Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Niels Christensen
Apr 15, 2021
Niels Christensen, 85 of Pocatello, Idaho was born December 24, 1935 in Malad, Idaho to Niels Jensen Christensen and Emma Fidelia Babbitt Page Christensen. He passed away at home April 15, 2021 surrounded by loving family.Niels' father passed away when he was 9 and the family moved to Pocatello to be with grandparents, aunts and uncles.He attended school in Pocatello...
Bradley Robert Kennedy
Apr 14, 2021
Bradley Robert Kennedy, 32, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Bradley was born in Pocatello, Idaho in 1988 to Ellen Loomis-Roberts and Colin Kennedy. As an infant, while entrusted to caretakers, Bradley suffered a traumatic brain injury that resulted in severe cerebral palsy while his parents were at work. Despite this injury and the undeniable impact this event had...
Azaleah Rose James
Apr 14, 2021
Azaleah Rose James was born silently on April 14, 2021.Azaleah is survived by her loving parents Jesse and Amanda James, big brother Nico, grandmother Rosie Garcia, grandfather Nick Garcia, grandmother Barbara James, and aunt Saydie Garcia.Azaleah was preceded in death by her grandfather Dan James, and her uncle Mark A. Garcia.Private family services will be held.Memories and condolences may be...
Edward Ellis Fischler
Apr 14, 2021
Edward Ellis Fischler passed away peacefully at home on April 14, 2021 with his wife Katie by his side.Edward (Ed), was born in 1940 in Tillamook, Oregon. He was raised on a small dairy farm with two older brothers, Bill and Ben, and two younger sisters, Marlinda and Lorna. He had another younger sister, Sherilyn, who died as an infant....
Mac Taylor Akins
Apr 14, 2021
Mac Taylor Akins, age 79, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family on the evening of April 14, 2021 after a prolonged battle with congestive heart failure. Mac was born in Wagoner, Oklahoma on July 11, 1941 to Mack J. and Evelyn Burtt Akins. He spent his childhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma....
William Sligar
Apr 13, 2021
William “Bill” Sligar, 86, of Twin Falls, passed away peacefully at his home on April 13, 2021. He was surrounded by his loving family. Bill was born on the salmon track to Doyle and Laurel Sligar on June 11, 1934, he was the oldest of 7 children. He married the love of his life Margaret Duggan on December 11, 1952....
Jeanette F Newberry
Apr 13, 2021
Jeanette Fay Newberry, age 77, passed away peacefully at home, with her family by her side, on April 13, 2021, in Twin Falls, Idaho. Jeanette was born in Twin Falls on December 6, 1943 to Willard G. and Iva E. Burton Spencer. She was married to Charles Clay Newberry on August 15, 1962 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Jeanette was a...
Edmond Mason
Apr 12, 2021
Edmond (Ed) Eugene Mason of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away rather suddenly of an undiagnosed cancer on April 12, 2021. Ed was born in Wendell, Idaho on January 3, 1938 to Nubern John Mason, born in Success, Missouri and Grace Bertha Dean Mason, born in Pullallup, Washington. He had a sister Shirley and two brothers Dean and Bud. Ed attended...
Lorraine Harrop
Apr 11, 2021
Lorraine Larsen-Harrop passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021 at the age of 90. She was born February 28, 1931. She grew up in Pocatello & surrounding areas & was preceded in death by her 7 sisters, 1 brother, & Colleen Harrop-Scott. Lorraine married Morris C. Larsen on November 19, 1948 in Pocatello. He passed away on October 11, 1968. After...
Arthur Lin Whitworth
Apr 10, 2021
Arthur Lin Whitworth born December 28, 1933 in Inkom, Idaho to Ona "Brownie" Maud Richardson and Clarence Dell Whitworth. He attended school at Inkom Elementary and Inkom High School and was baptized in the Portneuf River at the age of twelve. Lin married the love of his life Carol Annette Rupp on June 30, 1951. They started their family in...
Janice Fox
Apr 9, 2021
Janice Carver Christie Fox, age 95, passed away peacefully at Bridgeview Estates on April 8, 2021 of natural causes. She was born on November 2, 1925 in Ogden, Utah. to James Henry (Harry) Carver and Mamie Ethel Stallings Carver. She grew up during the great depression that began with the stock market collapse in 1929 but her father was never...
Barbara Frith
Apr 9, 2021
Barbara Mae Frith, age 80 of Filer, Idaho passed away unexpectedly, likely from a blood clot in her lungs, on April 9, 2021 after living a full and active life. Barbara was born in Rigby, Idaho on April 16, 1940 to Niles William (Bill) and Ella Mae Lemmon Parker. She started school at the age of 5 and graduated from...
Sharon Robinson
Apr 8, 2021
Sharon Robinson was born in Pocatello, ID on December 28, 1939 to Otis and Flora Byrd. She was the youngest of four daughters, her sisters being LaRue, Marlene, and Marilyn. Her father was a barber and her mother was a school teacher and she always spoke of them with great pride. She attended Pocatello High School and, later, business school...
Karen Nancy Bergendorf
Apr 8, 2021
Karen Nancy Bergendorf loving sister and aunt passed away peacefully while holding the hand of her sister Natalie on April 8, 2021, in Pocatello, ID., at the age of 69 after a long struggle with diabetes. Karen was born on July 2, 1951, in San Diego, CA, to Harold and Evelyn Bergendorf. She graduated from Pocatello High School in 1969...
Elaine Leone Ostler
Apr 6, 2021
Elaine Leone Poole Ostler, 91 years of age, passed away the afternoon of April 6, 2021 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born at home in Pocatello, Idaho on December 29, 1929 and was the third child to James and Leone Poole. The family lived in a small house at 246 Roosevelt, with an extra lot next to the house that...
Harriett Kearl
Apr 5, 2021
Harriett Schvaneveldt Kearl Our mom concluded her life on this earth and was reunited with her eternal companion, Ernie, on April 5, 2021, at the age of 88. She passed peacefully in Twin Falls, Idaho, at home with Krista. Born on June 27, 1932 in Logan, Utah as Harriett Schvaneveldt, she was the youngest daughter and one of five siblings...
Doyt Simcoe
Apr 5, 2021
The third of five children, Doyt was born in Joes, CO on September 15, 1933. Within a year of his birth, his family moved to Breckenridge, CO. His father and uncles fashioned a rope tow at the city park from an air compressor they found in an abandoned mine and an old Ford truck. This is where he first learned...
Peter Tash Anestos
Apr 4, 2021
Peter Tash Anestos passed away peacefully, with his wife Theresa by his side, at his home in Pocatello, Idaho on April 4th 2021 at the age of 78. Pete, the oldest of four children, was born on Sept 14th, 1942 to Tash & Mavis Anestos in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Pete moved with his family to Athens, Greece in 1951 where...
Joann Grubbs Glass Williams
Apr 3, 2021
JoAnn Grubbs Glass Williams 87, of Twin Falls. ID passed away at Woodland Assisted Living on April 3, 2021, of natural causes. JoAnn was born in Huntsville, Arkansas on June 15, 1933 to Lester and Mozelle Ledbetter. She graduated from Huntsville High School, Huntsville Arkansas. JoAnn later attended CSI where she graduated with a degree in Social Work in 1971....

