Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Beverly Jean Hope
Apr 19, 2021
Beverly Jean Bertelsen Hope, age 82, Pocatello resident, passed away on April 19, 2021. Bev was born in Pocatello, Idaho on February 25, 1939, the daughter of Charles Bertelsen and Hazel (Hancock) Bertelsen. She received her education in Pocatello, attending grade school as well as Pocatello High School. Bev was always so proud that she was the only female who...
Guy Herbert Smith
Apr 19, 2021
Guy Herbert Smith Jr., loving husband, father, grandfather, veteran, and friend was reunited in heaven with his eternal companion, Doreen, on April, 19th, 2021. He passed away peacefully in his home at the age of 94. Guy was born to Guy H. Smith Sr. and Thelma Maybel Stanger Smith on the 9th of September, 1926. He grew up in Aberdeen,...
Kenna Boardmen
Apr 19, 2021
Kenna Boardmen, 80, of Pocatello, passed away on April 19, 2021.Kenna was born on September 29, 1940 in Malad, Idaho to Niels Jensen Christensen and Emma Fidelia Babbitt. When Kenna was four years old her family moved to Pocatello where she attended school.Kenna married David O'Donnell, a son David O'Donnell was added to this union. She then married Darrell Ed...
Russell Yowell
Apr 18, 2021
Russ Yowell, 65, of Winnemucca, NV passed away peacefully on April 18, 2021. Russell Alan Yowell was born February 10, 1956 to Don Dean Yowell and Twila Turner Yowell. He grew up in Pocatello, ID in a close-knit family. He excelled in sports during his school years and made many friends, who became like family for the rest of his...
Harriet Corlene Richardson
Apr 18, 2021
Corlene Richardson passed away peacefully on April 18, 2021. Harriet Corlene Richardson, born Harriet Wilson on September 16, 1937 in Pocatello, Idaho to Harriet and Donald Wilson. She married Gary Richardson in Pocatello on October 2, 1954 and they were blessed with 5 children, Gary (Karen) Richardson, DC (Norene) Richardson, Frosty (Lisa) Richardson, Dusty (Marrietta) Richardson, and Karrie (Kent) Jenkins....
Sue Miller
Apr 18, 2021
Sue passed away on April 18, 2021 at the age of 84. She passed peacefully at her home in Kimberly, Idaho after an illness surrounded by loved ones. Sue was born to Luther and Lillie M. (Nellis) Baker on March 16,1937 in Colcord, Oklahoma. The family moved to Idaho when momma was 2 years old and they settled in the...
Peggy Marilyn Furniss Lee
Apr 17, 2021
Peggy Marilyn Furniss was born in Blue Island, Chicago, Illinois to Lloyd Smith Furniss and Carol Marie Chester, on 30 January 1950. She passed away on 17 April 2021 at home in South Ogden, Utah from complications related to COVID-19. Sometime after her family moved to Pocatello, six-year-old Peggy took dance lessons. During the Christmas break, her father dropped her...
Cheryl Colleen Barlow
Apr 16, 2021
Cheryl Colleen Barlow, 70, of Chubbuck, Idaho, passed away on April 16, 2021 with her loving family by her side.Cheryl was born on August 17, 1950 to Donald Udell and Kathleen Melba Robbins in Denver, Colorado. Her family moved from Denver to Seattle Washington while Cheryl was a little girl. Cheryl was a very intelligent individual, graduating with a Bachelor's...
Robert "Bob" Eugene Day
Apr 15, 2021
Robert Eugene Day, 63, passed away on Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Pocatello, Idaho. He was a humble man, known for his kind and gentle heart. He was loved by all and will be missed greatly.There will be a Celebration of Life held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 4942 Hawthorne Rd., Chubbuck, ID 83202. In Lieu...
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...
