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OUR MIKESELL FAMILY OBITUARIES - page 2
[In order of year of death]
Charles "Charlie" Andrew Mikesell - 19 April 1883-23 Oct 1967- Area
"Pioneer Dies At 84 (Special To The Post-Register) ST. ANTHONY, Oct. 25 -
Charles Andrew Mlkesell, 84, a resident of Idaho since 1900, died at an Idaho Falls rest home Monday morning following a lingering Illness.
He was born April 19, 1883, a son of Andrew J. and M. Harriett Osborne Mikesell at Hyrum, Utah.
He received his early education at Hyrum and the family moved to Idaho Falls In 1900 where he lived for a short time working In the Idaho Falls and Ucon area.
He then moved to Fremont County where he was employed as a laborer and logger and married Minnie Louise Porter, Jan. 9, 1908, at St. Anthony.
Following their marriage they homesteaded at Sarilda where they farmed for many years. He also raised cattle and had a private fish pond and sold fish commercially untll 1931. They then moved to St. Anthony where he was employed by the Fremont County Weed control. In 1952 they moved to Idaho Falls where they have continued to reside.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minnie Mikesell and eight out of nine children. They are Earl Mikesell, St. Anthony; Mrs. Grace (Elmer) Browning, and Mrs. Marie (Max) Johnson, Idaho Falls; Frank Mikesell, Aberdeen; Leroy Mikesell, Blanding, Utah; Mrs. Alice (Albert) Storms, Ashton; Ted Mikesell, East St. Louis, Ill., and Mrs. Lyle (Wayne) Reneau, Rigby. There are also 34 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren surviving.
The following brothers and sisters also survive: Ernest Mikesell and Mrs. Elizabeth Aller, Spokane, Wash.; Henry D. Mikesell, Idaho Falls; George W. Mikesell, Pocatello; Walter Mikesell, Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Mary S. Dean, Spokane, Wash.; and Mrs. Lucille Bressler, Jackson, Wyo.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p. m. at the Hansen Memorial Chapel, St. Anthony, with Bishop Irvon Murri of the St. Anthony LDS Fourth Ward officiating. Friends may call at the Hansen Memorial Chapel from 7 to 9 p. m. and Friday until time of services. Interment will be in the Pineview cemetery at Ashton under the diretion of the Hansen Memorial Chapel, St Anthony."
[Photos, not with original obituary, provided by Lyle Mikesell Reneau.]
Ernest "Ernie" Osborn Mikesell, 5 April, 1922 in Victor, Idaho - 24 January 1976, Salem, Oregon.
Deer Park WA newspaper March 25, 1976 - Obituary"Ernest O. Mikesell of Salem, Ore., a 1940 graduate of Riverside high school, died Jan. 24 of an unexpected heart attack. He was 53 years old.
Survivors include his wife, Edith, at the home; one son, Jeff, of Salem; his mother Florence Mikesell of Spokane; three [four] sisters and one brother, including Mrs. Evan (Betty) Erlandson, of Loon Lake.
The deceased was an employee in the poultry division, agriculture department of the State of Oregon. He spent his leisure hours visiting the elderly and the shut-ins in Salem and wrote many children's stories.
Interment was in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore. for the World War II veteran." [1975 photo was not with this obituary.]
[Ernie's genealogy page]
Spokane Washington 1976 [Florence Vivien (Allen) Mikesell - 15 Dec 1900 Salt Lake City, UT-30 Nov 1976 Spokane WA]
Mikesell, Florence V. - Passed away November 30, 1976 in Spokane.
Her home W629 33rd Ave.
Mother of Betty L. Erlandson, Loon Lake, Wash.; Della A. Binder, Spokane; Thelma F. Winters, Yakima, Wash.; Leslie A. Wood, Rockford, Wash.; James A. Mikesell, Spokane; 16 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; sister of Grace Wells, Gooding, Idaho; Anita Walston, Bliss, Idaho.
