Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
E.D. "Ed" Sublett
Oct 18, 2016
E.D. "Ed" Sublett, 82, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at a local medical center. He was born to Edgar and Georgia Sublett on December 22, 1933 in Castle/Okemah, Oklahoma. Ed moved to California and worked as a farm laborer, working in the potato sheds as well as cotton gins. He ended his working career working for the City...
Jean Latourrette
Oct 16, 2016
Jean LaTourrette, 88, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at a local care center. Jean is the mother of Judy Stephenson, Clinton LaTourrette, and Alice Heberlein. Cremation will take place and there will be no services held. Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, ID, is caring for Jeans family. No services to be held Colonial Chapel...
Allen "Al" Pierce
Oct 16, 2016
Allen (Al) Pierce, 84, passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at home surrounded by his loving family. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services held. Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, ID, is caring for Allens family.
Katherine P. Tillis
Oct 16, 2016
Katherine Mozell Padgett Tillis, age 74, passed into the next life on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Twin Falls Care Center. In keeping with the way she lived life on her own terms, Katherine passed peacefully in the presence of her favorite Hospice nurse Adina Brown, while on the telephone with her daughter Katy.
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Katherine was born in Pensacola,...
Larry Murphy
Oct 16, 2016
So long, until we see you once more, our wonderful big brother, brother in law, son, father, grandfather, cousin, uncle, friend.
Larry Wayne Murphy departed this world for heaven on 10-16-16. He leaves behind a son, Wesley Lincoln Murphy, daughters and daughter in law: Shelly Nellis, Kelly Magee, Misty Dawn Hyde and Debbie Murphy. He loved all of his grandkids:...
Archie Higgins, Jr.
Oct 14, 2016
Archie Higgins, Jr., 82, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2016, at home surrounded by his family. He was born on May 14, 1934 in Westport, Maine, to Archie Sr. and Martha Higgins. He was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps where he served from 1952-1960. He worked as a furnace operator at FMC for 42 years until...
Gordon Lee Packard
Oct 13, 2016
Gordon Lee Packard was born September 20, 1937 to Isaac Charles Jr. and Myrtle Gammell Packard. He was the youngest of a "yours, mine, and ours" family of twelve. He attended Pocatello High School, graduating in 1956. He and his sweetheart, Shirley Kae Schwartz, were married that September in the Manning Funeral Chapel. Gordon worked for Fishers Gas Station during...
Gayle Dawn (Gladson) Batterton
Oct 8, 2016
Gayle Dawn Batterton, 63, of Pocatello, Idaho passed away on October 8, 2016 after a short but valiant battle with cancer. Gayle was born on November 17, 1952 in Caldwell, Idaho to Kenneth and Maurine Gladson. When Gayle was three the family moved to Pocatello where she attended school and eventually graduated from Highland High School in 1971. She remained...
Linda Kay Groninga
Oct 8, 2016
‘When I am gone, release me, let me go. I have so many things to see and do,
You mustn’t tie yourself to me with too many tears, but be thankful we had so many good years.
I gave you my love, and you can only guess how much you’ve given me in happiness.
I thank you for the...
Ruth "Elaine" Jones Tillotson
Oct 6, 2016
Ruth "Elaine" Jones Tillotson passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at the age of 88, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born June 26, 1928 in Malad, Idaho to John and Armenta Richard Jones. She married Commodore Tillotson April 7, 1946 in Pocatello, Idaho and together they had 6 children; Brent, Nancy Lowe, Kirk (Jill), Kim, Terry and John. They...
Wynette Lynann Ballard
Oct 4, 2016
Wynette Lynann Ballard, 38, passed away due to an automobile accident in Utah. She was born in Pocatello, Idaho on May 9, 1978. She attended Tyhee Elementary, Hawthorne Junior High and eventually received her GED. Wynette never married and held several various jobs throughout her life. She loved to draw and travel. She also loved visiting with her family and...
Peggie Quick
Oct 4, 2016
Peggie Fitzgerald Quick, 88, of Chubbuck, Idaho passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family October 4, 2016. Peggie was born to Edward Joseph Fitzgerald and Charlotte Fowlks Fitzgerald October 1, 1928 in Cottonwood, Utah. Peggie was raised in the Salt Lake area and graduated from Granite High School in 1946. She married LeRoy Smith Quick, her lifelong...
Willard "Butch" Bottles
Oct 4, 2016
Willard Howard Bottles, 70, passed away on October 4, 2016 at the Portneuf Medical Center surrounded by his loving family.Butch was born June 1, 1946 in Pocatello, Idaho to William D. Bottles and Edith Lyle Honeycutt Bottles. He attended schools in Pocatello.Butch joined the U.S. Navy in 1965, and served on the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard and the U.S.S. Kitty...
Wilma B. Rust Jones
Oct 3, 2016
Wilma Bernice Terry Higbee Rust Jones, 94, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016 at home surrounded by her loving family. Wilma was born on August 16, 1922 to Joseph A. and Mary Terry. She attended Whitier Elementary, Franklin Junior High, and Pocatello High School. She worked at Consolidated Aircraft, Garret Freightlines, West Chiropractor, The Boy Scout Office, and ISU,...
Mildred Stimpson
Oct 3, 2016
Mildred Tanner Stimpson, passed away on October 3, 2016 at the age of 100. She missed turning 101 by one month and two days. Â She was born on November 5, 1915 in Paul, Idaho. Her parents were Owen Emery Tanner and LeVee Vilate Hjorth. Mildred was the seventh of nine brothers and sisters. Â One December 8, 1935 she married Alvin...
Louis Edward Krepcik
Oct 1, 2016
 Louis (Lou) Edward Krepcik arrived into this world on January 9, 1935 to Joseph F. and Eugenia A. Krepcik of Fairbury, Nebraska. He was educated at Saint Michael’s School K-8 and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1953. He attended Fairbury Junior College for 1 year. While he was still in high school in 1952 he joined the U.S. Navy...
Stanley Swanson
Sep 30, 2016
Stanley "Stan" Leonard Swanson, 78, passed away at his home on Friday, September 30, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. Stanley was born April 19, 1938 in Spokane, Washington to Donald and Katheryn Swanson. He attended grade school in Kevin, Montana, high school in Sunburst, Montana and attended tech school as an Electrician apprentice. Stanley served in the U.S. Navy...
William D. Wall
Sep 29, 2016
William Dwight Wall, Sr., 86, passed away on September 29, 2016, at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, surrounded by his family. He was born September 13, 1930 to Jasiel Dwight Wall and Bessie Mae Smith. He met his wife, Vonda Maxine Wall in Aberdeen in February of 1949 and they were married on the 25 th of September of...
