Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.

Rene Rasmussen

Rene Rasmussen

Jan 13, 2025

Rene Rasmussen, 71, passed away on January 13, 2025.  

No formal services will be held.

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Nancy Ann Thurm

Nancy Ann Thurm

Jan 11, 2025

Nancy Ann Thurm, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and nana, passed away on January 11, 2025 in Pocatello, Idaho surrounded by her family at age 81. She was born on November 19, 1943 to George Oscar Baugh and Ethel Grace Pinney, the oldest daughter of ten children. During her childhood she moved from state to state, eventually settling in California where...

Colton Rose

Colton Rose

Jan 11, 2025

Colton James Rose (Gomez), 33, passed away on January 11, 2025.  He was born on July 13, 1991. After graduating high school, he joined the Navy and graduated from Naval Nuclear Power School. Colton served on the USS Alexandria as a Electronics Technician 1st Class. After his discharge from the Navy, Colton moved to Pocatello, ID began work at the...

Karen Fae Parker

Karen Fae Parker

Jan 10, 2025

Karen Parker, 66, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away peacefully. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Jack and Lona Glasebrook. Karen developed a love for motorcycles at a young age, inspired by watching her father race in motocross. As a single mother at 17, Karen raised her daughter, Danielle, with strength and dedication, putting many of her own dreams on...

Peter D. McDermott

Peter D. McDermott

Jan 9, 2025

Peter D. McDermott passed away on January 9, 2025, from pancreatic cancer. A funeral mass will be held on January 18, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church.

He was born in Pocatello on September 23, 1939, the son of P.A. and Emily McDermott. His father was born in Ireland and Peter D. was very proud of his Irish...

Jack Chapple

Jack Chapple

Jan 9, 2025

Jack Kevin Chapple, 59, returned to his heavenly home surrounded by family at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho on January 9, 2025.

Jack was born to Jack Sr. and Delores Schritter Chapple in Pocatello, Idaho. He has two sisters, DeeAna and Delora, whom he was very close with. Jack attended schools in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School. 

He was...

Mary Frances Smith

Mary Frances Smith

Jan 8, 2025

Mary Frances Smallwood was born on August 11, 1941, in Macon, Georgia. Her parents were Cecil Smallwood and Mary Lillian Lowery. She was the oldest of eleven and outlived many of her siblings. Her remaining siblings are Patricia Roland, Eddie Smallwood and Sherry Ashley. In 1957, on Christmas Eve, she married the love of her life, Andrew J. Smith, in...

Cheryl Lorraine Balster

Cheryl Lorraine Balster

Jan 7, 2025

It is our privilege to honor the legacy of Cheryl Lorraine Balster who passed away peacefully in her home on January 7, 2025, at the age of 70 after a long, vigilant battle with cancer. 

Cheryl was born August 28, 1954, in Pasadena, CA to Marlys Nichols and LaMont Stetzer. Her family moved to Northern California in 1959. 

Cheryl married the love...

Marilyn L. Light

Marilyn L. Light

Jan 6, 2025

Marilyn L. Light, passed away, January 6, 2025.

Marilyn was born on May 1, 1950, to Bonnie and George Chatterton in Pocatello, Idaho. She grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Highland High School, the class of 1968.

On December 7, 1979, Marilyn married John Light.

In her early years, Marilyn loved fishing. She never felt bad about out fishing her husband! She...

Marie Hegland

Marie Hegland

Jan 5, 2025

Blanche Marie Pratt Hegland, 80, passed away peacefully with family by her side, January 5, 2025. Marie was born in Tooele, Utah to Ed S Pratt and Ada Neal Pratt on December 4, 1944. She was the oldest living child and was followed by 3 sisters. Marie grew up in Snowville, Utah where her dad ran a grocery store. She...

Andrew Marlo Atkinson

Andrew Marlo Atkinson

Jan 3, 2025

Andrew Marlo Atkinson “Andy” was called home and reunited with his sweetheart, Mary, on January 3, 2025. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family and friends. He was 89 years old.

