Amanda Chauntelle Staples Vodraska Darherjan was born August 10 1983 in Jerome, ID to Robert and Teresa (Smith) Staples. She passed away at her home in Lincoln April 28 2025. Amanda was an artistic person who also had a passion for music which she expressed as a singer and songwriter. Her family and friends were her life blood and she never met a stranger.

Amanda leaves behind her husband Jankassa Darherjan; her friend for life John Vodraska; her children Ravyn , Apple , Oliver and Vivian Vodraska; mother Teresa (Ken) Geerdes; father Kurt (Young Shin) Staples; grandmother Joan Fischer; brothers and sisters Bobby Staples, Akasha Kheen, Emily Vasquez, Amber Sellers , Ashley Goodro, Nathaniel Geerdes, and Angela Geerdes;

many many nieces, nephews, aunts uncles, and cousins.