Obituaries

Letha Amoth
May 26, 2016
Letha Joann (Nichols) Amoth was born to Sam and Anna Nichols on November 1, 1938 at Fredonia, Kansas. Letha went home to be with the Lord on May 26, 2016 at her home in Buhl, Idaho surrounded by her family after a long, courageous battle with breast cancer. As a young girl, she moved with her family to California...
Randell Lehmann
May 20, 2016
Randell Paul Lehmann, 69, of Wendell, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016 at his home. Randell was born in Wendell, Idaho to Kenneth and Pearl Lehmann, the third of eleven children. He grew up on the family farm and attended the schools in Wendell, before he went into the U.S. Army. Leaving the Army, he returned to work...
Joseph Swaner
May 19, 2016
Joseph John Swaner Jr., 92, of Hagerman, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at his home. Joe was born Sept. 6th, 1923 in Acequia ID, the eldest of 8 children born to Joseph John Swaner and Martha Mae Lowery Swaner. The family later moved to Hailey Idaho where as a young man; Joe worked on a farm. He...
Jefre Hudson
May 18, 2016
Jefre "Jeff" Hudson, 57, of Buhl, Idaho went peacefully into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior on May 18, 2016 surrounded by the love of his family. Jeff fought a long battle with pancreatic cancer never once losing his faith, hope and love for Jesus. Jeff graduated from Buhl High School in 1978. He attended CSI with...
Harlan Hamon
May 16, 2016
Jack Eugene Hamon passed away on May 16, 2016 at his home in Castleford, Idaho. He was born October 3, 1922, in Cheyenne, Oklahoma Territory to James Alonzo and Beatrice Virginia Jefcoat Hamon. He spent most of his childhood around Port de Luna, New Mexico, on his dad's ranch. He then started work on other ranches throughout the West....
Oma Allen-Alm
May 15, 2016
Oma "Polly" Pauline Allen Alm, 89, of Buhl, passed away May 14, 2016 at her home. Polly was born in Bryarly, Texas Dec. 20, 1926. She and her family moved often when she was a child. She eventually settled in Livermore, California and spent many of her young adult years there. In 1956, she married Clayton "Ted" Alm. In...
Benjamin Briggs
May 13, 2016
Benjamin Lee Briggs, 93, of Buhl, died Friday May 13, 2016. Ben was born on September 2, 1922, in Twin Falls, ID, to Ernest and Ella Briggs and raised in Twin Falls. While serving in the Army Air Corp during World War II in England, he married Mary Gertrude Wade in Blackpool, England on April 24, 1945. Ben is...

Gary Heidel
May 1, 2016
GARY JAY HEIDEL June 1, 1940 - May 1, 2016 The family of Gary Heidel sadly announces his passing after a year of declining health. He died peacefully in his home on the Heidel Homestead near Castleford Monday, May 1. Gary was born in Lewiston, Idaho on June 1, 1940. At age 4, he moved with his family to...
Mildred Behrhorst
May 1, 2016
Mildred Irene Voorhees Behrhorst, went to be with her Savior and Lord, May 1, 2016. She passed away peacefully at Desert View Care Center in Buhl, Idaho with family by her side. Mildred was born in Wausa, Nebraska on Jan. 5, 1925. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Henry Voorhees and Blanche May (Perrill) Voorhees; her...
Franklin Hyneman
Apr 20, 2016
Franklin Keese Hyneman, 86, of Buhl, passed away April 20, 2016 at his home. Frank was born in Orange, New Jersey to John Raymond and Mary Elizabeth Hyneman. He grew up in Chatham, New Jersey. He attended Buxton Country Day School through 8th grade. He graduated from Chatham High School in 1947. Frank was very active in hockey, soccer...

Frank Wheeler
Apr 14, 2016
Frank "Allen" Wheeler, 79, of Castleford, passed away April 14, 2016 at the Twin Falls Care Center. A funeral service will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Farmer Funeral Chapel in Buhl.
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Sherry Laybourne
Apr 11, 2016
Sherry Lynn Laybourne passed away April 11, 2016 at her home in Lewiston, Idaho, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 58 years old. Sherry was born on October 12, 1957 in San Bernardino, California to Wanda and Richard Shearer. Shortly after, Wanda married James Dye and he raised her as his own. She had 10 siblings. Sherry...
Doris Haslip
Mar 25, 2016
Doris Susie Haslip, 102, of Buhl, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Woodland Estates Assisted Living in Buhl. Doris was born January 11, 1914 in Parsons, Kansas to Jacob and Nora Maddy. In 1920, her family moved to Missouri where she grew up and attended school. In 1935, she married Harvey Haslip and together they had three children,...
William Stotts
Mar 22, 2016
William Lee Stotts passed away 22 March 2016 at age 82 at his home in Buhl, Idaho. He was born in Colton, Henry, Ohio in their upstairs bedroom on 15 February 1934 to Lee H Stotts and Ruby Ray (Perry). He traveled with his father picking fruit for a couple yrs in his youth. He married Mary Hess in...
Brian Tadlock
Mar 5, 2016
Brian Kent Tadlock, 49, of Buhl, was born March 6, 1966 in Twin Falls, ID to Butch and Julia Tadlock. He was the first of three children with sisters, Lori and Tiffanie. He attended school in Castleford and Buhl; graduating from Buhl High School in 1984. He started working as a teenager with his father and uncle, Ken Ellis...
Elizabeth Zelenski
Feb 26, 2016
Elizabeth Euphrosine (Weber) Zelenski passed away February 26, 2016. She was born in upstate New York in 1945. Beth spent her high school years in Phoenix, Arizona, where she was active in school plays and little theater. She fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a harpist, majored in music at San Francisco State University and gave harp lessons for...
Marilyn Olsen
Feb 14, 2016
Marilyn Bennett Olsen, 76, left us on February 14, 2016 to join her heavenly father, her parents, her beloved husband, James A. Olsen and son, Andy William Pittman. Shew as born to Lynn and Grace Parris on August 31, 1939 in Virginia City, Idaho. She was blessed to them Dec. 3, 1939 and baptized Nov. 1, 1947 into the...

Sherry Knight
Feb 10, 2016
Sherry Lavon Knight, 61, of Buhl, passed away Feb. 10, 2016 at her home. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Farmer Funeral Chapel in Buhl.
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Carl Hatfield
Jan 14, 2016
Carl Wayne Hatfield, 73, of Buhl, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the St. Luke's Magic Valley Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho. Carl was born on October 28, 1942 in Wendell, Idaho. He grew up in Buhl and graduated from Buhl High School in 1961. After high school, He attended the University of Idaho, studying Animal Husbandry....