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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
Norma Bates
May 2, 2014
Norma Olsen Bates, 96, who spent many years in devoted service to restaurant customers, passed away Monday, April 28, 2014 at the home of a daughter, JoAn DiCataldo, in Pocatello. She was born July 28, 1917 to James C. Olsen (later changing to Olson) and Eliza King Olson in Ovid, Idaho, where she attended school in a one-room schoolhouse and...
William C. Hayball
Apr 30, 2014
William Charles Hayball, 88, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 from natural causes. He was born to Robert and Ida Hayball on April 16, 1926 in Pocatello, Idaho Bill received his education in the Pocatello area, living here all his life. He joined the USMC during WWII. He married Emma Blanch Moffat on May 11, 1947 in Dillon, Montana...
Stanley Henry Vegors
Apr 29, 2014
Stanley Henry Vegors, Jr., 85, of Pocatello, Idaho passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 due to complications of old age at a local assisted living center.Stanley was born on January 5, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Stanley Henry Vegors, Sr. and Esther Sharpe Vegors. At age 3, his family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where his father had a...
Georgia Ourada
Apr 28, 2014
Georgia Ourada, 96, passed away in her home on Monday, April 28, 2014, of natural causes. She was born March 2, 1918 in Boise, ID to Ruth and Robert E. Lee. Georgia graduated from Boise High School in 1935. On April 20, 1943, she married Duane Ourada in Boise, ID. She worked in Boise for the gas company, a bank,...
Debra Jean (Heiter) Kaufman
Apr 26, 2014
Debra Jean (Heiter) Kaufman, 59, of Pocatello, ID, lost her battle with a brain tumor, April 26, 2014.Debra was born, November 16, 1954 in Emmetsburg, IA, to the late Kathryn (1996) and Lyle (1996) Heiter. Growing up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she attended Thomas Jefferson School and shortly after, found her career of helping others. She worked several aspects of...
Milton James Nelson
Apr 26, 2014
Milton James Nelson, age 105, passed away quietly, Saturday, April 26, 2014 in his home from complications due to age.He was born in a sharecropper, cotton plantation house in Blevins, Arkansas, on Oct. 4, 1908. His chores were to gather eggs, slop the pigs, hoe cotton, bring wood and water to the house and take a list to the store...
Merlynn Barrus
Apr 25, 2014
Merlynn Barrus, 78, passed away Friday, April 25, 2014 at her home in Inkom, following a long illness. She was born to William and Carrie Floyd. She grew up in St. Charles, Idaho. She moved to Pocatello at the age of 17 where she continued her education. Merlynn met and married her husband of 57 years George "Stan" Barrus. She...
Cecil John Frandsen
Apr 23, 2014
Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Cecil J. Frandsen, 91, Lava Hot Springs, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. He was born January 14, 1923 in Shelley, Idaho to Burke and Beecie Frandsen.He married Bessie Owen on September 18, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had 7 children, 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.A Celebration of...
Cleora Anderson Richins
Apr 23, 2014
Cleora Anderson Richins passed away peacefully on April 23, 2014, at her daughter's home in Pocatello.Cleora was born in her grandmother's home in Albion, Idaho, on March 9, 1926, to Beldon Mouritz Anderson and Gladys Marcia Asher Anderson. She grew up in Declo, Idaho, graduating from Declo High School Class of 1944. She was an outstanding student and involved in...
Isaiah Nathan Ish
Apr 21, 2014
Isaiah Nathan Ish, 29, passed away April 21, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho. Isaiah was born to Jonathan Ish and the late Denise Ricker Ish, July 13, 1984 in Pocatello. He was a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and a lifelong resident of the Fort Hall Reservation. He was the father of three children, with his former...
Russell P. Johnson
Apr 21, 2014
Russell P. Johnson, 57, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 at Monte Vista Hills Care Center in Pocatello, Idaho. As per his request, cremation will take place and there are no services at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho. 208-233-1500 Condolences can be made to the family online...
Peter Loxterman
Apr 21, 2014
Peter Russell Loxterman, 73, of Pocatello, died Monday, April 21, 2014. He was born to the late H. Russell and Elise Loxterman, on April 2, 1941, in Pittsburgh, PA. Peter graduated from Shadyside Academy in 1959 and received a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1963. He married Betsy Bullock in 1964. They lived in Pennsylvania, New York,...
Lynne Howard Brazle
Apr 20, 2014
Lynne Howard Brazle passed away peacefully at Easter sunrise, April 20, 2014 at the age of 72.She was born in Valparaiso, Indiana on May 30, 1941 to Herbert H. Howard and Pauline G. (Hildreth) Howard. She was the older sister of three brothers. She attended school in Valparaiso, IN and graduated from Valparaiso High School. She and her family were...
Thelma Cooley Bauer
Apr 19, 2014
Thelma Mendenhall Cooley Bauer, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully at the home of her son in Chubbuck, Idaho, on April 19, 2014, at the age of 102. Thelma came into this world, delivered by her grandmother, Mary Ann Turner, a licensed midwife, on February 7, 1912, in Niter, ID. She was the second of 10...
Inez Palmer Fitzjarrald
Apr 17, 2014
Inez Sophia Rasmussen Palmer Fitzjarrald, 96, passed away at Quail Ridge early Thursday, April 17, 2014.Inez was born on July 9, 1917, at Preston, Idaho to James Peter and Sarah Jensen Rasmussen, one of ten children.Inez married Melvin Palmer on July 1, 1936 in the Logan LDS Temple. To this union two children were born, Karen (Bob) Wardle and Paul...
Mary Orchard
Apr 13, 2014
Mary Z Orchard, 85, of Pocatello, Idaho, went to be with Our Lord Palm Sunday, April 13th 2014.She was born on January 10th 1929 in Hardin Montana to Anthony and Bernadine Zahn.She grew up in Blackfoot Idaho.She married the love of her life, Robert Dale Orchard on September 3rd, 1960 in Las Vegas Nevada. After their marriage, they returned to...
Marcella Shoyo
Apr 13, 2014
Marcella Jean Preacher, Mosho, Shoyo, 70, began her journey to the creator in the spirit world on Sunday, April 13, 2014. She was born on March 6, 1944 to Olah Wadzese and Wilson Preacher in Pocatello, Idaho. She was married to Tommy Mosho and thru this union they had 7 daughters. After they divorced, she married Dennison Frank Shoyo on...
Nolan Jay Davis
Apr 13, 2014
Nolan Jay Davis (91) passed away on April 13, 2014 at his lifelong home -- which was the home of his parents William Clark and Laura Hopkins Davis. Born in Davisville (Soda Springs) Idaho on May 7, 1922, the youngest of seven children, Nolan's parents moved their family to Tyhee in 1923. Nolan attended Pocatello schools and graduated from Pocatello...
Marva Grace Campbell
Apr 12, 2014
Marva Grace Campbell, 93, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Marva was born on July 12, 1920 in McCammon, Idaho to Ray Lish and Grace Romriell. Marva was raised with her sister Belva in McCammon, Idaho where they attended school. Marva married James Wilson in 1936 at the age of 16. Together they moved to...
Fay Jones
Apr 10, 2014
Surrounded by family and friends, Fay Jones died peacefully at his home on April 10, 2014 at the age of 86.Fay was the oldest of four children born to Bud and Mary (Rose) Jones in Malad City, Idaho. He came into this world on June 30, 1927. The family grew with the arrival of two sisters, Mary Lois and Sharon...
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