Obituaries

Sep 11, 2022

After fighting with all he had, Richard Michael Lords, 71 years old, passed away peacefully on September 11, 2022, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with his friends and family by his side.

Mike was born on September 7, 1951, in Rigby, Idaho, to Richard and LaDean Lords. Mike loved his family, friends, and dog more than anything.

Sep 11, 2022

Vernon Carlson, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 11, 2022, at his home with his wife and daughter by his side. He was under the care of Brio Home Health and Hospice.

Vernon was born August 8, 1926, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Joseph E Carlson and Althery Bright Carlson. He grew up and attended schools in...

Sep 10, 2022

Pauline R. Nisson, 64, of Blackfoot, passed away September 10, 2022, at her daughter's home.

Pauline was born August 28, 1958, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Paul Mansfield Ostler and Katie Lorene Stone Ostler. She grew up and attended schools in Shelley and Idaho Falls.

Pauline had one son, Kent, prior to her marriage to...

Sep 8, 2022

Jacqueline Herrin, 83, of Salmon, passed away September 8, 2022, at the Discovery Care Center. She was under the care of Salmon Valley Hospice.

Jackie was born April 6, 1939, in Bond, Kentucky, to Albert D Herrin and Norma Lorine Uhlenbusch Herrin. In 1948, Jackie came with her parents to May, Idaho, in the Pahsimeroi Valley where...

Sep 8, 2022

Dorothy Ann Rushton Jenkins, 85, of Iona, passed away September 8, 2022, at her home. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice and her loving family.

Dorothy was born January 26, 1937, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the first of five children born to James Ritchie Rushton and Armenia Tolman Rushton. She was a...

Sep 7, 2022

Randy Kay Hunsaker, 74, of Idaho Falls, went home to be with our Lord and Savior and his loving wife and son on September 7, 2022, at his home.

Randy was born June 13, 1948, in Rigby, Idaho, to Loran Wayne Hunsaker and Marcheta Pearl Casper Hunsaker. Randy attended school in the Idaho Falls area until he...

Sep 7, 2022

Arlene J. Messinger, 87, of Ammon, Idaho, passed away September 7, 2022, of cardiac arrest at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Arlene was born April 30, 1935, in Boneta, Utah, to Mons Neldon Johansen and Ardath Vista Ross Johansen. She grew up in Boneta, Utah, and graduated from Altamont High School.

On August 19, 1953,...

Sep 7, 2022

Steven Lee Brown, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 7, 2022, at his home surrounded by his family. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Steven was born December 5, 1955, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Robert K Brown and Shirley Faye Gneiting. He grew up in Idaho Falls where he attended Hawthorne...

Sep 6, 2022

Dr. Joanne Martha Lane Carnes, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 6, 2022.

She was born Joanne Lane in Dunkirk, New York, on March 19, 1935, to Frank and Eileen Lane, and was the oldest of four children. She had two brothers, Frank and Dan, and a sister, Jeanine. Her father was a college math professor....

Sep 6, 2022

Dewayne “Red” Sidney Christensen, 67, of Rigby, passed away September 6, 2022, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Red was born April 8, 1955, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Robert D. Christensen and Bonnie Jean Holm Christensen. He grew up and attended schools in North Platte, Nebraska, and graduated from North Platte High School. After high school, Red...

Sep 4, 2022

Eleanor Maxine Snyder Vonasek, 85, passed away peacefully on September 4, 2022.

Eleanor was born in Beatrice, Nebraska, on January 3, 1937, to Jourden and Nellie Snyder. She attended Beatrice High School where she met and later married her sweetheart, Arlen Vonasek.

They moved to San Diego, California, where they raised three children, Pamela, Michael...

Sep 4, 2022

Jared Keith Fuhriman passed away on September 4, 2022, surrounded by his family.  Jared was born on August 18, 1937, in Ogden, Utah, to G. Keith Fuhriman and Elsie Beckert Fuhriman. He attended schools in Ogden, UT, and graduated from Ben Lomond High School.

Prior to leaving for his mission to New Zealand, he met his sweetheart...

Sep 3, 2022

Richard Lyman Anderson, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 3, 2022, at his home.

Richard was born January 8, 1947, in Malad City, Idaho, to Lyman Andrew Anderson and Ella Schwartz Anderson. He grew up and attended schools in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School. He also attended Idaho State University where he received his...

Sep 2, 2022

Dr. Gary Curtis Walker, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 2, 2022, at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Gary was born December 15, 1961, in Brigham City, Utah, to Newell R Walker and Caroll Kay Lindsay Walker. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He spent his time playing...

Sep 2, 2022

Port Wood, 84, of Ammon, passed away peacefully, September 2, 2022.

Port was born July 5, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Vaughn Milo Wood and Wanda Nadine Reading Wood. He grew up in Idaho Falls in his early years and attended O.E. Bell Junior High. He graduated from high school in Roy, Montana.

Port...

Sep 2, 2022

Terry Lee Waid, 56, of Ammon, passed away September 2, 2022, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family and Hands of Hope Hospice.

Terry was born December 1, 1965, in Long Beach, California, to Gerald Dean Waid and Dawnel Justesen Waid. When he was 6 years old, the family moved to Idaho...

Sep 1, 2022

Joanne Jeanine Stillman Hender, 60, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, reunited with her Heavenly Father, parents and siblings who have gone one before on September 1, 2022, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Joanne was born March 16, 1962, in Kalispell, Montana, to Theron Jackson Stillman and Maybelle Elaine Munter Stillman. Joanne grew up and attended schools in...

Aug 31, 2022

Annie Maurine Hanks Steele, 93, long-time resident of Iona, passed away August 31, 2022, in Tempe, Arizona.

Maurine was born on May 6, 1929, in Tetonia, Idaho. She was the oldest of four children born to Vida D. (Curtis) and Theodore V. Hanks.

Maurine graduated from Idaho Falls High School and attended what was then...

Aug 31, 2022

Wendy Michelle Faler was born November 7, 1950, and passed peacefully from this earth into the arms of her sisters, brother, and parents on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, with complications from B-Cell Lymphoma.

Wendy was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the daughter of Odell and Minnie Madsen, the youngest of six children. Wendy graduated...

Aug 30, 2022

Sarah Wanda Baker Butt, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away August 30, 2022, at Parkwood Meadows Assisted Living.

Wanda was born February 7, 1934, in Teton, Idaho, to Floyd Earl Baker and Pearl Clawson Baker. She grew up and attended school in Teton, Idaho, and graduated from South Fremont High School. After graduating, she worked in West...