Obituaries

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...

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....

Oct 7, 2022

Gregory John Winkle, 65, of Twin Falls, Idaho received his wings on October 7, 2022 surrounded by his family after a cardiac episode. Greg made the selfless decision to be an organ donor and was able to give the gift of a longer life to several recipients. He is our true Super Hero. Greg was born in Twin Falls, Idaho...

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...

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...

Oct 6, 2022

Pat Lint, age 85 of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away on October 6, 2022 at St. Lukes Hospital surrounded by her family. Pat was born in Douglas, Illinois to Clana and Rolland Porter. She had one brother, Jim Porter. She was married to her beloved husband Richard for 62 years, loving mother to Susan and Michael and she loved Being...

Oct 6, 2022

Darlene Gaylin-Siuda, 84, of Twin Falls, passed away on October 6, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loving family of natural causes. She was born in Portland, Oregon on March 28, 1938, in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Varsel and Mabel Whitney. Darlene graduated from Parkerose High School. On September 11, 1956, she married Clifford Gaylin in Portland, Oregon....

Oct 6, 2022

James Kenneth Baldwin of Kimberly, Idaho, passed away at St Luke’s Urgent Care in the presence of his wife, Facumia on October 6, 2022, due to complications with end stage COPD. James “Jim” was born in Seattle Washington to Robert Randolph Baldwin and Dorothy June Barber. He graduated from Rising Sun High School in Maryland and entered the United States...

Oct 6, 2022

Lois Marie Kelley, age 80 of Twin Falls passed away at St Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center with her son and daughter by her side on October 6th, 2022 from ongoing health issues. Lois was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on August 18th , 1942 to John and Alma Bohling. She moved to King Hill as a freshman in 1956,...

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...

Oct 5, 2022

Arrangements are pending.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Oct 4, 2022

Oct 4, 2022

Irene Edith Amelia Bevers 20 December 1924 – 4 October 2022 The Family of Irene Bevers is sad to report her passing on October 4, 2022. At the age of 97 years, 9 months, 14 days. She is survived by 5 of 6 children, and numerous grand, great and great, great-grandchildren. Irene was born in Big Stone, South Dakota to...

Oct 4, 2022

Arrangements pending.

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...

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...