Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
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...
Michael J. Leeds
Nov 20, 2022
Michael “Mike” John Leeds Buhl, Idaho 1938 - 2022 Mike passed peacefully on Sunday 11/20/2022 with loved ones at his bedside at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center. He died from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Michael was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on 5/2/1938 to Katherine (Boone) Loving and William Leeds of Twin Falls, Idaho. He was lovingly eccentric and...
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...
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...
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",...
Marcia Donner
Nov 18, 2022
Marcia Lee Donner, born on July 16, 1932, has passed on Nov.18, 2022 peacefully and is free from the pain that has been crippling her duties since her tragic fall. Marcia, coming from a relatively small family, born in Chicago, Illinois to her Father Dr. Cyril Anderson, a war veteran from WWI & WWII, and her Mother Marjorie Anderson. Marcia...
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...
Gloria Maureen Stieger
Nov 17, 2022
Ms. Gloria Maureen Stieger, at age 67, passed away Thursday morning, November 17th 2022, reuniting
with her parents and sister (Elizabeth). Her joyous reunion with our Lord Jesus Christ has arrived.
Sixth of 10 children, Gloria was born December 16th, 1954 in Rexburg, Idaho. Her parents, Bryce
Hacking, whom was a veteran of the Army Air Corps, as well as a skilled carpenter,...
Stephen Wilford Vanderkooi
Nov 17, 2022
Stephen Wilford VanderKooi, 82, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022, in his home In Pocatello, Idaho, surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Stephen was born October 29, 1940, in Ogden, Utah, to Wilford VanderKooi and Neta Shirley Bingham, but spent much of his youth in Rawlins, Wyoming, where he attended and graduated high school. It was in high school in...
Lawrence Lee Jones
Nov 17, 2022
Lawrence L. Jones Lawrence L. Jones, a local Real Estate Broker and Investor recently died November 17, 2022 in Twin Falls. Lawrence was born June 29, 1930, the son of William and Minerva Jones of Van Deuser, Mo. They were farmers. Lawrence is survived by his wife, Patty Light Jones of Twin Falls, Id, son Mark L. Jones of Twin...
Janette Grace Lamire
Nov 17, 2022
Janette Grace LaMaire March 24,1939 - November 17, 2022 Mom was born at the end of the great depression and the beginning of WWII in Glenn's Falls, New York to Grace "Bessie" Hunt and Charles Joseph Wheeler. She relocated to Petaluma, California in the 1950s with her mother and siblings. She was the oldest child with John, Jane, Joan, Jesse,...
Mary Lou Robinson
Nov 16, 2022
Mary Lou Robinson, 75, passed away November 16, 2022.
A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.
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Brittany Hunter
Nov 15, 2022
Brittany Hunter, 31, of Malad, Idaho passed away on November 15, 2022.
Brittany Hunter came into the world on May 29, 1991 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She left peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at the age of 31 in Pocatello, Idaho, surrounded by family members. Born to a single mother who loved her, but could not care for her...
Jean Boyles
Nov 15, 2022
Jean Boyles, 97, passed away November 15, 2022.
A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.
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Raymond Walter Van Minsel
Nov 14, 2022
Raymond W. Van Minsel passed away, peacefully, on November 14, 2022 after a long, valiant battle with Aplastic Anemia. Ray was born November 3, 1943, in Hartford, WI to John and Martha (Hoag) Van Minsel and was the 7th of 8 children.
While attending Hartford High School, Ray would go to work for a dairy farmer at 5:00 AM, attend classes,...
Emmeline Litke Turner
Nov 14, 2022
Emmeline Litke Turner Emmeline “Emmy” Litke Turner, age 71, of Twin Falls, Idaho passed peacefully at home, following her battle with cancer, surrounded by her family on Monday, November 14 at 5:36 am. Her parents, Pieter Kroon and Mary Emmeline Teves Kroon immigrated from Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1946 following World War II with two daughters, ages 5 & 3....
Laura Ann Hinckley
Nov 13, 2022
Laura A Hinckley, 67, of Pocatello passed away on Sunday November 13, 2022 at her home. Laura was
born on April 5, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey the daughter of (John) Larry and Teresa Connelly. She
graduated from Keyport High School in 1972. Laura was a member of the Catholic Church. She married
Gerald Petrella on January 29, 1973, they were later divorced....
