All Obituaries

Elaine Gecolia Brownlee Henson, 80, of Richfield, Idaho was born December 27, 1941 in Wendell, Idaho. She went back to Heaven on June 22, 2022 with her loving family surrounding her. She is the oldest of five children born to Victor Brownlee and LeaEtta (Nelson) Rogers. She was born a month early on a cold, blizzard day at her grandparents’ house. Due to the severe weather, her dad had to wait on the icy roads so he could guide the doctor to the house. She married her sweetheart,...

JEROME – Barbera Janette Zysett, 70, of Jerome, passed away June 20, 2022. Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 S. Lincoln, Idaho. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family on Barbera’s memorial webpage at www.farnsworthmortuary.com.

Jeffre Darrell Johnson, 81 of Hazelton, Idaho, passed peacefully on June 16, 2022, surrounded by friends and family. Jeff was born September 17, 1940, in Bell Flower, California.  He spent the war years growing up in the West Plains area of Missouri. Moving to Southern California in 1950 where he graduated high school and met Sharon Ann Kendrick. He and Sharon married on May 12, 1962, in West Covina, California. That same year he and his family moved to Hazetlton, Idaho looking for a...

George B. Drain, 89, of Jerome, Idaho left us on June 7, 2022, after a valiant fight with COPD. He passed peacefully in his home with his family. George was born to Loy and Ruth Drain in Pryor, Oklahoma on January 29, 1933. The family was headed to California in 1945, stopped in Jerome to visit family, and never left. He married Carolyn Perry in 1952. They were later divorced. He married Elizabeth Wetzstein Newberry in 1959. George and Betty raised their blended family on the farm south...

The stubborn, little red head that ran everywhere 100 mph, unfairly came to a complete halt all at once. Lung, brain, and liver cancer, as well as a broken heart from the loss of her love, Ron Hatfield, was too much for her tiny body to bear. Our family is at a great loss and deeply grieving. We are so appreciative of all the love and support sent to us.  Mom had many friends that have reached out with wonderful stories and expressions of what she meant to them. I am so...

Alfred Wayne Linch, 75 of Twin Falls passed away peacefully surrounded by his family, Monday, May 30, 2022, after a brief, but hard, fight against Chondrosarcoma. Alfred was born in Sacramento, California June 11, 1946. He served in the US Army and fought in the Vietnam war. He was very proud to serve his country and excited to start his life in Idaho. He married the love of his life, Cheryl Johnson, in April of 1970. They immediately started building their family in Twin Falls. They...

Sharelle "Sherri" Eidinger, beloved by her family, passed away on May 28, 2022 after a difficult battle with cancer. Sherri spent her last weeks surrounded by family and friends in her home. Sherri was born in Twin Groves, Idaho on August 22, 1943 to Cleo and Billy Gale Collette. Sherri was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved family camping trips, sitting by the fire, and capturing every moment in photographs. This dear lady lived for games; whether...

Bonnie Jane Kersey, 84, of Jerome, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Thursday, May 26, 2022. Bonnie Jane Wilson was born on June 11, 1937 in Wendell, Idaho to Woodrow Wallace Wilson and Myrtle May Miles Wilson. Bonnie was raised in Jerome, Idaho on her parents’ farm. She graduated from Jerome High School and attended one year of business college. Shortly after, Bonnie married William Alvin Kersey Jr. on April 27, 1956 in Jerome, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized...

Gail Edgar Loynd, 89, passed away peacefully on May 26, 2022, at his home in Twin Falls, Idaho, with his wife at his side. Gail was born August 21, 1932, the son of Thomas Edgar and Lurline Staggs Loynd.  He was born in the home (really just a small log cabin) of his grandparents, John and Birtie Loynd. When Gail was about a year old, his father built a small, one-room trailer house, that was 5 feet by 8 feet, that they lived in for about six years. When his brother, Lavon, was born,...

Kathleen “Diane” Meyers was born December 4, 1943, in Los Angeles, California. She passed away May 25, 2022, at her home surrounded by family. She was the fifth child of Arthur and Irene Farris Pebley. She grew up in California and later moved to Colorado. She married Melvin Mead in 1959 and had their daughter, Jackie. They later divorced. Diane met and married Victor Meyers in 1973 in Jerome. They added their son, Kevin, to their family of four girls. Diane was a waitress...