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Our Team

Anthony Cimino Laura Gomez Jennette “Jeannie” Lorraine
FUNERAL DIRECTOR APPRENTICE FAMILY CARE COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR

Anthony has proudly called Kimberly and Laura was born in Bellevue, Washington. We are proud to have Jeannie Lorraine
the Magic Valley home from a young age. She lived in Wyoming and moved to the as one of our funeral ambassadors. Ms.
Following his high school education, Antho- Magic Valley in the 5 th Grade and has Lorraine came to Twin Falls, Idaho in 2017
ny continued his education at the College been proud to call the Magic Valley home following some very satisfying life stops
of Southern Idaho EMT program. He began since then. She graduated from Twin Falls in California and Oregon. When Ms. Lor-
his funeral service career in 2022 and is ex- High School. She went on to attend CSI. raine lived in California, she led a reward-
cited to accomplish the funeral director ap- Laura has been a part of the Wilks family ing life as a mother to four children, and
prenticeship program. Honesty, hard work, since 2023. as an elementary school secretary where
and compassion hold great importance in she helped guide and foster the multi-
his life, and Anthony looks forward to the Laura lives in Kimberly with her husband tudes of students who passed through
opportunity of putting these attributes to Steve, and 9 Children. She enjoys watch- the school hallways on their way to a
work in serving the Magic Valley through ing her children play sports and support- higher education.
funeral service. ing them in every aspect of their lives.
Laura feels honored to serve families and Following Jeannie’s retirement of over 20
When Anthony is not working, he enjoys ex- their loved ones in their time of need and years serving in education, she and her
ploring the outdoors and traveling with his looks forward to the opportunity to serve husband decided their next phase of life
four wonderful children; three daughters the community. would be devoted to their grandchildren.
and a son. Family is everything to him. He This brought them to Oregon. Never one
is thrilled to be a part of the Wilks Funer- to be still, Jeannie found time to help with
al Homes family, and plans to continue to another one of her passions, wildlife. She
provide dignified and respectful service to devoted many hours volunteering at the
families in the Magic Valley area. Chintimini Wildlife Center and Wildlife
Hospital where she helped care for and
treat injured or orphaned animals.

Following the passing of her husband, she
moved to Twin Falls to continue her lov-
ing involvement in the lives of her grand-
children. Jeannie is a tremendous asset
to those she encounters. She does every-
thing she can to serve and help families
navigate the grief process with words and
actions both of healing and empathy.

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