All Obituaries

Sharon Francis Sauer “Nana”, 75, joined her daughters and grandson on January 11, 2020. Nana was born to Rev. E.W. And Lola Damon on September 8, 1944, in Twin Falls, Idaho. They then moved to Colorado until Nana was in the 6th grade. After returning to the Magic Valley she completed school and graduated from American home school. Nana married Orval Willis on July 22, 1966. Unto this union three daughters were born. They later divorced and she married Ron Sauer on December...

MaxCine Julia Poulsen was born on April 12, 1926 in Blackfoot, Idaho to William and Lola Poulsen. She was the eleventh child in a family of twelve children. Her twin brother, Max, was born twenty minutes after her. While young children, they invented their own “twin” language to communicate. This language led to many hours of speech therapy later in life. The family moved to a ranch on Kenny Creek in Salmon, Idaho 1929. She attended school in a two-room schoolhouse with no...

Denny Boer went to heaven singing on January 8, 2020.  He was born to Adrian Kenneth Boer and Julia Darlene (DeBoer) in Artesia, CA.  Denny was born to be a cowboy from the very beginning.  He enjoyed riding his horse to Knotts Berry Farm after milking on the family dairy. Denny remained a dairyman and a cowboy, both of which he loved, for the remainder of his life. Denny also loved his country and served in the Marine Corps Reserves while he continued to work in the family...

Dick, age 72, was born in Harrison, Arkansas on March 26, 1947, the third child of Aire Buddy Bryant and Mary Melvina Bartlett Bryant. Dick died January 8, 2020 doing one of the things he loved, working with his friends putting in a head gate on a canal for North Side Canal Company when he had a heart attack. He was raised in Arkansas until 1954, when his parents decided to move to Idaho where they had family. The family live in Jerome where his father worked for various farmers. Dick...

John “JR” Edward Reese, age 54 of Richfield, ID, passed away at home on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. JR’s loving wife, Donna (Peak) Standlee, was at his side. JR was born in Inglewood, CA on October 27, 1965, the son of John Reese and Stephanie (Cathers) Reese. He had a brother, Randy, and sister, Shannon. JR was raised in Los Angeles County where he graduated from high school in 1983. As a young man, JR lived in Los Angeles and worked a variety of jobs, including as a LA...

Rosa Myriam Molina Reyes August 30, 1940 ~ January 1, 2020   Rosa Myriam Molina Reyes passed away on January 1, 2020. She was born to Jose Maria Molina Gurdian and Adiadelsocorro Molina Reyes, on August 30, 1940 in Yali Jinotega, Nicaragua. It was there where she grew up, found her love and got married. Rosa eventually moved to Jerome, Idaho. She was a loving homemaker, who loved to sew, sing, cook, dance, and had a special love for gardening. Rosa loved flowers. Most of all Rosa...

Iola Richardson-Lee, 93, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at a Lake Havasu care facility. Iola was born to John Edmund Barker and Teggie Harriet Ottley in Idaho Falls, Idaho on September 27, 1926. She had three older sisters and one older brother who preceded her in death. Iola attended Jerome High School and graduated in May of 1944. After graduation Iola traveled to South Mills, North Carolina where she was married to Arthur Richardson on December 1, 1944....

A Rosary will be held at 7pm, Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Farnsworth Mortuary, Jerome with a viewing from 5pm until 8pm, Funeral Mass will be held at 11am, Friday, January 3, 2020 at Farnsworth Mortuary with a graveside service concluding at Jerome Cemetery.

James Raymond Olsen, 32, of Idaho’s Mammoth Cave, died on December 26, 2019, at his home in Shoshone, Idaho. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on June 2, 1987 to parents, Richard Arthur Olsen and Sandra Marie Olsen, and grew up in Shoshone, Idaho. Early in life, James developed a deep love for hunting, fishing, and the outdoors with his father and brothers. Whether it was crane hunting, catching sturgeon on the Columbia River, or walking the Oregon coast, he always loved a good...

Maureen Brown of Jerome, Idaho was born in Glasgow, Scotland on August 12, 1952. Maureen became a well-traveled woman when she met her life partner, Art, in Scotland when he was stationed on the USS Los Alamos ship in Dunoon, Scotland. She became a military wife when they married in 1978. They had their first child, Natalie, in March of 1979. They left Scotland shortly after her birth and had a brief stay in the states before moving to Panama in 1980. Maureen kept herself busy being a home...