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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
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....
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...
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...
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 –...
James Robert Johnson
Dec 2, 2022
James Robert Johnson, 74, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away on December 2, 2022.
A full obituary is forthcoming.
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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...
Lynn Leroy Johns
Dec 2, 2022
Lynn LeRoy Johns was born on February 27, 1934 to Thelma Hill and Otto Johns in Bloomington, Idaho. Lynn passed away on Dec 2, 2022 at his home in Boise, Idaho following a long battle with cancer.
Lynn lived with his grandfather LeRoy Hill in Bloomington, Idaho during his primary years later moving to Montpelier when he became high school age....
Cain Ortiz
Nov 29, 2022
Cain Ortiz, 36, of Pocatello, passed away November 29th, 2022, peacefully in his home.
He was born on January 7th, 1986, to Celerina Cobos and Manuel Ortiz in Blackfoot, ID. Cain grew up in the Thomas area. He attended Snake River School District and graduated high school in 2004. He later went on to attend Idaho State University. He attended the...
Ronald Rowe
Nov 28, 2022
Ronald Allen Rowe, 77, passed away November 28, 2022.
Ronald Allen Rowe was born April 17, 1945 to Earl Zane Rowe and Bernice Allen Rowe in Pocatello, Idaho. He was the oldest of four children. His siblings are Pamela, Shane and Bret. Ronnie—as he was called by friends and family through his formative years—was raised in McCammon, Idaho. He had...
Lenna Faye Brokens
Nov 28, 2022
Lenna “Faye” Brokens, 97, passed away on November 28, 2022. She was born on August 25, 1925, at Lynn Brothers Hospital in Pocatello, Idaho. Faye was the daughter of Christian and Lenna Mable Haberer.
She attended Emerson School as a child, as well as the First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her family moved to American...
Earl Martin Vasterling
Nov 27, 2022
Earl Martin Vasterling, 99, was born August 21, 1923 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Martin and Amanda Vasterling. He passed away on November 27, 2022 in Pocatello.
Earl’s dad passed away when he was eleven and he went to live with an aunt and uncle on their farm until he went in the Army Air Corps in WWII. He was a...
Thayne Vargason
Nov 26, 2022
Thayne Vargason, 81, passed away November 26, 2022.
A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by visiting the Tribute Wall tab above.
Myron Lee Martin
Nov 25, 2022
Myron L. “Munch” Martin 66, of Fort Hall Idaho passed away on November 25, 2022 from natural causes.
Myron was born to Herbert R. Martin Sr. and Christine L. Wildcat in Pocatello on October 11th 1956.
He attended schools locally and at Kicking Horse Job Corps in Ronan, Montana and would later receive his GED at Idaho State University.
Myron held various labor...
Mary Phillips
Nov 25, 2022
Mary Phillips, 98, passed away November 25, 2022.
A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by visiting the Tribute Wall tab above.
Terrence "Terry" J. Hansen
Nov 19, 2022
Terry J. Hansen, 85, passed away on November 19, 2022.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. at Wilks Funeral Home. The family will also receive friends at Wilks for a viewing beginning 1 hour prior to the funeral services. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, Terry's family has requested...
Katelyn Mae Taylor
Nov 19, 2022
Katelyn Mae Taylor was born February 6th, 2004, to Kyle Gates and Lana Mae Taylor in Pocatello, Idaho. Katelyn attended Wilcox Elementary, Hawthorne Middle School, and graduated from Pocatello High School in 2022. Her best friend was Harley Ann Lively who she met in elementary school and remained close with through the years. Jaylynn Kell was another close friend who...
Marie Burnett Housley
Nov 18, 2022
Melba Marie Burnett Housley entered this life into the loving arms of her parents, Melba Brewer Burnett and Kenneth William Burnett on March 9, 1926, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In Pocatello, Idaho on November 18, 2022, she peacefully left this life back into the arms of her loving parents and the eternal embrace of "the love of her life",...
Don Bloxham
Nov 17, 2022
Don Dee Bloxham, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully at his home due to a stroke on November 17, 2022. He was surrounded by his family and loved ones.
Don was born on July 1, 1940 in Malad, Idaho to Don Devere Bloxham and Beth Bybee Bloxham of Downey, Idaho. He grew up and attended schools in...
Judy Carol Martin
Nov 17, 2022
Judy Carol (Andersen) Martin, 83, passed away quietly and peacefully in her home on November 17, 2022.
Born November 17, 1939, in Silverton, Oregon, Judy was the daughter of Elven Andersen and Barbara (Schneider) Anderson, later Mesenbrink.
Judy married the love of her life, Ron Martin, of Eagle, Idaho, March 23, 1959. They were married 46 years before she lost Ron...
Charles R. Hyde
Nov 17, 2022
Charles Robbins Hyde, 90, passed away on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Pocatello, Idaho.
Charles was born in Logan, Utah, on May 8, 1932, to Willard Parry and Sarah Robbins Hyde. The oldest of four children, Charles grew up in Wellsville and Springville, where he served as high school band president, playing saxophone. He also enjoyed being a lifeguard at the...
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