Obituaries

Jun 30, 2021

Joanne Bartlett Gough 74, passed away peacefully on Wednesday June 30, 2021, with her family by her side, losing her battle with cancer. Providence smiled down on Marjorie and Hershel Bartlett of Bakersfield, CA when daughter, Joanne, was born on April 14, 1947. Her life in California was brief because the family moved to Jerome, ID when she was...

Jun 27, 2021

Carol Ruth Porter was born July 21, 1960 in Lusk, Wyoming to Carl and Dorthy Porter. She was their fourth child. Carol’s father worked on an oil rig and moved his family with him from town to town in Wyoming. By the time Carol was 6 years old, the family had moved 56 times. Carol’s mother stopped counting after...

Jun 25, 2021

Julia Diane “Judy” Kehrer Turpin, 77, of Jerome passed away June 25, 2021 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Boise. She was born July 13, 1943 at St. Valentine’s Hospital, Wendell, Idaho, to Robert and Roberta Kehrer, the youngest child, and only girl, joining brothers, Robert, David, and Jack; all surviving her. The family lived on their homestead in a small...

Jun 16, 2021

Loren K. “Joe” Skaug, age 80, passed away on June 16, 2021, due to complications from surgery and heart attack.  He was born on June 5, 1941, to Rev. Merrill C. and Ruby M. Skaug in Tacoma, Washington.  After the age of two, Skaug enjoyed the remainder of his life in Idaho, spending his early years in Sandpoint and...

Jun 16, 2021

Arvella Martin Hendrickson, 99, passed away peacefully on June 16, 2021 in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Arvella was born on August 4, 1921 in Hilliard, Wyoming to Sarah Hutchinson Martin and Joseph Moroni Martin. She was one of fourteen children.

Arvella, a life-long learner, graduated from high school a year early. She then earned a teaching...

Jun 12, 2021

Diana Lee Suter passed away June 12, 2021 peacefully in her home surrounded by family after a long battle with COPD. Diana was born June 10, 1958 to Angus and Leona Twitchell in Cottonwood, Idaho. She was the 5th child of a family of 13.

Diana graduated in Hagerman, Idaho in 1977 where she met Rocky Rasmussen. She welcomed...

Jun 9, 2021

Herbert William Meyer passed away June 9, 2021. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, the second of five boys and four girls, to Valentine J. Meyer and Sarah Sauer Meyer on February 20, 1931. He was born into a hard-working farm family, descendants of Russians and Germans who settled in North Dakota, migrating to Idaho in the early...

Jun 8, 2021

“I hope you’re dancing in the sky

And I hope you’re singing in the angel’s choir

And I hope the angels know what they have...

I’ll bet it’s so nice up in Heaven since you arrived"

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Jun 6, 2021

Denmar “Denny” Glenn Weigt went to Heaven on June 6, 2021. He was born in Menno, South Dakota to Leonard Weigt and Barbara Mueller Weigt on May 1, 1933.

He, his parents, and two brothers moved to Idaho in 1945 after the devastating drought and cholera outbreak in South Dakota. They arrived in Jerome in a 1936...

Jun 5, 2021

Karlene (Halverson) Burks, 73, of Jerome passed away June 5, 2021. She was born April 29, 1948 in Wendell, Idaho to John N. Halverson and Adair Newcomb Halverson.

Karlene graduated from Jerome High School. She married Ronald W. Burks on June 22, 1976 in her mom’s backyard in Jerome. She worked as a CNA at St. Benedict’s...

May 31, 2021

Roberta Lynn Thieme passed away Monday, May 31, 2021. She was born January 21, 1956 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Hubert Thieme and Irene Blunt Thieme. She was raised in Twin Falls and attended Happy Day School until its closing. In 1985 she moved to Idaho Falls to live in the Yellowstone Care Center for special needs individuals.

May 29, 2021

Leona Twitchell passed away May 29, 2021, at the age of 85, peacefully in her home surrounded by her family. Leona was born January 6, 1936, in Buhl, Idaho.

She met the love of her life at the old dance hall in Hagerman, Idaho. Leona and Angus Dwight Twitchell married soon after, on April 7, 1951, in...

May 28, 2021

Murray C. Peck, 90, died May 28, 2021, at Bridgeview Skilled Nursing Facility in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was born March 7, 1931, in Lincoln Nebraska, the son of Murray and Marjorie (Park) Peck. Murray graduated from Highline High School in Burien, WA, Class of 1948.

He was in the Navy and Air Force for a short...

May 27, 2021

LIFE SKETCH

On July 5, 1933 in Henefer, Utah a baby girl was born to Ralph and Elda Pace. They named her Leah. She grew up mostly in Hoytsville, Utah and attended North Summit High School where she was a cheer leader. She then attended the University of Utah where she also was a cheer leader and majored...

May 27, 2021

Caroline Joan (DeMaio) Griffith was born December 11, 1943, in Los Angeles, California to James and Carrie Helen DeMaio. She had two brothers, James and Dennis, and three sisters, Patricia, Lorraine and Judy. She attended Downey High School and graduated in 1961.

On June 1, 1963 she married Jimmie Dale Griffith and had two daughters, Teara Jean...

May 23, 2021

Misti was born August 25, 1971, at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California to her parents, Steve and Debby (Swainston) King. Born a Navy brat, Misti had the opportunity to live in several places throughout her life, including Sicily, where the family’s landlord taught her how to speak Sicilian. The family moved to Virginia where she started school,...

May 21, 2021

Laren Roberts Hansen, 82 passed away in the early morning of May 21, 2021 after a long illness, at St. Luke's Magic Valley.

Laren was born January 26, 1939 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ervin Francis Hansen and Zenetta Roberts.

He married Emma Elaine Wheeler, August 5, 1960 in the Idaho Falls, Idaho Temple.

May 18, 2021

Lloyd Earl Miller, Jr., 43, of Twin Falls, passed away May 18, 2021. Lloyd was born April 16, 1978 in Big Pine, California to Debie Lee Loyd Miller and Lloyd Earl Miller, Sr.

After high school graduation, Lloyd began his career in construction and loved to get his hands dirty.

Lloyd enjoyed fishing, hunting, drawing,...

May 12, 2021

LeRoy Frank Twitchell passed away May 12, 2021, peacefully at his home in Jerome, Idaho surrounded by his family. LeRoy was born, raised, and resided in Jerome.

After serving three years in the United States Navy, LeRoy returned home, started his family, and began his own business, Twitchell Welding, specializing in agriculture and construction throughout the Magic Valley...

May 10, 2021

Frances E. “Peggy” Robinson died in the early morning hours of May 10, 2021. Frances was born on August 27, 1936 to Casey A. Porter and Oela M. Young Porter in Shoshone, Idaho. She attended school in Shoshone. Following her education, she met Udell Robinson. The two were married on October 17, 1953.

Peggy's life was busy...