Obituaries

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...

Charlotte McDannald

Nov 16, 2019

Charlotte Rose McDannald, 76, of Jerome passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, November 16, 2019. She was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico on May 19, 1943. She was the daughter of Solon Grady Short and Cecilia Jane Thorne Short. The Short family moved to Buhl, Idaho when she was a young girl.

She married...

Shirley Morrow

Nov 15, 2019

Shirley June (Storie) Morrow, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away on November 15, 2019.  She was from Battleground, Washington where she attended high school and went to Clark College majoring in accounting.

She was the middle child of Dillard and Ellen Storie. Her older sister, Betty, is deceased and her brother, Jim, lives in Battleground.

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Darwin Dean

Nov 4, 2019

Darwin Francis Dean passed away at the age of 84 on November 4, 2019. He was born on May 11, 1935 to Lewis and Marvel Dean in Twin Falls, Idaho. He spent most of his life in the Twin Falls area.

During his life he worked road construction, which he truly enjoyed, building the freeway around the...

Eugenia Rogers

Nov 3, 2019

Our Mom, Eugenia F. Rogers, passed away peacefully on Nov. 3, 2019 at 8:25 p.m. in Twin Falls, Idaho.

I want to sincerely thank all of the compassionate nurses at Bridgeview who took care of my Mom until she was in the care of Harrison's Hope Hospice.

I would also like to thank Erica, Toma...

Marilyn Hager

Oct 30, 2019

Marilyn Jean Hager, a long-time volunteer with the College of Southern Idaho’s Head Start program in Jerome, Idaho, passed away Oct. 30, 2019, in a Twin Falls care center of natural causes after several weeks of declining health. She was 83.

She was born Sept. 12, 1936 in Harvey, N.D., to Ralph (Sparky Thompson) Berenger and Margaret...

Johnny Fabela

Oct 26, 2019

Johnny Fabela was born in Austin, TX, November 1, 1941 to Joe and Judith Fabela.

Throughout his life he touched a lot of people’s lives in Idaho and Oregon. The best thing most people remember about him is fishing; either you went with him or he taught you how, but the one thing he did know is where...

Lawrence Vogel

Oct 23, 2019

You should see what Lawrence built … During his 76 years on Earth, Lawrence Charles Vogel built roads, homes, furniture, children’s toys, a family, and a life.

Lawrence was born July 10, 1943, to Charles and Ada Vogel, in Custer, South Dakota, near Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore, in his grandmother Wilhelm’s log cabin. As a...

Charles Johnston

Oct 22, 2019

Never a more hardworking man with a story to tell or advice to give.

Charles Jerry Johnston was born to Verda and Charles Johnston in Almo, Idaho where he weighed only 4lbs and they used a shoe box placed in a warming oven of a cook stove as the incubator. He was the oldest of four boys,...

Mary Capps

Oct 13, 2019

Mary E. (Green) Capps of Jerome, Idaho passed away October 13, 2019 in Jerome. She was born in Menan, Idaho April 21, 1931 to Dennis and Harriett (Poole) Green. She graduated from Midway High School in 1949. She married Glen Capps August 5, 1948 in Menan and on February 21, 1964 their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls...

Bob Peterson

Oct 11, 2019

Robert “Bob” Wade Peterson, Sr., 83, of Twin Falls passed away October 11, 2019 at Canyons Retirement Community in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Bob was born in Roy, Missouri on July 4, 1936. At the age of 6, he fell out of a tree and then contracted Meningitis which caused him to lose his hearing. His parents then...

Tammy Gillespie

Oct 11, 2019

Tammy Norlene Gillespie of Jerome, Idaho passed away in her home surrounded by her loved ones on October 11, 2019. She battled a long and hard fight with lymphoma cancer. Tammy was born on April 27, 1972 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the daughter of Brenda Vernon and Robert Rice. She was raised in Caney, Kansas from the age of 1...

Mary Perron

Oct 9, 2019

Mary Carolyn Perron

May 6, 1938 ~ October 9, 2019

Mary “Carolyn” Perron, 81, of Dietrich, Idaho passed honorably from this life, at her home on Tuesday, October 9, 2019,

She was born May 6, 1938 to Burl and Gladys Coxen in Buhl, Idaho. She spent much of her early life in Tennessee, where...

Mary Ellen Roth

Oct 9, 2019

Mom was born August 11, 1923 in Vancouver, Washington to James and Carrie Ramey.  In her early years she attended Providence Academy and St. James Catholic Church and lived on East 29th St. in Vancouver, Washington. Mom and her eight brothers and sisters Joan, Adrian, Dorothy, Pat, Margie, Betty, Carol and Dick moved to Manor, Washington near Battle Ground...

Lawrence Johnson

Oct 7, 2019

Lawrence Wilbur Johnson

February 18, 1926 ~ October 7, 2019

This is a story about a young cowboy growing up in a log cabin in the wilderness along the Salmon River during the great depression.

Lawrence Wilbur Johnson, 93, was born on February 18, 1926 to Richard and Plessy Johnson in Challis, Idaho....