Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Twin Falls, Idaho and Surrounding Southern Idaho Cities
Melvin LeRoy Carnell
Sep 1, 2011
Melvin Leroy Carnell, age 72, of Buhl, Idaho, passed away Thursday, September 1, 2011, at his home from a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded by his family, just the way he always liked it. Melvin was born May 22, 1939 in Ponca, Nebraska to Marge Baker and Gerald Carnell.He was one of eight children. The...
Harold "S." Griffiths
Aug 28, 2011
Harold "S." Griffiths was born April 5, 1931 in Twin Falls, and passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He attended Greenwood Elementary School and graduated from Hazelton High School in 1949. During his high school career he enjoyed many sports such as football, track and basketball. On September 23, 1949 he married...
John Bertie
Aug 27, 2011
Our beloved father, husband, brother, grandfather and friend, John Patrick Bertie passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, August 27, 2011. John was born in Pueblo, Colorado, on March 17, 1927 to Cecilia L. Warnick Bertie and Thomas H. Bertie. John lived most of his life in Twin Falls. He was involved in shaping the Poultry Industry both locally and...
Sharon Elouise Shelly
Aug 25, 2011
Sharon Elouise Shelly 1951 - 2011 Sharon Elouise Shelly passed away August 25, 2011 at the age of 60 years old of a short term illness. Born July 1, 1951 in Nyssa, Oregon, Sharon lived her childhood in Fruitland, Idaho, where she graduated high school in 1969. She later moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, where she met the love of...
Mary Nielson Flewelling
Aug 22, 2011
PARKE'S MAGIC VALLEY FUNERAL HOME 2551 Kimberly Road Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 (208) 735-0011 Fax: 208-735-0010 Mary Parkinson Neilson Flewelling 1917 - 2011 Mary Parkinson Neilson Flewelling passed away August 22, 2011 at the age of 94 years young of heart failure surrounded by her daughters. Her life and positive attitude were with her to the very end. Surviving Mary...
Junior Samuel "Andy" Anderson
Aug 14, 2011
Junior Samuel Andy' Anderson 1924 - 2011 Junior Samuel Andy' Anderson, 87, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, August 14, 2011 after a long, full life. Andy was born the youngest of twelve children on March 29, 1924 in Star, Idaho to Andrew and Pearl Anderson. After graduating from Burley High School in...
Boyd Alton Johnston
Aug 10, 2011
Boyd "Boydee" Alton Johnston Boyd was born on December 8th, 1933 in Wendell, Idaho and left us on August 10th, 2011 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Boyd was preceded in death by his mother Ida Blanche Johnston, his father Henry Alton Johnston, brother Delvin Johnston, his son Boyd Alton Johnston Jr., daughter Twillia Johnston, and two mothers of five of his...
Ida Elizabeth Swinney
Aug 8, 2011
Ida (Liz) Elizabeth Swinney 66, of Kimberly passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Liz was born the fifth of six children on January 28, 1945 in Calusa, California. She was raised and educated in California. There she married John McEntarfer and had four children. In 1989 she moved...
Robert J. DeBerard
Aug 4, 2011
Robert Joe ("Butch") DeBerard March 13, 1945 - August 4, 2011 Robert Joe "Butch" DeBerard passed away August 4, 2011, at his home in Twin Falls, Idaho, after a brief illness. Butch was born in 1945 at the Family Ranch on the Troublesome Creek in Kremmling, Colorado. Born to Fay and Chloe DeBerard, he was raised on the Ranch in...
Wayne Stiles Walker
Aug 1, 2011
Wayne Stiles Walker Wayne S. Walker, 83, of Kimberly, died Monday, August 1st after a short illness. He was born on September 27, 1927 at Hansen, Idaho to Clyde C. and Ruth H. Walker, and lived his childhood years and went to school in Hansen. He married Jacklyn J. Young on April 5, 1947 at Elko, Nevada, and they made...
