Category: Power County Press

Maxine Palmer Lewis

Maxine Palmer Lewis passed away in the hospital March 27, 2015 in Hemet, CA following complications from open heart surgery. She was born Nov. 16, 1932 in Malad, ID to Golden Palmer (father) and Agnes Gibson Palmer (mother). She was…

Esther Mehlhoff Ziebach

Esther Mehlhoff Ziebach, 102, of American Falls died March 22, 2015 at Spring Creek Assisted Living in American Falls. She was born Nov. 8, 1912 on a homestead in Perkins County near Faith, SD, to Richard and Malvina Krueger Mehlhoff.…

Carolee J. Funk

Carolee J. Funk passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at St. Luke’s Regional Hospital in Twin Falls, ID. Carolee was born Aug. 7, 1943, in American Falls, ID, to Otto and Edna Funk. She attended and graduated from…

Maurine Van Orden Driscoll

Maurine Van Orden Driscoll was born February 18, 1928 at home in Thomas, Idaho to Ethel Claire and Edmund Van Orden. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her children on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. She was the second of 10…

Ellis Kay Stanger

Ellis Kay Stanger, 70, of American Falls, ID, died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at his home, following a brief battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Kay was born June 5, 1944, the 10th of 15 children born to Edward Marion…

Ruth Echevarria

Funeral Notice Ruth Echevarria, 92, of American Falls, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015. A viewing will be held on Friday, March 20, from 10 to 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 650 Pocatello Ave.…

Norma Christensen Russell Weber

November 18, 1915 – March 10, 2015 Norma Weber, age 99, passed away peacefully following illness on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in Pocatello, ID. Norma was born in Neeley, ID, as the youngest of 14 children to John Christensen and…

Alice Marie Snider

  Alice Marie Snider passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at Edgewood Spring Creek Manor. She was born Aug. 14, 1926 in Yuma, CO. Alice had an amazing spirit that impacted those she associated with. She was a very classy…

Flirting with death opens your eyes

I don’t remember the last time I wrote a column, but it’s probably in the neighborhood of a year or so ago. That’s about the amount of time I spent getting used to my backside on hospital beds or trying…

Ah!!! Raspberries!!!

Over this past weekend I had the opportunity to play Apples to Apples with my brother, Mr. Crompton, his girlfriend and my girlfriend Adriana. For those who don’t know how the game works, you have seven cards with different words,…