Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Roylene Stewart
Apr 25, 2020
Roylene Stewart was born Roylene Willes on June 12, 1948 In Pocatello, Idaho. She passed away just under two months short of her 72nd birthday on April 25. 2020 at the Bridgeview Care center in Twin falls, Idaho. Death was, for her, a welcomed release from pain she had dealt with for about thirty-five years from progressively worsening arthritis. For...
James E. Swanson
Apr 24, 2020
James E. Swanson, 72, passed away at his home in Pocatello, Idaho.No formal services will be held.Memories and condolences may bee shared with the family under the "tribute wall" tab above.
GERALDINE LEONA ROSENCRANTZ
Apr 24, 2020
Geraldine Leona Rosencrantz, age 90 passed away peacefully 4/24/20 at her home in Murtaugh,ID with her daughter by her side. She was born June 7, 1929 to Charles and Mabel Kitchen in Nebraska then later moved to Twin Falls Idaho with her family as a young child. She was the 10th of 13 siblings. She married Wilburn Adams in 1946...
Floyd Lewis Cooper
Apr 24, 2020
Floyd Lewis Cooper was born on September 25th, 1946 in Burley, Idaho to Ada and William Cooper. He passed away on April 24th, 2020 at home with his family by his side in Twin Falls, Idaho. Floyd was an incredible husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. Those who knew him loved him very much. Floyd always had a...
Tommie Lou Ricken
Apr 23, 2020
Tommie Lou Ricken, 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 23, 2020.Private family services will be held. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.Memories and condolences may be shared with the family under the "Tribute Wall" tab above.
Matthew M. Meyer
Apr 23, 2020
Matthew Meyer, 55, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at PMC from cardiac arrest. Per Matthew's wishes, there will be no "obituary" and no services will be held at this time. In his last wishes he requested that in lieu of flowers, people make an anonymous donation to the Bannock Humane Society P.O. Box 332, Pocatello, Idaho 83204.
Byron C. Kesler
Apr 22, 2020
Byron C. Kesler, 82, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at a local medical center. There will be no services held at this time.
Jericho Alexander Malavé
Apr 22, 2020
Jericho Alexander Malavé was silently born April 22, 2020 at 11:19 AM. He is the son of Joshua Norman and Jessica Amber Malavé.Jericho was an angel. He had an amazing journey. He was diagnosed early on with Trisomy 18. He got to feel so much love in his short 26 weeks of life. Every week was full of love, excitement,...
Clinon Chris "Cotton" Mitchell
Apr 21, 2020
Clinon Chris "Cotton" Mitchell, 84 passed away peacefully April 21, 2020 in Chubbuck, Idaho.Cotton was born December 12, 1935 to William and Martha (Jones) Mitchell in Grethel, Kentucky. In 1940, his family moved to Pocatello. He attended Tyhee Elementary School and Pocatello High School. He was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. Cotton married the love of his life on...
Mary Cleaver
Apr 21, 2020
MaryBelle (Mary) Cleaver (Valent) died peacefully at her residence on April 21, 2020 in Chubbuck, Idaho at the age of 90 years old. Mary is survived by her four children, Mark Kay Cleaver (Maralie Sue), Gregory Ralph Cleaver (May LuAnn), Rebecca Ann Amarteifio (Peter William), and Marjorie Lee Hunnewell (David Robert); her eight grandchildren; Aaron Kay Cleaver (Susan {Sue}), Melissa...
Carma "Lou" Adams
Apr 19, 2020
Carma "Lou" Adams, 87, passed away peacefully April 19, 2020 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born August 30, 1932. Carma Lou Neeley (she went by Lou) was born in Pocatello to Elmer Raymond Neeley and La Verne Orchard Neeley second to the youngest of ten kids, grew up in Pocatello and Blackfoot, Idaho. She was a homemaker, loving wife, and...
Shirley Purkett
Apr 19, 2020
Shirley May Robinson Purkett was born April 25, 1939 to Paul and Zella Robinson. Shirley was one of seven children, she had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Shirley met and married the love of her life George Peter Purkett on December 2, 1955. They enjoyed 48 years of marriage. Together they raised 3 boys, Sam, Bret and George Jr. In...
David Ervin Holmes
Apr 18, 2020
David Ervin Holmes, age 73, passed away Saturday April 18, 2020.David was born, the third of ten children, in Pocatello, ID, August 23, 1946 to Joseph Elbert Holmes and Doris Marie Sullivan. He grew up in the Boise, ID area before moving to Hyrum, UT for his senior year and to work for his aunt and uncle in their store....
Dale Taylor
Apr 18, 2020
Dale Taylor, 83, passed at his home on Saturday, April 18, 2020 on his birthday. He was born on April 18, 1937 in Pocatello, Idaho. Dale met Virginia "Pompy" Phelps in 1956 while attending the University of Idaho and they were married on September 7, 1957. He worked for the Idaho Department of Transportation from 1957-April 18, 1997 and worked...
Alma Dale Baird
Apr 18, 2020
Alma Dale Baird, age 98 of Twin Falls, ID formerly of Cheyenne, WY, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home on April 18, 2020. Alma was born in LaPlata, MO on February 22, 1922 to Frank & Pearl Easley. She graduated from LaPlata High School, then attended and later graduated from Beauty School. Alma met her husband, Ralph Baird in...
Matthew Joshua Houghton
Apr 17, 2020
Matthew Joshua Houghton, 23 , passed away on April 17, 2020Matthew was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Joshua G. Houghton and Jennifer A. Higbee Houghton on March 3, 1997. He had an older brother, Talon Higbee and then a younger brother, William Higbee. His mother Jennifer passed away in August of 2015.Matthew is survived by his father, Josh Houghton of...
Warren Wallace
Apr 17, 2020
Warren Hamilton Wallace Obituary 5/18/20 Warren Hamilton Wallace was the only child born to Warren Hamilton Wallace Sr. and Jesse Alma (Dot or Dottie) Carpenter on August 2, 1925 in San Diego, CA. He attended public schools in San Diego. Dottie taught her son the art of fishing, which became his lifelong passion and a source of deep peace. His...
Arthur H Nielson, Jr.
Apr 15, 2020
Arthur H Nielson, Jr., 93, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in Pocatello, Idaho. He lived independently in his own home until the end of his life. He was born on October 29, 1926 in his familys log house on Bonanza Bar Ranch, west of American Falls, Idaho to Effie Fern Halling and Arthur H Nielson, Sr. He grew...
Raymond L. Dey
Apr 15, 2020
July 25, 1942 to April 15, 2020 Loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Survived by his wife Katherine (Warren) L. Dey, three (3) children (and spouses), 11 grandchildren, one great grandson, one sister, and our dog Oscar. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, and one brother.
