Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
Janet "Jj" Johnson
Feb 2, 2016
Janet "JJ" Johnson, 51, of Pocatello, Idaho passed away peacefully on February 2, 2016 following an illness. She was born in The Dalles, Oregon on August 19, 1964 to Dale and Janice Robinson.JJ graduated from Pocatello High School in 1982 and then went to pursue her career in business management. Early on she managed The Cotton Tree Inn and eventually...
Allen Lee Bartholomew
Feb 2, 2016
Allen Lee Bartholomew. Born November 8, 1940 Passed away February 2, 2016 at his home in Chubbuck,ID. Al was the first son born to Evelyn Bruns and Lee Bartholomew in San Diego, California. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. He graduated from high school in San Diego, California and attended college in Ventura, California. Al was also a...
Elaine Rose Sabin
Feb 2, 2016
Elaine Rose Sabin, 77, of Boise, Idaho passed away peacefully from an extended illness on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016. She was surrounded by her family at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Chubbuck, Idaho.Elaine was born Elaine Rose Wetzel on December 14th, 1938 in Boise, Idaho. She lived a short time as a child in Fruitland, Idaho and...
John Robert "Bob" Bright
Jan 31, 2016
John Robert "Bob" Bright, 81, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at a local care center. Bob was born on April 22, 1934 in Downey, Idaho, on the family farm, to Elmer and Mary Taylor Bright. He attended school in Downey where he graduated from Downey High school. In 1960 he moved to Zener Street in Pocatello where he...
Leon "Pee Wee" Reese
Jan 31, 2016
Leon Knudd "Pee Wee" Reese, 78, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at his home with family by his side. Pee Wee was born January 22, 1938 to Harold A. and Marie Kinney-ORoark Reese. Born prematurely, weighing only two pounds, he earned the nickname "Pee Wee". Pee Wee was born and raised in Pocatello, attending Pocatello High School. After...
David Leon Byington
Jan 29, 2016
David Leon Byington, 60, of Pocatello went peacefully to be with the Lord on January 29, 2016. He was born on October 17, 1955, the son of Homer and Norma (Anderson) Byington, who preceded him in death. Dave was born and raised in Southeastern Idaho, he left and lived in the Wenatchee, Washington area most of his adult life, returning...
Dewey R Simpson
Jan 27, 2016
Dewey Roy Simpson of Pocatello, ID was born July 10th, 1945 to Fred Simpson and Lula Belle Messick Simpson in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was the eldest of 4 children. He attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School in 1964. He had a BA in Architectural Drawing. Dewey served his country in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. In...
Andrew C Cole
Jan 25, 2016
Andrew Christopher Cole, born to Sarah and Jimmy Cole on April 2, 1968 in Baton Rouge Louisiana, passed away January 25, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Andrew was the youngest of 3 siblings and enjoyed having his older siblings to play with. Drew attended grade school in Baton Rouge, LA until the family later located to Pocatello, ID. He graduated...
David L. Crutcher
Jan 25, 2016
David Lee "Crutch" Crutcher, 69 passed away January 25, 2016 surrounded by his family.Crutch was born November 24, 1946 in Illinois. He and his family moved to Colorado when he was a young boy. As a young man he served in the U.S. Army and fought in Vietnam. Crutch worked for the Rio Grande RR for 17 years, and then...
Mitchell Garbett
Jan 24, 2016
Mitchell Traughber Garbett, age 53, was born April 30, 1962 in Pocatello, Idaho to Robert Samuel and Dolores Euva Traughber Garbett. He passed away January 24, 2016. Mitchell attended Lewis & Clark Elementary, Irving Junior High, and Pocatello High School, graduating in 1980. He then served a mission in the England Manchester Mission from 1981 to 1983. Upon returning home...
Lucy Bell
Jan 22, 2016
Lucy is a silent daughter born to Jason and Kathy Bell. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Seth Neibaur
Jan 21, 2016
Seth Ira Neibaur, 89, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at his home surrounded by loving family. Seth was born in Newdale, Idaho to Ira Alonso Neibaur and Bertha Cleo Jacobs Neibaur. He was raised in Newdale but also spent a lot of time at Green Canyon with his cousins. He attended grade school in Newdale, high school in Sugar...
Afton T. Roberts
Jan 21, 2016
Afton T. Roberts, 96, former resident of Lava Hot Springs, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at a care center in Pocatello. Afton attended school in Grace, Idaho and graduated from Grace Rural High School in 1937. On November 23, 1945 she married John (Pinky) Francis Roberts. Afton was employed at the First National Bank in Grace, ID, the...
Wade Eli Taysom
Jan 20, 2016
Wade Taysom passed away at his home January 20, 2016 surrounded by family, after a long fight with cancer. Wade was born the fourth child to Wayne Eli and Patricia Rae Gilbert Taysom on October 20, 1961 in Moscow, Idaho. He grew up in southeastern Idaho where he developed a passion for life and anything outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing...
Robert Lee Speck
Jan 19, 2016
Robert Lee Speck passed into the loving arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 of natural causes at his home in Power County, IdahoHe was born in Portland OR to Larry Lee Speck and Marion Louise Newham on March 6, 1966. Being a military family, he moved many times as a child, notably to Puerto Rico,...
Phyllis Fern Saxton
Jan 19, 2016
Phyllis was born on January 2,1948 in Pocatello ,Idaho to John and Velda Orner. She was the youngest of 5 children.She attended school in Pocatello and later continued he education in job corp in Nebraska. It was there she met and married Allen Saxton, there was 1 child to this union David Allen Saxton. They were later divorced.She loved to...
Jay Golden Jensen
Jan 18, 2016
Jay Golden Jensen died January 18, 2015, in Orem, Utah, after a long illness. Jay was residing at Ashford Assisted Living in Highland, Utah, prior to his death. He was 91 years of age. Jay was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on February 8, 1924, the oldest child of J. Golden and Myrtle Lillie Jensen. He married his high school sweetheart,...
Melvin John Lake
Jan 18, 2016
Encinitas, Ca. - Melvin John Lake, 93, passed away peacefully at the Veterans Hospital, La Jolla, California on January 18, 2016. Melvin was born, the oldest of a set of twins, on April 29, 1922 in Pocatello, Idaho and was second youngest of eight children of John James Lake and Otense Rosedahl Lake. He grew up in Idaho Falls, Pocatello,...
Frank Darwin Gravatt
Jan 17, 2016
Frank Darwin Gravatt, 81, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 in St George, UT. He was born February 3, 1934 in Springfield, Idaho to Frank Charles and LaRena Fairchild Gravatt. He grew up in Springfield, ID. He drove school bus at the age of 14 and worked for the canal company. He graduated from Aberdeen High School where he...
Doug Dalton
Jan 15, 2016
Douglas Paul Dalton, 61, passed away January 15, 2016 at his mother's home in Pocatello, ID. Doug was born February 24, 1954 in Watertown, South Dakota son of Robert Dalton and Gay Elizabeth Dalton. He graduated from high school in Caldwell Idaho in 1972, and proceeded to develop a career in irrigation systems. He was the founder and owner of...