Obituaries

Betty Kyoko (Tatsui) Farson

Oct 3, 2022

On October 3, 2022, our dear Mother's spirit peacefully passed into the waiting arms of her recently departed husband, Jack, in the presence of her daughter Kathy, son Billy, and granddaughter JoAnna. Betty was lovingly attended to by the angels at Rising Stars of Lincoln Court and One Source Hospice to whom we are forever grateful.

Betty's...

Nancy Lee (Tevebaugh) Lucas

Oct 1, 2022

Nancy Lee Lucas of Reno, Nevada, passed away October 1, 2022, at her home in Idaho Falls. She was under the care of her loving family and Brio Hospice.

Nancy was born June 19, 1945, in Long Beach, California, to Gilbert Tevebaugh and Mary Mae Campbell Tevebaugh.

She grew up and attended schools in California...

Cory Brand Hincks

Sep 30, 2022

Cory Brand Hincks, 50, of Swan Valley, passed away September 30, 2022, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Cory was born May 28, 1972, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Anthony Bill Hincks and Jean Ann Prince Hincks. He grew up and attended schools in Swan Valley and graduated from Idaho Falls High School.

Cory made his...

Mickey Danial Mcmurtrey

Sep 30, 2022

Mickey Danial McMurtrey, 44, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 30, 2022, from a sudden heart attack at his home.

Mickey was born April 12, 1978, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Douglas McMurtrey and Holly E. Tschikof McMurtrey. He grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1997.

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Sherry Dian (Stein) Crossley

Sep 29, 2022

Sherry Dian Stein Crossley, 73, of Ammon, passed away September 29, 2022, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Sherry was born November 24, 1948, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Robert Charles Stein and Phillis Jean Salmon Stein. She grew up and attended schools in Indiana and California and graduated high school in Hayward, California. She also attended...

Gay (White) Bush

Sep 29, 2022

On Thursday, September 29, 2022, Gayle White Bush, loving mother of seven children, passed away at the age of 77 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Gay was born February 16, 1945, in San Fernando, California, to Gayle Charles White and H. Maydell Sawyer White. She grew up and attended schools in Sepulveda, California, and attended Fulton Junior High...

Terry J. Taylor

Sep 28, 2022

If you knew Terry J. Taylor, you loved him. Blessed with a gift for remembering details and a love of people, Terry made everyone he came in contact with feel like they mattered. He would remember your name, where you were born, who your neighbors were, and likely at least a little bit of your genealogy. There wasn’t a...

Darlene (Willes) Warren

Sep 28, 2022

Darlene Willes Warren, 86, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away September 28, 2022, at MorningStar Senior Living Center.

Darlene was born July 10, 1936, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Joseph A. Willes and Lillian Darlene Gordon Willes. She grew up and attended schools in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School.

On June 1, 1955, she...

Daniel Leigh Jessen

Sep 28, 2022

Daniel Leigh Jessen, 47, of Etna, Wyoming, passed away September 28, 2022 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho following a motorcycle accident. With his family by his side, Daniel fought valiantly but couldn’t overcome the physical damage that was done.

Daniel was born to Gregory Leigh Jessen and Patsy Lynn Weldon Jessen, September...

Melanie Mortensen Barber

Sep 25, 2022

Melanie Mortensen Barber, 59, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away September 25, 2022, at her home from Alpha One. She was under the care of Eden Hospice. Melanie was born July 6, 1963, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Brent Dellis Barber and Sharon H. Mortensen Barber. She grew up in Idaho Falls. She attended Riverside and Emerson Elementary schools, Bonneville...

Virginia "Ginger" Hayes

Sep 25, 2022

Virginia Dee Hayes, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 25, 2022, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

Ginger was born February 22, 1949, in Shelley, Idaho, to Jay O McKinlay and Alma Marie Simmons McKinlay. She grew up in Mud Lake until moving to Merced, California, in high school. She graduated from Merced High School. She...

Cheryl Ann Parish

Sep 24, 2022

Cheryl Ann Parish, 76, of Rigby, Idaho, passed away September 24, 2022, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Cheryl was born May 2, 1946, in Rigby, Idaho, to Orville Kember “Dick” Parish and Vesta Ann Ritchie Parish. She grew up and attended school in Rigby and graduated from Rigby High School. She graduated from Sacred Heart Nursing School....

Lisa Ann (Ker) Killpack

Sep 23, 2022

Lisa Ann Ker Killpack, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 23, 2022, at her home. She was under the care of Hands of Hope Hospice.

Lisa was born June 30, 1966, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Keith Douglas Ker and Ann Elizabeth Metcalf Ker. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from...

Ralph Smith Hunter

Sep 23, 2022

Ralph Smith Hunter, 91, of Iona, passed away September 23, 2022, at Lincoln Court Retirement Community.

Ralph was born July 21, 1931, in Rigby, Idaho, to William Wallace Hunter and Bertha O'Donnell Hunter. He attended grade school in Ririe and graduated from Idaho Falls High School. He graduated from Ricks College in 1954, and later pursued his...

Florence Virginia Avery

Sep 22, 2022

Florence Virginia Avery passed away on September 22, 2022, at the age of 99, in her home at Lincoln Court Assisted Living in Idaho Falls.

She was born to John and Wilma Gillogly in Orange, California, on August 25, 1923. Soon afterward, her family moved to Vista, California, where she attended school and met her future husband,...

Hazel Mary (Larson) Hoffman

Sep 22, 2022

Hazel Mary Hoffman, 83, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 22, 2022, at her home.

Private family services will be held.

Dale Jay Killpack

Sep 22, 2022

Dale Jay Killpack, 80, of Firth, passed away September 22, 2022, at his home. He was under the care of Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, Nuclear Care Partners, and his loving family.

Dale was born August 9, 1942, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Ellis Killpack and Hazel Elnora Peterson Killpack. He grew up and attended schools in...

Gregory Scott Anderson

Sep 21, 2022

Gregory Scott Anderson was born on September 21, 1945, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Ralph Stanley and Winnie Elaine Maheras Anderson. He gently passed from this life on his 77th birthday September 21, 2022, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, due to complications of late-stage Parkinson's Disease.

He spent his childhood and youth in Rexburg, Idaho. As a youth,...

Joseph Walters Merrill

Sep 20, 2022

Joseph Walters Merrill, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 13, 2022, at Fairwinds-Sand Creek Retirement Community. He was under the care of Hand of Hope Hospice.

Services will be held at a later date.

A full obituary will be available soon.

Donna Marie (Mccaskey) King

Sep 18, 2022

Donna Marie King, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 18, 2022, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.

Donna was born January 29, 1963, in Port Townsend, Washington, to James Richard McCaskey and Margaret Ellen Thompson McCaskey. James passed away when Donna was two years old.  Her family moved to Wellsville, Utah. When Donna was 5 years old,...