Max Sewell
Apr 3, 2017
Life Story for Max "Rip" Sewell On April 3, 2017 Max Floyd "Rip" Sewell returned to his heavenly father. Rip was born January 1, 1928, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Sewell. He enjoyed his early years in Teton Valley learning to fish and play baseball, and all of the other outdoor pursuits. After graduating from Teton...
Ellen Gilman
Apr 1, 2017
Life Story for Ellen Sawin Gilman Idaho – Ellen Sawin Gilman, 68, of Readfield, ME and Hailey, ID passed away early on the morning of April 1, 2017 at St Luke's Hospital in Boise, ID. Surrounded by her husband and three sons, Ellen died of complications of ovarian cancer. Ellen was born on January 26, 1949 in Wilmington, DE, the...
Thomas Heaney
Apr 1, 2017
Life Story for Thomas Henry Heaney Thomas “Bud” Heaney was born in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1945 to Thomas and Eleanor Heaney. He attended Catholic boarding school early on, then Catholic day school and finally public school. He was accepted at the LA Art Center, though other interests interfered. Growing up in Santa Monica in the 1940s and ’50’s was...
Lois Stocking
Mar 27, 2017
Life Story for Lois Stocking (Mecham) Lois Stocking, age 85, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on March 27, 2017. Lois was born on January 19, 1932 in Carey to Jean Foote and William Parley Mecham. She grew up in the Carey Valley, where she met and married her partner of 62 years, Boyd Stocking. She is survived by...
David Leslie
Mar 26, 2017
Life Story for David Singleton Leslie David Leslie, 55, passed away at his home in Ketchum on Sunday, March 26, 2017 He was born January 4, 1962 in Columbia, Missouri, the son of George and Norma (Singleton) Leslie. He grew up in Hot Springs, Arkansas, loving the outdoors and was especially into snakes. David began building houses while in high...
Merle Machmiller
Mar 26, 2017
Life Story for Merle Orville Machmiller MERLE ORVILLE MACHMILLER. Merle was born on September 1, 1925 in Bristol, South Dakota. He passed away on March 26, 2017. Merle grew up working on the family farm before he moved to Portland, Oregon to work on warships. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1944. He was honored with the Good...
Gertrude Potters
Mar 25, 2017
Life Story for Gertrude Hackett Potters Gertrude Hackett Pottters died on March 25, 2017 at her home on Dataw Island, SC. Born on May 7, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Mable McPeck and William Henry Hackett who proceeded her in death as did her husband of 56 years Robert Potters and her sister, Lois and...
Jean Cooper
Mar 13, 2017
Life Story for Jean M. Cooper (Moore) Jean Patricia Moore Cooper of Ketchum, formerly of Darien, CT and New York, NY, died Monday, March 13, 2017. Jean was born to Gladys DeCordova Moore and Harrison B. Moore, III in New York City on November 17, 1927. Jean leaves behind her loving and devoted husband of almost 60 years, Drury W....
Louis Sparks
Mar 1, 2017
Life Story for Louis Von Sparks Louis Von Sparks, age 84, passed on peacefully at his home due to Alzheimer’s complications on Wednesday, 1st of March in the early afternoon. He was with his wife, son (Bryan), and daughter (Lisa) when he passed. Louis was born January 13th, 1933 to his parents Stanley Hyrum Sparks and Elizabeth Marie Bischoff in...
Gary Hornbuckle
Mar 1, 2017
Life Story for Gary Hornbuckle Gary D. Hornbuckle 1939 - 2017 Gary Dean Hornbuckle, 77, of Ketchum, Idaho, died suddenly of heart failure, Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 in Ketchum. Gary Dean Hornbuckle was born March 22nd, 1939 in Ottawa, Kansas. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. Early on he was a...
Jolene Brown Brink
Feb 28, 2017
Life Story for Jolene Brown Brink Jolene Robison Brown-Brink died peacefully at her beloved home in Featherville on Feb. 28, 2017, with her husband, Bruce, by her side. Jolene was born Jan. 3, 1938, at her family farm in Ioka, Utah, to Russell H. and Thelma Robison. She had five siblings, all of whom have survived her: Kent (Karen) Robison...
James Nystrom
Feb 27, 2017
Life Story for James "Jim" Nystrom James (Jim) Nystrom died on February 27, 2017, in Sonoma County, CA ending an amazing and full life, a life filled with adventure, friends, military service, community service, laughter, kindness, animals, a successful career, skiing, football, building, teaching, airplanes, music, fishing, hunting and what meant the most to him….his family. He could do anything...
Gary Black Jr
Feb 25, 2017
Life Story for Gary Black Jr. Gary Black Jr., longtime publisher and CEO of Ski Racing International, died peacefully in his home at age 75 Saturday (Feb.25) on a bluebird day in Sun Valley, Idaho, surrounded by his family and his dogs. Black was born on August 2, 1941 to Catharine Bond Jackson and Gary Black Sr., in Baltimore, MD....
Irene Machmiller
Feb 23, 2017
Life Story for Irene Lavon Machmiller Irene Lavon Machmiller. Irene, more lovingly known as Mimi, was born in Langford, South Dakota on September 26, 1931. Mimi was an avid cheerleader, dancer and worked at a restaurant all through high school. Mimi met the love of her life, Merle Machmiller, at a local dance and they were married for 67 years....
Lois Heagle
Feb 21, 2017
Life Story for Lois Jean Heagle Hailey – Lois Jean Heagle, 89, passed away peacefully on February 21, 2017 at her home in Hailey. Lois was born July 27, 1927 in Hailey, Idaho, the daughter of Lawrence Francis Heagle and Julia Charlotte Cramer Heagle. After graduating from Hailey High School in 1945, she attended college at the University of Oregon...
Joey Oropeza
Feb 12, 2017
Life Story for Joey Oropeza Joey Oropeza, 58 of Ketchum, Idaho passed away on February 12, 2017 with dear friends by his side. Joey will be deeply missed by his family and all of his friends he made over the 36 years living in Ketchum, ID. Joey was born to the late Jess Oropeza and Adeline Oropeza Esquivel on October...
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