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Joel Chandler
Mar 22, 2011
Joel Chandler, 77, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at his home with family members by his side. Joel was born July 24, 1933 in Pocatello, Idaho to Lorenzo and Eletha (Jockumsen) Chandler. He was raised and educated in Pocatello. He married his sweetheart, Polly McCurry on June 16, 1956. Joel worked for Union Pacific Railroad for many years. He...
Diane Shenandore
Mar 19, 2011
POCATELLO - Diane Skenandore, 89, of Pocatello, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at her home. She was born on January 1, 1922 to Frank and Connie Najor in Garnerville, Nevada. He father was Basque and her mother died when she was 5 or 6 years old. As a young girl she liked to beat the boys at baseball...
Krista "Kris" Robinson
Mar 17, 2011
CLARKSTON, WA - Krista "Kris" Kim Robinson, 60, formerly of Pocatello, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 17, 2011. She was born in Pocatello August 8, 1950 to Doyne Palmer and Reece Infanger. Krista spent her early years in Pocatello. When she was 10 years old she moved with her family to Moses, Lake, Washington, where she finished...
Ronald Meikle
Mar 16, 2011
Linel Ronald Meikle, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday March 16, 2011. He was born on December 25, 1920 in Rigby, Idaho to Linel and Ida Meikle. A few years later they settled in Bedford, Wyoming. There the family lived until he was 14, his mother died and they moved back to Thornton, Idaho. He resided there until his marriage...
Lola Tripp Shipley
Mar 15, 2011
POCATELLO - Lola Tripp Shipley 88, of Pocatello, passed away at her home on March 15, 2011. She was born January 17,1923 in Pocatello Idaho to Jessie Earl Tripp and Naomi Raymond. She graduated from Pocatello High School. She began her career at Mutual Life and later transferred to Kraft Foods were she retired from the position of Head of...
Michael Mccardell
Mar 13, 2011
POCATELLO - Michael John McCardell, 66, of Pocatello, passed away on March 13, 2011, at a local care center. He was born on July 2, 1944, to Keith and Gladys McCardell , and was raised on N. Kraft Road in Pocatello until his early 20's. He graduated from Pocatello High School in 1963. Michael worked at Zweigart's Meat Packing (Pocatello...
Viola May Swore
Mar 12, 2011
Viola May Swore, 86, of Pocatello passed away on Saturday, March 12, at a local health care facility. Viola “Solee” was born on April 11, 1924, in Readyville, Idaho, to Joseph and Irene Bullock. She was a twin and the tenth of twelve children. She grew up in the Readyville/McCammon area. She graduated from McCammon High School in the top...
Max Ranstrom
Mar 11, 2011
Max Kenneth Ranstrom, 81, of Pocatello passed away on Friday March 11, 2011 at a local health care facility after a long illness. Max was born on May 17th, 1929 in Pocatello, Idaho to Anna Virginia Higgins and August Leonard Ranstrom. Max was the seventh of eight children, and grew up in the Alameda area. Max began his apprenticeship as...
Willis A. "Bill" Wilson
Mar 10, 2011
Willis A. "Bill" Wilson, 84, of McCammon, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Pocatello Regional Medical Center. He was born November 14, 1926 in Swifton, Arkansas son of Aubry Odes Wilson and Lola Irene Adams Wilson. At a young age he entered the U.S. Armed forces and served from 1943-1947 aboard the USS Saratoga and the USS Rendova Aircraft...
Earl M. Petersen
Mar 9, 2011
POCATELLO-Earl M. "Pete" Peterson, 93 passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. Pete was born September 22, 1917 in Smith, Nevada to Martin Boyd and Gladys Henrietta (Nichol) Petersen. He spent his youth growing up in Nevada and California, and graduated from Riverside Junior College with an AS Degree in June 1937. He...
Sandra Robinson
Mar 9, 2011
Pocatello-Sandra Kay Robinson, 62, passed away peacefully in her home on March 09, 2011. She was born on November 27, 1948 to Ruby and Herman Baade in Pocatello, Idaho. She was attending Alameda Junior High, when she met the love of her life, Roy Robinson. They were married when Sandy was just 15 years old. She spent the early years...
Marjorie Farnes
Mar 9, 2011
BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH-Our loving mother, grandmother, and sister Marjorie Higgins Farnes was called home in the early morning hours of March 9, 2011 in Brigham City, Utah. Marjorie was born March 1, 1932 in Pocatello, Idaho to Lester and Emma Briggs Tolman Higgins. As a teenager she overcame significant physical challenges, due to polio. She graduated from Pocatello High School...
J. Keith Hirschi
Mar 4, 2011
John Keith Hirschi, 85, long-time Pocatello resident, passed away peacefully Friday, March 4, 2011, at a local care facility. Keith was born April 28, 1925 to John Henry and Mabel (Peterson) Hirschi. He was the oldest of seven children. He was a graduate of Sugar-Salem High School. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served from June 1942 "...
Lyle F. Craven
Feb 28, 2011
Lyle F. Craven, 65, passed away peacefully Monday, February 28, 2011, at a local hospital surrounded by his loving family. Lyle was born May 9, 1945 in Rupert, Idaho to Leon and Ila (Watson) Craven. Lyle was raised in Rupert and went grade School and graduated from Minidoka High School. His father owned the local bowling alley, so he naturally...
Eleanor Nuckols
Feb 26, 2011
Eleanor Elaine Allard Nuckols, age 91, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 At a assisted living facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho . Eleanor was born on April 27, 1919 in Pocatello, Idaho the daughter of William and Mitilda (Dundore) Allard. She grew up and attended elementary school in Arbon Valley, Idaho, graduating from high school in Pocatello, Idaho in 1937....
James Arthur Mcevoy
Feb 26, 2011
James “Jim” Arthur Campbell McEvoy, age 73, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at his home in Pocatello. Jim was born November 16, 1937 to Edward Albert McEvoy and Thurza Jane Chastain in Gooding, Idaho. Thurza and Ed later divorced. Thurza married Lloyd Earl Campbell May 3, 1942. Jim grew and loved his new Dad. The family settled in Shoshone where...
William T. Mitchener
Feb 24, 2011
POCATELLO- William T. ‘Willie' Mitchener, 69, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011, at a local hospital from a brief illness. Willie was born in Colorado. He attended school in Downey, California and graduated high school in 1959. Willie served an honorable military service in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1966 in Germany. In 1976, Willie moved to Pocatello. He...
Robert Michaelson
Feb 21, 2011
POCATELLO-Robert J. Michaelson, 81 passed away Monday February 21, 2011 surrounded by his family. He was born on October 19, 1929 in Clarion, Utah to Chris C. and Thalia Childs Michaelson; he was the youngest of 7 children. When he was 7 years old he moved with his family to Aberdeen, Idaho where his father was a farmer. He attended...
Gustuf Hammar
Feb 20, 2011
POCATELLO-Gustaf Leonard Hammar, 95, passed away Sunday February 20 th , 2011 following a brief illness. He was born March 8 th , 1915 on the family farm outside of Center, North Dakota to Gustaf Bernhard Hammar and Anna Tenney Aslakson. He attended a one room school house until the family moved to Minot, North Dakota. Following his high school...
Betty Jean Burback
Feb 19, 2011
Betty Jean Nussbaum Burback, 81, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2011, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born on August 29, 1929, in Montpelier, Idaho. She was the youngest of six children born to John Jacob and Emilie Anderegg Nussbaum. When Betty was eight months old her family moved to Pocatello. She attended Pocatello High School, graduating in 1946. She...
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