Obituaries
Velma Maxine Whitnah
Mar 10, 2012
Velma Maxine Whitnah, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great, great grandmother passed away Saturday morning March 10, at Edgewood - Spring Creek Manor, in American Falls from natural causes.
Velma was born on June 20, 1919, to Heber George and Delilah Rogers Wood in Pocatello, Idaho. She joined six siblings followed by a sister Ann; she was predeceased by...
Wilma Maxine Johansen
Mar 9, 2012
Wilma Maxine Johansen, 85, died Friday, March 9, 2012 in Pocatello. She was born June 6, 1926 in Stella, Nebraska to Lee & Eunice Hill. She moved to Pocatello and met Knute Johansen while he was home on leave from the service. They wrote letters back and forth while he was gone. After the war they were married on November...
Ruth Richards
Mar 3, 2012
Ruth Richards, a long time American Falls resident passed away Saturday March 3 at the age of 94 in Sandy, Utah where she had been living since 2004 to be near her son and daughter.
Ruth Esther Batt Richards was born in the family home on January 7, 1918, the first of five children to be born to...
Monica Rose Corsini
Mar 3, 2012
Monica Rose Corsini, 24, born in August 1987 passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 3, 2012. She is the daughter of Greg and Maria Kress Wilson and Joseph and Toni Corsini. She is the granddaughter of Carolyn and Gary Thomson of American Falls, Gale & Dennis Corsini of Sandpoint and Stan Kress of Garden Valley Idaho.
She was...
Adrienne Adamson
Feb 28, 2012
Adrienne Adamson, of Aberdeen, Idaho died February 28, 2012 at Spring Creek, in American Falls, Idaho. She was born in Blackfoot, Idaho to Emma and Myron Dance January 7, 1934. She went to first grade in Fairview, Idaho. Then the family moved and she attended schools in Groveland, Idaho, then in Aberdeen where she graduated from Aberdeen High School. ...
Porfirio "Pilo" Perez
Feb 16, 2012
Porfirio “Pilo” Garcia Perez died February 16, 2012 in Pocatello, Idaho. Pilo was born November 28, 2012, in Mission, Texas to Rafel and Guadalupe Perez. He met Nicolasa Ruiz in 1981, they were later married. The family moved to American Falls, and started working for R& G Potatoes. He worked for R& G for 27 years. Pilo enjoyed life, he...
Weldon Clarence Poulson
Feb 15, 2012
On February 15, 2012, Weldon Clarence Poulson – our beloved husband, dad, grandpa, and grampy – was finally released from his very valiant 20 year battle with Alzheimer’s and was called home to our Heavenly Father.
Dad was born June 24, 1928 in Aberdeen to Clarence and Jeneil Jackman Poulson. On November 10, 1948, he married the love of...
Tereso Cardona
Feb 9, 2012
Tereso Cardona, 43, from Pocatello, Idaho passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah February 9, 2012. The Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, 2012 with a visitation preceding at St. Mary’s Chapel, 352 Roosevelt, American Falls, Idaho. The Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, with a short viewing at 10:00 a.m. before...
Edubijildo Reyes
Feb 8, 2012
Edubijildo Reyes 82, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012. He was born in Maxwell, Texas on June 30, 1929 to Herminio Reyes and Francisca Ramirez.
He marries Ramona de Leon on December 21, 1949 they later divorced. They had one son and eight daughters.
He is survived by all his children. Juan and Margarita Reyes, Dora and Armando...
Betty Ann Friesen
Feb 7, 2012
On Tuesday, February 7th at 2:15am Betty Ann Brumfield-Friesen passed away peacefully at Portneuf Medical Center, surrounded by people who loved her. Betty was born in Taney County Missouri on July 5th 1933, to John William Brumfield (Missouri) and Bertie May Stacey Brumfield (Missouri). She was the sixth of eight children. In 1937 the family relocated...
Leola Phyllis Line
Dec 17, 2011
Leola Phyllis Line 81, of Aberdeen, Idaho passed away Saturday, Dec. 17 2011 at Highland Hills Assisted Living Center in Pocatello Idaho. She was born Leola Phyllis Turner on August 30, 1930 in Aberdeen Idaho to George Turner and Phoebe Lee Turner.
She graduated from Aberdeen High School. She married Bruce (Duke) Line June 1, 1951 in Springfield,...
Willard P. Richard
Dec 15, 2011
Obituary for Willard Paul Richard 1923-2011
Willard Paul Richard, 88 (formerly of Aberdeen and American Falls, Idaho) of Loveland, Colorado passed away under Hospice care at McKee Medical Center in Loveland on December 15, 2011, from complications due to a broken hip.
Willard was born on March 7, 1923, to Emanuel and Lydia Brandt Richard in...
John Kildew
Dec 12, 2011
John Kildew passed from this life, at home on December 12, 2011, following a long battle with lung disease. John was born January 29, 1927 in American Falls, Idaho, the son of John and Alice Barnard Kildew. He grew up in Rockland and graduated from Rockland High School in 1944. John’s father died of pneumonia in January...
Jay Phillips
Dec 11, 2011
William Jay Phillips 81, passed away peacefully on Sunday December 11, 2011 surrounded by loving family. Jay was born May 28, 1930 to Roscoe and Karna Phillips in Gooding, Idaho. He began his schooling in the Gooding area before the family relocated to American Falls. Jay attended the old Fairview Elementary School and graduated from American Falls High School...
Alfred Henry Mayer
Dec 3, 2011
Alfred Henry Mayer (Al) passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Spring Creek Manor in American Falls after a long illness. Dad was born February 7, 1923 the third child of Henry &Johanna (Schweikert) Mayer in Pleasant Valley, Idaho. He completed his schooling in Pleasant Valley and then went to work for various farmers in the Aberdeen area. In 1944...
Patricia Jean Buffi
Nov 26, 2011
Patricia Jean (Glascock) Buffi passed peacefully into the waiting arms of her parents, Saturday, November 26, 2011, in Nampa, Idaho following a brief illness.
Pat was born December 22, 1945 to Richard and Grace (Nelson) Glascock in American Falls, Idaho.
She married Gary Dee Buffi, February 3rd, 1968 and they had two children. The couple later divorced.
Pat managed...
Paul Eugene Kress
Nov 21, 2011
Paul Eugene Kress, 85, beloved family man and friend, graduated with honors from this life on November 21, 2011, at his home as a result of an accident five weeks earlier.
“Gene” was born to Adam Herman and Ada May Brown Kress on June 11, 1926, he was the seventh of eight children. His...
Erma Crompton
Nov 8, 2011
Erma Crompton
Erma Harris Crompton, 84, American Falls, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, of causes related to age.
She was born Feb. 28, 1927 to Lawrence and Irene Harris in Ogden, UT, and was reared on the small family farm in Pleasant View, UT. She was the eldest of six siblings, including Earl (Betty) Harris, Wayne (Shirley)...