A member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. A resident of Spokane for 40 years.
Funeral services Friday, December 3, 1976 at 2 p.m. in the Gothic Chapel, Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. Burial at Spokane Memorial Gardens.
[Photos were not with original obituary.]
[George "Willard" Mikesell - 08 Sep 1893-21 Feb 1980]
POCATELLO -
George W. Mikesell, 86, Pocatello, a former Teton Basin resident, died Thursday morning at a Pocatello hospital.
He was born Sept. 8, 1893, at Kamas, Utah to Andrew J. and Harriet Osborn Mikesell.
At the age of 7, he moved with his family to Teton Basin where he was reared and educated. He also attended Washington State College.
In 1917, Mikesell enlisted In the U.S. Army and served in France during World War I in the 142nd Rainbow Division, under General MacArthur. He received a Purple Heart.
Following his discharge from the Army, he was employed as a machinist by Union Pacific Railroad. He was later employed as a machinist at the Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant, where he worked until his retirement.
Mikesell was a member of the LDS Church, Pocatello Post No. 4 American legion, and Pocatello Post No. 3 Disabled American Veterans.
He is survived by his widow, Della L. of Pocatello; a son, Hyrum W. Mikesell, of Pocatello; three daughters, Mrs. David H. (Emma Jo) Weller, Idaho Falls, Mrs. Donald (Wilma) Oler, Portland, Ore., and Mrs. William (Erma) Wade, Clearfield, Utah; two brothers, Ernest Mikesell, Spokane, and Walter Mikesell, Ogden, Utah; two sisters, Mae Dean of Spokane, and Lucille Bressler, Jackson Hole; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Services will be conducted Monday, 1 p.m. at the Henderson Funeral Chapel with Chester E. Dorsey, former bishop of the LDS 30th Ward, officiating. Military ritualistic services will be conducted by Pocatello Post No. 735.
[Photo not with original obituary. See Della's obituary below.]
Obituary 1982 [Elmer George Aller - 01 Oct 1907-18 Jan 1982]
Elmer Aller died on Jan 18 in Blaine, Wash., while staying with his son, Warren Aller.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 23, at 11 a.m. in the Bonners Ferry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wayne Bell officiating. Burial was held in the Grandview Cemetery.
He was born Oct. 1, 1907 in Camas, Idaho, to George and Sara Aller. He attended schools in southern Oregon, where he lived until 1933.
On Sept 1, 1934, he married Marjorie McDole in Lewiston, Idaho. They lived and farmed eastern Washington and Oregon.
In 1935 they had twin daughters, Jane and June, in Lewiston. In 1937, the Allers moved to the Wenatchee area where a son, David, was born in 1941.
In 1944, they moved to Copeland, Idaho, to farm, and another son, Warren, was born in Bonners Ferry. Aller continued to farm until 1966, when he retired. He has lived with his children until his death.Elmer Aller was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie, in 1966 and also by two great-grandchildren. He is survived by twin daughters, Jane Irons of Boston, Mass., and June Heinemann of Bonners Ferry; two sons, David C. Aller of Bonners Ferry and E. Warren Aller of Blaine, Wash.; 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[Photo not with original obituary.]
Unknown newspaper obituary, 30 Jan 1983 [Walter Hyrum Mikesell, 29 Jan 1896-28 Jan 1983]
Washington Terrace - Ogden, Weber County, Utah
Walter Hyrum Mikesell, 85, of 4712 S. 475 W., died Friday, Jan. 28, 1983, in an Ogden nursing home.
He was born Jan. 29, 1896, in Kamas, Utah, a son of Andrew Jackson and Harriet Osborn Mikesell.
He married Katie Marie Jones Sept. 2, 1919, in St. Anthony, Idaho. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. She died in July of 1966.
He then married Anina Evans in November of 1969 in the Logan LDS Temple. She died July 3, 1975.
