Obituaries

Johnnie Gilbert

Jan 11, 2023

Johnnie (Johnny) Dale Gilbert, 75, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, following a long hospitalization at the Idaho Falls Community Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Johnnie was born November 11, 1947, in Soper, Oklahoma, to Margaret Harrington. He was soon after adopted by the late Roscoe Omagene and Vida Mae (Sergean) Gilbert of Broken Bow, Oklahoma....

Joyce Ranee (Strain) Riggs

Jan 11, 2023

We are humbled to sum up the amazing life of our mother, Joyce RaNee Riggs. Joyce was born in Ashton, Idaho, on April 13, 1932, to Dalton and Gwendolyn Ard Strain, and returned to her Heavenly Father on January 11, 2023.

Joyce married her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, Jack Riggs, on June...

Thomas Arthur Colson

Jan 9, 2023

Thomas Arthur Colson, 81, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, passed away January 9, 2023, at West Cheyenne Regional Hospital in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Tom was born October 3, 1941, in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Clay and Mary Colson. Tom joined his older brother Bill on the Colson ranch near Dubois, Idaho. His younger brother Jerry joined "the boys" 3 years later....

Colleen Harriett Griffith

Jan 9, 2023

Colleen Harriett Griffith, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 9, 2023, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Colleen was born June 3, 1938, in Soda Springs, Idaho, to Horace Alvin Pack and Harriett Hopkins Pack. She grew up and attended schools in Soda Springs and attended Grace High School....

Patricia Lee Pankau

Jan 9, 2023

Patricia Lee Pankau, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 9, 2023, at her home. Patricia was born May 11, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts , to Emory Lee Sayre and Blanche MacManus Sayre. Her father was a warrant officer and pharmacy mate in the navy, and the family moved to Hawaii, where she lived until she was 5, and...

Scott Douglas Gardner

Jan 8, 2023

Scott Douglas Gardner, 61, of Nampa, passed away January 8, 2023.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 2023, at the Ucon Cemetery.

Warren Albert Safford

Jan 8, 2023

Warren Albert Safford, 74, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away January 8, 2023.

Warren was born November 16, 1948, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Lowell Albert Safford and Marie Murdoch Safford. He grew up and attended schools in Lorenzo, Idaho, and graduated from Rigby High School. He later attended the Police Academy and became an officer for the...

Marilynne Aloha Manguba

Jan 8, 2023

Marilynne Manguba, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 8, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (EIRMC). Marilynne (M-squared or M2 to many people) was diagnosed with angio sarcoma cancer in late February of 2022. Under the care of the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) in Salt Lake City, UT, she underwent an aggressive chemo therapy treatment campaign during...

Bill Doman

Jan 8, 2023

Bill E. Doman, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 8, 2023, surrounded by his loving family, after saying, “This has been the best day of my life. I’ve seen my entire family and now I get to go home.”

Bill was born May 27, 1933, in Westphalia, Kansas, to William Orval Doman and Amy Adelaide Quiggle...

Takako Nukaya

Jan 7, 2023

Takako Nukaya, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 7, 2023, at her home surrounded by her family. Taka was born May 28, 1934, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Gisaku Ugaki and Hisano Akiyama Ugaki. She grew up and attend schools in Sugar City, graduating from Sugar City High School in 1951. She studied nursing for one year at...

Daren James Murdock

Jan 6, 2023

Daren James Murdock, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 6, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was surrounded by family at the time of his passing.

Daren was born November 7, 1966, in Pico Rivera, California. He was the son of Frank James Murdock and Connie Shurtliff Murdock. He grew up and attended schools...

David Alferd Jacobson

Jan 5, 2023

David Alferd Jacobson, 62, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away January 5, 2023.

David was born June 29, 1960, in Camden, New Jersey, to Dean Berdette Jacobson and Dorothy Schrader Jacobson. He grew up and attended schools in New Jersey. He graduated from Camden High School in New Jersey.

He was a member of The Church...

Lorel Dean "L.D." Harvey

Jan 4, 2023

Lorel Dean Harvey, 90, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 4, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

L.D. was born April 19, 1932, in Mesa, Arizona, to Kindred Elijah Harvey and Eva May Hastings Harvey. He grew up and attended schools in Blythe, California.

On February 28, 1953, he married Peggy Ann Weiss in...

Kenneth Lagrande Hewit

Jan 4, 2023

Kenneth LaGrande Hewit was born October 5, 1939, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Fern Anna Marker and Glen Hulet Dees.

Times being what they were, a few months before he was born, Ken’s mom married a man named Herbert Hewit. Herb was honored to share his last name with both.

Ken’s happiest memories were the...

Christian Kent Buxton

Jan 3, 2023

Christian Kent Buxton of Idaho Falls, passed away unexpectedly in his home on January 3, 2023. He was only 21 years old. Christian was born on February 19, 2001, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to parents Christine and Joel Buxton. Our family’s hearts break at this tragic and devastating loss. Christian grew up in Shelley, Idaho, and graduated from Shelley...

Barry Black Sr.

Jan 3, 2023

Barry Black Sr., 79, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away January 3, 2023.

A mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 1690 E 17th Street in Idaho Falls.

Ken Lindsay

Jan 3, 2023

Kenneth Ray Lindsay, 78, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 3, 2023, at his home.

Ken was born August 22, 1944, in Rigby, Idaho, to James Alfred Lindsay and Ethel Fowers Lindsay. He grew up and attended schools in Rigby and Ririe and graduated from Ririe High School. He also attended Idaho State University where he earned...

Mark Verdoorn

Jan 2, 2023

Mark Alan Verdoorn died on January 2nd, 2023, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Mark was born to Richard and Norma Verdoorn on November 4th,1956, in Winnebago, Minnesota. He grew up in Delevan, Minnesota; with his brothers Jeff and Scott; and his sister Sara. The Verdoorn kids grew up on a potato farm where they worked and would get...

L. Deone (Jenkins) Anderson Ferguson

Jan 2, 2023

L. Deone Ferguson, 95, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 2, 2023, at her home.

Deone was born March 1, 1927, in Iona, Idaho, to Edward Leo Jenkins and Myrtle Emma Lindsey Jenkins. She grew up and attended schools in Ammon and Osgood, and graduated from Idaho Falls High School.

On December 26, 1948, she...

Joyce Edna Morton

Jan 1, 2023

Joyce Edna Morton, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away January 1, 2023, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Joyce was born May 6, 1937, in Dickinson, North Dakota, to Nicholas George Oe and Eunice Norene Wilson Oe. She grew up at the family ranch south of Belfield, North Dakota, and attended the country Grand Meadow Elementary School and graduated...