Obituaries

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...

Francis Wilcox

Dec 8, 2019

Francis L. Wilcox was born October 3, 1948, the 6th child of 8 born to Wilford H. and Idella Wilcox, in Rupert, Idaho. He was raised on a small farm in Heyburn, Idaho and when he was older and the farm sold, he helped his parents build a new home also in Heyburn.

Francis attended Ricks College...

Ada Parker

Dec 6, 2019

A graveside memorial service will be held at 2pm, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Filer Cemetery, Filer, Idaho.

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Lenore Bird

Dec 4, 2019

My mother, and best friend, Lenore Maudine Lester Bird, 96, of Jerome, Idaho passed away December 4, 2019. She was born August 13, 1923 at Filer, Idaho to Thomas Jefferson Lester and Bertha Dora Bell Lester. She graduated from Hollister High School in 1941 and attended Idaho Southern University at Pocatello.

She taught 5th through 8th grades...

Edmund "Eddie" Gyurkey

Dec 3, 2019

On March 3, 1929, Edmund Gyurkey “Eddie” began his life in the west hills of the Buda side of the Danube River of Budapest, Hungary. An idyllic childhood was followed by the horrors of World War II, when Hungary was invaded by the Nazis and then Russia. His family fled on the train just as the Russians marched in....

George Moretti

Nov 25, 2019

George Nello Moretti, 82, of Jerome, passed away at his home on November 25, 2019.

George was born on July 28, 1937, in Gilroy, California, the son of Albino and Rita Moretti. George was raised in Gilroy and graduated from Gilroy High School in 1955.

On February 4, 1966, he married Beverly Ann Hohberg. They...