Obituaries

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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No services will be held locally.

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...

Jeremy Tyler Elder

Dec 8, 2020

Jeremy Tyler Elder, 34, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 8, 2020, at his home.

Arrangements are pending.

Susan Lynn Schaefer

Dec 8, 2020

Susan Lynn Schaefer, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 8, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Susan was born January 31, 1954, in San Francisco, California, to E. Roger and Suzanne R. Barry Hibbard. She grew up in the Bay Area of California and attended the St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Girls’ School. She went...

Debbie Sue (Rennie) Hoover

Dec 7, 2020

Debbie Sue Hoover, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 7, 2020, at her home.

Debbie was born January 9, 1964, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to James Davis Rennie and Nancy Z Ayala Rennie. She had four sisters, Terry, Joyce, Sheryl, and Cindy; and a brother, James Rennie. Debbie moved to Boise, Idaho, at the age of...

Kathrine Ruby (Foster) Kesler

Dec 7, 2020

Kathrine Foster Kesler, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, December 7, 2020, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Kathy was born November 12, 1950, in Ogden, Utah, to Harry Foster and Maureen Clark Foster. She spent her early years in Fort Hall and Blackfoot, Idaho. Her mother died when she was 13 years old, after which...