Obituaries

Jennifer Lin Wagner

Jennifer Lin Wagner

Jul 7, 2025

Jennifer Lin Wagner 51 of Victor, passed away on July 7, 2025. Service information and obituary are pending.

LeRoy Otto Weston

LeRoy Otto Weston

Jun 27, 2025



LeRoy Otto Weston was born to Otto Helmut Weston and Mary Ruth Burgener Weston on September 20, 1936, in Provo, Utah. His parents brought him home to Driggs about two weeks later, where he grew up. He attended school there and graduated from Teton High School in 1954. After graduation, he joined the United States Air Force and left for...

Darren Robert May

Darren Robert May

Jun 22, 2025

Darren Robert May

January 6, 1964 - June 22, 2025

Age 61, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on June 22, 2025, residing in Driggs Idaho.

Born in Boston Massachusetts on January 6th, 1964. Darren attended Schools in Stoughton Ma. Pennsylvania, and graduating from Canton High School in Canton Massachusetts. He had a passion for flight, although never a pilot per se,...

Marlene Nicole Wusinich

Marlene Nicole Wusinich

Jun 16, 2025

It is with deep sadness that the family of Marlene Nicole Wusinich (age 49) announce her passing from cancer on June 16, 2025 at her home in Driggs, Idaho. She is survived by her husband Scott, children William and Vivian, and a large extended family throughout the United States.

Marlene grew up in Washington state and then traveled to South Dakota...

Ronald J Burnside

Ronald J Burnside

May 6, 2025

Ronald J Burnside quietly slipped away from us just before dawn on May 6th, 2025.

Ron was born in Driggs, Idaho on June 10th, 1943, sixth of the nine children of George Vernon Burnside and Elda Burnside. He lived most of his life in Driggs, Idaho. Ron moved in 2009 to the ranch just outside of Tetonia, Idaho. The ranch had...

Rusty Harpe

Rusty Harpe

Apr 14, 2025

Rusty Harpe passed away on April 14th at the age of 45, leaving behind a legacy of grit, love, laughter, and horsepower. A proud native of Tennessee who made Teton Valley his home for over a decade, Rusty was a larger-than-life character—equal parts hard-working and hilarious—who lit up every room he walked into and every job site he ever touched.



Rusty’s...

Michael J Wood

Michael J Wood

Apr 14, 2025

Michael J Wood 74 of Driggs, Id was born November 14,1950 in Idaho Falls, Id to Dwight and Sylvia (Zonner) Wood. It was a devastatingly sad day when the family found out that he passed away on April 14,2025 in his sleep. After leading a full life in Teton valley.

Michael married Janet Eck and they had 4 kids together Dirk,...

Carole Anderson Travis-Henikoff

Carole Anderson Travis-Henikoff

Mar 19, 2025

Carole was an author, businesswoman, rancher and independent scholar specializing in paleoanthropology – the study of human origins. She passed quietly March 19th, 2025, and is survived by her husband Dr. Leo Henikoff, and her two sons Brett and Christopher Burroughs.

Until near the end, Carole had an insatiable appetite for learning, reading and writing. She loved reading and writing books....

Donna M. Thompson

Donna M. Thompson

Feb 24, 2025

 Donna Joyce Murdock Thompson was born in her Grandma Ellsworth’s house, May 2, 1933, in Rexburg Idaho. Her parents are Sterling and Lorena Murdock. She was #8 of 10 children. Most of her younger life she and her family lived in the Bates area of Teton Valley Idaho. Her father was a sheep rancher and raised many sheep. In the...

Reginald "Reg" Roberts

Reginald "Reg" Roberts

Feb 16, 2025

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our adored father, grandfather, and husband, Reginald Reed Roberts. On February 16, 2025, Reg passed away peacefully in the arms of his beloved wife after several years battling the effects of strokes and a traumatic brain injury, he was sixty-seven.

Reg was a man of enormous strength, unwavering drive, and...

