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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
Ronald Vandom
Oct 11, 2022
Ron C. Vandom passed away on October 11, 2022.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
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Jack Adelbert Thomsen
Oct 9, 2022
Jack Adelbert Thomsen was born January 11, 1933, to Joseph Delbert Thomsen and Virginia Rebecca Phelan Thomsen.
Jack was the second oldest of 5 siblings: Gayla, (Jack), Shirley, Ron, and Steven. Jack’s family moved to Glenns Ferry, Idaho where his dad farmed and sold produce. Jack was expected to help on the farm, but was not very enthusiastic about it. However,...
Pamela Joy Pelzel
Oct 9, 2022
Pamela Joy Pelzel, 66, passed away on October 9, 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Awaiting her arrival at the gates of Heaven was her dog, Slider, who was her companion for 16 years, along with her other beloved pets Cody, Sage, her horses, and the first family pet, Frosty.
Pamela was born April 8, 1956 in Barstow, California.
Pam was a graduate...
Elmo "Mo" Muir
Oct 9, 2022
Elmo Muir, 92, passed away on October 9, 2022.
Elmo was born on a farm in Chesterfield, Idaho. He experienced the Great Depression while he was young. His family lost their farm, and they moved to St. Anthony when he was 9, almost 10 years old. They lived there for three years before moving to Layton, Utah. Mo was farmed...
Darlene Elizabeth Littleford Floyd Lott
Oct 8, 2022
Darlene Elizabeth Littleford Floyd Lott was born on August 15, 1935 in Rigby, Idaho to Royal Robert Littleford and Marvilla Margaret Ricks. She was delivered by her grandmother Littleford, a midwife. She moved to Pocatello with her family when she was 8 years old, eventually graduating from Pocatello High School in 1953. She married her sweetheart, William Dean Floyd on...
Bonnie June Stumpp
Oct 8, 2022
Bonnie June (Davis) Stumpp was born June 15, 1938. With her arrival into this world, she brought with her a strength beyond expectation. For those of us who knew her, she was a pillar upon which we built our lives. Her early years were spent as a tomboy growing up in the desert of Utah. She, while one of eleven...
Delois Stanger
Oct 7, 2022
Delois Stanger, 86, passed away on October 7, 2022. She was born in Oakley, Idaho to Red and Sybil Anderson. She lived most of her life in the Inkom/Pocatello area. She was a wife and mother and will be deeply missed.
Delois married Calvert “Oley” Stanger on August 18, 1960. She liked to go camping, fishing and she loved to cook....
Willard Earl Larson
Oct 6, 2022
Willard “Bill” Earl Larson passed away peacefully at his home in Pocatello, Idaho on October 6th, 2022 at the age of 85.
He was born October 1st, 1937 in Burley, Idaho, to Earl Swanty Larson and Ruth Maude Hayward Larson. A few months before he turned eight, the family moved from the Magic Valley to a ranch in Carmen Creek near...
Donata Branson
Oct 6, 2022
Donata Hickman Branson, 69, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2022.
Donata was born May 2, 1953 in Pocatello, Idaho to Jean and Elmer Hickman. Donata enjoyed residing in the Pocatello area because of the beautiful nature areas she enjoyed visiting.
She graduated from Pocatello High School. On September 2, 1981 Donata married Kelly S. Branson in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Donata enjoyed...
Mary Lee Hurt
Oct 5, 2022
Mary Lee Bocek Hurt
05/16/1940 – 10/05/2022
A limb has fallen from the family tree.
I keep hearing a voice that says, “Grieve not for me.
Remember the best times, the laughter, the song.
The good life I lived while I was strong.
Continue my heritage, I’m counting on you.
Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through.
My mind is at ease, my soul is at...
Joseph Newman Blodgett
Oct 4, 2022
Joseph Blodgett was born in Deer Lodge, Montana. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Hamilton, Montana. At 12 years old, Joseph moved to Missoula, Montana. In his early 20’s, he moved to Lewiston, Idaho where his other family had moved. He later moved to Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho and finally lived in Pocatello, Idaho until his death.
He attended Hamilton, Montana...
Susan Matkin
Oct 4, 2022
Susan Matkin, 64, passed away on October 4, 2022 in Pocatello, Idaho.
Susan Elizabeth Stewart Matkin was born a military brat in Anniston, Alabama on June 25, 1958, to her parents in LTC, John and Judy Stewart. As a military brat, Susan’s childhood was full of constant moving and new schools. She not only grew up across the country, including...
Emogene Monica Haugen
Oct 4, 2022
Emogene Haugen, 88, Pocatello, passed peacefully to be with her Heavenly Father, surrounded by family and close friends October 4, 2022, following a brief illness.
Emogene was born October 7, 1933 in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, the youngest of her brothers and sisters. She spent her early childhood on the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota before moving to Vancouver, Washington at...
Marilyn Hatch
Oct 4, 2022
October 4, 2022, Marilyn Miller Hatch, 86, passed quietly from the effects of Alzheimer’s, leaving behind the recipe for Hot Water Sponge Cake, memories of her upside-down smile, and a song that will play perpetually in her children’s heads about a lonely petunia in an onion patch.
She was born April 22, 1936 upstairs in her grandmother’s narrow white house in...
Michael Smith Winward
Oct 3, 2022
Michael K. Smith Winward presumably joined his Father in Heaven on October 3, 2022. His remains were recovered May 8, 2023. The actual circumstances and cause of his death are unknown.
Mike was born on July 22, 1936, in Portland, Oregon to Jack Earl Smith and Faye Winward Hume. He was the youngest of four children. Mike spent his childhood in...
Geraldine Harris Bateman
Oct 3, 2022
Geraldine Harris Bateman was the second of five daughters born Daniel Blaine and Melva Call Harris on June 11, 1946. Geri was a happy child and proud to be part of what her father fondly called his “Harris Harem.” Geri passed away peacefully on October 3, 2022, after a long, painful fight with M.S. We never heard her complain. She...
Lois Ruth Coryell
Oct 2, 2022
Lois Ruth Coryell passed away peacefully on October 2, 2022 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was 91 years old. Lois was born June 16, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey as the only child of Henry and Lucille Johnson. She is survived by her five sons, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
She lived a varied life full of travel, experiences and good...
Sally Jean Jones
Sep 29, 2022
Sally Jean Jones passed away peacefully on September 29, 2022, in the loving arms of her family. She was born July 15, 1930, to Elias Bakken Hanson and Annette Lindquist Hanson in Elbow Lake Minnesota. She was raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota with her four older siblings: Barbara, Colleen, Patricia and Donald.
She attended St. Cloud College and Idaho State University...
James Eugene Hill
Sep 28, 2022
James Eugene Hill, 88, passed away on September 28, 2022.
No services are planned at this time.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family under the "Tribute Wall" tab above.
Jerimiah Micheal Morris
Sep 28, 2022
Jerimiah Micheal Morris, was born on September 23, 2022 and passed away on September 28, 2022.
No formal services are planned at this time.
Memorials and condolences may be shared with the family under the "Tribute Wall" tab above
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