Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

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

Louise H. Bowles

Louise H. Bowles

Sep 12, 2025

Louise Hiatt Brower Bowles of Twin Falls and Pocatello Idaho, passed away on September 12, 2025, at Quail Ridge Assisted Living Facility in Pocatello, Idaho.

Louise H. Brower Bowles was born in St. Anthony, Idaho on November 30th, 1930, the daughter of William E and Lettie Rose Hiatt. She was the youngest daughter of seven children. Her siblings were Bill, Carol,...

Larry S Christensen

Larry S Christensen

Sep 11, 2025

Larry Stoddard Christensen passed away at age 82 on Tuesday September 11, 2025 at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho.

Larry was born on January 12, 1943 in Pocatello, Idaho. He attended Idaho State University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physics and his master’s degree in nuclear physics. He then earned a PhD in atmospheric physics from the...

Arthur Boyd Peck

Arthur Boyd Peck

Sep 10, 2025

Arthur Boyd Peck, 88, passed away peacefully on September 10, 2025, surrounded by his beloved family.

Born on July 15, 1937, in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, Arthur Boyd was the son of Arthur Bywater Peck and Ida Josephine Osguthorpe Peck. The third of nine children, he cherished his siblings deeply and held great admiration for his parents. Both were teachers and...

Don Jeffrey Meldrum

Don Jeffrey Meldrum

Sep 9, 2025

Don Jeffrey Meldrum (Jeff) was born in Salt Lake City, UT to Don and Marilyn (Collings) Meldrum on May 24, 1958. He was the eldest of three children.

As a small child, Jeff’s family lived in Eugene, OR, and Spokane, WA. In the second grade, he fell in love with science while collecting insects with his homemade butterfly net. He recounted...

Juanita Juarez

Juanita Juarez

Sep 9, 2025

Juanita "Janie" Juarez, 62, passed away on September 9, 2025 due to terminal illness with loved ones by her bedside.

She was born on September 18,1962 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Ventura and Antonio Sotelo, and was the youngest of three sisters. The family moved around southeast Idaho until finally settling in Pocatello, Idaho. In her younger years she could be...

Howard LeRoy Armstrong Jr.

Howard LeRoy Armstrong Jr.

Sep 8, 2025

On the beautiful morning of September 8, 2025, Howard Leroy Armstrong Jr. returned to his Heavenly home, and back to the waiting arms of his sweetheart, our mother Marilyn. He is survived by his sister, eight healthy children, their spouses, 50 grandchildren and 91 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild.

Our father spent his working years as a lawyer and then magistrate...

Zackary Mark Price

Zackary Mark Price

Sep 6, 2025

Zackary Mark Price, 32, passed away on September 6, 2025.

Zack was born on November 10, 1992, in Pocatello, Idaho. He lived there his whole life until 2023, when he moved to Twin Falls, Idaho. Zack graduated from Highland High School in 2011 and completed one year of college at Idaho State University. He earned a certificate in welding and worked...

LaNae H. Dye

LaNae H. Dye

Sep 6, 2025

LaNae Hill Millward Dye peacefully completed her mortal journey on September 6, 2025 surrounded by members of her family.

LaNae entered this world in Driggs, Idaho on November 15, 1938. She was born to Russell Dell Hill and Elda LaRene Stevens Hill. She was the fourth of five children. When she was very young, LaNae’s parents both passed away. Her uncle,...

Carl Daniel Shaffer

Carl Daniel Shaffer

Sep 5, 2025

Carl "Dan" Shaffer, 80, of Inkom, passed away peacefully at his home on September 5, 2025. Dan was born on June 8, 1945, to Daniel Isaac and Helen Jessie Grotbo Shaffer. Dan was the third in line of four children. He was blessed to have an older brother and best friend, Edward, a sister, Wanda and was later given a...

Jo Ann Satathite

Jo Ann Satathite

Sep 5, 2025

Jo Ann went home to be with the Lord on September 5, 2025 at Copper Summit Assisted Living in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born on November 15, 1937 in Sheridan, Arkansas to Joseph and Margaret (Cummings) Crook. She and her family moved to Bagdad, Arizona when she was a freshman in high school. She met the love of her life,...

