Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Howard Elson Hawk
Dec 24, 2016
Howard Elson Hawk, 81, passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at a local health care facility following a long struggle with Alzheimer's. He was born November 22, 1935 in Rupert, ID. In 1953 his family moved to Pocatello where he attended Pocatello High School. There he met the love of his life Jenny Elizabeth Contos and they were married...
Tina Gates
Dec 23, 2016
Tina passed away peacefully December 23, 2016. A full obituary and service information will be updated here as it becomes available.Memories and condolences may be shared in the "Tribute Wall" tab on this page.
Stanley Merrill
Dec 22, 2016
Stanley Lawrence Merrill, 76, passed away on December 22, 2016 at Portneuf Medical Center following a long illness. His family was with him. He was born on September 3, 1940 in Pocatello, Idaho to Aseneth Anna Gill and Alexander Standley Merrill. He attended Pocatello Public Schools, Idaho State University and Eastern Washington State. He was a lifelong member of the...
Garrie Edwin Gibson
Dec 22, 2016
Garrie Edwin Gibson at the age of 80, returned home to his Heavenly Father, on December 22, 2016. Garrie was born to Lela and Hunter Gibson on August 25, 1936 in Cedar City, UT. He graduated from Cedar City High School in 1953. His lifelong childhood friends were Bud Garfield, Ron Grimshaw, and Max Maxwell. He served an LDS Mission...
Flora Pooengerah
Dec 21, 2016
Flora Dean Pooengerah, 60, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at a medical center in Utah. Flora was born to Charles and Rita (Ponzo) Pooengerah in Pocatello, Idaho on September 11, 1956. She attended school in Tyhee Elementary, Hawthorne Jr. High and graduated from Highland High School in 1975. Jobs throughout her life included Potato Harvest, Fort Hall Corrections...
Todd Ivan Thornton
Dec 21, 2016
Todd Ivan Thornton was born August 31, 1961 to Ivan "Ike" and Lorraine Ranstrom Thornton. He was born with medical complications of hydrocephalus and deemed a miracle baby at the time of his birth. He spent many hours at the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. He succumbed to a stroke and heart attack on December 21, 2016.He graduated...
Carlton E. Lammers
Dec 21, 2016
Carlton Edward "Ed" Lammers, age 81, passed away on December 21, 2016 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He and his wife, Mary moved to Twin Falls earlier this year to be closer to family.
Ed was born in Fulton, Kansas on February 13, 1935. He was the oldest of five children born to Wanda and Carl Lammers. He moved to Malin,...
Jackie Delone Savage
Dec 19, 2016
On December 19, 2016 the Lord called home his daughter, our earthly mother, Jacquelyn Delone (McGaugh) (Frazier) Savage, age 81; surrounded by her loving family. Jackie was born on June 16, 1935 in Pocatello, Idaho to Vernon Lee and Laurel Francis (Holmes) McGaugh. She attended Pocatello High School, and graduated in the top of her class. She was well liked...
Garneta Gee
Dec 19, 2016
Garneta Gee passed away from complications involving infections on Monday 19 December, 2016, in Kimberly, Idaho.
She was born in Glenns Ferry, Idaho on the 4th of September, 1934. She graduated from Oakley High School in May 1953.
Garneta married Adrian Gee on 28 July 1954 in Los Vegas, Nevada.
Garneta and Adrian loved doing genealogy work, for years...
Richard Jensen
Dec 18, 2016
Lynn Richard Jensen, 82, passed away peacefully on December 18, 2016, in Salt Lake City, UT, surrounded by his family. Richard was born in Pocatello, ID, to Joseph Golden and Myrtle Lillie (Reddish) Jensen on October 31, 1934 and was the youngest of four boys. He graduated in 1952 from Pocatello High School where he was Student Body President and...
Kenneth Johnson
Dec 18, 2016
Kenneth Johnson, 62, of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away at his home on Sunday December 18, 2016. Arrangements are under the direction of Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Patricia Jarolimek
Dec 18, 2016
FILER – The legacy of Patricia Ann Jarolimek will be love for family, faith in God, silliness, and sincere consideration for others. She shared with everyone a glowing smile, which will never be forgotten.
On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016, Patty went to heaven at the age of 75 after passing away from cancer. Her favorite time...
Cornelius Lanting
Dec 18, 2016
Cornelius “Cornie” Marten Lanting, age 90, of Twin Falls passed away at Hospice Visions Hospice Home on December 17, 2016 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease.
Cornie was born on the family ranch in Rogerson, Idaho on November 21, 1926 to John Lanting and Grace (Visser) Lanting, Dutch immigrants. He was one of nine children and attended Rogerson...
Terry Torwan
Dec 17, 2016
Terry Torwan, age 52, of Shoshone, Idaho, passed away at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center surrounded by her family on December 17, 2016, after a tough battle with cancer.
Terry was born in Catskill, New York on October 6, 1964 to Walter Peck and Violet Lane. She graduated from Onteora High School and later received her C.N.A. License...
Ken James Orton
Dec 16, 2016
Kenneth James Orton passed away on Dec. 16, 2016 at Safe Haven Care Center due to complications of Alzheimers disease. He was born May 4, 1934 in Pocatello, Idaho to Kenneth Charles Orton and Ida Luker Orton Beebe. He graduated from Pocatello High School in 1953 and went on to graduate from Wheel Vehicle Mechanics School at Fort Ord, CA...
Judy D. Barker
Dec 16, 2016
Judith Dyer was born to noble parents on January 20th, 1951 at Oceanside, Long Island, New York, while her father was attending law school at NYU.She was raised in a loving home in Salt Lake City, Utah with seven siblings. She graduated from Olympus High School and obtained a degree in nursing from BYU, becoming a Registered Nurse. This career...
Judy Vitela
Dec 15, 2016
A full obituary will appear here as it becomes available.Memories and condolences may be shared on the "Tribute Wall" tab.
Brent Ray Johnson
Dec 15, 2016
Dr. Brent Ray Johnson passed away December 15, 2016, in Pocatello. He was born December 19, 1946, in San Diego to Dorothy Fay Allen and Dr. Max Ray Johnson, moving shortly thereafter to Pocatello. He was raised in Pocatello, the oldest of 5 kids, and from an early age he loved horses, hunting and spending time at the family cabin...
Faye J. Hansen
Dec 14, 2016
Faye J Hansen, 90 of Pocatello, Idaho passed away peacefully Dec 14, 2016, surrounded by friends and family. Faye was born to Ernest Edgar Johnson and Marina Minnerly Perkins on June 12, 1926 in Wellsville, Utah. She was the 4th of 7 children, including one still born brother, a twin to his sister Edna.Faye spent most her childhood in Mantua,...
Lena Ann Johnson
Dec 14, 2016
Lena Johnson, 65 Died at Twin Falls Care Center December 14, 2016. arrangements are under the direction of Parkes Magic Valley Funeral Home, Twin Falls Idaho.
