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Maxine Ferrel Kopp, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 23, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, October 29, 2020, at the Swan Valley Cemetery. A full obituary will be posted when it becomes available.  

Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, October 21, 2020, surrounded by her loving children. Sharlene Tobler Blatter was the eldest child of Donald and Louise Shoell Tobler. She was born on June 5, 1931, in St. George, Utah, which was the closest hospital to Bunkerville, Nevada. Bunkerville was home until her schoolteacher father bought a dairy farm and moved the family to Nampa, Idaho, when she was 12 years old. She and her three...

Joan Curry Murphy, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 21, 2020, at her home. No local services are planned.

Darrell Lee Bohi, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 21, 2020, at his home. Darrell was born April 22, 1936, in Montpelier, Idaho, to Alvin  Bohi and Alice Lillian Pugmire Bohi.  He grew up and attended schools in Montpelier and graduated from Montpelier High School.  He left college to join the United States Air Force where he was an air traffic controller. On December 19, 1959, he married Kaye Lorraine Cameron in Reno, Nevada. They were sealed in the Idaho Falls...

Lacey Danielle Kelly Jensen, 36, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 20, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Lacey was born December 29, 1983, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ronney G. Kelly and Dawn V. Showers Kelly.  She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and attended Skyline High School. On November 9, 2019, she married Robert M. Jensen in Blackfoot, Idaho. Lacey and Robbie made their home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where Lacey worked at Flying W. Pallet. She enjoyed...

  John H. Strack, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 20, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. John was born May 5, 1935, in Burlington, Iowa, to Robert E. Strack and Viola M. Mills Strack.  He grew up and attended schools in Iowa and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. On June 30, 1979, he married Carol A. Rowe in Bellflower, California. John and Carol made their home...

Larry Conrad was born on August 1, 1949 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Charles & Marian Conrad. At the age of 5 he moved to Reno, NV, where he lived until he graduated from high school. Some of his favorite memories are from the summers his family spent at Lake Tahoe, where his father managed the 4H camp. While growing up in Reno, he enjoyed hunting and fishing with his dad and brother and spent many hours at Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake water skiing.  He served a mission for The...

Zelda Asper James returned to her Father in Heaven on October 19, 2020. She passed away in her home in Idaho Falls due to complications of age and a lingering problem from earlier treatment at EIRMC. She was under the continual tender care of her husband, with the assistance of Solace Hospice, which is greatly appreciated by her family. Zelda was born on January 8, 1933, to Earl W. Asper and Hazel “Peggy” Asper in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the second daughter following her sister,...

Laura Lee Hill, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 19, 2020. She was a resident of Lincoln Court Assisted Living.  Laura was born November 1, 1927, in Pueblo, Colorado, to Eugene Thomas and Leola Caroline (Ptomey) Van Winkle. She had two brothers and three sisters. Laura grew up in the Colorado area and attended Centennial High School in Pueblo, Colorado. She met the love of her life, Earnest Mantle Hill, and they were married on September 15, 1945 in...