Obituaries

Cort Zimmerman

Dec 9, 2018

Cort (Alonzo) Zimmerman, 94, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2018, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

Cort was born on August 2, 1924, near Emmett, Idaho to Anah B. Lathrop and Cort Clinton Zimmerman. He attended school in Emmett, graduating from Emmett High School in 1942. He graduated from The College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho,...

Mike Case

Dec 9, 2018

Michael "Mike" Francis Case, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 9, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. Mike was born August 1, 1946, in Vallejo, California, to Elmer W. Case and Marie Knight Case. He grew up and attended schools in Utah and Idaho. On June 10, 1963, he married the...

Gloria Rhodehouse

Dec 8, 2018

Gloria Dawn Carson Rhodehouse passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 8, 2018. Gloria was born August 15, 1938, in Dillon, Montana, to Bonnie Belle Westfall and Alva C Carson. She was the oldest of three children having two brothers, Bruce and Terry. Gloria and her father shared a very special bond. Her parents traveled as she...

Delores Hudman

Dec 8, 2018

Delores Hudman, 89, of Shelley, Idaho, passed away in Idaho Falls, surrounded by loving family, on Saturday, December 8, 2018. Delores was born at the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls, on October 11, 1929, the eldest child of six children, to Velma (Hansen) and Alonzo Eckersley. She lived on her grandfather Hansen’s farm and attended school in a two-room...

Judy Walker

Dec 8, 2018

Judy Lee Balls Walker, 68, of Ammon and formerly of Aberdeen, passed away peacefully on December 8, 2018. Judy was born November 6, 1950, in Moses Lake, Grant, Washington to Ivan Albert Welker and LaMay Rindlisbacher. Judy was adopted on January 9, 1956, at the age of five, by Thomas Earl Balls and Martha Faye Benson Balls. Later that...

Ted Smith

Dec 8, 2018

Theodore Bruce Smith, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Friday, 8 December 2018, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Vacaville, California, after a sudden, short illness.

Ted was born 26 September 1942, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, to William Roger and Elna Yoland Whitney Smith, the sixth of eleven children. He attended Washington High...

Vonita Rainey

Dec 7, 2018

Vonita Margaret Rainey passed away after a long battle with MS, on Friday, December 7, 2018. She had been on hospice care at her mother’s home with her sister Melanie, her mother, and Aspen Home health and Hospice providing her care.

Vonita was born April 25, 1957, to Luke Carl Nastri and Luana Margaret Heaps Nastri in...

Frederick "Fred" White

Dec 7, 2018

Frederick Lawton White, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 7, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Fred was born August 18, 1950, in Madera, California, to Harry Freemont White and Patsy Louise Hopper White. He grew up and attended schools in Firebaugh, California. He served in the United States Army for twenty years, including the...

Steven Caverhill

Dec 7, 2018

Steven Lynn Caverhill, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 7, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Steven was born October 17, 1952, in Afton, Wyoming, to John H. Caverhill and Alta Pifer Caverhill. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School. He also attended Idaho State University. He...

Vivian Kinnie

Dec 6, 2018

Vivian Lenore Elizabeth Kinnie, 93, of Ammon, peacefully returned to her Heavenly Father on December 6, 2018.

Vivian was born on the 4th of January 1925, to Andrew Christopher Kinnie and Harriette Rosa Vincent in Pana, Illinois. Growing up in Michigan, Vivian was happiest attending school in a one-room schoolhouse Buttman Star Route #1, in Gladwin, Michigan,...

Peter Schwarz

Dec 5, 2018

Wolfgang Peter Schwarz, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 5, 2018, at MorningStar Senior Living. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice. Peter was born October 7, 1932, in Furth Bayern, Germany, to Leonard and Maria Fraunhofer Schwarz. He grew up and attended schools in Furth. On August 24, 1954, he married Christine Schaller in Germany. To...

Gene Payton

Dec 5, 2018

Virgil Gene Payton, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 5, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Gene was born August 23, 1940, in Emmett, Idaho, to Virgil Payton and Rosella Bucklin Payton. He grew up and attended schools in Emmett and graduated from Emmett High School. He also attended barber school at the Idaho Barber...

Juan Yanez Jr

Dec 4, 2018

Juan Antonio Yanez Jr., 42, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 4, 2018, at his home. Juan was born December 31, 1975, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Juan Antonio and Debbie Lyn Shores Yanez. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. He also attended a denture technician program, earning his certification. He...

Leo Howard Jr

Dec 3, 2018

Walter "Leo" Howard Jr., 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 3, 2018, at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice.

Leo was born September 4, 1927, in Ririe, Idaho, to Walter Leo Howard and Elizabeth Williams Howard. He grew up and attended school in Pocatello,...

Colleen Snarr

Dec 2, 2018

Colleen M. Snarr, 78, of Ammon, passed away December 2, 2018, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation.

Colleen was born September 30, 1940, in Wallace, ID, to Golda Irene Irwin Ward. She grew up and attended Hawthorne, Eagle Rock and Idaho Falls High school in Idaho Falls and graduated from Excelcis Beauty School.

Colleen...

Kyle Brinkerhoff

Dec 2, 2018

Kyle, the last surviving member of his family, reunited with his eternal family on December 2, 2018. Kyle was born October 11, 1926, in Provo, Utah to Ernest Brinkerhoff and Pearl Maria Larsen Brinkerhoff. He attended schools in Bicknell, Utah and graduated from Wayne County High School. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Dave Conopask

Dec 1, 2018

Dave Conopask, 61, owner of Truckee Mountain Landscaping, passed away from brain cancer on December 1, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Joy; his sister, Blue August (Roy); and his brothers, Peter (Karin) and Jeff (Jackie). He enjoyed visits from his childhood friend, Bill Brown, and Mike & Kim Drake. Thanks to Mike in S.M., the folks at...

Amos Earnest

Dec 1, 2018

Amos Bethel Earnest, 93, of Shelley, passed away December 1, 2018, at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2018, at the Gables of Ammon Assisted Living, 1405 Curlew Drive in Ammon.

Celebration of Life will be held 2:00 PM ,Saturday, December 15, 2018 Gables...

Ronald Salisbury

Nov 30, 2018

Ronald Lynn Salisbury, 71, of Ammon, passed away November 30, 2018, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Ron was born October 23, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Vergil Ray Salisbury and Leona Chaffin Salisbury. He grew up and attended schools in Blackfoot and graduated from Blackfoot High...

Rodney Brown

Nov 30, 2018

Rodney Karl Brown, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away November 30, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Rodney was born August 30, 1947, in Idaho Falls, ID, to Karl Morgan Brown and Mary Luella Jensen Brown. He grew up and attended schools in Ririe, ID, and graduated from Ririe High School. He also attended Idaho State...