Obituaries

Bud Payne

May 26, 2024

Buddy Ray Payne, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 26, 2024, four days after his 53rd wedding anniversary. He passed away at his home surrounded by his wife and three awesome kids. He was under the care of One Source Home Health & Hospice.

Bud was born December 29, 1950, in Portland, Oregon, to Dee Payne...

Debbie Ann Dillon

May 26, 2024

Debra Ann Dillon, 67, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 26, 2024.

Debbie was born May 24, 1957, in Portsmouth, Virginia. She grew up in Portsmouth and later moved to Southern California where she graduated from ITT Tech with an Associates Degree. Following her graduations, she became a technician working on military satellites in the aerospace industry....

Vern Milo Ford

May 25, 2024

Vern Milo Ford, 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 25, 2024, at his home. He was under the care of OneSource Home Health and Hospice and his loving family.

Vern was born August 26, 1966, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Vern Daniel Ford and Emely LaVon Campbell Ford. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho...

Tony Ray Courchaine

May 23, 2024

The world’s light became a little dimmer on May 23, 2024  when the best Dad, Papa, and friend suddenly left us.  Tony was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on September 3, 1947 to Evelyn and Al Courchaine.  He was raised on the family ranch located on the Pine Creek Bench, north of Swan Valley, Idaho.  He was the eldest...

Eugene Hansen

May 23, 2024

Eugene Floyd Hansen, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 23, 2024, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Eugene was born July 6, 1950, in Driggs, Idaho, to Floyd Hansen and Lois Douglass Hansen. He grew up and attended schools in the Teton Valley and graduated from Teton High School. After graduation, he served in the United States...

Leon Moffat

May 22, 2024

Raymond Leon Moffat was born on October 27, 1948, to Ralph Wearing Moffat and Clara Mace Waddell Moffat in Driggs, Idaho. He died early in the morning Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Lewisville, Idaho.

He grew up in the Teton Basin and loved to hunt, fish, and do all sorts of outdoorsy things with his lifetime friends....

Marie Margaret (Miller) Cousin

May 21, 2024

Our mother and grandmother, Marie Margaret Miller Cousin of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2024, just one month shy of her 93rd  birthday.

Marie was born on June 17, 1931, in Denver, Colorado, and later as a young woman, settled with her parents in Idaho Falls. It was there after graduating from Shelley...

Lila Rose Bradshaw

May 21, 2024

Lila Rose (Lee-Lah) Bradshaw, 14, of Ammon, passed away May 21, 2024.

Lila was born March 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Maryland, to Tristan Luke Bradshaw and Lethe Ann Harnish Bradshaw. She grew up and attended schools in Bossier City, Louisiana and Ammon, Idaho and was finishing her 8th grade year at Black Canyon Middle School where she...

Cleveland "Mat" Mathew Metcalf

May 21, 2024

Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Cleveland Mathew Metcalf, 52, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 21, 2024, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center surrounded by his Family.

Mat was born July 24, 1971, in Missoula, Montana, to Cleveland Bruce Metcalf and Ginger Holland Metcalf. He grew up and attended schools in Utah, and Montana,...

Craig Lavon Storer

May 21, 2024

The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Craig LaVon Storer, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at his home on May 21, 2024, after a long and valiant battle with lung disease. He was under the care of Dr. Scott Taylor with Hospice of Eastern Idaho and his nurse Patricia.

Craig was born on November 12,...

Reece Wade Burke

May 21, 2024

Reece Wade Burke, 70, of Rigby, passed away May 21, 2024, at his home. He was under the care of Alliance Home Health and Hospice and his loving family.

Reece was born April 15, 1954, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Rulon Burke and Carol Hall. He grew up and attended schools in Arco, Idaho, and graduated from...

Vard Hendricks

May 21, 2024

Vard Stayner Hendricks, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 21, 2024, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

Vard was born May 17, 1935, in Hibbard, Idaho, to James Elmer Hendricks and Blanche Hanks Hendricks. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, Idaho, and graduated from Madison High School.

On July 13, 1971, he married...

Tad Shawn Mutum

May 21, 2024

Tad Mutum of Bellevue, Idaho, passed away from complications of an illness on May 21, 2024, with family and loved ones close by his side.

This is unfortunately the second obituary that I've struggled to write in less than a year. The first almost a year ago being my Momma, Kris, the love of Tad's life. I...

Dale Eugene Swanson

May 20, 2024

Dale Eugene Swanson, 93, of Idaho Falls passed away May 20, 2024, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Dale was born September 1, 1930, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to David L. Swanson and Beatrice Virginia Slater Swanson. The third of six children, he grew up on a family farm, now part of the Idaho Falls Country Club. He attended...

Angie Dawn (Summers) Hartwell

May 20, 2024

Angie Dawn Hartwell, 49, of Rigby, passed away May 20, 2024, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Angie was born April 16, 1975, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Forrest Lynn Summers and Sharie Lee Treasure Summers. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. She also attended Ricks College and College...

Acel Lake

May 18, 2024

Acel Fred Lake, 63, of Rexburg, passed away May 18, 2024, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends.

Acel was born June 6, 1960, in Rigby, Idaho, to George Ray Lake and Jessie Mahan Lake. He grew up and attended schools in Roberts, Rigby, and Idaho Falls, and graduated from the welding program at...

Garth Lenrie Campbell

May 17, 2024

Garth Lenrie Campbell, 83, passed away May 17, 2024 in Pasco, Washington, following an extended illness.

He was born May 5, 1941, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Alma Lenrie and Emily Roberts Campbell. Garth was the second of 7 children - Allan, Peggy, Richard, Newell, Opal and Dirk. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School, class of...

John Ronald Boan

May 17, 2024

John Ronald Boan, 67, of Rigby, passed away May 17, 2024, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice and his loving family.

Services will be held in Wyoming at a later date.

A full obituary will be posted once it becomes available.

Larry O. Miller

May 16, 2024

Larry Odis Miller, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 16, 2024, at MorningStar Senior Living Center. He was under the care of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice and his loving family.

Larry was born January 16, 1934, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Odis LaVaughn Miller and Florence Burtenshaw Miller. He grew up and attended schools in...

Clinton Harold Hooker

May 16, 2024

Clinton Harold Hooker, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 16, 2024, at Teton Healthcare of Cascadia.

Services will be held at a later date.