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Allen Dale Lee, 91, passed away February 14, 2020. He was born June 16, 1928 in Filer, Idaho to Ernie and Elsie Lee. He was raised in Filer, attending schools there. Allen married Jo Rene Fife, his high school fiancé in Filer on November 6, 1949. The marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple. Allen always had an interest in electronics, which was enhanced at Filer High School. He became a radio amateur and later acquired his Radio Telephone First Class License which...

Judy Ann Castle, age 73, of Jerome, Idaho went home to be with the Lord on February 12, 2020, surrounded by loving family members. Judy was born in Boise, Idaho to Clarence “Chuck” and Myrtle Grubb on July 14, 1946.  Her father was a captain in the U.S. Navy, and Judy’s childhood and teenage years were spent in Idaho, Guam, Florida, San Diego, Hawaii, Virginia, and back to California. Judy had two sons, James and Richard, from her first marriage to Delbert Hartley....

Sara E. (Robertson) Lowe, 82, of Jerome, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at her residence. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones. Sara was born in 1937, in Twin Falls, ID, to John B. and Norma Robertson. She graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1955 and attended one year of college at the University of Idaho. Sara married the love of her life, Dennis Lowe, on June 30, 1958 at the Episcopal Church in Twin Falls, ID. Dennis and Sara spent the first years of their marriage in...

Thelma Berniece Shaffer, 87, of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away February 11, 2020. She was born June 18, 1932 in Jasper, Missouri to Earl Morgan Fitchpatrick and Lenna Helen Quade Fitchpatrick. She graduated form Golden City High School in 1950. Thelma married Arthur Shaffer on February 23, 1951 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Thelma was a member of Jerome Freewill Baptist Church. She enjoyed puzzles, Chinese checkers, card games, and rumicube game. She was happiest when visiting and singing with...

Our sweet mother and beloved grandmother, Norma “Jean” Newlan, 93, of Jerome passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Serenity Transitional Care in Twin Falls. She was born September 19, 1926 to John T. and M. Pauline Cornthwaite in Macon, Illinois. Jean attended school at Appleton in Jerome. She married her high school sweetheart, Mel, in Jerome on May 13, 1944. To this union came four sons: Olna, Jimmy Keith (deceased), Terry and Dennis (deceased). Jean and Mel farmed for a...

Christina Loreen Walgamott was born in Jerome, Idaho on March 31, 1968 to her surviving parents, Charles and Dorothy Bryant. She entered Heaven’s gates on February 9, 2020. Christina was a loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was a remarkable cook and enjoyed cooking and baking for her friends and family. For many years leading up to her passing she spent most of her time watching cooking channels, crafting and baking. Christina was a dedicated grandma of five...

Barbara Lee Taylor, of Wendell, passed away at the age of 80 on February 6, 2020 at Oak Creek Rehabilitation Center in Kimberly, Idaho. Barbara Lee (Marlow) Taylor was born on March 24, 1939 in Boise, Idaho to Paul “Bud” and Vida Crabb Marlow.  She grew up on the family farm west of Wendell and enjoyed spending time outside helping her father on the farm.  Some of her fondest memories of her childhood were spending time with her grandmothers.  She remembered...

William Andrew “Bill” Jackson Jr, 92, passed at home in Jerome, ID surrounded by his family on February 6, 2020.  Bill was born on the 19th of April 1927 in Butte, Montana to William and Leontine Jackson.  He married his sweetheart, Carol Jackson, in 1949.  He worked as a logger in Idaho, a truck driver on the Alaskan Pipeline, and later as an independent trucking contractor well into his late sixties. He was an avid fisherman, skilled pool player, excellent...

Lewis Wayne Presnell, who everyone knew as Wayne, passed away February 4, 2020. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, December 12, 1957 to Jack Presnell and Marrietta Dutt. Wayne went to school and graduated from Kimberly High School in 1975 and went on to play football on scholarship at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He decided to come home and go to work and began his career as a farmer, which is what he spent his life doing. After some life experience, he met his wife...

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