He retired as a civilian guard at Hill Air Force Base after 25 years of service. He also worked for the Railroad Ranch in Teton Basin, Idaho, and had worked for the Clark Seed Co., and the Idaho Industrial School in St. Anthony.
He was reared and educated in Teton Basin, Idaho, where he later farmed.
He had also lived in St. Anthony, moving to Ogden area in 1943.
He was a veteran of World War 1, having served in the Army. He was a member of the American Legion and the disabled American Veterans. He was a high priest in the Washington Terrace LDS 10th Ward, and had served as a home teacher in the Washington Terrace LDS 2nd Ward.
He organized the first Little League Baseball team in Washington Terrace, and was instrumental in organizing other recreational programs in Washington Terrace.
He is survived by three daughters: Mrs. John (Fern) Kay, Groton, Conn.; Mrs. David (Tennis) Hunt, Washington Terrace; Mrs. Leo (Sherry) Metz, Chandler, Ariz.; three stepsons and three stepdaughters: Lawrence Evans, Phoenix, Ariz.; Paul Evans, Ogden; Dee Evans of Colorado; Mrs. Larry (Barbara) Byington, Sunset; Mrs. Vern (Delores) Bingham, Ogdon; Mrs. Kent (Thelma) Nielson, Farmington.
He was preceded in death by a son, Walter J. Mikesell.
Also surviving are 19 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; one brother and two sisters: Earnest Mikesell and Mrs. May Dean, both of Arizona, and Mrs. Lucille Bressler, Jackson, Wyo.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at the Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel, with former Bishop James A. Carter of the Washington Terrace LDS 10th Ward officiating.
Friends may call at the mortuary Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Washington Heights Memorial Park.
Spokane Washington newspaper obituary [Ernest "Ern" Jackson Mikesell - 25 Nov 1884-01 May 1986]
Mikesell, Ernest (101) -
Passed away May 1, 1986 in Spokane.
Survived by two sisters, Mary L. Dean, Spokane, Lucille Bressler, Jackson, WY; numerous nieces and nephews.
Member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Funeral Service, Monday, May 5, 1986 at 2 p.m. Ball & Dodd Funeral Home - North, W5100 Wellesley, Rev. W.G. Wallace, officiating. Private Interment, Chattaroy, Cemetery.
[Photo not with obituary]
Obituary: Post Register, Friday 03 June 1988 [Della Leona (Aller) Mikesell - 07 Oct 1907-01 Jun 1988]Della Leona Mikesell, 80, 4949 Joy, died Wednesday afternoon at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
She was born Oct. 7, 1907 in Lewiston, Utah, to Hyrum and Eliza Neilson Aller. She attended schools in Star Valley, Wyo. and in Lewiston, Utah, where she graduated from Lewiston High School.
She married George Willard Mikesell in October 1931 at Pocatello. He died Feb.21, 1980.
She enjoyed sewing and gardening.
She was a member of the LDS Church.
She is survived by one son, Hyrum W. Mikesell, Pocatello; three daughters, Mrs. Don (Wilma) Oler, Portland, Ore.; Mrs David (Emma Jo) Weller, Idaho Fails; Mrs. William (Erma) Wade, Clearfield, Utah; 14 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchiIdren, three brothers, William, Jess and Kanzel Aller, all of Pocatello. She was preceded In death by one brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be 2 pm Saturday in the Henderson Funeral Chapel 431 N 15th Ave. with Bishop D. Lee Merrill of the Pocatello LDS 33rd Ward conducting. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 1 pm until service time at the Henderson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mountainview Cemetery.
[See photo with her husband's obit above.]
James Allen "Jim" Mikesell - 4 November 1927, Sam, Teton County, Idaho - 23 November 1992, Tualatin, Washington County, Oregon.James (Jim) Allen Mikesell was the son of Jefferson Osborn "Jeff" Mikesell and Florence Vivien (Allen) Mikesell, born in Sam, Idaho, November 4, 1927 and died on November 23, 1992 in Tualatin, Oregon. Sam was a small mining village located in the Teton Mountains.
