, he was the last to come and the last to go. He...
Geraldine Richards Bjorkman
Dec 23, 2016
Geraldine Richards Bjorkman passed quietly from this earthly life on the morning of December 23, 2016. She was surrounded by her loving family, her husband, their daughters and sons-in-law. Gerry was born to Lionel A and Mayme Elizabeth Lau Richards in Soda Springs, Idaho on December 1, 1920, the eldest of four children. She spent her childhood and attended elementary...
Earl Lee Hamp
Dec 23, 2016
Earl Lee Hamp, 74 passed away on Friday, December 23, 2016 at the Caribou Memorial Hospital. Earl was born on April 11, 1942 in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho the son of Kenneth William and Wanda Earlene Hill Hamp. His younger years he lived in Conda and then his family moved to Grace where he lived the rest of his life....
Kathryn Hebdon Lowell
Dec 17, 2016
Kathryn Hebdon Lowell, born May 22, 1943, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2016, with her family by her side in Ellensburg, Washington. She was a devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved many, and she was loved by many. Her home was always open to anyone in need. Kathryn loved to sew, play the piano,...
Jacob Ivan Rasmussen
Dec 2, 2016
Jacob Ivan Rasmussen passed away on December 2, 2016. Jacob was born on September 23, 1986 in Pocatello, Idaho the son of Kenneth K. and Meloney Panter Rasmussen. He graduated from marsh Valley High School. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He cherished the time he was able to spend with his daughter...
Robert Alfred Swa
Dec 1, 2016
Robert A Swa died at home December 1, 2016. He was born 26 June 1938 in Montpelier, Idaho to Alfred Elmer and Nora Lawana Michaelson Swa. Bob married Judy Roderick on June 8, 1956. Bob worked for the State of Idaho, Division of Highways for 39 years retiring as Maintenance Foreman. Judy and their daughter Robyn Swa Adair preceded him...
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