OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Twin Falls, Idaho

Kathryn Jean Fitzgerald

Kathryn Jean Fitzgerald

Aug 1, 2011

Kathryn “Kathy” Jean Fitzgerald, 68 of Buhl passed away Monday August 1, 2011 at her home of pancreatic cancer. Kathy was born May 14, 1943 in Rochester, New York to George and Annabelle Berry. She graduated from Greece Olympic High School in 1958. Kathy worked for the Greece Central School District retiring from their in 1986. She served as the...

Helen C. Miller

Helen C. Miller

Jul 31, 2011

Helen Fern Curtis Miller passed from this life on July 31, 2011 to join her loving husband, Stanley. After 65 years of marriage, they were only apart for 3 ½ months. Helen was born December 17, 1926 at home near Manhattan, Montana, to Tom and Fern Curtis and was the youngest of four children. Helen was always extremely proud of...

Catherine Jean Stewart

Catherine Jean Stewart

Jul 26, 2011

Catherine Schmidt Stewart passed away July 26, 2011, in Kimberly, Idaho where she was born to William C. and Ollie Fry Schmidt on September 25, 1920. She graduated from Kimberly High School in 1938 and worked at J.C. Penny Company in the clothing alterations department. On August 30, 1940, Catherine married F. Raymond Stewart and as a farmer’s wife she...

Norman Charles Carroll

Norman Charles Carroll

Jul 21, 2011

On July 21, 2011, Norm Carroll, 79 of Twin Falls died peacefully at his home with his family by his side. He was born on May 26, 1932 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Oliver and Willa Carroll. He attended school in Grand Junction, Colorado and was a star football player for the local high school, where he met his lifelong...

Cynthia Jacqueline Plastino

Cynthia Jacqueline Plastino

Jul 20, 2011

Cynthia Jacquelyne Plastino, 61 of Twin Falls passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at her home. She was born January 13, 1950 in Santa Monica, CA the daughter of Felix and Edythe Plastino. “Jackie” Plastino loved learning, as well as teaching, and her professors and students would say she was adept at both. She attended the University of Idaho and...

Jewel Elaine Blades

Jewel Elaine Blades

Jul 18, 2011

Jewel (Parrott) Blades went peacefully at home to be with her Heavenly Father July 18, 2011 after a very courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. A very devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt; she loved most of all to be surrounded by and spend time with her family. She also loved to camp, fish, spend time gardening and watching the...

Edwin Carl DeVall

Edwin Carl DeVall

Jul 17, 2011

Edwin Carl DeVall peacefully left for a journey Sunday morning July 17th, where he could continue to watch over all of us in a world without any pain or sadness. He was born April 22, 1948 to Carl and Leah DeVall in Wendell, Id. The family moved to Filer where he grew up and attended school. Ed was a hard...

Selma E. Royce

Selma E. Royce

Jul 16, 2011

Born May 24, 1920 in Buhler, Kansas to Cornelius and Sarah Friesen, Selma (Sam) followed her sister, Ester, to California in 1940, where she met and married her first husband, William H. Lonskey. After William’s death, she married John B. Royce in 1961. They lived in Cypress, California until moving their family to Twin Falls, Idaho in 1971. Despite working...

Barbara J. Thompson

Barbara J. Thompson

Jul 10, 2011

Barbara J. Thompson, 68, of Twin Falls, died July 10th after suffering a massive stroke. She was born July 1, 1943 in Twin Falls, Idaho. She attended schools in the Eden area and was a 1961 graduate of Valley High School. In November 1961 she married Otis Strain. Together they lived in the Eden area and later moved to the...

Elmo Rasmussen

Elmo Rasmussen

Jul 8, 2011

Elmo Rasmussen, 92, of Twin Falls, ID passed away peacefully July 8, 2011, with his family at his side. Elmo was born in Declo, ID to Jens Edward Rasmussen and Sarah Jane Darrington on May 11, 1919. In 1939, Elmo and Josie Udy were married and had four children, Darhl, Elmo, Kara, and Roland. They were later divorced and Elmo...