Born on June 6, 1935, in Malad, Idaho, Andy was the youngest child of Andrew and Edith Atkinson. He grew up in Samaria, Idaho, alongside his...

Connie Dinnsen

Connie Dinnsen

Jan 3, 2025

Connie Dinnsen was born December 19, 1937, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She passed away on January 3, 2025 in Meridian, Idaho at age 87. Her formal education began in Albuquerque, New Mexico and continued throughout her life. She was an Education major at the University of New Mexico but upon finishing decided that teaching was not her cup of...

Connie Brangham

Connie Brangham

Jan 3, 2025

Connie Jean Higgins Brangham, passed away on January 3, 2025 at 90 years old. She was born on November 30, 1934 at the Pocatello General Hospital to Connie and Helen Mary Higgins. She was named after her biological father, “Connie” who passed away six months before her birth.

For the first four years of her life, she lived with her Grandma...

George Walters Frost

George Walters Frost

Jan 2, 2025

Loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and uncle, George Walter Frost, 94, left us the morning of January 2, 2025. 

George was born in Ogden, Utah on May 1, 1930 to George Frederick and Helen Alice (Walters) Frost. He often referred to himself as a "May Day baby". He was joined soon by his sister, Shannon, and later a brother, Roscoe....

Stephanie Dawn Richardson

Stephanie Dawn Richardson

Jan 1, 2025

Stephanie Dawn Richardson passed away January 1, 2025. 

Born August 10, 1960 to Darwin G. Richardson and Kathy C. Richardson in Pocatello Idaho, Stephanie was raised in Pocatello ID, Downey ID, and Newport Beach CA. She graduated from Upland High School in Newport Beach in 1978. 

Stephanie traveled all over the world, her favorite travels were to Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, and other...

Florence Twila Seamons

Florence Twila Seamons

Jan 1, 2025

Devoted wife, mother, grandma, great grandma, Florence Twila Seamons, 85, passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in Pocatello, Idaho with her daughter by her side.

Mom was born in Dayton, Idaho to Florence May Crossman Daley and Ralph Otto Daley on May 5, 1939. She attended schools in Weston, Idaho and graduated from Westside High School. Twila married Delbert Jepsen...

Shannon Alice Swanson

Shannon Alice Swanson

Jan 1, 2025

Shannon Alice Swanson, our sweet mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, went home to be with Jesus on January 1st, 2025. She was 93 years old. The quintessential lady and a woman who was always there for her family, she will be greatly missed by those who loved her!

Shannon was born in Ogden, Utah on April 11, 1931 to George and...

Maureen Kay Withem

Maureen Kay Withem

Dec 30, 2024

Maureen “Kay” Withem, 75, peacefully passed away on December 30, 2024, in Pocatello, Idaho. 

She was born on March 16, 1949, to Willard Atkinson and Norma Sullivan Atkinson in Pocatello, Idaho.

Kay met the love of her life, James Withem after she rescued his dog in a snowstorm. They spent many, many, wonderful years together. 

Kay worked outside the home off and on,...

Tracy George Goodwin

Tracy George Goodwin

Dec 29, 2024

Tracy George Goodwin, 63, of Aberdeen, ID, died in Ogden, UT due to complications from lung cancer/disease on the 29th of December 2024.

He was born in Anaheim, CA to Vicc Lamar Goodwin and Verda Mae Moore. Tracy liked to say that he was born in Disneyland but raised in Knotts Berry Farm as his family lived in Buena Park. Tracy...

Jose "Pelayo" Vicente Peña

Jose "Pelayo" Vicente Peña

Dec 28, 2024

Jose "Pelayo" Vicente Peña, 67, passed away on December 28, 2024.

Jose was born and grew up in Mexico City. He moved to the United States in his 20’s where he met the love of his life, Guadalupe Peña. They soon began their family of what is now three sons and twelve grandchildren. They spent 44 years of wedded bliss together....

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