Obituaries

Barbara Taylor

Feb 6, 2020

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...

L. Wayne Presnell

Feb 4, 2020

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...

Ralph "Fatsy" Vaughn

Jan 23, 2020

Ralph “Fatsy” Vaughn, 93, passed away on January 23, 2020 after collapsing inside his apartment in Richfield, ID. He was preparing to go get his regular cup of morning joe down at the Little Wood Saloon and had just started his van to warm it up. Instead, he dropped to the floor and left his apartment the way he...

Marilynn Jansen

Jan 21, 2020

Marilynn Rappleye Jansen passed away at DeSano Place in Jerome, Idaho on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at the age of 74.

Marilynn was born in Wendell, Idaho. She graduated from Twin Falls High school in 1963. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University where she also danced with BYU’s international folk dancers....

James Sprowls

Jan 17, 2020

It is with profound sadness that I have to say goodbye to my soul mate, best friend, my defender and protector Jim “Jimbo” Sprowls; as does his loving sister, Margaret “Peg” Sprowls of Verone, PA his only sibling.

Jim suffered so much these last years and has been under St. Luke's Hospice care tor two years.  The...

Myrla Plant

Jan 12, 2020

Myrla Jeanne Plant passed away on the morning of Sunday, January 12, 2020, in Jerome, Idaho at the age of 79.

Myrla was born on March 1, 1940 in Riverside, California to Leland and Mabel Jule.  She grew up in Long Beach, CA with her brothers, Theron, Dale, and Gary Jule, and lived in Southern CA for...

Sharon Sauer

Jan 11, 2020

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...

MaxCine Poulsen Lippert

Jan 10, 2020

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...

Dennis "Denny" Boer

Jan 8, 2020

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,...

Richard "Dick" Bryant

Jan 8, 2020

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....

John "JR" Reese

Jan 8, 2020

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...

Rosa Molina

Jan 1, 2020

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.

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Iola Richardson-Lee

Dec 31, 2019

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...

Rafaela Sanchez Tapia

Dec 30, 2019

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.

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James "Jimmy" Olsen

Dec 26, 2019

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...

Maureen Brown

Dec 26, 2019

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,...

Jack Lavar Buttars

Dec 19, 2019

Jack Lavar Buttars, age 85, passed away at Creekside Care Center in Jerome, Idaho on Thursday, December 19, 2019. He was born to John Earl and Agnes Emily Buttars in Clarkston, Utah, on April 1, 1934. Lavar grew up in the Wendell, Appleton, and Jerome areas of the Magic Valley. He rode his beloved horse, Flicka, to school for...

Carl Jackson

Dec 16, 2019

Carl Elwood Jackson was born at the family home north east of Jerome. He was the sixth of seven children born to Willard Smith Jackson and Hazel Virginia Fife Jackson.

He grew up on the family farm and attended school in Jerome.

In 1951, he enlisted in the US Navy. He was a radioman, served...

Gordon Graham

Dec 12, 2019

Gordon E. Graham, 82, of Jerome passed away December 12, 2019 at Bennett Hill Care Center in Gooding, Idaho. He was born in Lewiston, Idaho on July 30, 1937 to Merle and Florence Graham. He graduated from Lapwai High School in 1956.

After graduating from high school, he moved to Jerome, Idaho in 1957. He married Caroline...

Terry Martin

Dec 11, 2019

Terry Gene Martin

February 2, 1941 ~ December 11, 2019

Terry Gene Martin, 78, of Jerome, Idaho, passed away on December 11, 2019, at his home after a long illness.

He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on February 2, 1941, to Jay and Thelma Martin. He graduated from Jerome High School in...