Amelia DeOliveira

Amelia DeOliveira

Jul 2, 2011

Beloved mother and grandmother, Amelia De Oliveira, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2011, surrounded by her family. Amelia was born July 31, 1918 in Faial, Azores, the youngest daughter of Antonio and Maria Vargas. Growing up, she never had many things, but she had her music and dancing. She loved to play her guitar and sing for all to...

Mary J. Temple

Mary J. Temple

Jun 27, 2011

Mary Jean Temple, 69, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Twin Falls, ID on Monday, June 27, 2011. She was born In Portland, OR, January 9, 1942 to Thurlow and Helen Steward. Mary and Melvin Temple were married on May 1, 1965. They resided in Burley Idaho were they started their family. They moved to Hagerman in 1976 were...

H.E. Gene Pollard

H.E. Gene Pollard

Jun 25, 2011

H.E. (Gene) Pollard, 87, passed away at Ashley Manor in Kimberly, ID on Saturday, June 25, 2011from congestive heart failure compounded by Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in Brownsdale, MN, June 1, 1924 to Leslie and Grace Peyton Pollard; his family moved to the Magic Valley in 1931. Graduating from Burley High School in 1942, he was drafted the next...

George Robert Spee

George Robert Spee

Jun 22, 2011

Rev. George Spee born July 10, 1929, passed away on June 22, 2011 in Twin Falls, ID. He was raised in Grand Rapids, MI where he attended Calvin College and Seminary. He studied in the Netherlands and Israel before attending Columbia Bible College in South Carolina. He graduated from Calvin Seminary in 1956. George met Jean in Grand Rapids and...

Laura Morrill

Laura Morrill

Jun 19, 2011

Laura Morrill of Hazelton was called home by our Heavenly Father June 19, 2011. Laura was at home surrounded by her family during her final days battling cancer. Laura was born march 17, 1949 to Albert and Lulu Burton. She married Don E. Morrill in 1968.They were blessed with 5 children and 12 grandchildren. She is survived by her husband...

Roger Q. Kalbfleisch

Roger Q. Kalbfleisch

Jun 17, 2011

Roger Quinton Kalbfleisch was born on December 26, 1941, to Lawrence S. and Golda (Meyers) Kalbfleisch. Roger was born, raised, and attended school in Filer where he met the love of his life, Carol Diane Schuyler. They were married in 1962 and had three sons. Roger and Clyde “Jake” Jacobson started K and J construction in 1971, specializing in steel...

Aletha Mae Wallace

Aletha Mae Wallace

Jun 16, 2011

Aletha Mae Wallace, 83 years of age passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011 in Boise, Idaho. She was a former resident of Twin Falls/Kimberly Idaho, and Bend Oregon. Aletha was born March 21, 1928, in Albany, Oregon, the only daughter of Junius Cobb Petermen and Gladys Myrtle Garrett Petermen. Aletha married William Ormer Wallace on October 12, 1948, in Albany,...

Sandra Sue Schroeder

Sandra Sue Schroeder

Jun 14, 2011

Sandra Sue Schroeder, 69 of Twin Falls passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Desert Rose Retirement Estates. Sandy was born July 28, 1941 in Sonoma, CA the daughter of Clem and Ula Hardy Smith. She moved to Twin Falls, ID when she was three years old. She attended T.F. High School and was part of the Class of 1959....

Myrna J. Simpson

Myrna J. Simpson

Jun 5, 2011

Myrna J. Craig Simpson, 73 passed away June 5, 2011 at Chardonnay Assisted Living in Twin Falls. Myrna was born May 1, 1938 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Elmer Craig and Oriel Bohannon Craig. Her father, Elmer Craig was a civilian employee of the United States Navy during World War II, working in Ammunition Depots in Hawthorne, Nevada and Hastings,...

John Leroy Garner

John Leroy Garner

May 24, 2011

John L. Garner, only son of Marjorie and Ellis Garner, born November 16, 1946, Glendale California, grew up a California surfer boy but considered Idaho his home. John’s father passed when John was 13 months old leaving him the only child of a widow who raised him single-handedly as a nurse, making sure he had schooling and vacations. John remembered...

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