He grew up in southern Idaho, and moved to Mt. Kit Carson, near Spokane, Washington when he was around 12. While living there, the previously Mormon family was acquainted with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Jim was baptized on April 14, 1940.
Jim had suffered from rheumatic fever as a child, but dropped out of school at age 16, and joined the Merchant Marines. He complained that he could not swim, and was seasick the entire time he served. He was a cook's helper, and seemed to spend most of his time peeling potatoes and upchucking over the side of the ship. He enlisted in the US Army at age 18 in December of 1945, and served in Europe as a mechanic, rifleman, and light tank driver, receiving an Army of Occupation Medal, and a World War II Victory Medal, until his honorable discharge as a corporal on September 27, 1948.
He returned to the Pacific Northwest, earned his GED at Lewis and Clark High School in December 1948, and went to college at Oregon State College in Corvallis studying agriculture, near where his older brother, Ernie lived.
After a couple years, his GI bill stopped and he returned to Spokane, where he met the love of his life, Wilma LeNeya Martinson Wahl and married her on the 30th of May 1952 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Jim and Wilma and her little boy, Michael Wahl, welcomed a baby girl, Jaime Lee Mikesell in 1952.
Jim retired from Northwest Bell Telephone Company with 27 years service in the plant and construction, and eventually as a manager. Because of his job, he and Wilma lived in many different towns. After retirement he enjoyed tinkering around the house, traveling, fishing, and playing with his grandchildren and his small poodle dog. He was a very kind, considerate family man. Jim was a deacon in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and enjoyed teaching an adult class in Sunday School.
Surviving him were his wife, Wilma, his daughter Jaime, step-son, Mike, grandchildren Kevin and Colin Wahl, Jared and Rachel Musgrove, and four sisters, Betty Erlandson, Della Binder, Thelma Winters and Leslie Wood. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his brother, Ernest Mikesell.
Addendum, a great granddaughter, LeNeya Rae Musgrove (daughter of Jared) was born after his death in 2005. Written October 17, 2011 by Jaime Mikesell Musgrove, Visit Jim's findagrave.com Memorial Page. See photo album.
Lydia "Lucille" (Mikesell) Bressler - 23 Apr 1902 - 04 Oct5 1993
Jackson Wyoming newspaper obituary, 1993
[Notice that date of death is given as Oct. 2. Funeral Memorial program & Social Security Death Index give date of death as Oct. 4.]
Services set for Thursday for Bressler - Funeral services for Lydia Lucille Bressler, 91, a long-time resident of Jackson who died Oct. 2 at the St. Johns Nursing Home, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Jackson LDS church with Bishop Phillip Nethercott officiating. There will be a visitation at 1p.m.Thursday at the church.
Born April 23, 1902, in Chapin, Id., to Andrew and Harriett Osborn Mikesell, she married Lyle Bressler on Nov. 20, 1917, and moved to Jackson in 1932.
She was a member of the LDS church, a charter member of the Sour Doughs and cooked for many years for the area's dude ranches and the employees of Grand Teton National Park. She is said to have loved fishing, hunting and gardening.
She is survived by five sons, Roy Bressler of San Antonio, Tex., Bob Bressler of Star Valley Ranch, Wy., Jack Bressler of St. George, Utah, Vern Bressler of Jackson, and Dell Bressler of Red Bluff, Calif.; two daughters, May Luscher of Cardston, Alberta, Canada, and Maxine Jacobson of Alpine, Wyo.; one sister, May Dean of Spokane, Wash.; 20 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, three sisters, nine brothers and two grandchildren.
Burial will be at Aspen Hill Cemetery The family requests donations be made to the St. John's Nursing Home in lieu of flowers.
[Photos not with original obituaries.]
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