Obituaries
Alice Henslee
Feb 7, 2017
Hagerman-Alice Amelia (Vader) Henslee, 99, a resident of Hagerman, Idaho, died Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Stonebridge Assisted Living in Hagerman, of natural causes. Alice was born on September 15, 1917 in Hagerman, Idaho at the Carey House. She is the daughter of the late Roy & Ona Vader. Alice attended elementary schools in Hagerman and Riverdale (Buhl) and...
Phyllis Patrick
Feb 6, 2017
Phyllis Marie (Pickrell) Patrick (Denny) passed away peacefully on Feb. 6, 2017 at the age of 93. Phyllis was a natural born entertainer, singing and tap dancing from a young age. She continued both passions throughout her life, participating in many theater productions, and writing and directing her own musical. She led a group of amazing tap dancing ladies...
Paul Ciocca
Jan 27, 2017
Paul Edward Ciocca went to be with Jesus and his son, Boone, on January 27th 2017. He passed away peacefully with his family by his side. Paul was born July 13th 1965 in California and later moved to Idaho and was raised on a dairy farm in Wendell. He graduated from Wendell high school in 1983 where he not...
Luella Schmidt
Jan 26, 2017
Luella Catherine Schmidt, 95, took her place in heaven on January 26, 2017, after a long and fruitful life. Luella was born on March 30, 1921, to Frank and Bernadine (Hulsing) Bergman on the family farm in Baileyville, Kansas. She was raised in a devout Catholic family, and her faith would sustain her throughout her life. Luella was a...
Joseph Warren
Jan 25, 2017
Joseph Fount Warren, 74, a resident of Filer, Idaho, died 25 January, 2017, after an extended illness. Joseph was born on 5, September, 1942 in Bliss, Idaho, the son of John Henry Warren and Olive Ellen (Frost) Warren. His childhood days were spent in the country near Hagerman near the Malad Dam on the family farm with his siblings...
Ralph Cisco
Jan 24, 2017
Ralph Clarence Cisco passed away peacefully on January 24, 2017 just a few weeks after celebrating his 88th birthday. Born in La Mesa, California on January 7, 1929, he was the youngest of three sons born to Jack and Gertrude Mae Cisco. The family operated a dairy near Del Mar and Ralph grew up helping the family run the...
Arnold Clifford
Jan 19, 2017
Arnold Wilson Clifford, 81, of Twin Falls, passed away January 19, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his family. Arnold was the oldest child born to Virgil and Beatrice Clifford in Idaho Falls, Idaho July 31, 1935. The family moved to Roberts, Idaho where Arnold went to school and graduated from Roberts High School in 1953. From 1957-1959 he...
Alice Hopwood
Jan 16, 2017
Alice Margaret Hopwood, long time resident of Buhl, passed into the arms of her husband and son, on January 16, 2017, at the Desert View Care Center. Alice was born on August 1, 1917, in Nebraska, to Charles and Lila Fortik. She was the oldest of seven children. She met her soul mate, Dale Hopwood, at a school dance....
Adelina Bettencourt
Jan 15, 2017
Adelina Carreiro Bettencourt "Tia Cunha", 93, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017, at her daughter's home in Jerome, Idaho. Adelina was born on September 14, 1923, to Manuel and Maria Paulina Carreiro in Santo Amaro, Sao Jorge, Azores. In her lifetime, Adelina worked in a Nursery in Half Moon Bay, California and a chicken processing plant. She enjoyed...
Russell Braaton
Jan 8, 2017
Russell Harley Braaton (Rusty Razorblades) 1980 ~ 2017 Rusty passed from this world on January 8, 2017. He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho to Cindy and Dave Braaton on August 7, 1980. He had a big sister, Aime, and a twin sister, Cricket, who was born six minutes before him. Early in life we recognized that Rusy had...
Ed Graybeal
Jan 1, 2017
Calvin Graybeal Long time resident Ed Calvin Graybeal, 91, passed peacefully on January 1, 2017 at Grace Assisted Living Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. Calvin was born the second son of Henry and Lula (Bolton) Graybeal on October 8, 1925 in Castleford on the same site he and Lola lived and raised their family for 67 years. After Calvin...
Phyllis Eriksen
Jan 1, 2017
Phyllis Hymas Eriksen, 87, of Buhl, lived from September 29, 1929 to January 1, 2017. She was a resident of Buhl and formerly of Wells, Nevada. Phyllis passed away after a brave battle with a long term illness and associated complication at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho. Phyllis was born in Burley, Idaho. She was raised in Jerome...
Ruby Quigley
Dec 31, 2016
Ruby Lou Quigley, age 94, of Buhl, passed away on December 31, 2016, due to reasons of advancing age, while a resident of the Grace Assisted Living Center in Twin Falls. Ruby was born February 20, 1922 in Filer, Idaho, the daughter of Shelby Ernest Williams and Lora Mabel Williams. She grew up on family farms in the Filer...
Duane Petersen
Dec 29, 2016
Duane Arnold ‘Pete” Petersen, 85 died on December 29, 2016 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah as the result of a fall at his home. Duane Arnold Petersen was born April 3, 1931 to Arnold and Helen (Klaassen) Petersen in Sibley, Iowa. Duane’s family moved to Buhl, Idaho when he was a young child. He...
Robert Bailey
Dec 27, 2016
Robert Edward Bailey, 95, died December 27. He was born October 24, 1921 in Danville, Illinois, to Charles Clinton Bailey and Ruth Edna Long Bailey. The family later moved to Appleton, Wisconsin where Bob attended school. He graduated from high school as president of the 1939 senior class. After graduation, he enrolled in Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa,...
Kyle Woods
Dec 22, 2016
Kyle Calvin Woods, 62, of Buhl passed away on December 22, 2016 at St Luke's Hospital in Boise, due to complications from a stroke. Kyle was born March 17th 1954 to Marvin "Bud" and Anna Louise Woods in Cottonwood Idaho. He graduated in 1972 from Kamiah High School, Kamiah ID and began college at Lewis Clark State College in...
Mary Quigley
Dec 4, 2016
MARY ALICE QUIGLEY CASTLEFORD--Mary Alice Quigley, 95, passed away peacefully at her home sweet home on her farm in Castleford. She has joined her husband Clinton in the arms of her beloved Lord as of Sunday, December 4, 2016. She was born June 16, 1921, to Leon and Mary Peck in Buhl, Idaho. Complications during childbirth took her Mother,...
Julia Smither
Dec 4, 2016
Julia Cordero Smither - Buhl Julia Cordero Smither, our sweet mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on December 4th, 2016 with her loved ones at her side. Julia was born May 17th, 1936 in Redlands, California to parents Leo Cordero and Sadie Ortiz. She was the second oldest of five children. Julia grew up in Redlands, and after...
Colleen Ruhter
Nov 16, 2016
Colleen Ruhter Obituary Colleen Ruhter's work here on Earth has finished and she has gone home to the arms of her Lord on November 16, 2016. She passed away surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Smithfield, Utah on March 29, 1931 to George and Laura (Eggleston) Sheen. She grew up in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada. She...
Nelda Miller
Nov 16, 2016
Nelda B. Miller, 91, of Buhl, passed away on Wednesday, Novemeber 16, 2016 at Evergreen Place Assisted Living. Nelda was born on January 27, 1925, the first born of James and Ilah Bench, in Cache Valley, Utah. She grew up in Cache Valley attending school there. On October 8, 1941, Nelda married William Miller in the Logan Temple in...