OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Twin Falls, Idaho

Geraldine Mae Burnikel

Geraldine Mae Burnikel

Dec 26, 2011

Our loving sweet mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother, Geraldine 'Gerry' Mae Burnikel, 88 years old, left us to be with the Lord on December 26, 2011. She was born in Siren, Wisconsin on July 8, 1923 to William and Alma (Hanson) Ellis, as the youngest of four children. She graduated from high school as a valedictorian. She then moved...

Ralph Samuel Garrison

Ralph Samuel Garrison

Dec 21, 2011

Ralph Samuel Garrison (Fuzz) passed away Wed. December 21st with his family by his bedside. He fought a courageous battle with a very rare blood disease called Amyloidosis. Ralph was born Aug 14, 1942 in Twin Falls, though he always liked to tell people that he was born on the front porch of the green house the day the circus...

Margaret Lois Call

Margaret Lois Call

Dec 18, 2011

On December 18, 2011 the Lord called Margaret Call home to rest within His arms. Born Margaret Lois Schrock on December 29, 1929 in Lagrange Indiana. She was one of 7 children born to Noah and Jennie Schrock. Raised Mennonite in the Indiana farmland she attended school with the Amish and then graduated from High School in Topeka, IN. In...

Dolores M. Welker

Dolores M. Welker

Dec 15, 2011

Dolores Margaret Welker, 88 of Twin Falls passed away Thursday, December 15, 2011. Dolores was born on September 29, 1923 in St. Louis County, Missouri the daughter of Elmer and Dalzire Bock Sr. She attended school in St Louis County. In 1941 she married George R. Thiel in St Louis County, MO. He preceded her in death in 1961. On...

Henry M. Willemstein

Henry M. Willemstein

Dec 7, 2011

Henry Melvin Willemstein, 85 of Twin Falls passed away Monday, December 7, 2011. Hank was born December 14, 1925 in Grand Rapids Michigan to Walter and Alida Willemstein. Hank was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he attended school. He served in the South Pacific with the US Army Air Force during WWII. After the war Dad married Mary Harper...

Larry Brent Collins

Larry Brent Collins

Nov 21, 2011

April 5th, 1953-November 21st, 2011 Larry Brent Collins, 58, of Kimberly, Idaho passed away in a Utah hospital on 11/21/11 from an extended illness. Larry was born in the Twin Falls on April 5th, 1953 to Roger and Phyllis Collins. Larry grew up in Kimberly and graduated from Kimberly High School in 1971. He worked for Collins and Sons Fertilizer...

Ivan Johns

Ivan Johns

Nov 20, 2011

Ivan Johns, 90 of Twin Falls passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Woodstone Assisted Living. Ivan was born December 17, 1920 in Seymour, Missouri to Orrie L. Johns and Mearl Daniel Johns. He was the 4th of seven children. Ivan and Maude Dudley were married Dec 6, 1941 in Seymour, MO. They resided in Missouri, where he farmed with...

Holly Joan Brittsan

Holly Joan Brittsan

Nov 15, 2011

Holly Joan Brittsan, 24, of Twin Falls, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, the result of a BASE jumping accident in Utah. Holly was born Dec. 31, 1986, in Twin Falls, to Rex and Linda Brittsan. As soon as she could walk, Holly was determined to explore the world around her with an unbridled passion. She was always involved in many...

Harlan E. Mink

Harlan E. Mink

Nov 10, 2011

Harlan Eugene Mink Jr., 55, of Three Creek, Idaho, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 after a brief illness. Harlan was born on January 8, 1956 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Harlan and Elsie Mink. Harlan was raised and educated in Twin Falls, Idaho. Shortly following his graduation from Twin Falls High School, his first employment was driving truck for...

Matthew Olds Jolley

Matthew Olds Jolley

Nov 10, 2011

Matthew Olds Jolley, 42 of Twin Falls passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at his home. Matt was born December 6, 1968 in Columbus Ohio the son of Frederick and Patricia Jolly. Before his fourth birthday his family moved to Arvada, Colorado a suburb of Denver, where he grew up and attended high school. He received the degree of Bachelor...

