Obituaries

Feb 17, 2020

Ruth Bernice Wiser Humble, 95, of Chubbuck, passed away on February 17, 2020 at Pocatello Regional Medical Center. She was living with Andrea and J.R. Shuman at the time of her death.Ruth was born on September 5, 1924 to Thomas Franklin Wiser and Naomi Reynolds in Sandpoint, Idaho. She later lived in St. Anthony, Idaho.On June 6, 1942 she married...

Feb 17, 2020

Jan Savard, 55, passed away unexpectedly February 17th. She was born January 2nd, 1965 to Elden and Georgia Reynolds in Downey, Id. She grew up the youngest of three children, in the Tyhee area and later in Marsh valley. She married in 1983, to Paul Savard and moved to Alameda California. They had two children, a boy, Forrest and a...

Feb 15, 2020

Mike G. Nugent, 64, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 in Pocatello, Idaho. Mike is survived by many family members and friends, including his sister Beverly Colvin; niece Michelle Taylor; brother in law Greg Colvin and nephew Michael Colvin. A viewing and service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, February 19th at Wilks Funeral Home, 211 W. Chubbuck...

Feb 14, 2020

Robert "Bob" O'Hara 10/31/1930 - 2/14/2020Bob passed away Friday, February 14th after a short battle with cancer, he was 89 years old. Bob Joined the AirCorps at the age of 16 at the tail end of WWII and he served as a gunner on an A26 in the Korean War. After the war he was instrumental in building one of...

Feb 14, 2020

Ashley Ann Roybal, age 31, lost her courageous battle with cancer on February 14, 2020. Ashley was born on July, 18, 1988 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Judy Goodwin and Jessie Roybal. She moved to Pocatello when she was seven years old. Ashley enjoyed school and received several awards for never missing a day. Her favorite thing was to...

Feb 13, 2020

Violena Tavo, 45, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2020 at her home in Chubbuck, ID. She was born November 3, 1974, daughter of Matthew Tavo and Kathleen Wilson Tavo. She had a son named Mason Tavo. She worked as a laborer at Simplot, also as a telephone operator at Teleperformance, and as a cashier at Tee Pee Gas. She...

Feb 11, 2020

First of all, Mike would have never wanted us to come up with a run-of-the-mill obituary to post about his life. Even still, we have to tell the story of the best son, husband, dad, brother, and grandpa anyone could have ever had. On a hot summer day, April Webb was laying on the beach with her girlfriend, when the...

Feb 10, 2020

John Kahl "Jake" Gubler, 36, passed away at Portneuf Medical Center on Monday, February 10, 2020 from natural causes. He was born on July 31, 1983 in Pocatello and attended schools in American Falls. Jake married his soul mate and best friend Brittany on July 20, 2019. John and his son share the same birthday on July 31st. Jake received...

Feb 9, 2020

Robert "Rob" Eugene Oliver, 87, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 in his home surrounded by family. He was born on April 14, 1932 in Pocatello, Idaho to Arthur L and Lucille W Oliver. He was the third of four children. Rob attended school in Pocatello at Washington Elementary, Franklin Jr. High and graduated from Pocatello High School in...

Feb 8, 2020

Feb 7, 2020

Alfred "Ervin" Higley, 85, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2020 in Chubbuck, Idaho. He was born on October 8, 1934 in Driggs, Idaho the son of Alfred Dewey and Grace Elizabeth (Humphrey) Higley. He attended Schools in Driggs and graduated with the class of 1953. He then attended Ricks College from Sept. 1953 to Dec. 1954. He then served...

Feb 6, 2020

Ernest LaRoy "Bud" Ellis, Jr., 92, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the Idaho State Veterans Home. He was born on December 31, 1927 in Pocatello, Idaho to Ernest LaRoy, Sr. and Alice Mae Ellis. Bud spent the majority of his life in Pocatello, where he attended, and graduated from, Pocatello High School. Following high school Bud joined...

Feb 5, 2020

Our beloved mom, grandmother and sister passed away on February 5, 2020 in Pocatello, ID. Lea Denny was born January 27, 1955 in Pocatello, ID to James "Tuffy" Denny and Vernetta Broncho Phears. Lea was raised both in Blackfoot and on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. She attended school in Blackfoot, received her GED and later attended and completed training...

Feb 5, 2020

Richard "Terry" Cox known to his friends as "Shultz", husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather left this world to join his Lord and Savior after losing a valiant fight with cancer on February 5,2020, surrounding by family. Terry was born on September 2, 1942 in Boise, ID to Glenn H. and Verdis Cox. Terry was the first born and patriarch of...

Feb 3, 2020

David A. Nickols, 67, passed away on February 3, 2020.There will be an open house held in his honor at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 8th at Wilks Funeral Home, 211 W. Chubbuck Road Chubbuck, Idaho 83202.Memories and condolences may be shared with the family under the "Tribute Wall" tab above.

Feb 3, 2020

Feb 3, 2020

Peter D. McCardell, 78, passed away in Seattle, Washington on Monday, February 3, 2020. Services are pending at this time.

Feb 1, 2020

Billy Howard Lepchenske passed away peacefully at home in the arms of loved ones on Saturday, February 1, 2020.Bill was born in East Prairie, Missouri on September 29th, 1930 and grew up in Bertrand, Missouri. At the age of 10 he began farming with his beloved Uncle Dick, driving a tractor. These were some of his fondest memories. After graduation...

Jan 30, 2020

Rockie Ivie, 64, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at PMC. There will be no services held.

Jan 30, 2020

Peter "David" Merrell, 40, passed away January 30, 2020 at his home. He was born December 3, 1979 at the Hahn Air Force Base in Germany, son of Peter Marlow Chic and his mother, Vonda. He grew up in Utah and Alabama. David was married for 13 years to Stephanie Merrell and they have seven beautiful children; and two granddaughters....