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Doran Sommer

Doran Sommer

May 16, 2011

Doran Sommer, 52; of Grace, Idaho passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at his home. Doran was born on January 7, 1959 to Clifford and Janice Birch Sommer in Rexburg, Idaho. He lived the majority of his life in Montpelier, Idaho. He had also lived in Wyoming and had spent the last two years in Grace, Idaho. Doran married JoEllen...

Helen "Sue" Gates

Helen "Sue" Gates

May 10, 2011

Helen "Sue" Gates, 78; of Lund, Idaho passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at her daughters home in Blackfoot. Sue was born May 24, 1932 the daughter of Nashua and Petrina Comiskey Romero in Madrid, New Mexico. She was raised and educated in New Mexico. After high school she attended Secretarial School. Sue married Linford Crockett Reddish. They were later...

Helen Langedyke

Helen Langedyke

May 6, 2011

Helen Margaret Langedyke, 75; of Soda Springs passed away Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. Helen was born February 29, 1936 the daughter of Peter and Ella Ambrosius Siebers in Little Chute, Wisconsin. She was raised in Little Chute, Wisconsin and lived there for 18 years and graduated from High School. Helen married Richard Langedyke...

Jack Toomer

Jack Toomer

May 2, 2011

Alfred Jack Toomer, 82; of Soda Springs passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. Jack was born September 19, 1928 in Lanark, Idaho the son of Alfred Lee and Iretta Roberts Toomer. He graduated from Montpelier High School in 1946. Jack married Norma May Windley on July 17, 1948 in Soda Springs,...

Brenda Fae Smith

Brenda Fae Smith

Apr 27, 2011

Brenda Fae Baker Smith, 65; left this earthly life to be with her Heavenly Father on April 27, 2011 after a long battle with diabetes and kidney failure. Brenda was born July 11, 1945 to Harold Alfred Baker and Anna Lucil Hall in Pocatello, Idaho. She was raised in Lava Hot Springs on Dempsey Creek road on the family farm....

Walter Hirsbrunner

Walter Hirsbrunner

Apr 19, 2011

Walter Herman Hirsbrunner, 91, Soda Springs, passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at home with his loving family surrounding him. Walter was born May 24, 1919, in Winslow, Illinois, the son of Johannes (John) Hirsbrunner and Maria Zumbrunn. They lived in Illinois until he was 4 years old and then they moved to a farm in Woodriver Valley near Gannett,...

Jeanne Tibbitts

Jeanne Tibbitts

Apr 16, 2011

Jeanne Marie wanted more than anything to be home at the base of the Bench Mountains where we continue to feel her spirit lingering now. It is here she lived, loved her Louie, worshiped her Savior and raised her five children. It was this place at the base of Water Canyon while the moon shone full across the snow-covered peaks...

Kim Painter

Kim Painter

Apr 15, 2011

Kimberlee "Kim" Hillyard Painter, 40; passed away at her home on April 15, 2011 surrounded by her family after a valiant struggle with cancer. Kimberlee grew up in Smithfield, Utah, attended Summit Elementary and North Cache Jr. High School, then graduated from Sky View High in 1989. She loved animals, especially her horses Gusy and Speckled Sue. She was involved...

Dorian Jenkins

Dorian Jenkins

Apr 11, 2011

Dorian M. Jenkins, 62; of Bancroft passed away Monday, April 11, 2011 at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello. He was born July 29, 1948 in Soda Springs, Idaho the son of Jay Dell and Doris Jean McNealy Jenkins. Dorian graduated from North Gem High School in 1966. He served in the United States Air Force in Korea during the...

Ruth Priestley

Ruth Priestley

Apr 11, 2011

Ruth Adell Barfuss Priestley, 71; was reunited with her Eternal Sweetheart on April 11, 2011. Ruth was born on December 23, 1939 in Bancroft, Idaho the daughter of Leland and Marelda Barfuss. She lived in Bancroft most of her life and graduated from North Gem High School in 1958. Ruth married Blaine William Priestley on May 19, 1958 in the...