Shirley Ann Woodbury

Shirley Ann Woodbury

Sep 4, 2025

Shirley Ann Woodbury, 89, passed away at her home in Chubbuck, Idaho, on September 4, 2025, after a long courageous battle with cancer.

She was born to Erwine Phinney and Lola Agnes Hodges on June 21, 1936, in Fairbury, Nebraska.

Shirley loved to knit, crochet, put together puzzles, collecting salt and pepper shakers, and dancing.

She worked at Hillcrest Haven and would often...

Margie Magagna

Margie Magagna

Sep 4, 2025

Margie Magagna, 91, of Pocatello Idaho passed away peacefully on September 4, 2025, with four of her children by her side.

Margie was born on March 28, 1934, in Red Lodge Montana to Pauline and Michael Bartolic. Her family moved to Rock Springs Wyoming when she was three years old where she and her six siblings enjoyed the heyday of a...

Donna Joyce Colip

Donna Joyce Colip

Sep 3, 2025

Donna Joyce Colip passed away peacefully on September 3, 2025, in Pocatello, Idaho, at the age of 88. Born on December 1, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. Donna lived a life defined by faith, love, and selfless devotion to her family.

Her greatest pride and joy in life was being a homemaker, devoted wife, and a loving mother. She poured her...

Maggie Ann Richards

Maggie Ann Richards

Sep 3, 2025

Margaret "Maggie" Richards, 83, passed away September 3, 2025.

Margaret "Maggie" Richards was born in Tooele, Utah. She was an only child. Her early childhood was spent living in her families boarding house/general store, which serviced the local miners working in Tooele. There she was surrounded by her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and dear friends.

Later, Maggie attended Idaho State University where...

Helen Oyler Kemp

Helen Oyler Kemp

Aug 31, 2025

Helen Louise Oyler Kemp, 91, passed away on August 31, 2025.

Helen was born in Pocatello, Idaho on February 20, 1934, and is the daughter of Harold B. Ferguson and Sophia Evelyn Henrickson. Helen spent her whole life in Pocatello, Idaho. 

On August 16, 1953, Helen married Kenneth Dean Oyler and together they had three children, Susan Hall, Steve Oyler, and Kathy...

Juanita England

Juanita England

Aug 31, 2025

Juanita England, loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, graduated from this earth to the loving arms of Jesus on August 31st, 2025. She was surrounded by family.

Juanita England was born March 18, 1937, in Saunders, Idaho. She was raised in a children’s home in Lewiston, Idaho, with 7 of her 9 siblings. Some of her younger siblings were adopted right...

Phillip Rudd Carter Jr.

Phillip Rudd Carter Jr.

Aug 30, 2025

Phillip Rudd Carter Jr., 63, passed away on August 30, 2025.

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Myrtle Edna Yokota

Myrtle Edna Yokota

Aug 28, 2025

Myrtle Edna Rolfe Yokota, our loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend passed away on August 28, 2025 due to a sudden illness surrounded by her two daughters and a niece.

Mom was born March 18,1932 in Pocatello, the oldest of four daughters to Wilbird “Webb” and Florence Edna Jones Rolfe. She not only grew up with her sisters but many, many...

Kristi Ann (Frugoli) Lowe

Kristi Ann (Frugoli) Lowe

Aug 26, 2025

Our beloved Wife, Mom, Grandma, and Friend, Kristi Ann (Frugoli) Lowe, passed peacefully at home on August 26, 2025, at the age of 70.

Kristi was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho, where she spent her life surrounded by family, friends, and the places she loved most. For the past 34 years, she shared her life with her loving husband and...

Heidi LoAve Hernandez

Heidi LoAve Hernandez

Aug 26, 2025

Heidi LoAve Hernandez was born on May 19, 1973, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Sally Thomson and Richard Hernandez. She passed away peacefully at her mother’s home on August 26, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones.

From a young age, Heidi’s passion for animals and the natural world was unmistakable. Horses stole her heart and became her lifelong love. She spent much...