Sylvia L. Helfrecht

Sylvia L. Helfrecht

Nov 4, 2011

Sylvia (Skeets) Lavinia Fuller Helfrecht passed away peacefully onFriday, November 4, 2011, at her Twin Falls home, with her family beside her. Skeets was born to Harry and Emma Smith Fuller on June 4, 1922, the second of five children, on a farm in Texas County, Oklahoma. When she was very young, her family moved to the Fuller family farm...

Paul Leslie Sullivan

Paul Leslie Sullivan

Nov 2, 2011

Hagerman -- Paul L. Sullivan, 84, passed away on Nov. 1, 2011. Born on Jan. 14, 1927 near Acequia to George and Bliss Gentry Sullivan, Paul was the second of 11 children in a tight-knit family that to this day believes in the pulling-yourself-up-by-the bootstraps ethic as well as taking care of each other. Paul, known to some as “Les,”...

Ruth Schwendiman Jenkins

Ruth Schwendiman Jenkins

Oct 31, 2011

Ruth Jenkins, 90, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away Oct. 31st 2011 from an extended illness.Ruth was born December 4, 1920, in Sugar City, Idaho, to Rulon and Rhea Winter Schwendiman. She spent her early years in Pocatello, Idaho and Boise, Idaho the family then moved to Twin Falls in 1932 where she lived the rest of her life. She...

Alice N. Brooks-Barton

Alice N. Brooks-Barton

Oct 28, 2011

Alice N. Brooks-Barton of Twin Falls passed away Friday, October 28. 2011 after a lengthy illness. Alice was born September 11, 1939, Nickelsville, Virginia, to T.R. and Vista Salyers, the fourth of seven children. Alice lived in the Magic Valley for the past 35 years. She enjoyed working for the Shoshone Care Center until she moved to Twin Falls when...

Wayne Alvin Easterday

Wayne Alvin Easterday

Oct 23, 2011

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever, Psalms 23:6. On Sunday October 23rd, in the year of our Lord, two thousand and eleven, Wayne Alvin Easterday went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born in Eustis, Nebraska on November...

Robert A. Mingo

Robert A. Mingo

Oct 13, 2011

Robert (Bob) Mingo, 79 of Twin Falls died Thursday, Oct 132011 at St. Lukes’ Magic Valley Medical Center. Bob was born January 3, 1932, to Art and Bertha Mingo; he was the third son of five children. Bob went to school in Twin Falls where he enjoyed many sports and excelled in football and baseball. Bob graduated from Twin Fall...

Daniel Dee Marks

Daniel Dee Marks

Sep 30, 2011

Our much loved husband, father, pastor, and friend, Daniel Dee Marks, passed away on September 30, 2011 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Dan was born November 15, 1952 in Exeter, California, the first child of Joan and Chester Marks. He and his younger sister, Debi, grew up in Lindsay, California where Dan graduated from Lindsay High School in 1970, enjoying the...

Hal P. Kincaid

Hal P. Kincaid

Sep 11, 2011

Hal P. Kincaid, 90, of Twin Falls passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011 at his home. Hal was born 10/15/20 in Morganton, North Carolina the son of John Robey and Nonnie Duckworth Kincaid. When Hal was 6 months old the family moved to Hansen, Idaho in the spring of 1921. He attended school in a one room schoolhouse in the...

David P. Campagna

David P. Campagna

Sep 9, 2011

Dave Campagna “Campo”, 78 of Twin Falls, passed away peacefully Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. He was born Aug. 19, 1933, in San Bernardino, Calif., to Dominic and Lucille Campagna. Dave was in the U.S. Coast Guard and specialized in radio operations. Dave is best known for his work as pitchman for Latham Motors and his lines “Pick up the Phone”—“Give...

David Padron

David Padron

Sep 3, 2011

David Padron, 42 of Burley passed away Saturday September 3, 2011 at St Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. David was born September 6, 1968 in Reynosa, Mexico the son of Pascuel Padron and Lorenza Guerrero. David attended school in Paul and Burley. He enjoyed sports like football and basketball. David has lived in Burley the last 30 years. David...

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