Obituaries

Wendy K (Hodge) Browning

Jun 24, 2023

Wendy K Browning, 80, of Idaho Falls, ID, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center due to complications from an injury.

Wendy was born August 8,1942, to Steve and Louise Hodge in Bend, Oregon. Wendy grew up in various locations throughout Oregon and moved with her family in her early teen years...

Terri Lee (Garn) Heilesen

Jun 23, 2023

Terri Lee Heilesen, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 23, 2023, at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, from a long-term lung condition.

Terri was born November 25, 1953, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Blaine and Donna Garn. She grew up on a dairy farm in Milo, Idaho, and attended Bonneville schools.

She married...

Ronald Coy Larson

Jun 23, 2023

Ronald Coy Larson, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 23, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Ron was born June 19, 1962, at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington, to Don Coy Larson and Gayle Tueller Larson. He grew up and attended schools in St. Anthony, Idaho, and graduated from South Fremont High School. He also...

Suzan Delynn Soles

Jun 22, 2023

Suzan Soles, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 22, 2023.

Suzan was born April 19, 1964, in Fort Bragg, California, to Robert Lester Soles and Patricia Ann Parsley Soles. She grew up and attended schools in California and graduated from Fort Bragg High School, lettering in cheerleading, and wrote for the school newspaper.

She...

Richard Francis Benson

Jun 22, 2023

Richard Francis Benson, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 22, 2023, at Teton Healthcare of Cascadia.

Richard was born July 22, 1947, in Santa Monica, California, to Robert Francis Benson and Virginia Jean Bryant Benson. He grew up and attended school in Los Angeles, California. When he was 17, he joined the United States Navy and...

Frances Charlene (Austin) Mariani

Jun 22, 2023

Frances Charlene Mariani, 79, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 22, 2023, at her home. She was under the care of her loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice.

Frances was born June 20, 1944, in Portola, California, to Charlie Lewis Austin and Clytie Morris Austin. She grew up and attended schools in Dos Palos, California,...

Lucky Stratton

Jun 22, 2023

Keith Lucky Stratton, 89, of Lewisville, Idaho, passed away June 22, 2023, at Lily & Syringa Assisted Living Center. He was also under the care of his loving family and Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Lucky was born November 8, 1933, in Canyon City, Oregon, to Buster B. Stratton and Anna Ellen Keetone Stratton. He grew up and attended...

Kurt Frank Smith

Jun 21, 2023

Kurt Frank Smith, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away on June 21, 2023, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he received incredible care from the hospital and hospice staff and many loving wishes from various family and friends. Kurt was born April 4, 1963, in Miles City, Montana, and was adopted along with...

Mark Don Argyle

Jun 21, 2023

Mark Don Argyle passed away June 21, 2023, in Seattle, Washington, from complications of treatment for cancer.

Mark was born in Ft. Benning, Georgia, on October 8, 1956, to Donald Potter Argyle and Georgia Marilyn Thurman Argyle. He is bookended by his older sister, Marilyn, and his younger sister, Becky. He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico,...

Gay (Fargher) Rothwell

Jun 21, 2023

Gay Huston Fargher Rothwell, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 21, 2023, at Fairwinds-Sand Creek Retirement Community. She was under the care of Alliance Home Health and Hospice and her loving family.

Gay was born April 23, 1955, in Butte, Montana, to Ray “Buffalo” and Rae McQuay. She was adopted and raised by John S.W. Fargher...

Richard Allen Chester

Jun 20, 2023

Richard Allen Chester, 77, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away June 20, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2023, at the Annis-Little Butte Cemetery.

Velda (Austin) Baird

Jun 19, 2023

Velda Austin Baird, 95, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 19, 2023, at MorningStar Senior Living Center with her daughter and granddaughters by her side.

Velda was born February 11, 1928, in Cornish, Utah, to John Austin and Ida Kaziah Cole Austin. She grew up and attended schools in Preston, Idaho, and graduated from Preston High School....

Richard "Dick" Coon

Jun 18, 2023

Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather was welcomed home by his Heavenly Father on June 18, 2023, at his Mesquite, Nevada, home.

Richard “Dick” Coon was born on March 9, 1935, to Isaac Warren Coon and Ida G. Wilcock in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Dick was very active in sports all through his schooling. He excelled in baseball,...

Robert Henry Staggie

Jun 17, 2023

Robert Henry Staggie, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 17, 2023.

Private family services will be held.

A full obituary will be available soon.

Eric Walker Adams

Jun 16, 2023

In the late evening of Friday, June 16, 2023, Eric Walker Adams passed away at home surrounded by his loving family. He ended a year and a half long battle with cancer. He is now free of his broken body and is in the presence of loved ones who have preceded him. In his brief eighteen years, he touched...

Dennis Joe Cohea

Jun 16, 2023

Dennis "Joe" Cohea, 82, of Roberts, Idaho, passed away peacefully at his home on June 16, 2023, surrounded by loved ones.

Dennis was born January 21, 1941, in Tulare, CA, to James Dennis Cohea and Elsie Spratt Cohea.

On March 3, 1959, he married Guadalupe “Lupe”, in Los Angeles, CA. Dennis and Lupe made their...

Kenneth Charles Nilsson

Jun 15, 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Kenneth Charles Nilsson. Kenneth passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at his home surrounded by family.

Kenneth was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clifford and Veta Nilsson and was raised in Shelley. Much of his formative youth was spent with his uncle Dutch in...

David Reed Monson

Jun 15, 2023

David Reed Monson, 63, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died June 15, 2023, at his home in Idaho Falls. He was born October 17, 1959, to Reed Stanley Monson and Dorothy Ann Monson in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in California and attended John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California.

In the mid 1990's he moved to...

Garth Rafael Thomas

Jun 15, 2023

Garth Rafael Thomas, 85, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2023, at his Ammon home, with family by his side.

Garth was born December 17, 1937, in Lago, Idaho, to William Eugene and Marion Thomas. Garth loved to take his family to the site of his once standing birthing home.

Garth married Joan McCallister in 1959,...

Ricky Robert Lott

Jun 14, 2023

Ricky Robert Lott, 68, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 14, 2023, at his home, from cancer.

Rick was born March 6, 1955, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Robert Lee Lott and Dorothy Dee Staker Lott.

Rick loved spending time in the outdoors. He particularly loved fishing and cross bow hunting. He was a dedicated...