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Virginia Cowan
Aug 30, 2008
POCATELLO - Virginia Cowan, 69, long time resident of Pocatello passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 30th, 2008. She was born Virginia Bragg May 23rd, 1939 in East Texas.Virginia met and married the love of her life and best friend Leon Cowan in Houston, Texas June 4th, 1962. The couple re-located to Pocatello in 1986 to start and run a...
Brian Housely
Aug 29, 2008
Brian George Housley died in his home early Friday morning, August 29, 2008, due to brain tumors. He spent his life being a friend and an example of kindness to everyone he met. Brian and his twin brother, Jason, were born in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 22, 1986, to Ken and Barbara Housley. Beginning at age two, Brian suffered...
Charleen Hyde
Aug 15, 2008
Charleen Melva Hyde, 54, passed away peacefully at her home in Chubbuck Friday, August 15, 2008, after a long illness, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born June 3, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Richard Dick and Joyce Ann (Martin) Christensen. She was raised and educated in the Salt Lake City area. Charleen married Jerry Leon Hyde...
Richard Howard Hagler Jr.
Aug 14, 2008
POCATELLO " Rick “Papa/Pops” Hagler, 59, passed away at his home on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Rick was born February 19, 1949 in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Rick settled in Omaha, Nebraska where he raised his family and began his 25-year career as a machinist for the Union Pacific Railroad. Eventually he relocated with his family to Pocatello where he...
Beatrice Marion Sheffield
Aug 12, 2008
Beatrice Marion Sheffield, 83, passed away in Scottsdale, Ariz., on August 12, 2008, from complications related to cancer. She is reunited once again with her husband Neil who passed away in 1998. Bea leaves behind four sons, Neil (Jill), Steven (Cynthia), Michael (Charlotte), Kirk (Raeann). She also leaves behind five grandchildren, Neil, Jacqueline, Roxanne, Sarah and Samuel.
Betty Lois Flanders Christensen
Aug 9, 2008
Betty Louis Flanders Christensen returned to her beloved husband on August 9, 2008, following a stroke at the Idaho State Veterans Home. Betty was born August 23, 1926 in Elko, Nevada to Mary Gwendolyn and Stephen Francis Flanders. Betty grew up in Tooele, Utah with her siblings Margaret, Shirley, Jay, and James (Jimmy). Betty's relationship with her brothers and sisters...
Gertrude V Price
Aug 9, 2008
POCATELLO " Gertrude “Gertie” Price, 93, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday August 9, 2008. She was born August 23, 1914 in Pocatello, Idaho to Charles Harrison Overton and Vivian Thomas. She was raised and educated here in Pocatello. She married Harry Price in Salt Lake City on March 26, 1932; they were childhood friends that developed into...
W. John Ahlf
Aug 8, 2008
W. John Ahlf, 79, of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2008, in Pocatello, Idaho, with his family by his side after battling Colon Cancer for four years. John was born December 24, 1928 to Howard E. Ahlf and Caroline Barton Ahlf in Inglewood, California. On March 12, 1955, John married Marjorie Gunnison. John and Marjorie...
Kenneth Neaman
Aug 8, 2008
Kenneth Neaman, 71, of Pocatello, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2008, at a local care center. Services are pending and will be announced shortly. A full obituary will appear on Monday.
Ron Hensley
Aug 7, 2008
Ron Hensley 67, passed away at home on Thursday August 7, 2008 surrounded by family. Ron was born December 10, 1940 to Buck and Irma (Smith) Hensley. He was the second child in a family of sixteen. Ron was born and raised in Pocatello. He earned his GED and a mechanical degree while he served in the Army Reserves. Ron...
Nelda Tubbs
Aug 7, 2008
Just shy of her 80th birthday, Nelda LaRae Hess Tubbs passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Portneuf Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born at home in St. John, Idaho, on August 8, 1928, to John Lawrence and Ida Isabelle Hess. She attended school in Malad, Idaho, and graduated from Malad High School. Nelda married Joel...
Daniel Smith
Aug 5, 2008
POCATELLO-Daniel Lynn Smith, 80, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at the Idaho State Veterans Home. He was born April 18, 1928 in Bridgeland, Utah, to Jason Lynn and Ruby Alice (Edwards) Smith. He was raised Midway, Utah. Daniel met Lillian Rae Olund, his future wife in Vale, Oregon. They were married May 27, 1950. They were blessed with seven...
Grant Burke
Aug 2, 2008
Grant Burke, 77, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2008 at a local medical center. He was born at home in Grace, Idaho on February 12, 1931 to Denzil and Annie Melva Hansen Burke. He was raised and educated in Grace and graduated from Grace High School. Grant served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...
Erik Simnitt
Jul 30, 2008
Erik Travis Simnitt, age 13, Chubbuck, Idaho, returned to his Father in Heaven on Wednesday evening, July 30, 2008, surrounded by friends at an LDS church youth group activity at the American Falls Reservoir. He was born May 11, 1995 in Murray, Utah to Robert Joseph Simnitt and Margo Clarice Heer. He lived in West Jordan, Utah until age two,...
Paul Watson
Jul 29, 2008
Paul Silas Watson, 72, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Pocatello Regional Medical Center. He was born November 4, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois to Horton H. and Vera (Hill) Watson. He was raised and educated in Chicago and joined the Air Force at the age of 17. He traveled to Idaho while on leave and has considered Idaho his...
Michael Larkin
Jul 21, 2008
Michael E. Larkin, 68, passed away Monday, July 21, 2008 at Portneuf Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born to Thomas J. and Julia A. (O'Keefe) Larkin on June 29, 1940. Mike was raised on a farm in Chubbuck and loved the country life. Mike went to St. Joseph Catholic School and graduated from Pocatello High...
Sylvia Wilker
Jun 9, 2008
Sylvia Lysle Clinkscales Wilker, 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 9, 2008, at her home, just as she wanted. Sylvia was born on May 28, 1920 in Louise, Texas to Frost Hawthorne and Lysla Drake Rice Clinkscales. The family moved back to Idaho during the Great Depression, and Sylvia was raised in St. Anthony, where she lived until she...
Kate Chaffin
Jun 7, 2008
Kathryn (Kate) Marie Chaffin, 50, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2008, at her home surrounded by her loved ones. Kate was born on May 29, 1958 in Boise, Idaho to Keith and Dorothy Johnson. She attended school in Boise until 1968 when her family moved to Idaho Falls. Kate married Terry Jenkins in 1975. They had a son, Shane Jenkins....
Renee Galloway
Jun 7, 2008
Renee Galloway. 56, was born in Brooklyn, NY. Throughout her life she lived in a variety of other places, settling in Pocatello in the 1980's. Renee owned and operated Little Shepherds Christian Preschool and Kindergarten. Renee will be remembered most for her great capacity to love. She loved God, her family and others. She was very artistic, creative, loved to...
Dionne Johnson
Jun 6, 2008
Dionne Leigh Johnson, age 34, passed away at her residence on Friday, June 6, 2008 from natural causes. She was born November 9, 1973 in Angeles, Philippines Island the daughter of David Hansen and Ellen Edith (Lindberg) Yeary. She grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho and attended Bonneville High School. She moved to Colorado and later to Boise, Idaho, then...
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