Obituaries
Violet "Vi" Schmitt
Feb 1, 2022
We lost two special people in our lives within 48 hours of each other proving that love is truly a strong bond and what keeps us together. Violet died at home suddenly, and after receiving the news of his wife’s death, William died within 48 hours at a nursing home where he was recovering from hip surgery.
Violet was a...
Carol Ash
Jan 31, 2022
Carol Ash, 77, passed away January 31, 2022, peacefully at home surrounded by family after a short fight with cancer. She was born on February 9, 1944 in Warren, Pennsylvania to Fred and Gladys Simones.
Carol graduated from Warren High School, University of Pittsburgh (BA) in 1966, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (MS) in 1967 and Kennesaw State University (MS)...
Judy Stouder
Jan 25, 2022
Judy Stouder, 69 of Hagerman, Idaho, pasted peacefully into he hands of her Lord on January 25, 2022.
Judy met her husband Ted, through an internet dating site, she saw this guy and asked where Hagerman, Idaho was and he replied back that it was so many miles from here and there, a typical guy thing. They started texting and...
Joshua Thorne
Jan 24, 2022
Joshua Hans Joseph Thorne, aged 46, died January 24, 2022 at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls. He was surrounded by his wife & children after an 18 month struggle with the effects of End Stage Liver Disease. He fought bravely towards the opportunity of a liver transplant, but in the end his body had endured...
Richard "Rick" West
Jan 22, 2022
Richard A. " Rick" West passed away at his home on January 22, 2022. Rick was born September 3, 1947 to Frank and Marjorie West in Twin Falls, Idaho.
He was raised in Hagerman, Idaho and graduated from Hagerman High School in 1965.
Dad attended College of Southern Idaho and Idaho State University coming “oh so close” to a degree...
Jim Korte
Jan 21, 2022
Jim Korte, 77, of Buhl, passed away January 21, 2022 at home surrounded by his family after fighting a six month courageous battle with leukemia.
Jim was born September 21, 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska. When he was 10 months old, he was adopted by Louis and Freida Korte. Two years later Jim got a brother when they adopted Tom. They...
June Sherrell
Jan 18, 2022
June Sherrell, 96, of Buhl passed away January 18, 2022. June was born in North Bend, Washington, the 11th of 14 brothers and sisters born to John and Myrtle Bluher. June grew up in North Bend attending school there with her siblings.
June married Jack Odlin and they had a daughter, Anne. Jack served in World War II and died...
Eugene Pyles
Jan 14, 2022
Eugene Thomas Pyles, 89, went home to the Lord, January 13, 2022 after a long struggle with Dementia. While we rejoice in his being set free, his loss is deeply felt by his beloved wife of 70 years, Norma Joan Pyles; their four children and spouses, David Pyles of Seattle, Washington; Terry and Cheri Pyles of Ketchikan, Alaska; Ted and...
Timothy "Tim" Sonner
Jan 13, 2022
After a rough year, Tim fell asleep, no longer in pain, surrounded by family at home on the farm. He is now with his Mom, Dad, and Brothers again who he missed dearly. Tim was born on August 12, 1961 to Luke and Priscilla Sonner in Long Beach, California. He was raised in California until 1971 when the family moved...
Linda Wiggins
Jan 11, 2022
Linda C. Wiggins, 74, went home to be with her Lord, Tuesday, January 11, 2022. She was born November 7, 1947 in Twin Falls, Idaho to Lois “Midge” Barnes and Sidney Wiggins. Linda grew up with her siblings, Cathy Yarbrough and John “Bud” Wiggins, hunting, fishing, and working on the family farm in the Magic Valley, Castleford. Linda enjoyed spending...
Catherine Saul
Jan 10, 2022
Catherine Saul passed away at her home in Hagerman, Idaho on January 10, 2022. Mrs. Saul was born in Walla Walla, Washington on December 20, 1931.
Her family were pioneer settlers in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1950 and was an accomplished flute player in the orchestra. She married her husband Donald, on...
Michael Reel
Jan 2, 2022
Mike Reel passed away January 2, 2022. He was born to Ernest “Red” and Melva Reel on February 29, 1956 in Bakersfield, California. Mike was blessed to have traveled all over the world with his parents due to Red’s career path. He attended school in different countries and then as a young teen he enrolled in military school in New...
Alvin Ochsner
Jan 2, 2022
Alvin Ochsner passed peacefully surrounded by family on January 2, 2022 in Valrico, Florida. Born in South Dakota on July 3, 1934 Alvin was the `baby brother', the youngest of ten children of Jacob and Wilhelmine "Minnie" Ochsner.
On February 28, 1953, Alvin married his high school sweetheart, Frances Jung Ochsner. The young couple moved to southern Idaho in 1955,...
Emma Staley
Dec 28, 2021
Emma Staley, 90, passed away peacefully at her home in Buhl, Idaho on December 28, 2021. Emma was born August 10, 1931 to Leo and Amanda Green in Hagerman, Idaho. During her childhood years they lived in the towns of Hagerman, Carey and Buhl. She enjoyed playing with her sisters and all the cousins, ice skating on the local pond...
Bonnie Barsness
Dec 26, 2021
Bessie Bonita “Bonnie” Barsness, age 93, went home to be with her Lord on December 26, 2021, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Boise, Idaho. Her daughter, Becky, and son-in-law, Mike Hazel were with her when she passed.
Bonnie was born on March 2, 1928, in Pikeville, Tennessee to Floyd and Della Wheeler. She was the fourth of eight children. When...
Vaneita Bradstreet
Dec 25, 2021
Vaneita Sylvia Fredenburg Bradstreet, 97 years young of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed from this life on December 25, 2021. Vaneita was born May 8, 1924, to parents, Horace Eugene Fredenburg and Ella Marie Wiebusch Fredenburg at home in Solway, Minnesota. She attended Solway Elementary School and Bemidji High School. At age 17, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where her sister,...
Craig Jones
Dec 22, 2021
Craig Arthur Jones, 70, of Buhl, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at home. Craig was born on November 25, 1951, the youngest of four children, to Howard and Vicki Meyer Jones in Spokane, Washington.
He started school in California and then attended school in Buhl, Idaho graduating from Buhl High School in 1970. In January 1971 Craig joined the...
Arlene Kyles
Dec 18, 2021
Arlene Delores Kyles, age 96, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at St. Luke’s hospital. She was born on March 4, 1925 to Edward and Olga Kubik Herzinger at their home in Buhl, Idaho. She attended Syringa school, Buhl High School, and graduated from Idaho State University with a bachelor’s in education. The majority of her teaching career...
Virginia Rogers
Dec 16, 2021
Virginia “Ginger” Louise Rogers, 90, died December 16, 2021 at her residence in Buhl, Idaho.
She was born October 3, 1931 in Moscow, Idaho, the only child to Col. Wesley E. Calkins and Bertha M Thomson.
She lived most of her childhood in Dayton, Washington and with her best friend Mary Ann, had many adventures. One day while out riding...
William Sawers
Dec 10, 2021
William “Bill” Sawers passed away at home December 10, 2021 at the age of 75. Bill was born in Yuma, Arizona to Lloyd and Mabel Sawers as a “surprise” after three other children. Bill joined his brother, Robert “Bob” who was just getting out of the service, and his sisters, Bonnie and Barbara. The family was soon increased to include...