Obituaries

Deon Kay Johnson

May 3, 2023

Deon Kay Johnson, 66, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 3, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice.

Deon was born March 4, 1957, in Lewiston, Utah, to Robert Jay Johnson and Lois Crossley Johnson. He graduated from Skyline High School.

On February 20, 1982, he married...

Rodney Allen Storer

May 2, 2023

Rodney Allen Storer, 64, of Island Park, passed away May 2, 2023, at Intermountain Health Care in Murray, Utah.

Rod was born July 24, 1958, in Salina, Kansas, to Willard Storer and Joanna Torp Storer. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls including Riverside Elementary, before moving to Charleston, South Carolina, where he attended middle...

Gloria Welker Singleton

May 2, 2023

Gloria, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on May 2, 2023, at Fairwinds Assisted Living.

Gloria Stoddart was born July 28, 1938, to Robert William Stoddart and Ethel Severson Stoddart in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She grew up in Lincoln, Idaho, where she developed many friendships.

In 1955 she married Richard (Dick) Bird, and together...

James Harvey Jacks

May 2, 2023

James Harvey “JJ” Jacks, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 2, 2023, at his home. JJ was born March 1, 1944, in Stockton, California, to James Milton Jacks and Josephine Ulm Jacks. He grew up and attended schools in Stockton and attended high school in Stockton and San Diego. On March 16, 1984, he married Diana Gwyn Essley...

Casey James Richardson

May 1, 2023

Casey James Richardson, 64, passed away May 1, 2023, at the University of Utah Hospital, under the care of his loving family.

Casey was born September 23, 1958, in Centennial Valley, Montana, to Buster and Shirley Richardson, and later moved to Medicine Lodge. He and his four younger brothers enjoyed playing in the creek, catching fish with...

Blair Dewain Petersen

May 1, 2023

Blair Dewain Petersen, 62, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 1, 2023, at his home. He was under the care of his loving family and One Source Home Health.

Blair was born March 19, 1961, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Eugene Dewain Petersen and Helen Hunziker Petersen. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and...

Connie Lee (Campbell) Leonard

Apr 30, 2023

Connie Lee Campbell Leonard, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 30, 2023, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family.

Connie was born October 2, 1939, in Driggs, Idaho, to Hilton Thomas Campbell and Bessie Chase Campbell. She grew up and attended schools in Tetonia, Idaho, and graduated from Teton High School....

Cindy (Alger) Wolfley

Apr 29, 2023

Cynthia Ann Wolfley, 78, of Rigby, passed away April 29, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was under the care of her loving family.

Cindy was born July 3, 1944, in Orange County, California, to Leon Forrest Alger and Frances Rose Burns Alger. She grew up and attended schools in Eureka, California, and graduated from...

Roberta Marie (Wolfgang) Hughes

Apr 29, 2023

Roberta Marie Wolfgang Drewes Hughes, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on April 29, 2023, at Eagle Rock Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia after a long illness and health complications.

She was born on July 29, 1938, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clyde Albert Wolfgang and Barbara Marie Frew Wolfgang Koster. She had four sisters (one...

Carolyn (Grant) Brown

Apr 29, 2023

Our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Carolyn Brown, was welcomed home by her Heavenly Father on April 29, 2023. She passed peacefully while surrounded by her loving family, all of whom adored her for her short, adventurous 79 years on this Earth.

On April 3, 1944, Robert Lewis Grant and Elmina Adams welcomed their newest bundle of...

David Wayne Krekel

Apr 29, 2023

David Wayne Krekel, 75, of Shelley, passed away April 29, 2023, at Life Care Center in Idaho Falls.

David was born January 12, 1948, in Saint Charles, Missouri, to Perry Logan Krekel and Lorraine Vivian Shrum Krekel. He grew up and attended schools in Missouri and California. He received his Master’s Degree from Idaho State University. He...

Royein Patricia (Tucker) Andrews

Apr 27, 2023

Royein Patricia Tucker Andrews, 75, of Salmon, Idaho, passed away April 27, 2023, in Idaho Falls.

No services are planned.

A full obituary will be available soon.

Bill Felde

Apr 26, 2023

William “Bill” Felde, 86, of Ammon, passed away April 26, 2023, at Lily and Syringa Assisted Living.

Bill was born June 4, 1936, in Hamilton, Montana, to Adam and Ann Felde. He was the second born of six children.

Dad grew up in Stevensville, Montana, on his family’s farm. Farming was his life. He loved...

Howard Gail Davis

Apr 25, 2023

Howard Gail Huskinson Davis, 79, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away April 25, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Howard was born November 13, 1943, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rowland Marion Davis and Gail Josephine Davis. He grew up and attended schools in Gresham, Oregon, on a chicken and berry farm.

On May 12,...

Harold Farnlund

Apr 25, 2023

Harold Theodore Farnlund, 97, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 25, 2023, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice and his loving family.

Harold was born August 23, 1925, in Ketchum, Idaho, to August Theodore Farnlund and Clara Davis Farnlund. He grew up and attended schools in Ketchum...

Ron Lee

Apr 25, 2023

John Ronald Lee, 74, of Ammon, passed away April 25, 2023, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community. He was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Ron was born April 1, 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to John Monterey Lee and Jean Alford Lee. He grew up and attended schools in Shreveport and graduated from Fair Park High...

Victoria Rae Ward

Apr 25, 2023

Victoria Rae Ward, 62, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away April 22, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Victoria was born June 15, 1960, in Rigby, Idaho, to Don and Lonnie Byington. She grew up and attended schools in Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School.

She met Rodney Ward in Idaho Falls where they...

William Frederick "Bill" Windels

Apr 23, 2023

William Frederick Windels, 81, passed away peacefully with his loving wife, Linda, at his side in the ICU at EIRMC.

Bill was born in Hillsboro, Illinois, and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He was a 1963 graduate of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. While in college, he lettered in basketball, track, and golf, and was president of...

Judy (Nield) Zachary

Apr 23, 2023

Judy Zachary, 86, for most of her life of Richland, Washington, passed away April 23, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Judy was born May 30, 1936, in Afton, Wyoming, to Laron Nield and Lucy Call Nield. She grew up and attended schools in Richland, Washington, and graduated from Columbia High School. On July 31, 1955, she married...

Karen Mae (Hastings) Carleton

Apr 22, 2023

Karen Mae Hastings Carleton, 88, passed away April 22, 2023, at her home in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice and her brother.

Karen was born March 25, 1935. in Highgrove, California, to Lester Hastings and Mildred Brock Hastings. The family moved back to Idaho in 1944, where they were...