Obituaries
Iris Marie Simms
Dec 24, 2023
Iris Marie Tuttle Simms passed away Dec. 24, 2023. Iris was born July 26, 1932, to Ernest and Mildren Joslin Tuttle. She was the third of three daughters. She married Kenneth L Simms on Dec. 18, 1948. They have three children, Gary (Diane) Simms, LuAnn Simms West, Larry (Deb) Simms. She has eleven grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and one great-great...
JoAnn Rose Bauer
Dec 23, 2023
JoAnn Rose Bauer passed away, Saturday December 23, 2023, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. A visitation will be from 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. on Thursday December 29 at St John's Lutheran Church in American Falls. The funeral will follow beginning at 11:30 a.m. Interment will be that Falls View Cemetery. A full obituary will be posted when available. To order...
Frances Schmett
Dec 21, 2023
Frances Schmett passed from this life, Thursday, December 21, 2023 at her home in American Falls, Idaho.
Fran was born December 23, 1937, in American Falls, Idaho to Daniel Webster Abbott and Letta Iola Barton. The family lived in Hegler, Idaho and Wyoming, but in time moved back to Idaho. Happy to be back where they belonged for they loved...
Juana Rosales Martinez
Dec 19, 2023
Juana Rosales Martinez passed away, Tuesday December 19, 2023, in American Falls, Idaho. A visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. on Friday December 22 at, Temple Emanuel Assembly of God Church, located at 280 Polk St. in American Falls. The funeral will follow beginning at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be the Aberdeen Cemetery. A full obituary will be posted...
Mark A. Brimlow
Dec 13, 2023
Mark Andrew Brimlow was born February 11, 1953, in Pasadena, California, to Robert and Eleanor Brimlow. The family lived in Sierra Madre, CA until Mark was a year old, when they moved to Anaheim, CA. While living there, three more brothers were born to the family, making five siblings which included an older sister. Seven years later, the Brimlow family...
Mathew Castorena
Nov 22, 2023
Mathew Castorena born on April 24th, 1985, unexpectedly passed away on November 22, 2023, leaving behind a legacy of warmth, laughter and love. He was a dedicated Industrial Insulator for over ten years, but his true joy came from the time spent with his beloved children.
Mathew was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Jessie and Phillip Castorena. He grew...
Vernene Krein
Nov 7, 2023
Vernene Lee Krein (Haskett) passed away surrounded by family on November 7, 2023, in American Falls, Idaho.
Vernene was born to Ruby Mae (nee Butler) and Vernon Lyle Wing on March 5, 1944, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the second of two children. An Idaho Falls resident throughout most of her first 32 years, she graduated from Idaho Falls High School...
Darlene Adkins
Nov 6, 2023
Velma Darlene Adkins passed away at home on November 6, 2023. She was Born April 22, 1941 in Declo, Idaho to Joseph Earl Allen and Ormy Delores Divine Allen. She was the fourth of seven children. Joe, Jude, Marylyn, Richard, Darlene, Lee Etta and Lois.
Darlene grew up in Declo, Raft River and American Falls where she participated in many...
Leslie "Duane" Corbridge
Nov 6, 2023
Leslie "Duane" Corbridge age 90 of American Falls, passed away Monday November 6, 2023 in American Falls.
Duane was born in Sterling Idaho on March 18, 1933 to Vernal and Ella Corbridge. Duane attended school in Sterling and then Aberdeen before graduating in 1951. Duane worked for Bingham County Department of Road and Bridge as a truck driver and motor...
John Wilbur Duffer
Nov 3, 2023
John Wilbur Duffer passed away Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 after an aggressive battle with metastatic stage 4 lung cancer. He passed at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was not only a beloved son, brother, father, and friend; but a hard worker, a mentor, and an honest man. He was an incredible wood worker who's work brought joy to...
Kenneth Ekstrom
Nov 1, 2023
Kenneth Alan Ekstrom passed away peacefully on November 1, 2023.
Born January 25, 1960, in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho to Grant LaRoy Ekstrom and Edna Catherine (Hill) Ekstrom.
Kenneth grew up in Pocatello, going to school at Hawthorne Elementary and Hawthorne Junior High. Graduating from Pocatello High in 1979. He attended Idaho State University in Law Enforcement. He worked as...
David Craven
Oct 30, 2023
David Craven, beloved by all who knew him, sadly passed away on October 30, 2023, leaving behind a legacy of passion, kindness, and genuine love for life. Born on July 1, 1964, David's life was marked by his unwavering dedication to the craft of automotive painting and his boundless love for his family.
From the young age of 13, David...
Vernon Louis Bethke
Oct 29, 2023
Vernon Louis Bethke, August 11, 1935- October 29, 2023, a lifelong resident of American Falls, Idaho.
Vernon grew up along with 3 brothers on his parent’s American Falls farm. Ade and Bertha Tiede Bethke raised a boy who loved being outdoors and loved building stuff…those passions remained until his life’s end. Other passions, and adventures for Vernon included cannon building...
Humberto Reyes Castaneda
Oct 24, 2023
Humberto Reyes Castaneda
Humberto Reyes Castaneda passed away, October 24, 2023, in Rupert, Idaho.
The visitation will be from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at St Mary’s Catholic Church in American Falls.
Humberto married Yolanda Bosquez on March 15, 1959. They shared 56 years of love, happiness, and compassion of life for each other. They...
Richard Melvin Morris
Oct 23, 2023
Richard’s best friend once told him that he was nearly impossible to insult. It was just one reason that he had so many best friends.
Richard, 95, died on October 23, 2023 in Pocatello, Idaho, of natural causes. His unabashed love of cheeseburgers, French fries and strawberry milkshakes caused his children to entertain the thought of adding the phrase “Long...
Richard Allen
Oct 21, 2023
Richard Welton Allen passed away, Saturday October 21, 2023, in American Falls, Idaho. A visitation will be from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. on Thursday October 26 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center at 111 Church Place in American Falls. The funeral will follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be at a later date. ...
Carolyn Taylor Wallace
Oct 20, 2023
Carolyn Taylor Wallace, dearly loved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend peacefully passed away surrounded by family on October 20, 2023 in South Jordan, Utah. She was born to Frank R. and Zettella Taylor on August 22, 1932 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. She married Frank Wallace on July 20, 1953 in the Cardston, Alberta, Temple.
Carolyn’s greatest joys were her family,...
Glayda Corbridge Kendell
Oct 7, 2023
Glayda Jane Kendell, 84, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, returned to her loving Heavenly Father on October 7, 2023, at Portneuf Hospital in Pocatello, Idaho following complications from surgery. She was born on November 17, 1938, in Blackfoot, Idaho to Melvin Andrew and Doris Lectie (Sparks) Olsen where she joined three siblings, Dennis, Richard, and Sharon. These Olsen...
Brenda Lee Bendickson
Sep 30, 2023
September 30, 2023 started out as a delightful Saturday morning and Brenda started out the day doing really great and was quite excited that she finally found the BYU Channel 374 to watch the World General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, that excitement all changed Saturday evening when Brenda was in her electric wheelchair,...
Elton "Clint" Phillips
Sep 30, 2023
Elton “Clint” Phillips, born May 27, 1933, at home in Aberdeen, Idaho. He was the son of Eddie J Phillips and Dorothy “Ione” Muirbrook.
He had two brothers and two sisters: Wayne Phillips; Arthur (Ruth Ann) Phillips of Middleton, Idaho; Verla Rae Ottley of Shelley, Idaho; and Patricia Dee (Lester) Wilson of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Clint was active in...
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