Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Verla Mae Tarter
Sep 29, 2016
Verla Mae Tarter, 91 of Twin Falls passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Cedar Draw Assisted Living in Filer, Idaho.
She was born October 28, 1924 in Thornton, Idaho, one of five daughters of George and Olive Ritter. Verla went to school in Emmett through the fifth grade then finished high school in Nampa. Verla married Norman Tarter...
Ophelia Cuoio
Sep 28, 2016
Ophelia Cuoio, a bright, beautiful, and loving light in our world, passed away peacefully, with her children at her side, at home in Pocatello on September 28, 2016. Her life was one of irrepressible optimism, grace, and love that touched and lifted all who had the good fortune and pleasure of being in her presence. Born April 30, 1926 in...
Robert "Bob" Lamar Jackson
Sep 28, 2016
Robert "Bob" Lamar Jackson, 89, of Pocatello, passed away Wednesday morning, September 28, 2016, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.(As written by Bob and published at his request with minor editing):I was born December 24, 1926, to George Henry and Leda Ellis Jackson in Tyhee, Idaho. I graduated from Pocatello High School and went directly into the U.S. Navy...
Gordon Ashcraft
Sep 26, 2016
Gordon Ashcraft, 95, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2016 at a local care center. No services will be held. No services to be held Colonial Chapel 2005 S 4th Ave Pocatello Idaho 83201
Marlene Teeples Rossiter
Sep 26, 2016
Marlene Teeples Rossiter, 82, passed away on Monday, September 26, 2016 at a local care center. Graveside services will be held on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 2 pm at Mountain View Cemetery, 1520 S. 5 th Ave. Pocatello, ID 83204 with family and friends being received at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, ID, for one...
Jean Benson
Sep 25, 2016
Jean Benson, 58, of Twin Falls Id, passed away, September 25, 2016 at her home in Twin Falls. Services are pending and will be announced by Parkes Magic Valley Funeral Home.
Mary Basham
Sep 24, 2016
Mary Basham, age 90 of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away at home on September 24, 2016 due to natural causes. Mary was born February 10, 1926 in Coke, Texas to O.W. French and Myrtie Lou McFarlin- French. She attended grade school at Cypress and Goodhope in Texas. She graduated from Winnsboro High School and later moved to Fort Worth and...
Maurice Edward Grady
Sep 23, 2016
Maurice Edward Grady of Pocatello, Idaho passed away at home September 23, 2016. He was born April 20, 1941 to Maurice Edward Sr. and Loretta Ennis Grady. He was the third child of six. He married his high school sweetheart Jerie Olsen on April 22, 1960. They were married 56 wonderful years. He was a carpenter and rancher for 56...
Sylvia Christine Peterson
Sep 23, 2016
Sylvia Christine Peterson, 96, of Pocatello passed away Friday, September 23, 2016 at a local care facility. Sylvia was born, the youngest of three children, on June 8, 1920 in Logan, Utah daughter of James and Agnes Thompson. Sylvia met and married Shirley Dell Peterson in the Idaho Falls Temple on May 15, 1942. Together they had three children; Karen,...
Betty Prunty
Sep 22, 2016
Betty Jean Prunty, 85, of Twin Falls, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family after a short and courageous battle with cancer.Betty was born March 8, 1931 in Elk Creek, Nebraska. She moved with her family in the 1940's to the Stricker Ranch south of Hansen, Idaho. She was married to George Jesser...
George Michael Lee
Sep 21, 2016
George Michael Lee, 29, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Services will take place in California. COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, ID, is taking care of Georges family. Family to do services at later date LDS Church Grant Ave. 655 S. Grant Ave. Pocatello Idaho 83204
Cody Jean Hite
Sep 21, 2016
Cody Jean Hite was born on January 26, 1961 in Caldwell, Idaho to Walt and Evelyn Whitmire. She was the second of four daughters. She moved to Salt Lake City in 1963, where she made many friends. In 1974 she moved to Pocatello, Idaho where she lived until her death on September 21, 2016.Cody graduated from Highland high School in...
Sharon L Hansen
Sep 21, 2016
Following a valiant battle with health issues, Sharon Lee Hansen passed away from heart failure, September 21, 2016. Sharon was born November 8, 1944. She was the youngest child of a blended family of William and Gladys Hansen. Father's side – three brothers and two sisters, all deceased. Mother's side – 2 brothers and one sister.Sharon graduated from Pocatello High...
Geraldine "Gerri" Scofield
Sep 21, 2016
Geraldine “Gerrie” Scofield, age 90, passed peacefully in the early morning hours of September 21, 2016. She was a long time resident of Bayville, New York. She was born in Corona, New York the daughter of the late Gennaro and Lucy Miraglia. Gerri married Richard Scofield on June 2, 1946 in New York City. She and Richard spent many winters...
Bonnie Goodman
Sep 20, 2016
Bonnie Marie Goodman
Bonnie Marie Goodman went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on September 20, 2016 after a long illness. She was born on September 15, 1929 to Dorothy and Wayland Custer in Twin Falls, Idaho. She attended school in Twin Falls and Portland Oregon during the war where her father built Victory ships....
Garth Anderson
Sep 19, 2016
Dennis Garth Anderson, 58, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 19, 2016. Garth was born on March 30, 1958 in Pocatello, Idaho to Dennis Austin Anderson and Valine Malan Anderson. Shortly after Garth was born in November of 1959 the family moved to Moab, Utah.They lived in Moab until July of 1963 when the family decided to move to Pocatello...
Mary Elizabeth Roice
Sep 19, 2016
Mary Elizabeth Washburn Roice
Mary Elizabeth Washburn Roice passed away peacefully in Pocatello, Idaho on September 19, 2016. Mary was born in Jerome, Idaho on September 16, 1922, to Lon and Helen (Eakin) Washburn. She was raised on farms in the Jerome and Wendell area and graduated from High School in Jerome, Idaho. Mary was married to Dick Roice on...
Elisabeth Miszczenko
Sep 18, 2016
Elisabeth Miszczenko, much loved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother, was taken into the arms of the angels on Sunday, September 18, at the age of 88.
She was born in a small village, Mlinska Vinograd, Yugoslavia to Georg and Barbara Sefer on October 27, 1927. She was the oldest of four children. During World War II, when Elisabeth...
Lois Anne Stewart
Sep 17, 2016
Lois Anne Stewart, 76, passed away September 17, 2016 at home and in the company of her loving family. She was born in Pocatello, May 15, 1940, the second of three children born to Lewis Walter Cox and Viella (Ella) Gribble Cox. Her siblings were an older brother, James (Jim) and a younger sister, Lorna. Lois Anne grew up on...
Leo Thomas Howard
Sep 17, 2016
Leo Thomas Howard, 98, passed away early Saturday morning, September 17, 2016. He was born to Richard E. and Catherine Luker Howard on April 21, 1918 in Bountiful, Utah. Eight days later his eternal sweetheart, Faun Chilton, was born in Moroni, Utah. When Leo was 6 months old his family moved to Pocatello, ID. His family had dairy cattle and...
