Obituaries
Richard Larsen
Oct 18, 2025
Peter Richard Larsen, 66, of Driggs, passed away on October 18, 2025. Funeral services will be on Saturday, October 25 at 12 pm at the Driggs LDS Church. There will be a visitation at 11 am prior to the funeral at the church.
Kent D Tonks
Oct 5, 2025
Kent D. Tonks — April 4, 1945 – October 5, 2025
Kent D. Tonks, affectionately known as “Gramps”, passed away peacefully at his home in Victor, Idaho, on October 5, 2025, at the age of 80. He was born on April 4, 1945, in Rexburg, Idaho, and grew up in the beautiful Teton Valley alongside his triplet brothers. After graduating from...
Shannon Renee Herndon
Sep 25, 2025
Shannon Renee Herndon (Thomas), 55, of Teton Valley, Idaho, passed away on September 25, 2025. She was born on May 30, 1970, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Ronald and Norma Thomas.
Shannon grew up in Treynor, Iowa, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Monte Vista, Colorado, graduating from Monte Vista High School in 1988. She later attended and graduated from the Denver Institute of...
William J Hastings
Sep 22, 2025
In Loving Memory of William J HastingsFebruary 25, 1942 – September 22, 2025
William J Hastings, 83, of Victor, Idaho, passed away peacefully on September 22, 2025. A devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, cherished brother, and faithful friend, Bill lived a life defined by service, creativity, and deep connection to family and community.
Born on February 25, 1942, in Rexburg, Idaho...
Heather Noel Wilcox
Sep 12, 2025
Heather Noel Wilcox, 49 years young, passed away on September 12, 2025, in Victor, Idaho. She was born on December 19, 1975, in Burley, Idaho, to proud parents Julie and Dennis Murri.
As a teen, Heather and her family moved to Victor, Idaho, where she grew up surrounded by the mountains and community she cherished. In 1992, she met and married...
Luis Rey Villa Vazquez
Aug 30, 2025
Luis Rey Villa Vázquez, de 58 años, falleció pacíficamente el 30 de agosto de 2025 en Victor, Idaho.
Luis nació el 25 de agosto de 1967 en Zapotillo, Sinaloa, México. Hombre de gran dedicación e integridad, dedicó gran parte de su vida a la construcción, asegurándose siempre de que su trabajo estuviera bien hecho y con orgullo. Luis encontró una profunda...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:...


