Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.

Brenda Joyce Crane

Brenda Joyce Crane

Jan 19, 2025

Brenda Joyce Crane, 68, passed away on January 19, 2025.

A full obituary will appear here as information becomes available.

A viewing will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 pm on Friday, January 24, 2025 at Wilks Funeral Home, 211 W Chubbuck Road, Chubbuck, ID.

Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting the Guestbook below.

Vaughn Lamar Smith

Vaughn Lamar Smith

Jan 18, 2025

Vaughn Lamar Smith, 87, passed away on January 18, 2025.

A full obituary will appear here as information becomes available.

Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting the Guestbook below.

Ernest Jay Larsen

Ernest Jay Larsen

Jan 17, 2025

Ernest “Jay” Larsen of Pocatello, Idaho passed away on January 17, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer.

The world was blessed the day Jay was born, May 26, 1948 to Glenn Larsen and Betty Zahm at Pocatello General Hospital. He attended St. Anthony Parochial school until 8th grade. He attended Hawthorne and Pocatello High School. He was a proud Pocatello...

Anthony Allen Rickard

Anthony Allen Rickard

Jan 16, 2025

Anthony Allen Ricard, 35, passed away on January 16, 2025.

A full obituary will appear here as information becomes available.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at Wilks Funeral Home, 211 W Chubbuck Road, Chubbuck ID.  A viewing will be held one hour prior beginning at 1:00 pm.

Memories and condolences may be shared by...

Rene Rasmussen

Rene Rasmussen

Jan 13, 2025

Rene Rasmussen, 71, passed away on January 13, 2025.  

No formal services will be held.

Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting the Guestbook below.

Colton Rose

Colton Rose

Jan 11, 2025

Colton James Rose (Gomez), 33, passed away on January 11, 2025.  He was born on July 13, 1991. After graduating high school, he joined the Navy and graduated from Naval Nuclear Power School. Colton served on the USS Alexandria as a Electronics Technician 1st Class. After his discharge from the Navy, Colton moved to Pocatello, ID began work at the...

Karen Fae Parker

Karen Fae Parker

Jan 10, 2025

Karen Parker, 66, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away peacefully. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Jack and Lona Glasebrook. Karen developed a love for motorcycles at a young age, inspired by watching her father race in motocross. As a single mother at 17, Karen raised her daughter, Danielle, with strength and dedication, putting many of her own dreams on...

Peter D. McDermott

Peter D. McDermott

Jan 9, 2025

Peter D. McDermott passed away on January 9, 2025, from pancreatic cancer. A funeral mass will be held on January 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church.

He was born in Pocatello on September 23, 1939, the son of P.A. and Emily McDermott. His father was born in Ireland and Peter D. was very proud of his Irish...

Jack Chapple

Jack Chapple

Jan 9, 2025

Jack Kevin Chapple, 59, returned to his heavenly home surrounded by family at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho on January 9, 2025.

Jack was born to Jack Sr. and Delores Schritter Chapple in Pocatello, Idaho. He has two sisters, DeeAna and Delora, whom he was very close with. Jack attended schools in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School. 

He was...

Mary Frances Smith

Mary Frances Smith

Jan 8, 2025

Mary Frances Smallwood was born on August 11, 1941, in Macon, Georgia. Her parents were Cecil Smallwood and Mary Lillian Lowery. She was the oldest of eleven and outlived many of her siblings. Her remaining siblings are Patricia Roland, Eddie Smallwood and Sherry Ashley. In 1957, on Christmas Eve, she married the love of her life, Andrew J. Smith, in...

Cheryl Lorraine Balster

Cheryl Lorraine Balster

Jan 7, 2025

It is our privilege to honor the legacy of Cheryl Lorraine Balster who passed away peacefully in her home on January 7, 2025, at the age of 70 after a long, vigilant battle with cancer. 

Cheryl was born August 28, 1954, in Pasadena, CA to Marlys Nichols and LaMont Stetzer. Her family moved to Northern California in 1959. 

Cheryl married the love...

Stephanie Dawn Richardson

Stephanie Dawn Richardson

Jan 6, 2025

Stephanie Dawn Richardson passed away January 6, 2025. 

Born August 10, 1960 to Darwin G. Richardson and Kathy C. Richardson in Pocatello Idaho, Stephanie was raised in Pocatello ID, Downey ID, and Newport Beach CA. She graduated from Upland High School in Newport Beach in 1978. 

Stephanie traveled all over the world, her favorite travels were to Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, and other...

Marilyn L. Light

Marilyn L. Light

Jan 6, 2025

Marilyn L. Light, passed away, January 6, 2025.

Marilyn was born on May 1, 1950, to Bonnie and George Chatterton in Pocatello, Idaho. She grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School, the class of 1968.

On December 7, 1979, Marilyn married John Light.

In her early years, Marilyn loved fishing. She never felt bad about out fishing her husband! She...

Marie Hegland

Marie Hegland

Jan 5, 2025

Blanche Marie Pratt Hegland, 80, passed away peacefully with family by her side, January 5, 2025. Marie was born in Tooele, Utah to Ed S Pratt and Ada Neal Pratt on December 4, 1944. She was the oldest living child and was followed by 3 sisters. Marie grew up in Snowville, Utah where her dad ran a grocery store. She...

Connie Dinnsen

Connie Dinnsen

Jan 3, 2025

Connie Dinnsen was born December 19, 1937, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She passed away on January 3, 2025 in Meridian, Idaho at age 87. Her formal education began in Albuquerque, New Mexico and continued throughout her life. She was an Education major at the University of New Mexico but upon finishing decided that teaching was not her cup of...

Andrew Marlo Atkinson

Andrew Marlo Atkinson

Jan 3, 2025

Andrew Marlo Atkinson “Andy” was called home and reunited with his sweetheart, Mary, on January 3, 2025. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family and friends. He was 89 years old.

Born on June 6, 1935, in Malad, Idaho, Andy was the youngest child of Andrew and Edith Atkinson. He grew up in Samaria, Idaho, alongside his...

Connie Brangham

Connie Brangham

Jan 3, 2025

Connie Jean Higgins Brangham, passed away on January 3, 2025 at 90 years old. She was born on November 30, 1934 at the Pocatello General Hospital to Connie and Helen Mary Higgins. She was named after her biological father, “Connie” who passed away six months before her birth.

For the first four years of her life, she lived with her Grandma...

George Walters Frost

George Walters Frost

Jan 2, 2025

Loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and uncle, George Walter Frost, 94, left us the morning of January 2, 2025. 

George was born in Ogden, Utah on May 1, 1930 to George Frederick and Helen Alice (Walters) Frost. He often referred to himself as a "May Day baby". He was joined soon by his sister, Shannon, and later a brother, Roscoe....

Florence Twila Seamons

Florence Twila Seamons

Jan 1, 2025

Devoted wife, mother, grandma, great grandma, Florence Twila Seamons, 85, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in Pocatello, Idaho with her daughter by her side.

Mom was born in Dayton, Idaho to Florence May Crossman Daley and Ralph Otto Daley on May 5, 1939. She attended schools in Weston, Idaho and graduated from Westside High School. Twila married Delbert Jepsen...

Shannon Alice Swanson

Shannon Alice Swanson

Jan 1, 2025

Shannon Alice Swanson, our sweet mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, went home to be with Jesus on January 1st, 2025. She was 93 years old. The quintessential lady and a woman who was always there for her family, she will be greatly missed by those who loved her!

Shannon was born in Ogden, Utah on April 11, 1931 to George and...

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