Alice Farnes

Alice Zora Bird Farnes, a longtime resident of the Idaho Falls area, passed away at the age of 85 on April 24, 2018, at her home of natural causes.

She was born March 12, 1933, to Warren Alvin Bird and Rozella Ruth Cook Bird at the family home in Milo, Idaho. She grew up attending the small three-room school at Milo for five years and then went to Rigby to finish her schooling, graduating from Rigby High School in 1951.

She met Lyle Farnes at their church and they danced together in several dance festivals, including Salt Lake City. They were married June 6, 1952, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They spent their first four years farming, then Lyle started employment at the INL site west of Idaho Falls. Lyle and Alice loved to camp, travel, go boating, 4-wheeling and cycling with family and friends. Yellowstone National Park was a favorite annual camping destination. They also spent many winters in Arizona during retirement. She held many positions in the church serving in the Primary, as Young Women President, and in the Relief Society Presidency. She and Lyle loved to go to the temple and felt fortunate to live close to the temple in Idaho Falls. They loved to visit LDS temples and traveled to many. Alice extracted over 200,000 family history names. She loved to work with ceramics and to crochet and quilt. She made baby shawls for all of the children and grandchildren in the family. Alice was an example of Christlike love and service her entire life. The family wishes to thank her nurse, Chris Hulse, and Aspen Home Health for the service they rendered. They would like to also thank the many family and friends for their love and kindness during the last few difficult months.

Alice is survived by her husband of nearly 66 years, Lyle Farnes; four children, Kenda (Steve) Nielsen of Shelley, ID, Steven (LaDawn Wilkins) Farnes, of Kaysville UT, Cary (Terrie Rogers, deceased) Farnes of Arlington, TX, Rodney (Angelina Whetten) Farnes of Ammon, ID; 20 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; brothers, James (Shirlene) Bird of Iona, ID, Lewis (Kathleen) Bird of Ucon, ID; sisters, Nell (John) Andersen of Ammon, ID, Lula (Ted) Berrett of Coltman, ID, Naoma (Jim) Gazdik of Springville, UT, and two sisters-in-law, Shirley Bird and Phoebe Bird. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Alvin (Shirley) Bird, LeRoy (Phoebe) Bird, and her sister, Luella (Dick) Ricks, infant sisters, Martha Ruth and Anna Marie, her daughter-in-law, Terrie Rogers Farnes, and her parents, Warren and Rozella (Cook) Bird. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 30, 2018, at the Idaho Falls LDS Kearney 1st Ward, 1860 Kearney, with Bishop Blaine Ward officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Wood Funeral Home, 963 South Ammon Road, and from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in the Milo Cemetery.

Funeral Services will be held