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Nelda Tubbs
Aug 7, 2008
Just shy of her 80th birthday, Nelda LaRae Hess Tubbs passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Portneuf Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born at home in St. John, Idaho, on August 8, 1928, to John Lawrence and Ida Isabelle Hess. She attended school in Malad, Idaho, and graduated from Malad High School. Nelda married Joel...
Daniel Smith
Aug 5, 2008
POCATELLO-Daniel Lynn Smith, 80, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at the Idaho State Veterans Home. He was born April 18, 1928 in Bridgeland, Utah, to Jason Lynn and Ruby Alice (Edwards) Smith. He was raised Midway, Utah. Daniel met Lillian Rae Olund, his future wife in Vale, Oregon. They were married May 27, 1950. They were blessed with seven...
Grant Burke
Aug 2, 2008
Grant Burke, 77, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2008 at a local medical center. He was born at home in Grace, Idaho on February 12, 1931 to Denzil and Annie Melva Hansen Burke. He was raised and educated in Grace and graduated from Grace High School. Grant served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...
Erik Simnitt
Jul 30, 2008
Erik Travis Simnitt, age 13, Chubbuck, Idaho, returned to his Father in Heaven on Wednesday evening, July 30, 2008, surrounded by friends at an LDS church youth group activity at the American Falls Reservoir. He was born May 11, 1995 in Murray, Utah to Robert Joseph Simnitt and Margo Clarice Heer. He lived in West Jordan, Utah until age two,...
Paul Watson
Jul 29, 2008
Paul Silas Watson, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Pocatello Regional Medical Center. He was born November 4, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois to Horton H. and Vera (Hill) Watson. He was raised and educated in Chicago and joined the Air Force at the age of 17. He traveled to Idaho while on leave and has considered Idaho his...
Michael Larkin
Jul 21, 2008
Michael E. Larkin, 68, passed away Monday, July 21, 2008 at Portneuf Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born to Thomas J. and Julia A. (O'Keefe) Larkin on June 29, 1940. Mike was raised on a farm in Chubbuck and loved the country life. Mike went to St. Joseph Catholic School and graduated from Pocatello High...
Sylvia Wilker
Jun 9, 2008
Sylvia Lysle Clinkscales Wilker, 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 9, 2008, at her home, just as she wanted. Sylvia was born on May 28, 1920 in Louise, Texas to Frost Hawthorne and Lysla Drake Rice Clinkscales. The family moved back to Idaho during the Great Depression, and Sylvia was raised in St. Anthony, where she lived until she...
Kate Chaffin
Jun 7, 2008
Kathryn (Kate) Marie Chaffin, 50, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2008, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Kate was born on May 29, 1958 in Boise, Idaho to Keith and Dorothy Johnson. She attended school in Boise until 1968 when her family moved to Idaho Falls. Kate married Terry Jenkins in 1975. They had a son, Shane Jenkins....
Renee Galloway
Jun 7, 2008
Renee Galloway. 56, was born in Brooklyn, NY. Throughout her life she lived in a variety of other places, settling in Pocatello in the 1980's. Renee owned and operated Little Shepherds Christian Preschool and Kindergarten. Renee will be remembered most for her great capacity to love. She loved God, her family and others. She was very artistic, creative, loved to...
Dionne Johnson
Jun 6, 2008
Dionne Leigh Johnson, age 34, passed away at her residence on Friday, June 6, 2008 from natural causes. She was born November 9, 1973 in Angeles, Philippines Island the daughter of David Hansen and Ellen Edith (Lindberg) Yeary. She grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho and attended Bonneville High School. She moved to Colorado and later to Boise, Idaho, then...
Jon Helgerson
Jun 1, 2008
Jon Kip Helgerson, 41, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Eastern Idaho Medical Center as a result of Pulmonary Emboli. Kip fought the most courageous fight the last 12 hours of his life. Kip was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 18, 1966 to Carole and Phil Helgerson. He grew up in Pocatello and attended Tendoy Elementary, Alameda...
Valarie Jones
May 8, 2008
Valarie L. Jones 51, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2008 at the Portneuf Medical Center. Valarie was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 24, 1956 to Donald Laval Thorpe and Melba Louise Ashton Thorpe. Valarie was a very outgoing person with many friends. She found great pride in her grandchildren as well as her boys. She found satisfaction...
Robert L. Brown
Feb 27, 2008
Robert L Bob or (Hoss) Brown 84 of Tyhee Idaho Passed away February 27, 2009 at the Veterans home in Pocatello Idaho from causes related to old age. He was born January 1, 1925 at East McDowell, Kentucky to Willy Brown and Lena Vance Brown. Hoss grew up in the Hills of Kentucky. During this era times were tough and...
Shauna Olsen
Jun 12, 2007
Shauna Olsen, 41, passed away at her home on Thursday, June 12, 2007. She was born June 26, 1966 in SLC, UT the daughter of Dewey and Helen (Trujillo) Jones. Shauna gave birth to her first child at age 17, was married to her first husband for 18 years. They had three sons. Shauna traveled and lived in several western...
John Santillanes
Feb 13, 2005
SPOKANE, WA - John Santillanes, Sr, former longtime Pocatello resident, passed away on August 6, 2008, in Spokane, Washington, after a short illness. John was born on September 3, 1926 in Lemitar, New Mexico, to Jose Ignacio Santillanes and Francisca Silva. He spent his childhood in New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho and Oregon. John served during World War II in...
Amy C. Adams
Dec 12, 2002
Amy Cecilia Adams, 78, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2014. I didn't get everything accomplished I wanted to, so I left it for the kids. The weeds, the garden, the leaky faucets and all my possessions I really did not need after all, and last, but not least, my love. I was born in the first cement block house in...
Glenn Aldous
May 19, 2001
Glenn Ray Aldous, 53, passed away May 19, 2001 in Mesa, Arizona due to complications of a rare lung disease. Glenn's father was stationed in England in the military. Glenn was born December 13, 1558 son of Jack and Pauline Aldous in Allsbury, England, oldest of two children, The family moved from England to the Fort Hall area when Glenn...
Dewey Debell
Jan 21, 1998
Dewey DeBell, a long-time Portland resident, died at age 86 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, MO. He joins his beloved wife Evelyn, who preceded him in death on January 21, 1998 after 53 years of marriage. Dewey was born in 1924 at the family's homestead that his father built in Kim, CO. Dewey worked on the family farm...
Andrew "Drew" Wayne Hart
Jun 25, 1997
Andrew Wayne Hart was born in Soda Springs, Idaho on June 25, 1997 living in Pocatello, Idaho since 1999 until his passing away on Thursday, February 27, 2014. He moved away briefly in May 2002 to January 2003 to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Drew consistently had specialized treatment from an early age for his suffering from various illnesses, some of which...
Cameron Johns
Feb 17, 1993
Cameron Taylor Johns, 21, was born in Pocatello, Idaho, February 17, 1993. Cameron will be missed by his beautiful daughter Skye Marie, family and friends. He charmed people with his intellect, bringing smiles and laughter to all those who knew him. His passions were poetry and martial arts. Celebrate Cameron's life on Wednesday, March 26th at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005...
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