Obituaries

Lyle Becker

Lyle Becker

May 23, 2022

Lyle William Becker, 79, of Jerome, Idaho died in Twin Falls, Idaho on May 23, 2022, after a bravely fought illness.

Lyle was born on August 19, 1942, in Fairfield, Idaho to William and Ollie Becker.  He attended Mountain Home High School and enlisted in the Navy in 1960.  During his enlistment, he met the beginning love of his life...

Carl Yager

Carl Yager

May 18, 2022

Carl Gene Yager, 48, of Jerome passed away May 18, 2022. He was born on October 23, 1973, at the Mountain Home AFB to Carl Gene Weber and Donna Mae Yager. Carl graduated from Hamilton High School in Anza, California.

Carl started working for Cooper Construction, where he worked for four years before starting his own business with his brother,...

Ross Johnson

Ross Johnson

May 11, 2022

Ross Monroe Johnson, 83, of Jerome, Idaho, passed away on May 11, 2022, after battling kidney failure.

Ross was born on January 6, 1939, to Zara Walter Johnson and Sarah Idabelle Monroe in Elkhart, Kansas. After graduating from High School in Shafter, California in 1957, he served in the Coast Guard from 1957-1962. While serving in the Coast Guard, he...

Lynette Yurivilca

Lynette Yurivilca

May 10, 2022

Lynette was born to Louise and Bob Orr on November 20, 1953, in Jerome, Idaho. She is a fraternal twin, the ninth child of 11 siblings. She passed away May 10, 2022 in Boise, Idaho.

Lynette met her husband Arturo while playing a friendly game of pool.  She was competitive, sassy, and sure teased Arturo. He found her to be beautiful,...

Tommy Doramus

Tommy Doramus

May 4, 2022

Thomas D. "Tommy" Doramus, 52, of Twin Falls, one of the most courageous young men, went to be with the Lord on May 4, 2022. He bravely dealt with health issues his entire life. He was born December 3, 1969 to Donna M. Glenn. Tommy attended and graduated from Jerome High School in Jerome, Idaho.

Tommy enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, and...

Joseph Eyre

Joseph Eyre

May 3, 2022

Joseph Emery Eyre, of Buhl, previously of Jerome, died at home surrounded by his family on May 3, 2022.

Joe was born to John E. Eyre Jr. and Evelyn Sutherland Eyre Goerke on August 7, 1937 in Grainton, Nebraska, a very small farming community out in the wheat country. His father was a teacher and shortly thereafter the family moved...

Warren Bluemer

Warren Bluemer

May 3, 2022

Warren R. Bluemer died peacefully at home with family at his side May 3, 2022 at the age of 92.  Warren was born August 21, 1929 to Clarence and Elva Johnson Bluemer and grew up in Richfield, Idaho.

Warren entered the Navy in October of ‘46 and was discharged in January of ‘50.  He loved his time in the service...

April Burlson

April Burlson

Apr 30, 2022

On April 30, 2022, April Burlson died unexpectedly in Jerome, Idaho in a vehicle accident. She was 55 years old.

April is survived by her parents Frank and Barbara, her life partner Randy, her daughter Renee, her stepson Timothy and siblings Shannon, Dorothy, Kimberly, and Frankie. She was preceded in death by Her second husband John Kildare and her son William Kildare-Glahn.

April was born on January 19, 1967, in Newburg,...

Edna Chatfield

Edna Chatfield

Apr 28, 2022

Faye “Honey Faye” Chatfield was born January 3, 1929, in Logan, Utah to AJ “Dick” Johnson and Edna Kunz Johnson. She married Odell Chatfield on July 6, 1947, in Richfield, Idaho.

Faye and Odell farmed in Richfield until moving to Buhl in 1966.  During her early married life in Richfield, Faye was active in the Richfield Methodist church, Grange, American...

Tony Hoch

Tony Hoch

Apr 28, 2022

Anthony Martin Hoch

May 4, 1943 ~ April 28, 2022

AKA:  Tony the Twister (T.T.T.), Antwon, and Hoch

Tony was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 1943.  A short time later he was adopted by Winton and Helen Hoch from Burbank, California.

Tony was the oldest of three boys, with two younger brothers, Steven and David.  Tony grew up...

