Obituaries

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...

Greg Sterzick

May 13, 1942

William Gregory Sterzick, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away December 10, 2025, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice.

Greg was born May 13, 1942, in Burley, Idaho, to William Arthur Sterzick and Irene Babbel Larsen Sterzick. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Idaho Falls...

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...

Margarette Henderson

Margarette Evelyn "Marge" Henderson, 95, of Ammon, passed away at her home, just a few days before her 96th birthday.

No services are being held.

James & Carol Armstrong

James Thelbern “Ted” Armstrong was born to James and Elgeva Armstrong in Elgin, Idaho. Carol May Cook was born to Jeremy and Alice Cook in Osgood, Idaho. Ted and Carol both attended Idaho Falls High School. They married in 1961; they were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on June 13, 1992.  They had four children, six grandchildren, six...

Anthony Armstrong

Born October 4, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Carol May (Cook) Armstrong and James Thelbern Armstrong.

Tony was an ambitious, creative, and witty man that enjoyed many wonderful experiences throughout his short 60 years. His favorite color was orange. He often had a pair of drum sticks with him when he drove, and he would thump...

Tylee Ashlyn Ryan

A Celebration of Life will be held in honor of Tylee and J.J. at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Colonial Theater, 450 A Street, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The family will visit with friends from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to services.

Please make donation to a scholarship at  J.J.’s school in...

J.J. Vallow

A Celebration of Life will be held in honor of J.J. and Tylee at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Colonial Theater, 450 A Street, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The family will visit with friends from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to services.

Please make donation to a scholarship at  J.J.’s school in...

Luka Adrian Salmeron

Luka Adrian Salmeron, infant son of Saul Salmeron and Andy Tomas, was stillborn on February 1, 2024.

A gathering will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Friday, February 16, 2024, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road. Burial will be in the Iona Cemetery.

Michael Eugene Hammer

Michael Eugene Hammer was born on the kitchen table of a small 4-room farmhouse on the 14th of August, 1938, to A. Lenore (Price) and Walter H. Hammer in Woodville, Idaho.

He was the youngest of 4 children – Louise, Wanda, and Richard (that died as an infant). As a boy, he was smother-loved (and teased) by...

Martha "Marti" Nelson

Martha "Marti" Nelson, 47, of Iona, passed away April 26, 2021, at her home.

Marti was born December 19, 1973, in Boise, Idaho, to Ronald H. Nelson and Diana Tyler Nelson. She grew up in Iona. Marti attended Bonneville High School and went on to graduate from Skyline Continuation School. Following graduation, she attended Idaho State University....

Donald And Helen Cress

Helen Virginia Cress, 82, of Ammon, passed away January 12, 2020, at her home. Her husband, Donald Carl Cress Sr., 85, passed away January 21, 2020, also at their home. They were both under the care of their loving family and Hospice of Eastern Idaho.

Helen was born February 25, 1937, in Weston, West Virginia, to Elden...