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Ellen Watson
Sep 12, 2023
Emma Ellen Norgaard Watson was born on August 2nd, 1928. She passed away on September 12th, 2023 surround by family at the age of 95.
Ellen’s parents Peter and Christine Norgaard raised their family in Tyhee, Idaho. Ellen was the third of five children (Chris, Carl, Ellen, Anna and Marie). She attended Tyhee School, and graduated from Pocatello High School in...
Joshua Scott Tarbet
Sep 12, 2023
Joshua Scott Tarbet, 38, passed away on September 12, 2023.
Josh was born on August 8, 1985, to Lisa and Mahlon Tarbet at the Whidbey Island Naval Base in Washington.
He is survived by his wife, Heidi Tarbet; parents, Lisa Lee Hainline and Mahlon Tarbet; step-father, Edward Hainline; siblings, Nicholas Tarbet; Laura Pannell Gerber, Maria Madsen Shipley, Krista Tarbet, C.J. Tarbet and...
Janice Rae Poole
Sep 9, 2023
On September 9th, Janice Rae Poole passed away peacefully in her sleep. Jan loved her family, friends, and community. She was an avid animal lover. Always having a few dogs of her own and helping with others in her neighborhood, feeding the stray cats, and spending much of her life raising horses.
To know Jan was to know selflessness. She was...
Sylvia Amelia Whitney
Sep 7, 2023
Sylvia Amelia Allred Whitney was born on January 4, 1952, in Portland, Oregon. She was adopted by David and Inez Allred, and spent her childhood in Bountiful, Utah. Sylvia later attended BYU in Provo, Utah.
She married Terry Lynn Whitney on August 6, 1971, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and they had five children: Jesse, Shaunell, Christian, David, and Danaan. Their marriage...
Damian Alexander Jacobson
Sep 7, 2023
Damian Alexander Jacobson, 34, passed away on September 7, 2023.
Damian was born in Pocatello, Idaho on September 13, 1988. He grew up in Aberdeen, Idaho and graduated from Aberdeen High School. He joined the Army National Guard, and was an active member from 2009-2014. He was deployed to Iraq from 2010-2011. Afterward, he lived in Pocatello, Idaho and attended Idaho...
Carl James Smart
Sep 6, 2023
Carl James Smart (61) passed away unexpectedly on September 6th, 2023 in Pocatello, ID.
Carl was born to Marlow and Barbara Smart on December 30th, 1961, in Preston, ID. He was the fourth out of five children. Carl spent most of his youth in Dayton, ID and had the opportunity to be an exchange student in South Africa for part of...
Stephen Lewis Clyde Pizzo
Sep 5, 2023
Stephen Lewis Clyde Pizzo passed away on September 5th, 2023, in Pocatello, ID at the age of 59. He is preceded in death by his parents Mary Louise (McMullan) Pizzo and Stephen Leslie Pizzo, his ex-wife Michelle Pizzo and son Eric Pizzo.
Steve is survived by his stepchildren Kaitlin Cuddaback & Keith Cuddaback, Aunt Mickie Thompson, brothers Sean Leroy Pizzo (wife...
Celia Louise Strawn
Sep 4, 2023
Celia (Sally) Louise Strawn passed peacefully at her home on September 4, 2023 surrounded by family and friends following a prolonged illness. She was 82 years old.
Sally was born in Boise, Idaho on December 12, 1940. The oldest of three sisters, Sally enjoyed riding her mare “Midget” through the fields surrounding the Boise airport. Upon graduation from Boise High School,...
Amanda Bruce
Sep 4, 2023
Amanda Bruce passed away comfortably during her sleep at the care facility where she had spent the last couple years of her life. She was two weeks shy of her 91st birthday. Amanda was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Nick and Rosie Contos. She was the middle child of seven and grew up in the area known as the Triangle...
Antonino Mora
Sep 3, 2023
Antonino Mora "Tony," 74, passed away on September 3, 2023, at his home. He was born on February 18, 1949 in La Guadalupe, Jalisco, Mexico, to J. Jesus Mora and Maria de Jesus Larios. Tony grew up in La Guadalupe and later came to the United States in his twenties. Tony had seven brothers and three sisters.
