Obituaries

Donald Peterson Biggs

Dec 17, 2020

Donald Peterson Biggs, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Donald was born September 7, 1945, in Franklin, Idaho, to Ariel Alma Biggs and Mona Peterson Biggs. He grew up and attended schools in Franklin, Idaho Falls, and the surrounding area and graduated from Shelley High School. He also...

Mark James Robinson

Dec 17, 2020

Mark James Robinson, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2020, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Mark was born June 26, 1951, in Muskegon, Michigan, to Vernon Mark Robinson and Betty Jean Bragg Robinson. He grew up and attended school in Michigan and graduated from Fruitport High School. Following high school Mark joined the United States...

Diane Louise (Blackburn) Rodriguez

Dec 17, 2020

Diane Louise Rodriguez, 70, of Ammon, passed away December 17, 2020, at her son’s home. She was under the care of her loving family and Hands of Hope Hospice.

Di was born June 1, 1950, in Los Angeles, California, to Orville Leonard Blackburn and Lois Elaine Thomas Blackburn. She grew up and attended schools in Anaheim, California,...

Mel Erickson

Dec 17, 2020

Melvin Leroy Erickson, 95, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 17, 2020, at his home. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice. Mel was born July 24, 1925, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Henry Leroy Erickson and Erma Sophia Anderson Erickson. He grew up and attended schools in Salt Lake City and graduated from Granite High School....

Michael Aaron White

Dec 17, 2020

Michael Aaron White, 44, of Ammon, passed away December 17, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Michael was born September 1, 1976, in Danville, Illinois, to Howard Ross White and Sherri Lynn Nester Thornton. He grew up and attended schools in Danville and graduated from Danville High School. He also attended the University of Illinois and...

Maxine (Moedl) Burbank

Dec 16, 2020

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Maxine Moedl Brizzee Burbank, 85, of Salina, Utah, passed away December 16, 2020. Preceded by her son Bruce Eric, they were greeted on the other side by many legendary ancestors.

Maxine was born on October 19, 1935, to Iola and Elmer Moedl in Paris, Idaho.

She...

Raymond Wayne Lile

Dec 16, 2020

Raymond Wayne Lile, 78, of Ammon, passed away December 16, 2020, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice and his loving family.

Ray was born September 24, 1942, in Healdsburg, California, to Clifford Ingram Lile and Mary Agnes Rutherford Lile. He grew up in Cloverdale, California, where...

Don Byars

Dec 15, 2020

Donald Ray Byars, born April 14, 1936, of Ammon Idaho, passed away on December 15, 2020. He passed peacefully at home with his beloved wife, Carol, of 57 years right beside him taking care of him as she has always done.

Don was born in Berkeley, California, to Josephine and William (Bill) Byars and big sister Janet...

Dan Curtis Stahn

Dec 15, 2020

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. If you want to make Dan Stahn laugh, tell him that life is fair. When asked how he was, Dan always said "ornery", but was a kind and gentle man who strongly fought to the end. He passed into the arms of his Heavenly Father on December 15,...

Delbert Johnson

Dec 15, 2020

Delbert Lee Johnson, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 15, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Delbert was born June 8, 1932, in Coltman, Idaho, to Francis Sylvester Johnson and Ella Eliza Harris. He grew up in Menan, Idaho, and attended Midway and Rigby High Schools–graduating from Rigby High School. He then went on to...

Michelle Kay (Sharp) Johnson

Dec 14, 2020

Michelle Kay Sharp Johnson, 57, of Saint Anthony, passed away December 14, 2020, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls.

Michelle was born May 10, 1963, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Guy Smith Sharp and Rosalyn Jessie Barrus Sharp.  She grew up and attended schools in Salt Lake City and Rexburg and graduated from Madison High School.  She...

Adrian "Skip" Tokay

Dec 14, 2020

Adrian “Skip” Vern Tokay, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 14, 2020, at the Vibra Hospital of Boise.

Skip was born April 6, 1946, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, to Andrew Tokay and Margaret Frances Yonek Tokay. He grew up in Donora, Pennsylvania, and attended St. Dominic Elementary School and graduated from Mon Valley High School. While in...

Nona Darlene (Whitaker) Smith

Dec 14, 2020

Nona Darlene Whitaker Smith, age 86, formerly of West Yellowstone, Montana, and Centerville, Utah, passed away on December 14, 2020, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Nona was born on May 16, 1934, in Rigby, Idaho, the ninth of thirteen children born to Elwood LaFayette Whitaker and Meta Mary Cordon.  She grew up in St. Anthony, Idaho.  Her family...

Brian Kent Morishita

Dec 13, 2020

Brian Kent Morishita, age 71, passed away from COVID-19 on December 13, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Brian was born on January 1, 1949, to Sadao and Ruth Imaizumi Morishita in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the second of four sons. Brian was raised on the family farm in the close-knit community of...

Catherine "Kitty" Webb

Dec 12, 2020

Catherine A. "Kitty" Webb, 97, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 12, 2020, at Gables of Shelley Assisted Living.

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Jeanne (Mccurry) Waters

Dec 12, 2020

Edna Jean “Jeanne” Waters, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 12, 2020, at her home.

Jeanne was born October 14, 1945, in Montrose, Colorado, to Joseph E. McCurry and Mary Wells McCurry.  Her dad served in the Military, so growing up, the family moved a lot. When Jeanne was a teenager, the family settled in the...

Larry Rolland Watson

Dec 11, 2020

Larry Rolland Watson, 77, of Ammon, passed away December 11, 2020, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Larry was born February 23, 1943, in Ravenna, Ohio, to Rolland and Gladys White Watson. He grew up and attended schools in Akron and graduated from Akron Central High School. Larry also attended Idaho State University where he earned his Bachelor’s...

Neil Jardine

Dec 11, 2020

Neil Jardine, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 11, 2020, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho.

Neil was born May 17, 1938, in Rigby, Idaho, to Cecil Willard Jardine and Beulah Walker Jardine. He grew up in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School.

On May 9,...

Wayne Killian

Dec 11, 2020

Elmo Wayne  Killian, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 11, 2020, at EIRMC, from a broken heart seven short days after his eternal companion Margie's passing. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice and EIRMC after suffering a stroke.

Wayne was born January 9, 1942, in Lewisville, Idaho, to Elmo Lloyd Killian and Rowena...

Jorge Garcia

Dec 10, 2020

Jorge Garcia, 65, of Firth, passed away December 10, 2020, peacefully at his home surrounded by loved ones in Firth, Idaho.

Jorge was born July 15, 1955, in Penjamo Guanajuato, Mexico, to Odilon Garcia and Domtilla Garcia Ventura. He was raised in Mexico but came to America with his father when he was a teenager. They lived...