Obituaries

Melanie Mortensen Barber

Sep 25, 2022

Melanie Mortensen Barber, 59, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away September 25, 2022, at her home from Alpha One. She was under the care of Eden Hospice. Melanie was born July 6, 1963, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Brent Dellis Barber and Sharon H. Mortensen Barber. She grew up in Idaho Falls. She attended Riverside and Emerson Elementary schools, Bonneville...

Virginia "Ginger" Hayes

Sep 25, 2022

Virginia Dee Hayes, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 25, 2022, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Ginger was born February 22, 1949, in Shelley, Idaho, to Jay O McKinlay and Alma Marie Simmons McKinlay. She grew up in Mud Lake until moving to Merced, California, in high school. She graduated from Merced High School. She...

Cheryl Ann Parish

Sep 24, 2022

Cheryl Ann Parish, 76, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away September 24, 2022, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Cheryl was born May 2, 1946, in Rigby, Idaho, to Orville Kember “Dick” Parish and Vesta Ann Ritchie Parish. She grew up and attended school in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. She graduated from Sacred Heart Nursing School....

Lisa Ann (Ker) Killpack

Sep 23, 2022

Lisa Ann Ker Killpack, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 23, 2022, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Lisa was born June 30, 1966, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Keith Douglas Ker and Ann Elizabeth Metcalf Ker. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from...

Ralph Smith Hunter

Sep 23, 2022

Ralph Smith Hunter, 91, of Iona, passed away September 23, 2022, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

Ralph was born July 21, 1931, in Rigby, Idaho, to William Wallace Hunter and Bertha O'Donnell Hunter. He attended grade school in Ririe and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He graduated from Ricks College in 1954, and later pursued his...

Florence Virginia Avery

Sep 22, 2022

Florence Virginia Avery passed away on September 22, 2022, at the age of 99, in her home at Lincoln Court Assisted Living in Idaho Falls.

She was born to John and Wilma Gillogly in Orange, California, on August 25, 1923. Soon afterward, her family moved to Vista, California, where she attended school and met her future husband,...

Hazel Mary (Larson) Hoffman

Sep 22, 2022

Hazel Mary Hoffman, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 22, 2022, at her home.

Private family services will be held.

Dale Jay Killpack

Sep 22, 2022

Dale Jay Killpack, 80, of Firth, passed away September 22, 2022, at his home. He was under the care of Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, Nuclear Care Partners, and his loving family.

Dale was born August 9, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ellis Killpack and Hazel Elnora Peterson Killpack. He grew up and attended schools in...

Gregory Scott Anderson

Sep 21, 2022

Gregory Scott Anderson was born on September 21, 1945, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Ralph Stanley and Winnie Elaine Maheras Anderson. He gently passed from this life on his 77th birthday September 21, 2022, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, due to complications of late-stage Parkinson's Disease.

He spent his childhood and youth in Rexburg, Idaho. As a youth,...

Joseph Walters Merrill

Sep 20, 2022

Joseph Walters Merrill, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 13, 2022, at Fairwinds-Sand Creek Retirement Community. He was under the care of Hand of Hope Hospice.

Services will be held at a later date.

A full obituary will be available soon.

Donna Marie (Mccaskey) King

Sep 18, 2022

Donna Marie King, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 18, 2022, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Donna was born January 29, 1963, in Port Townsend, Washington, to James Richard McCaskey and Margaret Ellen Thompson McCaskey. James passed away when Donna was two years old.  Her family moved to Wellsville, Utah. When Donna was 5 years old,...

Katherine (Miller) Erickson

Sep 18, 2022

E. Katherine Erickson, 93, formerly of Idaho Falls, passed away September 18, 2022, at Caring Hearts Assisted Living in Pocatello, Idaho.

Katherine was born February 9, 1929, in Provo, Utah, to William L. Miller and Elsie Katherine Sorensen Miller. She grew up and attended schools in Provo, Utah, graduating from BYU High School. She later graduated with...

Sandra Louise (Macpherson) Peterson

Sep 17, 2022

Sandra Louise Peterson, 79, passed away September 17, 2022, in her hometown of Idaho Falls.

Sweet Sandi was born August 28, 1943, in Syracuse, New York, to Donald Alexander MacPherson and Doris Louise MacPherson. While the family originally settled in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where her father "Scotty" worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, it was the train...

Nate Randall

Sep 17, 2022

Our father, Nathan Swinburne Randall, left us September 17, 2022, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. His passing was peaceful and he was gracefully attended to by his sons, grandchildren and the angels of Aspen Hospice.

He was born to Vern and Frances Randall in Bagley Minnesota. Nate grew up among and loved the forests of Oregon, and the...

Rex Nelson

Sep 16, 2022

Dennis "Rex" Nelson, 75, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away on September 16, 2022, at his home.

A gathering for family and friends will be held from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, September 24, 2022, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 South Ammon Road. Military Honors will be performed at 3 p.m. by the Bonneville County Veterans Memorial Team...

Barbara Mae (Pemberton) Hutchings

Sep 16, 2022

Barbara Mae Pemberton Hutchings, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away unexpectedly September 16, 2022, at Promontory Point Rehabilitation.

Barbara was born October 28, 1938, in Weiser, Idaho, to Elmer A. Pemberton and Reva Arvesta Coulter Pemberton. She was the fifth of eight children. She grew up in Weiser, Riggins, and Bliss, Idaho. Her family moved to Idaho...

Jeanne Carolyn (Anderson) Kirk

Sep 14, 2022

Jeanne Carolyn Anderson-Kirk, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 14, 2022, due to a heart attack, with her family by her side. She was under the care of Homestead Assisted Living and Hospice in Rexburg, Idaho.

Jeanne was born September 12, 1940, in Billings, Montana, to Otto and Wilma Miller. She grew up and attended schools...

Merilee (Hansen) Haga

Sep 14, 2022

Merilee Gerson Hansen Haga of Idaho Falls passed away on September 14, 2022.

Merilee was born on July 15, 1951, to Jack and Patricia Gerson in Los Angeles, California. She was later adopted by Harry Hansen after his marriage to Patricia in Ogden, Utah, where she spent her early childhood before growing up in Roy, Utah, with...

Joshua Jack Schofield

Sep 13, 2022

With deepest sorrow, we announce that Joshua Schofield (Josh), age 48, our most beloved father, son, brother, family member, and friend, passed suddenly on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, while he sat peacefully on his patio he called “Schofield’s Cove.” Those who knew Josh, even just a little, lost a shining light in their lives. Josh will be missed every...

Terry Lynn Boyle

Sep 12, 2022

Terry Lynn Boyle, 70, of Ammon, passed away September 12, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Terry was born February 25, 1952, in Del Norte, Colorado, to Benjamin John Boyle and Margie Laverne Eaton Boyle. He grew up on Holley Street and attended schools in Shelley, graduating from Shelley High School in 1970.

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