Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
Earl Edward Cottrell
Sep 26, 2009
Earl Edward Cottrell was born October 28, 1922 to Joe and Eliza Clawson Cottrell. He went to rest on September 26, 2009 at Portneuf Medical Center, with his family by his side. Earl was born in Downey, Idaho and obtained his early education there. His family later moved to the Lost River Valley, where he finished the eighth grade. It...
Lawrence Shiley
Sep 23, 2009
Lawerence Shiley son of the late Lester and Minnie of Wiconisco, PA, died on Wednesday September 23, 2009 in Pocatello, Idaho. He is survived by; his wife, Shirley; daughter, Georgena Yanoff of Idaho; son, Jack of Pennsylvania; 2 sisters, June Kufner of Harrisburg, PA and Dorothy Knock, Arizona. He was preceded in death by 4 brothers; Paul, Clyde, Donald and...
Christine Cornia Lane
Sep 22, 2009
CHUBBUCK " Christine Cornia Lane, 60, was relieved of a lengthy battle with Multiple Sclerosis when she passed away September 22, 2009. Christine was born December 14, 1948 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of Nyles Ray Cornia and Peggy Louise (Oblad) Cornia. She was raised and educated in Salt Lake and graduated from West High School. She later...
Leota Smith
Sep 21, 2009
Leota Thomas Smith, 95, passed away September 21, 2009 at her home in Bluffdale, Utah. She was born July 4, 1914 in Malad City, Idaho to David Dredge Thomas and Sarah Claudia Richards Thomas. She was the oldest of four children. She graduated high school in Malad and attended one year at Utah Agriculture College in Logan, Utah. On September...
Susan Carol Vegors
Sep 20, 2009
Susan Carol Vegors, 52, passed away September 20, 2009 at a local care facility after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 30, 1957 to Ann Hope Vegors and Stanley Henry Vegors. She was the second of three children. She was born in the Idaho Falls hospital and lived in Pocatello until she was 23-years-old. She enjoyed sailing...
Norma Boozer
Sep 16, 2009
Norma Jean Boozer, 82, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at her home. She was born April 2, 1927, the first of two children to Alice Viola Keithley and Omer Earl Lindsey in Greeley, Kansas. Due to her mothers poor health she was raised by her maternal grandparents to the age of 11 when she lost her mother. Her father...
Howard Joseph Zahm
Sep 16, 2009
POCATELLO-Howard J. Zahm, 84, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at a local care facility. Howard was born in Greeley, Nebraska, in 1925 and followed his family to Pocatello in 1938. He worked for the Cream Top Dairy as a young man before joining the U.S. Army in 1941. He served his country with the 26th Infantry Division in...
Hilbert Fisher
Sep 14, 2009
Hilbert Wallace Fisher, 63, died September 14, 2009 at his home in Bannock Creek, Pocatello, ID of natural causes. He was born on July 10, 1946 in Fort Hall, Idaho. He was one of seven children born to Jayroe and Doris (Thompson) Fisher. Hilbert graduated from Boise High School and attended college at Idaho State University. Hilbert loved to draw,...
John Weeks
Sep 9, 2009
John Edward Weeks passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2009 in Pocatello ID. John was born May 7, 1921 in Belvue, Kansas to Sara and Floyd Weeks. He was the oldest of three children and grew up on a small farm amid the golden wheat fields of Kansas. His family later moved to Topeka Kansas, where he attended public schools and...
Elnora Cowlishaw
Sep 8, 2009
Elnora Cowlishaw, 92, of Soda Springs, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho. She was born April 6, 1917 in Woodruff, Utah to Emma Ann (Jones) Norris and David Patton Norris. Elnora grew up on the family farm and was raised in a household of mostly girls. In her youth she drove a team...
Edith Rose Rees
Sep 7, 2009
Edith (Rose) Pannell Rees, 86, passed away peacefully at her home with her loving family by her side early morning of September 7, 2009. Rose was born in Ashville, North Carolina, the first born of twins with her brother, named Marion on May 17, 1923. At a very early age the family bought and moved to Hawkins Basin in Idaho,...
Frances Moore
Sep 3, 2009
Frances Stephens Moore, 87, passed away September 3, 2009. A complete obituary will follow later.
Maria Dora Merrick
Sep 3, 2009
M. Dora Merrick, 84, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 3, 2009 in Pocatello at a local care facility. Theodora “Dora” Kondiak was born in Zmijowiska, Ukraine. She grew up working on the family farm, near the Ukraine " Poland border. Her family included her mother, Katarzyna Dudek; father, Nicholas Kondiak; three sisters and one brother. When Dora was in...
Lois Norton
Sep 1, 2009
Lois W. Kinghorn Norton, 70, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on September 1, 2009. Lois was born May 16, 1939 in Pocatello, Idaho to Clyde and Beth Kinghorn. She was one of eight children born to Grandpa Clyde and Grandma Beth and came into this world with he
Diana Lemke
Aug 31, 2009
Diana K. Lemke, age 65, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2009, at a local hospital in Pocatello, Idaho. She is survived by her husband Robert Lemke. Diana's wishes were to be cremated. The family has requested that no memorial services be performed at this time. Diana's family is being cared for by Colonial Funeral Home.
Helen Netuschil
Aug 30, 2009
Helene Netuschil, 65, formerly of Lava Hot Springs, passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2009. Helene was born on January 6, 1944, in Eugene Oregon and lived her life there and met George in 1971. She and George were married May 14, 1971 in Boise, Idaho. After working in Oregon, Wyoming, and New Mexico, Helene, George and Sam settled in...
Thompson Scherry Alger
Aug 28, 2009
Scherry Ruth Alger-Thompson, 55, of Pocatello, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2009, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on July 24, 1954, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Dean and Freeda Hobbs. She was the second of six children. She was a wonderful mother, sister, daughter, and friend. She enjoyed crafts and making gifts of love to give to...
Blance Poulson
Aug 27, 2009
Blanche Elizabeth Sorensen Poulson, 96, of Pocatello passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of August 23, 2009. Blanche was born February 5, 1913 in American Falls, Idaho the only daughter of Lawrence L. Sorensen and Effie Katherine Ellis. She grew up on a farm in American Falls, Idaho in the company of eight brothers. She...
Hilary Peterson
Aug 27, 2009
Hilary Heather Peterson, 19, Our sweet spirited fun loving daughter passed away Thursday, August 27, 2009 in Ogden, Utah at McKay Dee Hospital of natural causes. She was born September 30, 1989 in Ogden, Utah, 2nd of three children of William Andrew Peterson and Kristi Lynn Briscoe Peterson. Hilary started school in Davis County and in 4th grade moved to...