Clara Gibson

Clara Gibson

Apr 9, 2011

Clara s. Gibson, 88; of Grace, Idaho passed away April 9, 2011 in Soda Springs, Idaho at the Caribou Memorial Living Center. Clara was born November 17, 1922 in Thatcher, Idaho, the youngest of four girls to Albert and Margaret Swenson Steinbeck. She attended 1st through 12th grade in Thatcher, Idaho where she also graduated. Clara married Keith Roper July...

Raymond G. Marcham

Raymond G. Marcham

Apr 5, 2011

Raymond George Marcham, 63; passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2011 in Pocatello at the Idaho State Veterans Home. Raymond was born on April 4, 1948 in Pocatello, Idaho the son of George Henry and Margaret Anna Kiesling Marcham. He married Tansy L. Minks on April 22, 1967 in Soda Springs, Idaho. They had one son, Raymond G. Marcham Jr. after...

Sheila Call

Sheila Call

Mar 27, 2011

Sheila Smale Call, 99; of Bancroft passed away, Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Soda Springs at the Spring Creek Manor. Sheila was born, October 10, 1911the daughter of Dr. John Smale and Maud Stribley Smale in Darlington, County Durham, England. She grew up in England were she attended private school (Society of Friends). She also studied Ballet and Dance. She...

George Hancock Bowles

George Hancock Bowles

Mar 12, 2011

On March 12, 2011, George Hancock Bowles, 86, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend to many, passed away at his home with his loving wife by his side. George was born in Milo, Idaho April 23, 1924 to Earnest Richard and Clarissa Elizabeth Hancock Bowles. He was the 8th of nine children. His youth was spent in the...

Helen Mary Kluesner

Helen Mary Kluesner

Mar 12, 2011

Helen Mary Lee Wiles Kluesner, 85; of Soda Springs passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Helen was born December 30, 1925 in Bono, Arkansas the daughter of Charles Leland and Reathe Irine Gregson Wiles. She was raised in Bono Arkansas until the age of 18. She received her teaching certificate from Arkansas State University in...

Emma Mary Burton

Emma Mary Burton

Mar 9, 2011

Emma Mary Hirsbrunner Burton, 91; of Soda Springs passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. Emma was born May 24, 1919 in Winslow, Illinois the daughter of John and Marie Zumbrunn Hirsbrunner. She and her family lived in Illinois until she was 4 years old and then them moved to a farm...

Cleone Caroline Lloyd

Cleone Caroline Lloyd

Mar 2, 2011

Cleone Caroline Perry Lloyd, 92; of Soda Springs passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Caribou Memorial Living Center in Soda Springs. Cleone was born November 2, 1918 in Turner, Idaho the daughter of Charles Sylvester and Susan Annie Janes Perry. She had lived in Alexander, Idaho; Wellsville, Utah; Hyrum, Utah; Providence, Utah and Soda Springs, ID. She attended...

Mackenzie Elaine Kennedy

Mackenzie Elaine Kennedy

Mar 1, 2011

MacKenzie Elaine Kennedy, 2 months; passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at the Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier. Mackenzie was born December 28, 2010 in Montpelier, Idaho the daughter of Greg and Kaelue Patterson Kennedy. She is survived by her parents, two sisters, April Shelton and MacKayla Kennedy. She was preceded in death by her grandma, Susan Kennedy. Services...

Jay L. Davis

Jay L. Davis

Feb 28, 2011

Jay L. Davis, 75; of Soda Springs passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 at his home. Jay was born July 27, 1935 in Auburn, Wyoming the son of Derris J. and Verna Leavitt Davis. He lived in Conda, Idaho for 18 years. He graduated from Soda Springs High School and attended Riverside Jr. College for 2 years. Jay married Darlene...

Louise Call Nelson

Louise Call Nelson

Feb 27, 2011

Louise Call Nelson, 92; of Washington, Utah passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011. There will be a family memorial at the Sims Funeral Home in Soda Springs on Friday, March 4, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. prior to going to the Bancroft Cemetery for Burial. Interment at the Cemetery will be at Noon.

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