Harry W. Baxter

Harry W. Baxter

Jan 28, 2025

Harry West Baxter, a revered figure in the skiing world and beloved family man, passed peacefully at home on January 28th at 95, with family by his side. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 72 years, Martha; son Dan, of Victor, Idaho; daughter Wanda (Steve) of Hailey, Idaho; granddaughters Jennifer, Jamie, Katie, Kelly; great-granddaughters Sabine, Sylvie, Charlotte; along...

Larry Cooke

Larry Cooke

Jan 8, 2025

Larry Cooke, 90, of Victor, Id., passed away on January 8, 2025, at East Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.

Larry was born April 21, 1934, in Kimberly, Idaho, to Lawrence Leland and Doris Grace Douglas Cooke. He spent his early years in Pocatello, until his mother passed away when he was a young child. After that, he and his...

V. Kent Bagley

V. Kent Bagley

Jan 6, 2025

Verl Kent Bagley, 78, of Victor, Idaho, passed away on January 6, 2025.

 Kent was born November 9, 1946, in Driggs, Idaho to Verl P. Bagley and Verna B. Humphreys. He grew up in Victor, Idaho on the family farm.

 Kent attended grade school in Victor and high school in Driggs as a Teton Redskin. He participated in wrestling and football.

 He served...

James Glen Beard

James Glen Beard

Dec 16, 2024

James Glen “Jim” Beard of Tetonia, Idaho, passed away on December 16, 2024, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, following a fall and head injury. Born on July 10, 1935, in Saint Anthony, Idaho, Jim was the youngest child of Richard Stephen Beard, a rancher, and his beloved mother, Pansy Woolstenhulme Beard. He was the youngest of seven siblings:...

Margaret Mary Savino

Margaret Mary Savino

Nov 11, 2024

Margaret Mary Savino passed away on November 11, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was the cherished wife of 46 years to Robert Hoopes; devoted mother of Mary Hoopes (Brent Nakamura) and AnnaLise Hoopes; beloved sibling to Anthony, Tim, and Vivian; and proud grandmother to Owen, Robert, and Emilia Nakamura. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vivian...

Rena Lagana

Rena Lagana

Oct 17, 2024

Rena Lagana, local caregiver and long time Tetonia, Idaho resident died unexpectedly on Thursday, October 17th in Idaho Falls. Rena suffered from Lupus and contracted an infection that took her life. 

Rena is survived by her husband, Bret Lagana; her two daughters, Darcy Lagana and Dana Campbell; and her four grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her father, Warren Knapp;...

Louise Morrison

Louise Morrison

Oct 12, 2024

  Louise “Liz” McKnight Morrison, age 94, beloved wife of the late Sherman Morrison, passed away on October 12, 2024 at the home of her daughter Betsy in Idaho. She was born in Bridgeport, CT on July 31, 1930 to Earl and Sophie McKnight. 

Liz graduated from the University of Connecticut (1952) with a BA in English. She was a Kappa...

Jesus Herrera Leon

Jesus Herrera Leon

May 9, 2024

Jesus Herrera Leon passed awy May 9, 2024 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. no further services at this time

Betty Elliott

Betty Elliott

May 9, 2024

Elizabeth (Betty) Elliott passed away peacefully on Friday, May 3, 2024.She was born in Philadelphia, PA on August 23, 1933 to Leo Nickersonand Edna Boettger Nickerson. After several years spent in Braintree, MAand Denver, CO, the family moved to Greenville, MI where Betty graduatedfrom Greenville High School in 1951. When the family moved to NewJersey, Betty attended Douglas College, Rutgers...

LaRell A. Kunz

LaRell A. Kunz

Apr 28, 2024

ErLaRell A. Kunz, 86, of Victor, Idaho passed away from a stroke on April 28, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 7, 1937 to Burton and Leatha (Moffat) Kunz in Victor, Idaho. LaRell was a gifted athlete, excelling in basketball and baseball during his time at Teton High School where he served as student body...