Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Tanya Lee Nelson
Oct 2, 2017
Tanya Lee Gigger Nelson passed away October 2, 2017 at Portneuf Medical Center after a brief illness. Tanya was born August 18, 1969, the sixth daughter and the ninth child of Charles Emery Gigger and Ida Lyons Gigger. She attended Syringa Elementary and Alameda Junior High, graduating from Highland High School in 1987. She married Carroll Wayne Nelson, Jr on...
Robert "Bob" Duane Marley
Sep 30, 2017
Robert Duane Marley, 75, of Pocatello, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon after a valiant battle with numerous strokes. Family and friends surrounded him.He was born January 10th, 1942 in Pocatello, Idaho, to Heber Duane Marley and Dorothy Marie Eichelberger. They later divorced. His father later married Alta Faye White who raised Bob as her own. Bob graduated from Aberdeen High...
Robert Blaine Phelps
Sep 29, 2017
Robert passed away tragically September 29, 2017.Robert Blaine Phelps 38, of Chubbuck Id went to be with his Heavenly Father September 29, 2017. He was born June 2, 1979 to Brett and Debra Phelps in Blackfoot Id. Robert was raised in American Falls Id where he attended school and later moved to Pocatello with his mother where Robert succeeded in...
William E Thompson
Sep 28, 2017
Bill Thompson passed away September 28, 2017 in Twin Falls, ID. He was born on February 2, 1949 to Robert and Elizabeth Thompson in Wendell, ID.He was preceded in death by 1 son, Bobby. Survivors include sisters, Betty and Alta Lee and brothers Johnny, Charlie and Ralph, sons Vernon, Billy and Joe and daughter Cammy. He is also survived by...
Jerry R. Morton
Sep 27, 2017
Jerry Richard Morton 71, of Kimberly, Idaho, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2017 due to complications of pancreatic cancer, surrounded by his wife and children.
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Jerry was born on October 25,1945 in American Fork, Utah and adopted by Bernard and Mattie Morton of Kaysville, Utah, where he was raised. Jerry attended Davis High School and graduated in 1964,...
Thelma Swartz
Sep 26, 2017
Thelma Swartz, age 85, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Bridgeview Estates in Twin Falls.
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Thelma was born in Filer, Idaho on August, 1932 to Henry and Ethel Huddleston. She went to school in Filer, Idaho and later graduated high school at CSI in Twin Falls, Idaho. Thelma married Lowell G. Tracy, in 1953...
Rosemary Catherine Vrooman
Sep 25, 2017
Rosemary Catherine Vrooman, 90, passed away on Monday, September 25, 2017 at a care center in Pocatello. Rosemary was born September 4, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri daughter of William Barry Jacobes and Mary Louella Kugler Jacobes. She was raised and educated in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Westport High School where she was very involved with the Westport...
Shanna Lee Rector
Sep 24, 2017
Shanna Lee Anderson Rector 57, passed away from natural causes on Sunday morning, September 24, 2017. Shanna was born April 19, 1960 to Ariel Gustav Anderson and Alberta Mae Anderson in Burley, Idaho.
Shanna worked for Simplots Potato Processing early in her career and then became a homemaker in order to spend more time with her children. She loved to...
Mildred Evelyn Britt
Sep 24, 2017
Mildred Evelyn Malone Britt, 90, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away at Ashley Manor with family by her side on September 24, 2017, due to incidents of age.Â
Mildred was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on August 2, 1927 to Leslie and Lulue Malone. She was the youngest of four children. She attended Maroa School in the Filer area...
John Anthony Wallis
Sep 24, 2017
John Anthony Wallis (ole' Blue) was born on 9-11-1944 and passed away on 9-24-2017.
John grew up on the family farm in the Curry area between Twin Falls and Filer, he loved farming and working on the equipment, vehicles, anything with an engine, he could fix just about anything. He served time in the Army after he got out of...
Kelli Jo Harman
Sep 23, 2017
Kelli Jo Harman, 37, passed away September 23, 2017 in Boise, Idaho. She was born on June 5, 1980 in Pocatello, Idaho to Kelly J. Harman and Tammy Marie Harman. Kelli was the greatest mom in the world. She brought great joy into her parents and siblings lives as well as her extended family. She was kind, thoughtful, and generous...
James L. Griswold
Sep 22, 2017
James Lawrence Griswold, of Blackfoot, Idaho; known to many as "Jim" or "Jamie", passed away comfortable and peacefully September 22, 2017 after an extended illness.Jim was born on September 15, 1957 in Toms River, New Jersey to James and Norma, and older brother, Robert Griswold. He was easy going, always shining his big, bright smile. As a child growing up...
Kay Aileen Conrad
Sep 22, 2017
Kay Aileen Conrad, 80, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Twin Falls on Friday, September 22, 2017. Â Kay was born on November 30, 1936 to Oliver and Margaret Clough in Hazleton, Idaho. Â She was the fourth of six children born to Oliver and Margaret. Kay attended Valley High School and graduated in 1953. Her class, the class of 1953,...
Claudia Norleen Capell
Sep 20, 2017
Claudia Norleen Capell, 74, of Pocatello left this world for a better place on September 20, 2017 after a valiant battle with cancer. Norleen was born on February 7, 1943 to John "Jack" O'Toole Blakley and Florence Claudia Vengley in Pittsburg, California. She grew up in the Bay area, graduating from Pacifica High School in 1961. Norleen met and ultimately...
Kai Dixon
Sep 20, 2017
Kai Bryan Dixon, 53, returned to his Heavenly Father on September 20, 2017. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho on September 27, 1963 the 2nd of 4 children to Gary and Irmgard Dixon. He graduated from Highland High School in 1981. That same year he married his high school sweetheart Gina Spradlin and together they had two sons, Bryan and...
Eldine Judd
Sep 20, 2017
Eldine (Klauser) Judd was born May 28, 1925 in Nampa, Idaho to David and Katherina (Weimer) Klauser. She went home to be with the LORD on September 20th, 2017.
Eldine attended schools in Rupert, Idaho. She and her siblings worked hard, growing up on the farm. She picked potatoes and thinned beets starting at age 6. She hauled beets and...
Dwight C. Ames
Sep 18, 2017
Dwight C. Ames, 72, passed away on September 18, 2017 in Pocatello, Idaho. He was born on July 30, 1945 in Preston, Idaho to Owen and Drucilla Ames, Preston, ID. Dwight graduated from Preston High School in 1963, and received his Masters degree in 1975. He married Lorene Call of Logan, UT on September 16, 1963. Together they had a...
