Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
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...
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...
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 –...
John Albert Shepherd
Dec 3, 2022
John Albert Shepherd (December 13th 1944 – Dec. 3rd 2022) John Shepherd, or “Shep” as he was known by so many passed away peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital in Twin Falls Idaho at the ripe old age of seventy-seven (10 days short of his 78th birthday). He was born in Loma Linda California to Wilma Flora Childers and Edward Childers...
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....
Frankie Darlene John
Dec 2, 2022
Frankie Darlene (Tuma) John, 59, of Hansen, Idaho, passed away in Twin Falls surrounded by loved ones. Frankie was born in Ontario, Oregon February 14th 1963 to Alvy LeRoy Tuma of Nebraska and Barbara Darlene Kuhn of California. She graduated From Twin Falls High School in 1981 She also attended CSI for a short time studying Business Management. Frankie Loved...
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...
Elizabeth Cristobal
Nov 29, 2022
Elizabeth Marilyn (Shotwell) Cristobal Elizabeth Marilyn Cristobal passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon, November 29, 2022 in Hagerman, Idaho. She was 81. Elizabeth was born in Albany, California on March 4, 1941 to Ralph Eli and Evelyn Mae Shotwell. After graduating high school in 1959 from Excelsior High School, Norwalk, California, she married Edmund K. Rybold in 1960. During her...
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.
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Mary Phillips
Nov 25, 2022
Mary Phillips, 98, passed away November 25, 2022.
A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.
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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...
Roderick Craig Smith
Nov 20, 2022
Rod Smith On November 20th, 2022, Roderick (Rod) Craig Smith of Filer, Idaho was called home to his Heavenly Father. With his wife Sheila and daughter-in-law Jennifer by his side, his battle with cancer was over. Rod was born July 17, 1949, to Alvie and Nadine Smith in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was the third child of four and spent...
