Victor Brent Cannon

Jun. 4, 1941 - Nov. 9, 2026

Date of Service: Nov. 20, 2026

HEYBURN – Victor Brent Cannon, a 85-year-old resident of Heyburn, passed away Monday, November 9, 2026, at Autumn Haven Assisted Living.

Brent was born June 4, 1941, the opening day of fishing season, to Clarence Bennion Cannon and Velda Davaney Cannon. Brent was named after his dad’s best fried in college, Victor Dover. He never went by Victor, but went by his middle name Brent, except for legal paperwork.

He grew up in Boise on Owyhee Street with his siblings; Jan, Colin, Barb, and Clarke. One of his favorite memories was climbing trees with his friend Bobby Plastino. They would wait in the seclusion of the tree until someone came by, then they would start singing Italian songs. The people walking by would look around wondering where the kids were. Brent was always liked to sing. He joined the Magichords, a barbershop group in Twin Falls. He also sang a solo in a road show. He was the Janitor, Mr. Clean.

Brent loved to laugh, he was known for his laugh. He especially liked to laugh while he was in a sleeping bag. A sleeping bag brought out his sense of humor. He could tell a two minute story in five minutes. Even if you had heard the story a million times, it was enjoyable to listen to because he enjoyed telling it so much. When he was 83-years-old, and in a wheelchair, he laughed until he cried while watching a Christmas movie.

He had life-long friends; Jerry Okeson, Tom and Jack Smith, and Larry Labrum. They played church ball, called ducks in Ann Morrison Park, went fishing and to scout camp. Other parents wanted their kids to be friends with Brent. The parents thought Brent would be a good influence.

He did not care much for school, mostly because it was hard for him to sit still that long. He graduated with a business degree from Utah State University. He was also a member of the golf team.

Brent served a mission in France, and Belgium. He spent lots of hours knocking doors on apartment buildings, along with riding scooters and bicycles. He heard lots of stories about the wars in Europe which had major influence in his life. He was successful in his church service.

Brent loved to buy things; trucks, guns, pocket knives, boats, plants, and shoes to name just a few. He always liked to buy socks at Arfman’s Department Store in Salmon. Every time we went to Salmon, he had to go in Arfman’s and get some socks, even if he did not need any. The price was always right. There were other things that he avoided spending money on like eating out at a restaurant. Service station food was better than a steak. He’d rather buy a sleeping bag than spending money on a hotel room. However, he did change his mind on that one as he got older. He did not like spending good money on church clothes. He was happy with an altered garage sale suit. He had no use for golf shoes either, he was known at the golf course for his work boots and his low score. He was proud of his four handicap. It was a sad day when he and Cal Wood, decided the golf game was over, they decided they were not good enough for it anymore.

Brent loved Buhl, he loved the small town life and visiting with people at the grocery store, Wester Auto, Kenny’s, and at church. He loved the neighbors and when he got old they would worry about him and report their concerns to his wife Karen. He always had great neighbors that would be the first ones there to help when he got into some trouble.

Brent lived at Autumn Haven Assisted Living for a year and a half. Early on, he made friends with the cook and was able to get some special flavors in his meals. He enjoyed hearing the ladies talk about this-and-that, he always claimed they were his entertainment. He enjoyed hearing, “It’s lunch time, wash your hands and come on down and don’t forget your teeth.”.

Brent made his transition to a new heavenly life on November 9, 2026. Martha Bench, who raised 13 kids in Oakley, shared with Karen recently, “When life is not fun, you need to make it fun.” this is what Brent did for Karen.

Brent was blessed with the gift of tongues and was able to learn the French language. He often spread the word of Christ in the French language. He liked bicycles enough in his time over in France that he had a French bicycle shipped back home after serving his mission. He once rode his bike all the way from Buhl, to Twin Falls and back.

He married Karen Wheelwright on February 14, 1967, and they raised four children; Vicki, Joel, Lance, and Greg. The kids loved seeing him walk on his hands, juggle oranges, do yo-yo tricks, and play “one potato”. He took his children to early morning seminary for many years. He enjoyed their success’. He taught the kids to shovel snow, peel peaches, pick raspberries, and attend church even when on vacation. As his children grew older, he loved to be their sponsor in their hunting videos.

Brent worked as a box boy, golf caddy, banker, farmer, fish processing plant manager, and a grower for a greenhouse. He liked to see things grow. He liked seed catalogs, watering systems, and spring and fall harvest. He would deliver garden produce to his neighbors on his four-wheeler. He grew peaches, apples, tomatoes, grapes, corn, and potatoes. He liked to watch the kids dig up the potatoes. Ken Hulse was his garden rival. One year, he counted all the compost trucks going to Ken’s garden just so he could match it. They had equally bad gardens that year. He bought a cider press one year and then made an apple grinder that was electric. Brent especially loved the night all the Jacobson kids came over shortly before Duff died.

There were things Brent never did. He never changed a diaper, he grew squash, but never ate it. He never cussed, well, almost never. Dairy cows seemed to be the exception. He never golfed on Sunday, and he never turned down a speaking assignment or church calling.

Some people thought he was a quiet individual. When he did say something, he had thought it through, and used a lot of sense and wisdom with the words that he chose to speak. He always looked at long-term results of the proposed issues that were at hand. Brent was the executive secretary for three stake presidents, and was a bishop in Buhl. He cleaned the Twin Falls Idaho Temple baptismal font every Monday for over 15 years.


The funeral will be held at 12 noon, Friday, November 20, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-Emerald 2nd Ward, located at 300 South 500 West, of Heyburn, with Bishop Chris James officiating. Burial will follow at Paul cemetery. Family and friends will be received from 11 until 11:45 a.m. Friday, prior to the funeral at the church.

Arrangements have been entrusted in the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.

A live webcast of the Funeral Service will be available and maintained at the following link: https://youtu.be/fdiE0hh69PI.