Victor Meyers

Victor Meyers

Apr 27, 2022

Victor Roy Meyers was born June 19, 1940, in Twin Falls, Idaho. He passed away suddenly on April 27, 2022, at St Luke’s Medical Center in Twin Falls.

He was the second son of Edward Meyers and Helen Hansen Meyers. He grew up in Jerome, Idaho attending Appleton School and Jerome High School. He was a member of the Class...

Larry Reed

Larry Reed

Apr 20, 2022

Larry Dean Reed was born May 27, 1960 at Schofield Military Hospital on the island of Oahu in Wahiawa, Hawaii. He grew up in Wendell, Idaho for most of his life, attending Wendell High School and enlisting in the Army after graduating in 1979. He served his country as member of the Military Police.

Larry lived a very rich life,...

Ronald Harvey Plant

Ronald Harvey Plant

Apr 16, 2022

 

Ronald Harvey Plant passed away on the morning of Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Jerome, Idaho at the age of 90.

Ron was born on February 17, 1932, in Long Island City ( Manhattan), New York to Jack Celtic Plant and Gloria Evangeline Lussier Plant. His sister, June Plant Thomlinson, was born in 1937.

Ron’s best New York memory...

Robert Helms

Robert Helms

Apr 15, 2022

Robert E Helms, lifelong Jerome resident, was born September 10, 1944, and passed away April 15, 2022. He was born at St. Joseph Hospital, in Tacoma, Washington, the first child of Herbert Lee Helms and Dora Elaine Romero Helms. Dad was in the Army at Ft. Lewis and was serving in the Philippine Islands at the time of Bob’s birth,...

Eileen Conner

Eileen Conner

Apr 12, 2022

Our mother, sister, and friend, Eileen Ruth Moore Conner, entered eternal life on April 12, 2022. Eileen was born on June 23, 1951, to Columbine and Ray Moore.

Eileen worked as a Jerome rural letter carrier. Prior to that job, she was a school bus driver for the Jerome School District. Eileen was married to William Conner, and from that...

Donya Brown-Barnes

Donya Brown-Barnes

Apr 6, 2022

Donya Mae Jones Brown-Barnes entered into the arms of her Savior on April 6, 2022, at home and surrounded by her family.  She was born to Jesse Gilbert Jones and Goldie LoRee Jones (nee Williamson) on July 18, 1939 in Twin Falls, Idaho. The middle of three children, she had an older brother, Bobby Zane, and a younger brother, Jesse...

Sheila Coy

Sheila Coy

Apr 3, 2022

Sheila Eloise Coy was born on February 19, 1951 in Pocatello, Idaho to George and Velma Karas. In 1955, Velma remarried to Irvin Wren, who adopted her and her brother, Daryle. Her early years were lived in Eastern Idaho, then the family moved to Rupert, Idaho where she graduated from Minidoka High School. She took a job in Washington DC...

Dixie Mickelson

Dixie Mickelson

Mar 30, 2022

Dixie Lee Mickelson, 73, of Jerome passed away while peacefully sleeping the afternoon of March 30, 2022.

Dixie was born November 10, 1948 in Ogden, Utah to Ralph and Emma (Willard) Taylor. She spent her childhood in Plain City, Utah and graduated from Weber High School in 1967. She became a beautician which allowed her to buy a Ford Mustang...

Jennifer Ramos

Jennifer Ramos

Mar 24, 2022

Jennifer Nicole Faraone Ramos was born on March 8, 1992, in Hollister, California, and was carried away with her unborn child on the wings of angels on March 24, 2022.  Her husband and love of her life, Jason Ramos, was with Jennifer when she was called home.  Jennifer is survived by her husband; her parents, Marlon and Kimberlee Faraone; her...

Maria Vergara Leon

Maria Vergara Leon

Mar 24, 2022

Maria de los Angeles Leon Vergara passed away at her home on March 24, 2022. She was born September 13, 1952 in Bellas Fuentes, Michoacan, Mexico to Baltazar Vergara and Delfina Juarez.  In 1968 Maria married Jose Leon Arteaga and moved to Hazleton, Idaho.

Maria was a devoted mother to her seven children: Maria Guadalupe, Heriberto, Leticia, AnaLaura, Jose, Lili,...