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

Merle Jay Meyers

Merle Jay Meyers

Aug 29, 2014

Merle Jay Meyers of Bannock Creek, Pocatello, Idaho unexpectedly passed away on Friday, August 29, 2014 while enjoying one of his most treasured pastimes - showing reined cow horses at the Magic Valley Futurity of the Idaho Reined Cow Horse Association. Jay was 65 at the time of his passing. Jay was the second child born to Merle and Dorothy...

Carol M. Stenson

Carol M. Stenson

Aug 28, 2014

Carol Stenson, 78, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, August 28, 2014. Her loved ones were by her side, along with her much adored dog, Katherine Anne (Katie). She was born September 29, 1935 in Roanoke, Virginia to Colonel Fred and Mary Margaret McManaway. Her father's career in the military took the family to a number of military...

Craig L. Zahm

Craig L. Zahm

Aug 28, 2014

Craig was born October 28, 1981 to Larry and Nina (Arnold) Zahm in Pocatello, Idaho.Craig lived his entire life in Pocatello. As he grew up, he had many friends and hobbies. He enjoyed fishing, camping, waterskiing, trips to Island Park for snowmobiling, and yearly trips to Lagoon with family and friends. Craig graduated in 2000 from Highland High School.In 2003,...

David Ellsworth Hardin

David Ellsworth Hardin

Aug 28, 2014

David Ellsworth Hardin, 80, passed away at home on Thursday, August 28, 2014. He was born on March 2, 1934 in Cashmere, Washington to Earnest Ellsworth Hardin and Verna Lucille Warner. He attended the first grade in Oroville, Washington. He also attended grade school in Wallula, Washington. He graduated the eighth grade from Paine Elementary and graduated from McLoughlin Union...

Chris T Young

Chris T Young

Aug 26, 2014

Chris T. Young, 69, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 after a brief illness. Chris was born December 30, 1944 in Blackfoot Idaho. He attended Jefferson Elementary, Irving Junior High, and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1963. He married Debra Larsen February 15, 1971, and they were later divorced. As a youth he participated in summer activities playing baseball,...

Simba Wiley Roberts

Simba Wiley Roberts

Aug 26, 2014

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Sandra L. Matthews

Sandra L. Matthews

Aug 22, 2014

Sandra was born on January 11, 1942 to Stanley L. Smith and Pauline May Files Smith in Bakersfield, California. She and her three brothers and one sister were raised in Fresno, California. Shortly after graduating from high school Sandra met and fell in love with Freddie Matthews. She and Freddie married on May 20, 1960 and started their life together....

Kari Lyn Call

Kari Lyn Call

Aug 21, 2014

Kari Lyn Call, 55, of Pocatello, Idaho returned to her heavenly home on Thursday August 21, 2014. Kari was born October 31, 1958, to Rodney Smith and Mary Jane Stevenson. As a lifelong resident of Pocatello, Kari attended both elementary and middle school at Hawthorne and graduated from Pocatello High School. It was her time at Poky, participating in choir...

Patrick A Lane

Patrick A Lane

Aug 21, 2014

Patrick Arthur Lane, 52, passed away early Thursday morning, August 21, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center due to an extended illness. Pat was born on June 26, 1962 at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho to Ben and Donna Lane, who later divorced when Pat was age 3. Donna then married Bud Bock, who raised Pat to be the...

Betty Carroll-Valastro

Betty Carroll-Valastro

Aug 21, 2014

Betty Carroll Valastro passed away on August 21, 2014 in Pocatello, ID with family members at her side. She was 86. She was born in Kinsley, KS on December 29, 1927 to George A. & Pauline G. (Nolde) Wittig, the eldest of 7 Children.She attended elementary schools in Ford & Hodgeman counties, some of them were country schools. She graduated...

Polly A. Chandler

Polly A. Chandler

Aug 20, 2014

Polly Ann Chandler, 78, Passed away of a sudden illness, August 20, 2014 , with her family by her side. Her family and friends will miss her very much. She was a beloved Mother, Grandmother, Sister, and Friend. Polly touched so many lives, and influenced so many people by her shining example. She was loved and looked up to by...

Joseph Lyle "Nick" Lish

Joseph Lyle "Nick" Lish

Aug 20, 2014

Nick entered the world kicking and screaming on February 23, 1936, and never quit until the last few weeks of his life. When his voice could no longer be heard, he peacefully left us on August 20, 2014 surrounded by his family at his home.On June 8, 1991, Nick and Loni Henderson decided to take a whirl around the dance...

Devere "Jerry" Lowry

Devere "Jerry" Lowry

Aug 19, 2014

DeVere "Jerry" Lowry, 75, passed away, suddenly in an accident with his dump truck, Tuesday evening, August 19, 2014 in Chubbuck, doing what he enjoyed; working. Jerry was born in Cutbank, Montana on February 3, 1939 to Cleon and Jean (Bone) Lowry. He was a "Ranch Hand" from the age of 7 and loved the ranch life. He graduated from...

Eileen Kent

Eileen Kent

Aug 17, 2014

Eileen "Rusty" "Red" Kent, 79, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2014 at her home in Arco, with her loving family by her side. Eileen was born on September 25, 1934 in Oakley, Idaho to Ernst and Sybil Anderson. She attended Burley High School. She was a cook and waitress at the Chat N Chew in Malad, Idaho and worked at...

Stephen Lawton Myers

Stephen Lawton Myers

Aug 16, 2014

Stephen Lawton Myers, 67, of Inkom, ID left mortality after wrestling the grizzly bear called "Cancer". Steve was born June 20, 1947 to Lawton and Joan Myers in Las Vegas, Nevada. In his youth he attended 16 schools by the time he graduated from Highland High School in 1965. Afterward, he went to ISU and became activated in the Church...

John W. Nelson

John W. Nelson

Aug 16, 2014

Johnny Wilford "John" Nelson, 59, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 16, 2014. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho on February, 22, 1955, to Kyle and Dorothy Nelson. He attended grades 1-12 in Pocatello, graduating in 1973 from Pocatello High School. In 1977, he married Laurel Sivley Nelson in Walla Walla, Washington. John was...

Eugene K. Williamson

Eugene K. Williamson

Aug 13, 2014

Eugene Keith Williamson, 61, Chubbuck, passed away at a local care facility, Wednesday, August 13, 2014. He was born May 2, 1953 to Keith and Faye Williamson in Evanston, Wyoming. He spent most of his life growing up in Kearns, Utah with his four sisters and two brothers.He married Teresa Pearl Adams in 1972. They later divorced. He then married...

Marsha M Gault

Marsha M Gault

Aug 12, 2014

Marsha Manwaring Gault, 62, returned to Christ on Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 surrounded by family and friends. She was born in Pocatello, Idaho on July 19th, 1952 to Eugene and Opal Manwaring. She married John Douglas Gault on December 8th, 1976. Together they raised three children, John Daniel, Adam, and Holly. Marsha was a member of the LDS church. She...

Jay Briscoe

Jay Briscoe

Aug 12, 2014

Jay Lewis Briscoe, 84, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at a Logan, Utah care center. Jay was born September 24, 1929, the third of six children of Wilford and Elna Johnson Briscoe, in Preston Idaho. In his childhood he remembered laying in the farm fields of Tyhee hearing "J boy" called out by his mother Elna, as...

Arlen Pierson

Arlen Pierson

Aug 11, 2014

Arlen James Pierson, 80, passed away Monday, August 11, 2014 at the Pocatello Veterans Home. Condolences can be made to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com

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