Obituaries

Peter Chenoweth

Aug 21, 2001

Peter D. Chenoweth - 08/21/2001 Peter D. Chenoweth - 08/21/2001 PETER D. CHENOWETH IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Peter D. “Pete” Chenoweth, 57, of Idaho Falls, ID, died August 18, 2001, at his home of natural causes. Pete was born in Aberdeen, Washington on September 15, 1943 to Harold and Mary Chenoweth. He moved to Crawford, Nebraska in 1947 where he...

Thomas Sanford

Aug 21, 2001

Thomas M. Sanford - 08/21/2001 Thomas M. Sanford - 08/21/2001 THOMAS M. SANFORD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Thomas Montgomery Sanford, 65, of Idaho Falls, died August 19, 2001, at his home. He was born September 15, 1935 in Decatur, Texas to David and Dorothy Lee Andrews Sanford. He grew up and attended schools in Alabama and attended Henry C. Conrad...

Kevin Baird

Aug 21, 2001

Kevin M. Baird - 08/21/2001 Kevin M. Baird - 08/21/2001 KEVIN BAIRD IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Kevin Michael Baird, 22, of Idaho Falls, died August 20, 2001 from injuries sustained in a car accident on the Swan Valley Highway. He was born November 7, 1978 in Pocatello, Idaho, to Gene Conan Baird and Kathleen Mollerup Baird. He attended schools in...

David Rainsdon

Aug 19, 2001

David E. Rainsdon - 08/19/2001 David E. Rainsdon - 08/19/2001 DAVID E. RAINSDON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- David Ernest Rainsdon, age 89, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away August 17, 2001, at Sandy Regional Medical Center in Sandy, Utah, following hip surgery. He was born September 15, 1911, at Taylor, Idaho, the son of Francis Alfred Rainsdon and...

Olin Shirey, Jr

Aug 19, 2001

Olin R. Shirey, Jr. - 08/19/2001 Olin R. Shirey, Jr. - 08/19/2001 OLIN R. SHIREY, JR. IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Olin Russell Shirey, Jr., 49, of Idaho Falls, died August 17, 2001, at his home. He was under the care of Hospice of Eastern Idaho. He was born August 26, 1951, at Dayton, Pennsylvania, to Olin Russell Shirey, Sr. and...

Anna Kearney

Aug 19, 2001

Anna V. Kearney - 08/19/2001 Anna V. Kearney - 08/19/2001 ANNA KEARNEY IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Anna Violet Nielsen Kearney, 90, of Idaho Falls, died August 18, 2001, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after suffering a stroke a week earlier. Ann was born June 6, 1911, at Iona, to John and Mary Jensen Nielsen. She grew up in Iona...

Andy Thornton

Aug 19, 2001

Andy Thornton - 08/19/2001 Andy Thornton - 08/19/2001 ANDREW E. THORNTON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Andrew Elvin “Andy” Thornton, 50, of Idaho Falls, died August 15, 2001, at his home. He was born April 20, 1951 at Hill Field in Ogden Utah, to Thomas William Thornton and Charlotte Ida Pickhardt Thornton. He attended school in the Salt Lake City area,...

Clifford Hanson

Aug 6, 2001

Clifford L. Hanson - 08/06/2001 Clifford L. Hanson - 08/06/2001 CLIFFORD L. HANSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Clifford LeGrand “Cliff” Hanson, 81, of Idaho Falls, died August 6, 2001, at Life Care Center of natural causes. He was born June 17, 1920, at St. Anthony, Idaho, to Nels Christian Hanson and Alice Fedelia Wade Hanson. He grew up in and...

John Priest

Aug 6, 2001

John C. Priest - 08/06/2001 John C. Priest - 08/06/2001 JOHN C. PRIEST SHELLEY, ID --- John Curtis Priest, 15, of Shelley, died August 4, 2001, at his home. He was born July 29, 1986, at Evanston, Wyoming, to Dell Ray Priest and Sandra Colleen Simmons Priest. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Kamas, Utah, where they lived...

Zelma Landon

Aug 6, 2001

Zelma Landon - 08/06/2001 Zelma Landon - 08/06/2001 ZELMA LANDON RIGBY, ID -- Zelma Landon, 84, of Rigby, died August 6, 2001, at her home. She was under the care of District Seven Home Health and Hospice. She was born November 25, 1916 at Newdale, to George J. Cunningham and Mary Louisa Hammer Cunningham. She attended 1st and 2nd grades...

Lori Merkner

Sep 7, 1957

Passed away September 7, 2016, at her home. She was under the care of One Source Hospice. A full obituary will be posted when it becomes available. Arrangements are pending under the direction of Wood Funeral home, 273 North Ridge Avenue.

John Mikami

May 3, 1955

John Mikami, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 3, 2018, at his home in Idaho Falls. Private family services will be held. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery in Idaho Falls. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.com.

Private Family Services

David Thomas Adams

Sep 10, 1954

David Thomas Adams, 64, of Rexburg, passed away August 31, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Arrangements are pending.

Shirley Bregg

Nov 11, 1946

Shirley Kay (Sparr) Bregg, 72 years old, passed away at home on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Kay was born August 11,1946, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Charles Wesley Sparr and Emma Ann (Tracy) Sparr. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls, graduating from Idaho Falls High School. She also attended Ricks College. On December 27, 1965, Kay...

Norma Richards

Apr 20, 1939

Norma Rhead Richards, 74, of Stanwood, WA, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014, at home with her daughter, Raelene, grandson, Zackary, and Jerry Scoles lovingly by her side. She was born July 28, 1939, to Claude E. Rhead and Sarah I. Rhead. She grew up on the family farm in Woodville, Idaho with her sister and three...

Doris Aicher Nield

Aug 16, 1929

Doris James Aicher Nield, 87, of Iona, passed away August 13, 2016, at her home.

Doris was born March 16, 1929, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to David Woozley James and Lurline Anderson James. She grew up and attended schools in Malad and graduated from Malad High School. She also attended the LDS Hospital in Idaho Falls...

Lisa Stephens

Oct 29, 1917

Lisa Marie Stephens, 63, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, joined her lord in heaven on October 29 2017, at her home.

Lisa was born October 28, 1954, in Winfield, Kansas, to Dr. Carroll Dean Henry Behrhorst and Elizabeth Jean King Behrhorst. She grew up alongside her siblings in Guatemala where her father ran a medical program to serve...

Bruce And Barbara Turner

Bruce and Barbara Turner, 72, of Idaho Falls, passed away due to injuries sustained in a car accident. Bruce passed away June 29, 2025, and Barbara passed away July 11, 2025.

Barbara Joyce Turner

3/3/1953 - 7/11/2025

Barbara Turner was a fifth generation Californian. Her family moved to Twin Falls in 1971 where...

Nell (Bird) Andersen

Rozella Nell Bird Andersen, the best and most beautiful woman we know, passed away July 4, 2025. She was 85.

The eighth of 11 children, Nell was born June 17, 1940, in Garfield, Idaho, at the home of her grandparents. Her parents were Warren and Rozella Bird, and she was proud to be named after her mother....

Frances Marie (Landon) Seybold

Frances Marie Seybold, passed from this life on September 12, 2023, in Valencia, California.

She was born December 22, 1929, in Hamer, Idaho, the youngest of nine siblings. Frances Marie attended school in Hamer, Idaho and Idaho Falls, Idaho. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School.

Frances Marie worked for many years for the Atomic...