Archive - Obituary
June 21st, 2011
Antonio C. Longoria, 60, of Blackfoot passed away Saturday, June 18, 2011.
Antonio was born March 12, 1951, in Levelland, Texas, to Antonio Longoria and Balbina Coronado. He was raised and lived most of his life in Blackfoot.
Antonio enjoyed motorcycles, fishing, using nunchucks, spending time with friends and family and riding his bicycle.
Barbara J. Manzanarez, 78, of Blackfoot, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot.
She was born May 31, 1933, in Midway, Utah, the daughter of James Thomas Wilson and Edith Shelton Wilson. Her mother died in her infancy and she was raised by a cousin Johannah in Heber, Utah. She received her education in Utah and moved a lot in her youth. She has lived in Idaho, Utah and California. She moved to Aberdeen in 1995 and then moved to Blackfoot in 2004.
June 20th
Eva E. Cunningham, 89, Blackfoot resident, died Friday, June 17, 2011, at her home from causes due to cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Hawker Funeral Home. The family will meet with friends on Friday from 7-9 p.m. and an hour prior to services on Saturday. Interment will be in the Riverside Thomas Cemetery.
Barbara J. Manzanarez, 78, of Blackfoot, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot.
Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Hawker Funeral Home and will be announced.
Antonio Longoria, 62, of Blackfoot, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at his home in Blackfoot.
Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Hawker Funeral Home and will be announced.
June 15th
Pedro Pelayo, Jr. 23, of Blackfoot passed away at his home, Monday, June 13, 2011.
He was born June 12, 1988 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Pedro Pelayo, Sr. and Bertha Alicia Moreno.
Pedro attended Blackfoot Schools and graduated from Blackfoot High School in 2006. He participated all four high school years on the soccer team.
On October 28, 2006, he married Angela Patricia Luna in Blackfoot, Idaho.
He joined the Marines and served from 2006-2008.
He was a parishioner of the Catholic Church.
June 14th
Edith LaVerne Rainey Hall, 87, of Blackfoot, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Bingham Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Blackfoot.
Edith was born Sept. 1, 1923 in Annis, Idaho, to Roy Sylvanus Rainey and Ida Sophia DeRoche Rainey. At the age of 6 her family moved to the Teton Basin homestead of Cummer and Martha Leanora Hall. The Halls then moved to the Rainey’s property in Annis and later became Edith’s in-laws.
June 13th
POCATELLO – Lorraine O. Mecham, 84, a lifelong resident of Pocatello, passed away on June 7, 2011, at Portneuf Medical Center after suffering a short illness.
Lorraine was born on March 22, 1927, to Albert Barnard and Elizabeth Herbst Olson in Groveland. She attended school first through eighth grades at Groveland and then graduated from Blackfoot High School.
After graduation, she and Marge Denney went to Pocatello and landed jobs from Mountain Bell, later being transferred back to Blackfoot.
Polly (Lankford) Heaney, 87, a long-time resident of Aberdeen, passed away on June 7, 2011.
She was born March 29, 1924 to William and Mariah (Whitaker) Lankford in Somerset, Kent. Three months before Polly was born, a tornado demolished their home. The family lived with relatives until they relocated to Indianapolis, Ind., where her father helped build the “Brickyard,†home of the Indy 500.
After 3 ½ years they moved to Fort Collins, Colo., where Polly attended a one-room schoolhouse for a year.
July 25, 1918 – June 7, 2011
Jean Mary VanSice was born in Helena, Mont. She attended Helena High School, then Montana State University in Bozeman, graduating in 1939.
She married Eugene F. Berry, also of Helena, in 1940. They had six children, spending 28 years in Blackfoot.
Jean was active at various times in League of Women Voters, PEO, Eastern Star, and was a member of DAR. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
Following her husband’s death in 1990, she lived in Boise; Coeur d ‘Alene; and Oregon City, Ore. She died at age 92.
