Obituaries

Dec 30, 2020

Laurie Anne Hagen, 45, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 30, 2020, at her home.

Laurie was born August 5, 1975, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Gary Lynn and Deborah Lynn Fowler Hagen. She grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. After high school, she attended The Vogue Beauty School where she found...

Dec 29, 2020

Effie Florence Emery Potter, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 29, 2020, at her home.  She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Flo was born July 1, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to George Rhodes Emery and Ida Bertha Wilding Emery.  She grew up and attended schools in Rexburg and graduated from...

Dec 29, 2020

Curt Johnson, 74, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

He was born in Moline, Illinois, on October 4, 1946 to Norma and Glen Johnson. He is in the middle of three children and always loved reminiscing on his childhood traveling from Arizona to Illinois to spend time on the family farm.

Dec 27, 2020

Slade K Hoopes, 33, passed from this life December 27, 2020, at his home in Idaho Falls. We are confident he is now on the perfect motorcycle ride, and if he had any hair left, it would be blowing in the wind!

Slade was born March 30, 1987, to Jack and Lorna Hoopes in Rexburg, Idaho. He...

Dec 27, 2020

Enid Faye Black Burtenshaw passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020, at the age of 86. She was born on November 25, 1934, to Ellis Tracy Black and Cleo Anderson Black.

Enid is survived by her husband of 65 years, Duane Harris Burtenshaw; her children, Julie (Dan) Hammon, Paula (Matthew) Light, Ann Lyman, Jesse, and Becky (Kirk) Buer;...

Dec 27, 2020

Marilyn Kay Mecham, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 27, 2020, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Hands of Hope Hospice.

Marilyn was born August 15, 1964, in Long Beach, California, to Larry George  Johnson and Nancy Kay Viard Johnson. She grew up and attended schools in Lakewood, California....

Dec 26, 2020

Myron M Klingler, 75, died peacefully at home in Idaho Falls on December 26, 2020, after battling five rounds of cancer, beating four of the five. Myron was born July 4, 1945, in Salem, Idaho, to Sterling Lue Klingler and Myra Winnie Mortensen Klingler. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby and Rexburg, and graduated from Minico High...

Dec 25, 2020

Nanci Lee Champion was born in Pocatello, Idaho, to Hazel LaVella Fisher And Darwin Lee Champion on February 21st 1951. She was raised with her four sisters, Judy, Lee Ann, Janet and Sandy, and their tightly knit bond lasted her lifetime.

A beautiful young wife and mother, she was full of life, humor and spunk, loved to...

Dec 25, 2020

Neita Hess Lundquist passed away at the University of Utah Medical Center, December 25, 2020, at the age of 86.

Neita was born to Russell William Hess and Ione Ruby Lundberg Hess on March 21, 1934, in Woodruff, Idaho. As the only daughter, she loved mothering her three younger brothers.  While growing up on the farm, Neita’s...

Dec 25, 2020

Dale Joseph Conyers, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 25, 2020, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. He was under the care of OneSource Hospice.

Dale was born September 14, 1932, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Roy Conyers and Pauline Rodgers Conyers. He grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from high school there. He went on to work...

Dec 25, 2020

Lyman Cox Dye, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 25, 2020, at Morning Star Assisted Living Center. He was under the care of his loving family and Encompass Home Health & Hospice. He passed away holding the hand of Carol, his wife of 64 years.

Lyman was born to Willard Ernest Dye and Lucie Thelma Cox...

Dec 25, 2020

Lorris Danielo “Lou” Benedick, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 25, 2020, at MorningStar Assisted Living.

Lou was born December 20, 1934, in Plainsville, Kansas, to Ronald Earl Benedick and Renne Mae Gilbert Benedick.  He grew up and attended schools in Kansas and Red Lodge, Montana, and graduated from Nampa High School.  He also attended Washington...

Dec 24, 2020

Merlin Hyrum McAffee, age 78, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away peacefully at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on December 24, 2020, with his wife Susan by his side. “Mac” as he was known, cherished his family and friends and lived a full and happy life.

Merlin was born on November 6, 1942, on the family ranch...

Dec 23, 2020

Larry Duane Bazzell, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family.

Larry was born April 20, 1945, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Lynn Ward Stevens and Annie Viola McElroy Stevens. He graduated from Pueblo High School. After high school, Larry joined the US Air Force and served during the...

Dec 23, 2020

Helen May Shuldberg Berrett, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 23, 2020. She was born May 24, 1926, in Roberts, Idaho, to LeRoy Hansen Shuldberg and Alice Louise Abbott Shuldberg. She spent her childhood on a farm in Terreton, Idaho. Her life embodied a unique and harmonious blend of personal independence, an abundance of friends, a diverse set...

Dec 22, 2020

Marva Eileen Bergeson Schuldt, 87, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Marva was born on March 8, 1933, to James Denzel and Lois Esther Gleim Bergeson, in St. Anthony, Idaho. She was the fifth child of seven children, Donna, Dorla, Denzel, Roberta, Colleen and Harold.

Her early years were spent in St....

Dec 22, 2020

Bonne Jeanne Evans Larson died peacefully in her sleep December 22, 2020, at her home in Ammon, Idaho. She was 89 years old. Jeanne was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on April 29,1931. She was the seventh and last child of Joshua Thomas Evans and Vira Elizabeth Cash Evans.

Jeanne’s parents moved away from Idaho Falls for...

Dec 22, 2020

June Marie Winterfeld passed away at her home on December 22, 2020, at the age of 82.

June, the daughter of William O. Shively and Lorene A. Braithwaite, grew up on the west side of Idaho Falls with two brothers, Ivan and David, and a younger sister, Carol. She attended elementary school in Idaho Falls and graduated...

Dec 22, 2020

Vickie Lynn Thornock, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 22, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Vickie was born January 4, 1954, in Afton, Wyoming, to Dallas Eldon and Maxine Ann Muir Andrews. She spent her childhood in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School.

On September 1, 1979, she married Jerry ...

Dec 21, 2020

April Nicole entered this world full of energy, light, and love on April 22, 1977, in San Diego, California. The fourth of five children to Lewis and Diana Howard, the family moved to South Texas when April was three. April loved the sunshine and water and spent her summers in the pool or at the beach. As a Daddy's...