Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
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...
Kathleen Austin
Sep 3, 1991
POCATELLO - Kathleen "Kay" L. (Plourd) Austin, 92, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2012. Kay was born on April 5, 1919, on her uncle's chicken farm in Westfield, MA. to Michael Edward and Catherine (Aylward) Plourd. Her childhood was spent in Springfield, MA. Her family was French Canadian and Irish Catholic. She married a Protestant. Life was never dull....
Marla Farnsworth Wells
Feb 1, 1991
Marla Farnsworth Wells was born to Floyd Delwin and Marjorie Sutcliffe Farnsworth on October 1, 1955, in Murray, Utah. They moved back to Pocatello in 1958, and Marla graduated from Pocatello High School in 1973 with high honors. She attended ISU on a scholarship between her junior and senior years of high school and graduated from BYU in April, 1976...
Angelea Schultz
Nov 1, 1989
Angelea Schultz, 23, has been recovered for her loving family to gain some closure to her tragic death. Angelea was born on November 1, 1989, in Ogden, Utah, to David and Maria Schultz. She was raised in Ogden and then spent some time in McCall, Idaho, before moving to Pocatello with her family at the age of 12. She attended...
Stephen Dale Leischner
Aug 13, 1986
Stephen Dale Leischner Colungo, born August 13, 1986, passed away on November 28, 2013 at the age of 27. Stevie lived his life to the fullest. He was born in Helena, Mt. and lived all his life in either Montana or Idaho. Stevie loved fishing, camping, hiking and the great outdoors, in fact, he is probably fishing right now! He...
Wayne Dee Heath
Apr 1, 1986
On September 3, 1948, Lee Ray Heath and Beverly Lanora Rolfe welcomed their son, Wayne Dee Heath, into the world. Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Wayne spent most of his life in the town where he grew up.
Wayne attended school in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School in 1967. During his high school years, he was involved in wrestling and...
Ned Feltman
Jan 17, 1983
Ned Kemp Feltman, age 73, died early Tuesday morning at Portneuf Medical Center West in Pocatello, Idaho. He was born to Matthew Lewis and Flora Larena (Kemp) Feltman. Ned was the third of four children of a blended family. Raised and was a graduate from high school in Richmond, Utah. He served in the US Army during the Korean war...