PoliticalGraveyard.com

Twin Falls County
Idaho

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Twin Falls County

Index to Locations Buhl West End Cemetery Twin Falls Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery Twin Falls Twin Falls Cemetery West End Cemetery Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho Politicians buried here:   John Matthew Barker (1916-1995) — also known as John M. Barker — of Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, November 29, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Idaho state senate 24th District, 1967-84. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary. Died, of heart failure, in Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho, November 1, 1995 (age 78 years, 337 days). Interment at West End Cemetery. Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho Politicians buried here: Herbert G. Lauterbach (1888-1968) — of Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minn., September 8, 1888. Rancher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Twin Falls, Idaho, 1947-49; defeated (Progressive Citizens), 1949. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died, in Magic Valley Memorial Hospital, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, August 19, 1968 (age 79 years, 346 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, November 7, 1922, to Gladys Emily Foster.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News, February 18, 1947 Rulon John Schwendiman (1899-1990) — also known as Rulon J. Schwendiman — of Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in Teton, Fremont County, Idaho, August 23, 1899. Merchant; mayor of Twin Falls, Idaho, 1949-52. Died in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, September 28, 1990 (age 91 years, 36 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Friedrich Schwendiman and Ethel Amelia (Williams) Schwendiman; married 1920 to Rhea Winter.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News, April 6, 1949 Twin Falls Cemetery Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: William Hunsberger Detweiler (1893-1965) — also known as William H. Detweiler; Bill Detweiler — of Hazelton, Jerome County, Idaho. Born in Souderton, Montgomery County, Pa., January 1, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; sheep rancher; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1927-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1940 (member, Credentials Committee), 1952 (alternate); candidate for Governor of Idaho, 1944; member of Idaho state senate, 1951-54. Member, Lions; Elks; American Legion. Died, from an aortic aneurysm, in St. Luke's Hospital, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, June 25, 1965 (age 72 years, 175 days). Interment at Twin Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David F. Detweiler and Marietta Kindig (Hunsberger) Detweiler; married, March 20, 1915, to Bessie C. Miller; married, November 19, 1919, to Gertrude E. Homan.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News, June 27, 1965 Bert A. Sweet (1891-1964) — of Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in Viola, Barry County, Mo., October 18, 1891. Mayor of Twin Falls, Idaho, 1943-47; defeated, 1935. Died, in Twin Falls Clinic Hospital, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, October 10, 1964 (age 72 years, 358 days). Interment at Twin Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1912 to Hazel E. Hillman.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News, April 23, 1945   Gertrude Detweiler (1895-1988) — also known as Gertrude E. Homan; Mrs. W. H. Detweiler — of Hazelton, Jerome County, Idaho; Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., March 12, 1895. Republican. Nurse; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1956, 1968; chair, Arrangements Committee, chair, 1960. Female. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Died, in the Lewiston Care Center, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, July 20, 1988 (age 93 years, 130 days). Interment at Twin Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of William Homan and Ida Homan; married, November 19, 1919, to William Hunsberger Detweiler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frankie Kearns Alworth (1883-1968) — also known as Frankie K. Alworth; Frankie Kearns — of Filer, Twin Falls County, Idaho; Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Born in Gunnison, Sanpete County, Utah, January 12, 1883. Democrat. Merchant; member of Idaho state house of representatives, 1939; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1940. Female. Protestant. Member, Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, December 15, 1968 (age 85 years, 338 days). Interment at Twin Falls Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Henry A. Kearns and Ellen M. (Robbins) Kearns; married, October 24, 1905, to William F. Alworth.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.
	The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.
	The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
	Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
	The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/TF-buried.html.
	Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
	If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
What is a "political graveyard"? See Political Dictionary; Urban Dictionary.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025.