Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Naomi J. Wegner
Apr 7, 2017
Naomi Wegner was born Naomi Jean Huff on the 23rd of August, 1934 to Irvin and Letha Huff in Twin Falls, Idaho. She passed away on April 7, 2017. She was 82 years young and had been a Pocatello resident since 1956. Naomi met Frank Wegner in Twin Falls, Idaho and were married when they eloped to Pocatello, Idaho in...
Betty Ilene Blair
Apr 6, 2017
Betty Ilene Lish Blair, 72, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at a medical center in Twin Falls, ID. Betty was born on October, 11, 1944 in Pocatello, Idaho to Lyman D. (Brownie) and Ruth Romriell Lish. She grew up in the McCammon, ID area. In 1959, she married Harvey Blair in Jerome, Idaho. Together they had 5 children....
Donald Leroy VanVoorhees
Apr 6, 2017
Donald Leroy Van Voorhees age 82 of Hazelton, Idaho flew away to his Heavenly home on April 6th 2017. Don was born in Wisconsin on October 26th 1934 to Alva and Bertha Van Voorhees.
Through his life, Don made many friends and shared his great sense of humor with all of those around him. Don followed in the...
Margaret Townsend
Apr 5, 2017
Margaret Townsend passed away peacefully April 5, 2017. No services will be held at this time. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family under the "Tribute Wall" tab above.
David Michael Funke
Apr 4, 2017
David Michael Funke
1941 ~ 2017
David Michael Funke went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 4, 2017 after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
David was born June 7, 1941 to Bernard and Grace Funke. He was raised in Twin Falls, Idaho and had one sibling, Diane Funke-Thaete.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
Carlos Alberto Marsh
Apr 3, 2017
Carlos Alberto Marsh, 59, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2017 at his home in Pocatello. There will be no services held at this time. No services to be held Colonial Chapel 2005 S 4th Ave Pocatello Idaho 83201
Wanda J. Barnes
Apr 3, 2017
Wanda Jean Barnes, 86, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away April 3rd, 2017 in the arms of her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona. If you would have asked my mom why she passed away she would have told you, “I’m 86, that’s why.”
Visitation will be held at Parke’s Magic Valley on April 10th, 2017 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Burial...
Wendell Sparks
Apr 2, 2017
On April 3, 2017, J. Wendell Sparks passed away at home after a lingering illness.Wendell was born Dec 12, 1933 at the home of his maternal grandparents in Richmond, Utah. He was the fifth of eight children born to Ray and Donna Mendenhall Sparks.Wendell was raised in Clarkston, Utah. He attended grade school in Clarkston, and high school at North...
Robert Edward Louder
Apr 2, 2017
Robert (Bob) Edward Louder 95, formerly of Eden, ID passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2, 2017 in Emmett, ID. Bob was born March 20, 1922 in Beloit, Kansas. He was the 2nd of three sons born to Edmund & Carolyn (Carrie) Redgwick Louder.
In 1937, the Louder family left the Kansas dust bowl and moved to Idaho...
Erna Ellsworth
Apr 1, 2017
Erna Ellsworth, 93, passed away peacefully at her home April 1, 2017 in Pocatello Idaho. Erna was born May 18, 1923 daughter of Eugen and Emilie Stein Kolb in Stuttgart, Germany. She finished high school and attended two years of college in Germany. After World War II she met Brigham Ellsworth, an American soldier, and they were married August 10,...
Veda Kendell
Apr 1, 2017
Veda Hawes Kendell, 97, peacefully passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Power County Hospital, American Falls, Idaho from natural causes. Veda was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1919 in Swan Lake, Idaho to John Hawes Jr. and Ethel Lewis Hawes. She was the second daughter of ten children and her ancestry consisted of English, Welsh and Shoshone...
Milan J Cannon
Apr 1, 2017
Milan J. Cannon
1942 ~ 2017
Milan John Cannon, 74 of Gooding, Idaho passed away April 1, 2017 of an unexpected illness.
Milan was born October 4, 1942 in Havre, MT to Rowland W. born in White Earth, ND and Floy A. (LaCox) Cannon born in Nodaway, IA. He enlisted and served in the US Navy from 1960 ~...
Bessie Jean Murphy
Apr 1, 2017
Bessie Jean Murphy, 72, of Twin Falls, ID (formerly of Hazelton), passed away at St. Luke’s Medical Center surrounded by her family on April 1, 2017, from a short term battle with cancer.
Bessie (or BJ as she went by) was born in Gassville, AR on April 30, 1944, to Leonard and Atta Mae Riley. The family later...
Leonard Dean Chandler
Mar 31, 2017
Leonard Dean Chandler, 82, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away at home on March 31, 2017. He was born July 16, 1934 in Pocatello, Idaho to Leonard Charles Chandler and Viola Bucher. Alice Chandler instilled the values Leonard carried all his life; she was the woman who raised him. In 1955 he married the love his life, Marie Ellen North, in...
Tanner Cole Cantrell
Mar 30, 2017
Tanner Cole Cantrell, 23, passed away at home on March 30, 2017 due to a tragic accident. He was born on October 28, 1993 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Trever and Toni Cantrell. When Tanner was 2 years old, the family moved to Seattle, Washington and then they settled in Pocatello, Idaho when Tanner was almost 4. Tanner graduated from Pocatello...
Edward Hansen
Mar 30, 2017
Edward "Knute" M. Hansen, 78, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his home in Pocatello, Idaho. Knute was born on September 11, 1938, in Montpellier, Idaho to Albert Lorenzo Hansen and Charlotte Nona Hansen. He held a deep love of the outdoors and enjoyed snowmobiling, boating, hunting, and camping with his family and friends. He had an extra...
Theresa Jean Leclair
Mar 29, 2017
Therese Jean LeClair, lifetime resident of Fort Hall, Idaho, passed away following an extended illness at the age of 58.She was born October 14, 1958 in Pocatello, Idaho; daughter of the late Herbert and Dorothy Calico LeClair. She attended Blackfoot High School. She worked with the Best Western Hotel in West Yellowstone, MT and Branding Iron Café in Toppenish, WA...
Dominga Flores
Mar 29, 2017
Dominga Flores passed away peacefully at home on March 29, 2017 surrounded by family. Dominga Flores was born on August 4th, 1928 in Del Rio Texas to Adrian and Aurelia Morales. She grew up in a large family and spent her childhood in Del Rio. There she met the love of her life Candelario Flores. Together they raised 10 children...
Mary Mozelle Kincheloe
Mar 29, 2017
Mary Mozelle Wales-Kincheloe, age 80, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away at St Luke's Hospital on March 29, 2017. There will be funeral services to honor her legacy on Monday April 3, 2017 at 2:00 pm in Hansen at the Assembly of God. For additional details please visit Parke’s online atwww.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.Mary Mozelle Ebert (maiden) Wales-Kincheloe
Born April 11, 1936 in...
Naomi Mae Harrison
Mar 27, 2017
On Monday, March 27, 2017, Naomi Mae Harrison, 97, was reunited with her husband, several of her children and many loving friends and relatives who had preceded her. She was born on April 9, 1919, in Gysum, Kansas to Russell Barr Williamson and Nola Mae Hawthorne. Her childhood was spent near the shores of Lake Michigan around Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She...
