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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
Merlin Edward Phillips
Dec 13, 2022
Merlin Edward Phillips was born April 15, 1939, to Edward Harrison Phillips and Velda Lott, and returned to his Heavenly Father on December 13, 2022. He was born in Lehi, Utah and welcomed by loving parents and a sister LaVon. He spent his early years on the family farm working closely beside his father, learning to work hard and complete...
Derek Ernest Stettler
Dec 13, 2022
Derek Ernest Stettler, 42, passed away on December 13, 2022, in Pocatello ID.
Derek was born November 17, 1980, in Logan UT. With his family, as a child, he moved to Colorado Springs, CO, then to Culver City, CA where he experienced life as a child actor. He later continued growing up in Montrose, CO then to Logan, UT where he...
Alice Ladell Whiting
Dec 12, 2022
Our beautiful and beloved mother, wife, sister, grandmother, and friend, Alice LaDell Whiting, 81, had a tender mercy from her Heavenly Father to return to her Heavenly Home where she can be with her eternal companion, who passed away 17 years before her. What a glorious reunion!
LaDell Whiting was born January 18, 1941 in Boise, Idaho. She was adopted shortly...
Larry Wardlow
Dec 12, 2022
Larry Lynn Wardlow, Jr., 60, passed away December 12, 2022.
Larry was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on March 29, 1962, to Patricia and Larry Wardlow, Sr. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. Larry moved to Pocatello, Idaho early in 2004. He worked at Uncle Jim’s as a cook from 2004 to early 2022.
Larry played on several dart...
Ardath Johnson
Dec 11, 2022
Ellen Ardath Ellis Johnson of Idaho Falls, passed away on December 11, 2022 at the age of one hundred. Ardath was born May 3, 1922, in Spring City, Utah, to James F. Ellis and Ada Rhees Ellis.
She grew up in the small farming town of Spring City, attended the local elementary school, and North Sanpete High School in neighboring Mount...
Leeson Riley Kinney
Dec 11, 2022
Leeson (Lee) Riley Kinney 61, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022 at his home. Lee was born September 6, 1961 in Pocatello, Idaho to Leo and Verdean Kinney and was the youngest of three children.
He attended school in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated from Highland High School in 1979. Lee met Tawnie Wigington in 1985 and had a son Keller Kinney....
Thomas Dean Hansen
Dec 11, 2022
Thomas Dean Hansen, 59, passed away from natural causes.
Thomas was originally from Pennsylvania and moved to Idaho at a young age. He graduated from Highland High School in 1981 and furthered his education through online classes.
Thomas loved being in the outdoors. He was always one to lend a helping hand.
He is survived by his sister, Barbara Hansen of Chubbuck,...
Britt Juhlin Ripley
Dec 10, 2022
Britt Juhlin Ripley 1948 - 2022
An empty stage didn’t stand a chance when Britt Ripley entered the room.
A master storyteller, with dozens of poems performance ready, he made it his life mission to make every space brighter.
I guess you think you know this story.
You don’t—the real one’s much more gory.
The phony one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and...
Rachelle Ann Wallace
Dec 10, 2022
Rachelle Ann Wallace passed away December 10, 2022 due to a tragic accident involving a drunk driver. Rachelle was born on the 29th of November in 1986 in Pocatello, Idaho to Ricky Wallace and Faye Vezina (Workman).
She graduated from New Horizon High School. Growing up, Rachelle’s favorite thing to do was spend time playing outside with her brother Robert, her...
Terry Griffith
Dec 9, 2022
Terry Griffith, 75, of Pocatello passed away on December 9, 2022.
Terry was born in Eugene, Oregon, but moved to Portland at any early age. He attended Woodmere Elementary School and Marshall High School in Portland. Terry joined the United States Navy in 1966 and was stationed in San Diego, California for two years following enlistment. He then boarded the aircraft...
Robert Lee Taylor
Dec 8, 2022
Robert Lee Taylor, 58, passed away on December 8, 2022.
