Obituaries

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....

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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....

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...

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...

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.

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...