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Soda Springs Obituaries
Ruth Kopetzky
Jul 18, 2012
Ruth Kopetzky, 82, of Grace passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. Ruth was born on June 14, 1930 in Sidney, Nebraska the daughter of George and Lillian Wilson Siders. She graduated from high school in Sidney, Nebraska. Ruth married Philip James Kopetzky on January 8, 1949 in Sidney, Nebraska. He passed away...
Brenton "Brent" H Wakeman
Jul 15, 2012
Brenton "Brent" H. Wakeman, 71, of Nampa, Idaho, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, July 15th, 2012, surrounded by family. Death came from complications due to heart and kidney failure. Brent was born June 8, 1941, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Herman and Verda Andrus Wakeman and spent a happy childhood on a ranch in Grays Lake, Idaho, which always...
Kevin Paul Robinson
Jul 14, 2012
Kevin Paul Robinson, 47, of Grace, Idaho passed away July 14, 2012 at his home in Grace due to natural causes. Kevin was born on April 23, 1965 in Soda Springs, Idaho the son of Paul C. and Eldene Hirschi Robinson. He has lived in Soda Springs and Grace area his entire life. He graduated from Soda Springs High School...
Reed Lynn Kunz
Jul 14, 2012
Reed Lynn Kunz of Stansbury Park, Utah, passed away at his home on Saturday, July 14th, surrounded by loved ones. Reed was born September 5th, 1927, in Paris, Idaho to Reed Walter and Edith Poulsen Kunz. He was their first son born to a family of seven children. Reed attended school in Bern and then graduated from Montpelier High School...
Billy P. Hatch
Jul 10, 2012
Billy Parry Hatch, D.O., 88, of Cave Creek, AZ, passed away on Tuesday July 10, 2012. "Doc" to all who knew him was born in Hatch, Idaho and enjoyed sports and ranching as a young man. He attended the University of Utah were he finished his pre-med and then obtained his Medical Degree and credentials from Kirksville College of Osteopathic...
Don R. Ayers
Jul 3, 2012
Donald "Don" Richard Ayers passed away peacefully in his home in Soda Springs, Idaho. Don was born on November 9, 1943 in Soda Springs, Idaho, the son of William Dale Ayers and Louise Hosick. He graduated from Soda Sprigs High School in 1962. Following his graduation he attended Idaho State University where he took classes in mechanical engineering. Don then...
Candice Lea Mabey
Jun 24, 2012
On June 24, 2012, Candice Lea Mabey lost her valiant battle against cancer and returned to the loving arms of her Father in Heaven. Candice passed away surrounded by her family at her home in Bancroft. Candice was born October 4, 1966 to Lois and H Vaughn Hunter in Rexburg, Idaho. She grew up in Rigby and Menan area before...
Vera May Allen Dredge
Jun 21, 2012
Vera May Allen Dredge, 97, of Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho, passed away June 21, 2012 at St Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City Utah. She was born December 15, 1914 in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, the daughter of Isaac William Allen and Frances Letitia Gibbs. Vera was the 7th of 8 siblings. She married Wilford John Dredge on September...
Richard "Dick" Keith Allred
Jun 19, 2012
Richard "Dick" Keith Allred, 89, of Soda Springs, Idaho passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. He was born on October 19, 1922 in Montpelier, Idaho the son of Frederick Homer and Mary "Mollie" Whitley Thirkill Allred. Dick graduated from Soda Springs High School in 1941. Following his graduation he moved to...
Betty Xenias
Jun 15, 2012
Betty Xenias, 73, of Soda Springs passed away Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Services will be announced at a later date.
Robert "Bob" Legrande Rigby
Jun 14, 2012
Robert LeGrande Rigby, 77, of Soda Springs, Idaho passed away Thursday, June 14, 2012 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. Robert was born on August 4, 1934 in Centerville, Utah the son of LeGrande Newell "Buss" and Florence Davis Rigby. He was a lifelong resident of Soda Springs and graduated from Soda Springs High School in 1953....
Velma L. Hansen
May 27, 2012
Paris/Grace: "The more we get together, the happier are we..." Velma Caroline Lewis Hansen, age 92; believed and lived the words to that song. Velma was born in Paris, Idaho on September 16, 1919 to Franklin Ralph Lewis and Martha Lucy Kaufman. Velma loved music. As a child and young adult, her activities centered around the clarinet, violin, piano and...
Marvel C. Harwood
May 27, 2012
Marvel Cherry Harwood, 96, of Grace passed away Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. Marvel was born on December 2, 1915 in Grace, Idaho the daughter of Lewis James and Marvel Fern Aylett Cherry. She lived in Grace all her life. Her mother passed away when she was only 11 days old and...
Jennie Lloyd
May 27, 2012
Jennie Larue Goodfellow Lloyd, 80; of Bancroft passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Quinn Meadows Rehab and Care in Pocatello. Jennie was born on March 23, 1932 in Burley, Idaho the daughter of Gerald Tolman and Larue Nielsen Goodfellow. She lived in Nyssa, OR and Ontario, OR and Graduated from Ontario High School. She had worked at the...
Myrle Dean Steele
May 25, 2012
Myrle Dean Hildreth Steele, 89; of Soda Springs passed away Friday, May 25, 2012 at her home in Soda Springs. Myrle was born on August 19, 1922 in Soda Springs, Idaho the daughter of William Scudder and Joshephine Meldona Burchfield Hildreth. She was raised in Soda Springs and Long Beach, California. She married Val Steele on December 11, 1941 in...
Merrill Reed Balls
May 23, 2012
Merrill Reed Balls, 84, of Soda Springs died at his home on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. He was born May 10, 1928 in Soda Springs to Kenneth Grant and Zina Edna Horsley Balls. Merrill was raised and educated in Soda Springs, graduating from Soda Springs High School in 1946. He attended BYU for two years where he gained an appreciation...
Amy "Ann" Annabel Seifert
May 20, 2012
Amy "Ann" Annabel Seifert, 87; of Soda Springs passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. Ann was born July 17, 1924 in West Salem, Illinois the daughter of Orlando Grigsby and Mabel Elizabeth Leipold Roland. She was raised and educated in West Salem and graduated from West Salem Community High School in...
Lynn A. Boozel-Rice
May 17, 2012
Lynne A. Boozel-Rice passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012 in Soda Springs. Services will be announced at a later date.
Michael Phillip Sohn
May 17, 2012
Michael Phillip Sohn, 73; of Soda Springs passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012 at his home. Michael was born on September 7, 1938 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin the son of Herbert Herman and Anna Marie Sykerbyke Sohn. He married Edith Delores Farmer on June 21, 1957 in Arco, Idaho. She passed away on December 24, 2000. He attained his electrical engineering...
James Grady
May 15, 2012
James Edward Grady, 74; of Soda Springs passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs. James was born in Pocatello, Idaho on November 22, 1937 the son of Fredrick and Gertrude Grady "Horrocks" Pidcock. He was raised on the family farm south of Ross Park in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School...
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