Robert was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to James Harrison Taylor and Lois Taylor. He also spent time living in Tucson, Arizona, Sunnyville, California, San Mateo, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Boise, Idaho, and ultimately settled in Pocatello, Idaho.
He worked as a millwright, and also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He also was a collector...
Merrill John Fry
Dec 7, 2022
Merrill John Fry, 70, passed away December 7, 2022. He was born May 11, 1952, to Floyd and Billie Fry in Pocatello, Idaho.
He attended Highland High School. Growing up in Pocatello, his love for baseball ensued. He was a homerun hitter because he would say, "I don't run fast."
Merrill met the one love of his life at the age of...
Linda Baxter
Dec 4, 2022
Linda M. Baxter, 75, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away peacefully December 4th, 2022, at Portneuf Medical Center, due to complications from Pneumonia. She had a courageous battle and wasn’t ready to leave, but God needed another beautiful angel in Heaven.
Linda was preceded in death by her husband Michael E. Baxter, her sister Irene Bailey, and her parents James C and...
Della Mae Jolley
Dec 4, 2022
Della Mae Bailey Jolley, born on May 18, 1931, passed away peacefully due to natural causes on Sunday December 4, 2022. Della was born to Joseph & Lillian Bailey in very humble circumstances in Rupert, Idaho during the depression. She was the 6th of 11 children (Joseph, LaRee, Thurlow, Ardith, Barton (who died at birth), Glen and Valora. Della’s mother...
Delynn Peterson
Dec 4, 2022
DeLynn “Pete” Peterson was born June 10, 1925 and passed away December 4, 2022. He lived in Riverside, Idaho with a large family.
DeLynn went to Moreland High School and married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Wray. They had two children both dying in infancy of cystic fibrosis.
After moving to Pocatello, he went to work for Rolands Dairy for 35 years....
Robert Mcateer
Dec 4, 2022
Robert (Barber Bob) McAteer
Robert Jerry McAteer Sr. passed away at the age of 93 on December 4, 2022. He died peacefully of natural causes at the Gables in Pocatello. Bob was born on August 2, 1929 in California, to John (Jack) Bess and Dorothy Waggner, although Tom McAteer raised him and was always considered his dad.
Bob married Marlene Byrd on...
Elmer Hyrum Stanger
Dec 4, 2022
Elmer Hyrum Stanger passed away December 4, 2022 at his beloved ranch in Inkom, Idaho. Elmer was born April 3, 1928 in Pocatello, Idaho to Elmer Calvert Stanger (Buck) and Nancy (Cleo) Olson Stanger. He married the love of his life Frances Ann Leo on July 31, 1948. They were then sealed for all time and eternity in 1965 in...
Jean Newsom
Dec 4, 2022
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Jean Newsom, passed quietly from this life to the next on Sunday, December 4, 2022, in Pocatello, Idaho.
Jean was born June 10, 1938, in Kimball, Idaho to Glen and Alice (Jorgensen) Hofhine. They lived on a 200-acre farm in Wapello, Idaho with her Grandma and Grandpa Hofhine, as well as two uncles and an aunt....
Larae Rouse
Dec 3, 2022
LaRae Pratt Hilton Rouse passed away on December 3, 2022 in Nampa, Idaho.
She was born July 11, 1939, in Preston, Idaho, the first child of Samuel Ray Pratt and Mabel Susanna Nelson. She was later joined by younger siblings, Derl and Verlene. She also had three older half-sisters – Ruth, Maurine and Doris Pratt – and two half- brothers –...
Linda Cheryl Ward
Dec 2, 2022
Linda Ward, 78, passed away on December 2, 2022.
Linda was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 2, 1944. She lived in Bountiful, Utah for the first 25 years and had 2 daughters, Cindy & Patty. She married an Army man, Gilbert Lewis, and spent the next 15 years living in several states and Germany. A son, William...
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