Jack Birch Craner
Jul 29, 2011
Jack Birch Craner, 79, of Twin Falls, formerly of Buhl, passed away on July 29, 2011. He was born on June 22, 1932 in Eden, Idaho, the son of Hyrum and Maude Birch Craner. Jack was the owner and operator of his own large scale earth moving company, The Motor Patrol Service. Jack joined the Air Force when he was...
NORMA LEE PRESTIDGE
Jul 23, 2011
Norma Lee Prestidge 1930 - 2011 Norma Lee Prestidge, 80, of Twin Falls, passed away July 23, 2011 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born the 6th child of a family of 7 children5 boys, 2 girls in Kimberly, Idaho on August 21, 1930, the daughter of Herman and Beatrice Isom. The family lived...
ADRIAN OWEN GEE
Jul 21, 2011
ADRIAN OWEN GEE 1931 - 2011 Adrian Owen Gee, was born to Ormus Earl Gee and Winnona Tolman Sept. 2, 1931 in Marion, ID and was damn proud of it. After attending 12 years of school in Marion/ Oakley , he spent his early years as a hired cowboy working for Chick Bedke in the Oakley area. On July 28,...
Charles Edward Upton
Jul 18, 2011
Charles "Chuck" Edward Upton 1926 - 2011 Chuck Upton, age 84, passed away on July 18th, 2011 surrounded by his family. Chuck was born December 8, 1926 in Alameda, California. He was the only child of Charles Reuben and Annastacia Upton. He attended school in the Oakland area and graduated from Castlemont High School in 1945. He was drafted into...
Alma Edwin Peck
Jul 16, 2011
Alma E. Peck 1919 ~ 2011 Alma Edwin Peck, age 92 of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away July 16, 2011 at Twin Falls Care Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. Alma was born April 27, 1919 in Rupert, Idaho, the son of Justin and Anna M. Peck. He entered the Army in November, 1942 and served until 1944 when he was...
Angela Dawn Whittemore
Jul 14, 2011
Angela Dawn Whittemore, 37, ofBoise, passed away July 14, 2011 at her home in Boise. She was born August 1, 1973 in Boise, the daughter of Aubrey and Kathy Gorley Anderson. On August 14, 1993 she married the love of her life Paul Whittemore in Twin Falls. To this union were born three children, Thaddeus, Venice and Sheahlei. Angela loved...
Linda Marie Stahlman
Jul 12, 2011
Linda Marie Stahlman October 15, 1943 - July 12, 2011 Born in Wendell, Idaho to Mildred Quarry and Charles Sanders, Linda was raised by her mother, Mildred and stepfather, Edward Hartman, primarily in the Buhl area. She did spend alot of her early childhood with her Grandmother and Grandfather, Belle and John Quarry in Wendell, and later moved with her...
Richard Earl Commons
Jul 12, 2011
Richard Earl Commons Obituary Richard (Dick) Earl Commons Sr. passed away on Tuesday, July 12th. He was born on September 10th, 1924 to Robert and Robin Commons in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. The middle child and only boy, he had 2 sisters, Virginia and Barbara. In 1942 he joined the Army and landed on Omaha Beach on D. Day. He was...
Ricky Lynn Friel
Jul 10, 2011
Ricky Lynn Friel 1959 - 2011 Ricky Lynn Friel, age 52 of Hansen, Idaho died July 10, 2011 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Hansen, Idaho. Ricky was born February 8, 1959 in Marlinton, West Virginia, to parents, Donald and Lennie Friel. Ricky has been a resident of Hansen, Idaho since 1968. He grew up and attended schools...
Alan LeRoy Kime
Jul 7, 2011
Obituary for Alan Kime Alan Leroy Kime, age 83, died July 7, 2011, at his home in Shoshone, Idaho. He was born July 14, 1927, in Cornish, CO to Ivan and Bernice Kime. Early in his life, the family moved to the Sandhills of Nebraska where his parents operated a cattle ranch. He attended a rural school, later moving to...


