All Obituaries

Melissa Ann Bench passed away peacefully on September 18, 2021 at St. Luke’s MVRMC, due to Complications of Covid. She was surrounded by family when she passed away. Melissa was born on October 13, 1956 to Donald Robert Daw and Melissa Marie Gwin in Twin Falls, Idaho. She lived in Jerome, Idaho Falls, and Las Vegas during her life. In high school, she was active in sports and in band. After high school she attended Ricks College and ISU. She then went on a mission to Milan, Italy for...

Filemon Nuñez Rodriguez, a 77-year-old resident of Jerome, went home to God on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at St. Luke’s Magic Valley in Twin Falls. Filemon was born on March 4, 1944 in Belen, Jalisco, Mexico to Ma. Guadalupe Rodriguez and Jose Nuñez. He was the oldest of six siblings. He was living in Tequila, Mexico when he met his sweetheart, Elisa Nuñez. They were married January 3, 1963 and renewed their vows fifty years later. Filemon was a traveler always...

Cherryl Dawn Coop graduated from this world September 9, 2021. She went home to join her husband, Sterling “Slim” Coop, and her fur babies; Chance, P.J., Sissy, and Fuzzball. Cherryl was born in Baker City, Oregon January 11, 1948 to Frank and Lucille Van Cleave. She loved Baker City. Some of her fondest memories as a youth were spending time with her Grandpa Ben Van Cleave working on the ranch. Cherryl loved animals and was always bringing one or more home that she had...

On September 3, 2021, Layne Kenneth Hall was lifted with amazing grace from the arms of his loving family to join his beloved wife, Bev, in eternal rest. Layne was born on January 2, 1938, to Herman and Rozann Hall. He and his brother, Hugh, were raised on the family farm north of Jerome. On August 31, 1957, he married his high school sweetheart, Beverly Jane Kulm. They made their home in Jerome with their two children, Kelly Sonnichsen (Bob) and Clay Hall (Ruth). As a young man, Layne...

Dorothy Alice Eagle, 90, of Edgewood, New Mexico, and formerly of Hagerman, Idaho, went to her eternal rest on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Dorothy was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 20, 1930, the daughter of Joseph Lynch, a WW I veteran, and Dorothy Chessman Lynch of Somerville, Massachusetts. She was devoted to the love of her life, Robert Eagle, a Navy veteran, and her five children. After nearly 60 years of marriage, Robert preceded her in death in 2012. She was also preceded in...

Walter Eugene Woolf, of Jerome, Idaho, passed away on August 28, 2021, surrounded by family and friends. He was born to parents, James Arthur Woolf and Alberta Loretta Gemperline, on August 24, 1947, in Springfield, Ohio. He married Jackie Carlyne Peterson, the love of his life, in 1969. Walt entered the United States Navy in 1966. His various duty stations included the USS Cadmus, the USS Independence, USS Constellation, and Instructor at the Naval Training Center, San Diego. He left the...

Lois Jean "Jeanne" Vandiver died on August 26, 2021, after a short illness, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho surrounded by her immediate family. She was born February 16, 1939 to Clarence and Gracie Lucile Morrow, in Madisonville, Kentucky and raised in Nebo, Kentucky, just 10 miles from Madisonville. When she was 13, Clarence remarried Mary Jane Jones who became stepmother to Jeanne. She graduated from Nebo HS in 1957 and shortly thereafter joined the Navy. It...

Wayne Leland Fattig was born September 4, 1927 and passed to our Heavenly Father on August 21, 2021. Wayne was the third son of Elmer and Ruth Heldenbrand Fattig. He attended school in Ringgold, Nebraska where he was taught by his cousin, Margaret Fowler. In 1941, the family moved to Idaho and purchased the dairy farm where he resided until his passing. In February of 1942, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Howard, Wayne’s oldest brother, was drafted. Clifford, the middle...

Ruth Lee Gutierrez was born to Casey Lockyer and Albert Gutierrez on August 20, 2021. Our beautiful baby girl left with angel wings the same day. She was surrounded by her family with lots of love and prayers. Ruth will always and forever be in our hearts. Ruth is survived by her parents; brothers, Troy and Anthony; maternal grandparents, Delphia and Todd Anderson of Jerome; and Jeremy and Artis Hill of Shoshone; paternal grandparents, David and Jessica Alley of California; aunts, KaytLyn,...

“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephen Grellet Leatha J. Kulm left this earth, bound for Heaven, on August 13, 2021 surrounded by her family. Leatha was born in 1931 to Leland “Lee” and Lucy Quaintance in Barnum, Iowa. She joined the family as number five in the...