Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
James Birdwell
Jan 28, 2022
Heaven welcomed James M. Birdwell (Jim) Friday January 28, 2022. Jim lived a long and fulfilling life helping others and making them smile. Born in Detroit, Michigan on August 26, 1926 to Jesse Birdwell and Lula Dyer, Jim spent most of his younger life with his grandparents, Birch and Ada Dyer in Monticello, Florida. Jim was 10 years old when...
Mei Ying Xu
Jan 28, 2022
Lin Mei Yin, 97, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 28, 2022 in Pocatello, Idaho. No obituary information is available at this time. A viewing will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2021 at Wilks Funeral Home 211 W. Chubbuck Road. Graveside services will immediately follow at 2:00 p.m. in Section 54 East of Mountain View Cemetery....
Mildred Helm
Jan 28, 2022
Mildred “Millie” Susan Mecham Helm passed away peacefully in her home on January 28, 2022.
Millie was born on April 12, 1924, to Elvin (Bob) Charles Mecham and Barbara (Nellie) Ellen Stutznegger Mecham in Firth, Idaho. She was raised in a loving and a humble home in the Blackfoot area and was the second of eleven children. She enjoyed a...
Toni Lu Maynard
Jan 28, 2022
Toni returned home on January 28, 2022 after a valiant fight with stomach cancer. Toni Lu Wilson was born February 26, 1954 in Pocatello, ID to Guy J. Wilson and Verda Wolverton. Toni was a lifelong resident of Pocatello, loving this valley and her rural home. She dedicated her life to helping others as an RN.
Toni was married on...
Evelyn G Prescott
Jan 27, 2022
Evelyn G Prescott was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on December 30, 1926. She passed away on January 27, 2022 in Blackfoot, Idaho. Evelyn was adopted by Robert S Anderson and Geneva Hayes at two years of age. They lived in Georgetown, Idaho through her school years . She married Edwin C Johnson on May 30, 1942 in Bountiful, Utah....
Louis Busse, Iii
Jan 27, 2022
Louis Busse III, 81, passed away on January 27, 2022.
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Barbara Dailey
Jan 26, 2022
Barbara Dailey, 85, passed away on January 26, 2022. Barbara was born September 3, 1936, in Newman, California to William and Barbara Munhall. She is the oldest of five girls. At the age of 2 the family returned to Redlands, California where Barbara attended Sacred Heart Catholic School and graduated from Redlands High School in 1954. She attended school to...
Dennis F. Brower
Jan 25, 2022
The world lost a valiant husband, son, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Dennis F. Brower was born May 2, 1953 in Ashton, Idaho to Merrill Earl Brower and Zelda Finn Brower. He was raised on the family farm in Felt, Idaho where he learned the value of hard work moving sprinkler pipe, raising cattle, grain, and potatoes. After the chores...
Harold Higgins
Jan 25, 2022
Harold Higgins, 76, of Pocatello, passed away January 25, 2022. Harold was born August 30th, 1945, in Pocatello, Idaho to Lester Higgins and Emma Briggs Tolman. He grew up and attended schools in Pocatello. Family was so important to him, and he spent much of his growing up years with siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. He met his wife Diana...
Donald Edward Packard
Jan 25, 2022
"Ted" Donald Edward Packard Ted was born on December 21, 1930, in Pocatello, ID at the home of his parents. Ted always said he was born on the shortest day of the year because his mom couldn’t put up with him. He was the son of Isaac Charles Packard Jr. and Myrtle Gammell. When Isaac and Myrtle married, Isaac had...
Ava Dean Drew
Jan 24, 2022
Our beautiful mother left us peacefully surrounded by her children on January 24th, 2022. Ava Dean entered the world on October 3, 1937 to Helen and Arlo Kesler in Fillmore, Utah. She lived in Cove Fort, Utah for the first year of her life. Her childhood memories are of growing up in Lakeview, Utah with her siblings. She married Stanley...
William "Cody" Johnson
Jan 24, 2022
Cody Johnson, 45, passed away on January 24, 2022 in Pocatello, ID. Cody was born on March 6, 1976 in Pocatello, Idaho. He spent time living in Idaho, California, and Arizona, graduating from Ombudsman Arizona Charter School in Glendale, Arizona in 1995. He continued his education to become a Plumber-Pipe Fitter. He was a member of the local union #648...
Ella Mae Mitchell
Jan 23, 2022
Our beloved Mother and Grandmother, Ella Mae Mitchell, 90, passed away on January 23, 2022. She was born in Roberts, Idaho, on October 26, 1931, to Lyle Fredrick Browning and Gertrude Lovina Winters. When she was 2 years old, her mother died. Her great-grandparents, George and Lucy Adams stepped in to care for her and her older sister Shirley. When...
Charles Russell Wellard
Jan 23, 2022
Charles Wellard passed away at his home on January 23, 2022, with his family by his side. He was born December 31, 1946, to Charles and Valere Wellard. Charles grew up mostly in Pocatello, Idaho and graduated from Marsh Valley High School in 1965. Shortly thereafter, he joined the Air Force, and served two tours in Thailand and Vietnam. On...
Steven Ford
Jan 23, 2022
If you asked a hundred people who Steve Ford of Twin Falls, ID was, they’d all give you a different story. A race car driver. A farmer. The world’s best truck driver. A master mechanic. The world’s best friend. A grandfather. A star basketball player. The fastest track star in the universe. A word class hunter. The master of valuing...
Thomas R Jensen
Jan 21, 2022
“Tom” Jensen passed away suddenly on Friday January 21, 2022 at the Portneuf Medical Center while in residence at the Pocatello Veterans Home. He was 75. Tom was born to Cleon Lundlie “Tom” and Jennie Royter Jensen in Pocatello, Idaho at the old General Hospital. Tom grew up in Pocatello where he graduated from Pocatello High School where he made...
Lilah Marie Watson
Jan 21, 2022
Lilah Marie (Catterson) Watson passed away peacefully at her home in Twin Falls, Idaho on January 21, 2022. Lilah was born July 24th, 1934, in Oshkosh, Nebraska, the youngest child of Albert and Maude (Rich) Catterson. They later moved to Thermopolis, Wyoming and then seeking a better life in Twin Falls, Idaho where her folks found a sweet little yellow...
Michael Gene Otis
Jan 20, 2022
Michael Gene Otis was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho on October 9, 1954, and passed away on January 20, 2022, at his home in Chubbuck, Idaho. Michael was raised by his mother, Helen Ethel Browning, and father, Edward Lee Ashcraft in Idaho Falls along with his younger brother Mark. In 1961 the family moved to Pocatello where Michael attended Tendoy...