He married Donna Pine,...
Dyrace E. Mittelstedt
Sep 2, 2023
Dyrace E. Mittelstedt, 83, passed away on September 2, 2023, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born in Glasglow, Montana on December 16, 1939, to Maury and Fern Weber. Her family relocated to Gooding, Idaho when she was 9 months old, and later settled in Pocatello, Idaho in 1955.
Dyrace met and married Iver Mittelstedt on June 23, 1957, and then graduated...
Robert E Allen
Sep 2, 2023
Robert “Bob” Allen was born to Herb and Mary Allen on October 25, 1949, and died on September 2, 2023 at the age of 73.
He grew up with many Italian friends and family in Pocatello, Idaho.
Bob had a love for crafting and worked at Hobby Haven for many years. He loved to bake and decorate cakes, and je. He worked...
Robert Alfred Oliver, Jr.
Aug 31, 2023
Robert A. Oliver Jr, 80, passed away peacefully in hospice care surrounded by loved ones following a fall at home resulting in a blood clot to the brain.
He was born October 5th, 1942, the son of Robert A. Oliver Sr and Frances Hornung Oliver. Robert grew up in Keokuk, Iowa and attended Keokuk High School. Upon graduation he joined the...
Nancy Ann Smith Gilliam
Aug 31, 2023
Nancy Ann Smith Gilliam, 79, died Thursday (8/31/2023) in Pocatello ID. Born in Norfolk Nebraska (9/24/1943) to Otha William Smith and Mildred Agnes Shannon Smith.
Survived by daughter and son-in-law, Shannon Gilliam Nechamkin and Gregory, Garland Texas; son and daughter-in-law Christopher Gilliam and Amanda, Talent OR; grandchildren, Cody, Emily, Kaylee, and Nicolas Hamann and Aubrey Gilliam; sister Monica Smith Shannon, Hartland...
John E Murray
Aug 30, 2023
John Edward Murray was born December 19, 1928 in Viking, Minnesota to George and Ethel (Sinclair) Murray. He passed away Aug 30, 2023at his home in Pocatello, Idaho.
John grew up with his four brothers in rural Minnesota. They moved to Idaho in the early 1940’s for George to work on the railroad.
He married Donna Lou Dunn on February 10, 1950...
Wanda Jean House
Aug 30, 2023
Wanda Jean House, 67, returned home to her Heavenly Father on August 30, 2023.
She was born on January 15, 1956, to Rex and Beverly Misner in Pocatello, Idaho. She was one of seven children.
She later met and married the love of her life, Raymond House, on September 13, 1975, in Lawrance, Kansas. Together they raised four children, Kevin (Kelsey), Amy...
Vanessa Andrews
Aug 29, 2023
Vanessa Andrews, 54, passed away on August 29, 2023.
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Eric Lynn Mickelsen
Aug 25, 2023
Eric Lynn Mickelsen, 55, passed away unexpectedly on August 25, 2023, at his home in Menan, Idaho.
Eric was born on July 20, 1968, in Pocatello, Idaho to parents Milo and Jean Mickelsen. A graduate of Highland High School (1986) and Idaho State University (1991), he worked for Farm Bureau Insurance before becoming a highly respected and in-demand consultant in the...
Frank Ervin Brunson, Jr.
Aug 23, 2023
Frank Ervin Brunson, 70, passed away on August 23, 2023, in Island Park, Idaho. Frank was born to Frank E. Brunson and Larue Clements Brunson on July 4, 1953, in Pocatello, Idaho. He was the 4th child of seven.
Frank spent his childhood running the streets of Pocatello where he attended Tendoy, Alameda, and Highland High School. In his teens he...
Rex Elza Hughes
Aug 22, 2023
Rex Elza Hughes was born September 6, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and passed away on August 22, 2023, in Pocatello, Idaho.
Rex served his country honorably in the United States Navy, and was stationed in Adak, Alaska for a period of time.
On December 9, 1966, he married Virgie Ann Kimball in Salina, Utah. After they got married, they spent time...
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