Obituaries

Joshua Bret Parmer

Jan 3, 2021

Joshua Bret Parmer, 37, of Ammon, passed away January 3, 2021, at his home.

Josh was born July 6, 1983, in Idaho Falls, ID, to J. Bret Parmer and Tami Sue Tueller Parmer.  He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls High School.  He also attended Idaho State University.

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Carol Williams

Jan 3, 2021

Carol Marie Williams, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 3, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.  She was under the care of Aspen Hospice.

Carol was born November 10, 1942, in Provo, Utah, to George Theo Bowen and Eva June Yeargan Bowen. She grew up in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. Throughout her...

Wanda (Stanger) Johnson

Jan 3, 2021

Wanda Stanger Johnson, 88, of Bountiful, Utah, formerly of Lincoln, passed away January 3, 2021, at Welcome Home Assisted Living.

Wanda was born August 1, 1932, in Rigby, Idaho, to James Ritchie Stanger and Pearl Armstrong Stanger. Wanda had a love for learning, she learned to read when she was 5 years old. She attended schools in...

Mary Denise (Hamilton) Smith

Jan 3, 2021

Mary Denise Smith, 90, of Ammon, passed away January 3, 2021, at her home.  She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice, her loving family, and dear friends, Audra and Nancy.

Mary was born August 19, 1930, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Irvin R Hamilton and Helen Roseanna McVey Hamilton. She grew up and attended...

Eldon Dean Lott

Jan 2, 2021

Eldon Dean Lott, 72, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2021, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, due to a stroke.

He was born in Rigby, Idaho, on December 21, 1948, to Ira (Ike) and Rhea (Warren) Lott. He was the second of four children.

He was an Army Veteran who served in Vietnam. Shortly after returning home...

Mark Sterling Banks

Jan 2, 2021

Mark Sterling Banks, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 2, 2021, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Services will be held at a later date.

Neil Hall Knudsen

Jan 1, 2021

Neil Hall Knudsen was born March 8, 1936 in Preston, Idaho to Delbert and Verna (Hall) Knudsen. He passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on January 1, 2021 at Milo, Idaho. Neil grew up in Fairview, Idaho and graduated from Preston High School. After high school, he joined the Army and served in Korea shortly...

James Raymond Beard

Dec 31, 2020

James Raymond Beard, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 31, 2020, at his home. He was under the care of Solace Hospice and his loving family.

James was born December 1, 1948, in Rigby, Idaho, to Wilbur Raymond Beard and Pauline Emily Purser Beard. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg and Sugar City, Idaho....

Darlene Anne (Christensen) Adams

Dec 31, 2020

Darlene Anne Christensen Adams entered the world on 20 February, 1956, at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Her parents, Ivan Wayne Christensen and Alice Ann Harker would later give her two brothers and a sister, Duane (Jan), Debra, and Dennis. Being a natural caretaker, Mom continued throughout her life to feel a strong love for her siblings....

Nancy Edna (Baxter) Hodges

Dec 31, 2020

Nancy Edna Hodges, 80, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 31, 2020, at Vibra Hospital in Boise, Idaho after a long battle with COPD and cancer.

Nancy was born October 9, 1940, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Harold Gustaves Baxter and Lela Viola Larter Baxter.  She grew up in Idaho Falls, Mackay, Rigby and Ririe areas. She...

Laurie Anne Hagen

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...

Flo (Emery) Potter

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...

Curtis "Curt" Johnson

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.

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Slade Hoopes

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...

Enid Burtenshaw

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;...

Marilyn Kay (Johnson) Mecham

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....

Myron M Klingler

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...

Nanci Lee (Fisher) Champion

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...

Neita (Hess) Lundquist

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...

Dale Conyers

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...