Obituaries

Penny Lynn (Howard) Andrus

Dec 24, 2021

Penny Lynn Andrus, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 24, 2021, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Penny was born October 12, 1952, in Great Falls, Montana, to Jesse D. Howard and Nadeen Howard. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and Ammon, graduating from Bonneville High School in 1971. She also attended Eastern Idaho...

Ken Harvey

Dec 23, 2021

Kenneth Warren Harvey, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2021, at MorningStar Senior Living Center.

Kenneth was born January 26, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan, to William Warren Harvey and Flodel Eugenia Harvey. He grew up and attended schools in Redwood City, California, and graduated from Virginia City, Nevada High School. He also attended Cerritos College....

Lemoyne Dale "Lindy" Lindberg

Dec 22, 2021

LeMoyne Dale Lindberg, better known as Lindy, passed away at his home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on December 22, 2021.

On December 17, 1937, Lindy was born in Springfield, Nebraska, to Kenneth B. Lindberg and Pearl A. Pratt Lindberg. His mother passed away when he was two, so his stepmother Erma L. Moore Lindberg was the mother...

Angelina (Maldonado) Perez

Dec 22, 2021

Angelina Maldonado Perez, 65, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away December 22, 2021, at her home from complications from Parkinson’s. She was under the care of her loving family and Alliance Home Health and Hospice.

She was born March 25, 1956, in Mesa de Amula, Mexico, to Ventura and Guadalupe Maldonado.

Angelina was a superwoman, a...

Jessie Lavon (Brown) Phillips

Dec 22, 2021

Jessie Lavon Brown Phillips, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 22, 2021, at her home.

Jessie was born June 28, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Jesse  Brown and Vada F Wilding Brown. She grew up and attended schools in Ucon and graduated from Ucon High School. She also attended college for a year.

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Brenda Ann (Helm) Prudent

Dec 22, 2021

On December 22, 2021, our Christmas Angel returned home to her Heavenly Father. Brenda Ann Helm Prudent passed away surrounded by her family and loving husband, Jene, with whom she shared 60 wonderful years of marriage. They were sealed together as an eternal family in the Idaho Falls Temple on May 1, 1975.

Brenda was born December...

Denton L Evans

Dec 21, 2021

Denton L Evans, 74, of Menan, Idaho, passed away peacefully December 21, 2021, at the Idaho Falls Community Hospital, from complications due to multiple strokes and severe pneumonia.

He was born June 3, 1947, in Vernal, Utah, to Ashel John Evans and Gladys Darlene Davis. He was the third of four children.

Denton graduated from...

Elizabeth "Betsy" Louise Dean

Dec 20, 2021

Elizabeth “Betsy” Louise Dean, age 68, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away Monday, December 20, 2021. Betsy was born June 16, 1953, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to proud parents, Gene and Helen Dean.

Betsy knew from an early age she wanted to be a nurse and set out on that path. In 1974, she graduated from Parkview...

Enid (Bassett) Littlefield

Dec 20, 2021

“Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.”

Enid Kay Bassett Littlefield gave her heart to the “God she loved” and was called home on Monday, December 20, 2021. Having been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer at the end of May 2020, she exemplified grace and courage as she accepted...

Beth (Holbrook) Murdoch

Dec 19, 2021

Beth Holbrook Murdoch, 95, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully at her home on December 19, 2021.

Beth was born September 26, 1926, in Auburn, Wyoming, to Joseph Lamoni Holbrook and Sarah Leola Wilkes Holbrook.　She grew up and attended grade school in Marysville, Idaho. The family moved to Ashton, Idaho, where she graduated from Ashton High...

Teri Lynne Bell

Dec 19, 2021

Teri Lynne Bell, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 19, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Teri was born November 30, 1950, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to LaVier  Reeves and Mayda Anderson Reeves. She was born, raised, and lived in Idaho Falls. Teri was in the first graduating class of Skyline High School and attended...

Ann Littlejohn

Dec 18, 2021

Ann Littlejohn, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 18, 2021, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Private family services will be held.

John Bennett Moore Jr.

Dec 18, 2021

John Bennett Moore Jr., 89, of Pueblo, Colorado, passed away December 18, 2021, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice.

John was born June 24, 1932, in Ogden, Utah, to John Bennett Moore Sr. and Dorothy Nellie Taylor Moore. He grew up and attended schools in Ogden...

Rex Leroy Mefford

Dec 17, 2021

Rex Leroy Mefford, 1, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2021.

Rex was born May 7, 2020, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Gavin Mefford and Leticia Marie Hoskins.

He loved dancing, smelling flowers, and playing with the dogs. He loved getting everyone’s attention and giving fist bumps.

Rex is survived by his...

Marjorie Ann (O'Dell) Cleaver

Dec 16, 2021

An obituary is not available at this time for Marjorie Ann (O'Dell) Cleaver. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall.

Ulrike "Ricky" Victory

Dec 16, 2021

No public services will be held.

Shirley Alice (Cummings) Kidd

Dec 15, 2021

Shirley Alice Kidd, 86, of St. George, Utah, passed away December 15, 2021, in Yuma, Arizona, where she loved to spend her winters.

Shirley was born May 15, 1935, in De Graff, Ohio, to Clarence Cessna Cummings and Opal Belle Kaylor Cummings. She was the youngest girl and eighth of ten children. Her family moved from Ohio...

Ernesto Benitez

Dec 15, 2021

Ernesto Benitez, 62 of Idaho Falls, passed away December 15, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Born in Morazan, El Salvador on March 28, 1959, to Ernesto Benitez Sr. and Josefa Cedillos Benitez, eldest of 8 brothers. He received his Masters in San Salvador and led a career as a math professor in his hometown. He...

Juan Ramon Rojas

Dec 14, 2021

Juan Ramon Rojas Pastrana, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2021, while at his home and surrounded by his loving wife of 45 years, his only surviving sister, and all his children. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice.

Juan was born April 28, 1954, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, to...

Klista (Wood) Byers

Dec 14, 2021

Klista Wood Byers, 46, of Roberts, passed away December 14, 2021, surrounded by her loving husband and family in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Klista was born March 17, 1975, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Dee Lynn Wood and Janet Ostler Wood. Her dad gave her the nickname “Whipper Snapper” and that name stuck. She will be forever in our...