Obituaries

Oct 9, 2015

Norma S Burke, 84, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2015 at a local care center. Norma was born on December 21, 1930 in Georgetown, Idaho to Robert and Naomi Snydr. As a teen, she lived in Rockford, Idaho for three years before moving to Pocatello, Idaho where she graduated from Pocatello High School. She married Wilbur L Burke on...

Oct 8, 2015

Sherri Lee (Tubbs) Traughber, 65, was born on February 24, 1950 to Lois & DeLoi Tubbs. She was raised in Pocatello, and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1968. She married Fredric Lance Traughber in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple on November 20, 1970, with whom she has enjoyed almost 45 years of love and friendship. She had two overwhelming...

Oct 6, 2015

Leo L. Neaman Jr., 41, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at a local medical center. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, October 9, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. at Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83201, 208-233-1500 with a viewing for one hour prior to the services. There will also be a viewing on...

Oct 5, 2015

The family will be holding private memorial services later this week. Feel free to share condolences with the family here. You are also welcome to send flowers to the funeral home for delivery to the family.

Oct 4, 2015

Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Mae Smith, 88, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015 following an illness. She was born in Valley Springs, Arkansas on May 7, 1927 to Charles and Hersie Johnson. She was the youngest of seven children and one of only two girls. Her father passed away when she was five years old and the...

Oct 3, 2015

Janette Irene Losh passed away unexpectedly on October 3, 2015. She was born in Chicago Illinois on July 30, 1975. She grew up in Yomba Nevada where she met and later married Javier Gonzalez. They had four children; Johnette, Jordynn, Joseph, and Jacob.Jan later moved her family to Pocatello ID in 2007. Soon after she was employed at Butterbur's as...

Oct 2, 2015

On October 2, 2015 Lenard E. Neilsen peacefully left us to return to his heavenly home. He was born March 26, 1926 the 4 th of 6 children to Mervyn and Velda Neilsen in Pocatello. In his youth he attended a one room school house a quarter mile from his home. The family farmed over 320 acres in the Hawkins...

Oct 2, 2015

James Franklyn "Scoots" Damron passed away at home, after a month of hospice care, on October 2, 2015, in Pocatello Idaho, at the age of 80.Jim was born on May 12th, 1935 in Detroit Michigan to James Franklyn Damron Sr. and Mary Lauretta Christy. He attended Paso Robles High School in Paso Robles California, where he lettered in football and...

Oct 2, 2015

Helen Beryle O'neil Lake, 95, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 in Idaho Falls Idaho. Helen was born on February 8, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Roselda (Anderton) and Lycurgus O'neil, the 2nd of 8 children. Helen attended school in Rupert Idaho. Helen is survived by her 6 children, Peggy and Merlin Larsen, Lee Lake, Katherine Clark,...

Sep 27, 2015

A full obituary and the complete service information will appear here as it becomes available.

Sep 26, 2015

Cina Kaiyou Yokoyama, 87, Shoshone-Bannock tribal elder passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015. On June 11, 1928, Cina was born to Nettie Smart and Kaiyou in Fort Hall, ID. Cina married Jack S. Yokoyama and had three children. They made their home along the Snake River in the Gibson District of the Fort Hall Reservation. Her only daughter, Shirley Kaiyou,...

Sep 26, 2015

Morgan R. Hencley, Fort Hall, Idaho, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015, at PRMC with his wife by his side. Morgan was born September 21, 1943, in Pocatello to Omer Hobert and Dora Elva Cornwall Hencley. He lived in Pocatello until he was thirteen then the family moved to Fort Hall. Morgan attended grade school in Pocatello and junior and...

Sep 26, 2015

Dr. Kenneth P. Lindsey 1958-2015Kenneth Paul Lindsey, Ph.D., age 57, was born January 18, 1958 to the union of Thurman and Betty Lindsey in Houston, Texas. He left this Earth on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Dr. Lindsey was a practicing psychologist in Pocatello and Idaho Falls for many years. He will be remembered most for his commitment to helping people...

Sep 25, 2015

Kathy Ann Solomon passed peacefully on September 25, 2015 surrounded by her family after fighting a courageous battle against cancer. Kathy was born April 12, 1961 in Pocatello, Idaho into a loving family, the second of five children and the only daughter of Larry and Peggy Solomon. She attended school at Edahow Elementary, Hawthorne Junior High, and graduated from Highland...

Sep 25, 2015

Sep 25, 2015

Dolores Traughber Garbett Miles, 86, of Pocatello, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, surrounded by family at EIRMC in Idaho Falls of natural causes. Dolores was born January 31, 1929 in Pocatello, Idaho to Clifford and Iva Traughber. She was the oldest and only daughter with brothers Beryl, Ned, and Lance. She grew up in Chubbuck on the...

Sep 25, 2015

Carolyn Taft passed away September 25th after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Carolyn was Born in Oklahoma and raised in west Texas. She was the middle child of 3 children. She met her future husband while working at El Paso Electric Company. They were married in February of 1949. Their marriage was blessed with 3 children, Lynda, Larry, and...

Sep 22, 2015

Thomas "Mario" Lance born February 1, 1978 passed away unexpectedly September 22, 2015 in Pocatello, Idaho. He leaves behind his wife of 8 years, Jill and two beautiful daughters, Aleah 7 and Kayla turning 5 on October 5th.He was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Tom Lance of Pocatello, ID and Sharon Kulbacki of Folsom, CA. He moved to Folsom when...

Sep 19, 2015

Donna Rice, 58, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at a local care center. A visitation only, for Donna, will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2015 from 4-6:00 P.M. at Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83201, 208-233-1500. Cremation will then take place. Condolences can be made to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com No...

Sep 17, 2015

Gladys Stratten Scott, 89, was born on October 23, 1925 in Pocatello, Idaho where she lived her entire life. She was the third child born to Walter and Janet Stratten. After a long happy life, she died peacefully on September 17, 2015. She had a happy childhood spending summers in Sterling, Idaho taking care of her grandmother. She met Melvin...