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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.

Mardean Miller

Mardean Miller

May 25, 2016

Mardean Miller passed away May 25, 2016 surrounded by family after a short, but valiant battle with cancer. She was born July 20, 1945 to Dewey and Dovey Styhl in Pocatello, ID. Mardean's early years were spent horseback roaming all over the foothills of Pocatello. When she was 16 she met Gary Miller and after graduation from Poky High School...

Freda Alberta Travis

Freda Alberta Travis

May 25, 2016

 Freda Alberta Travis, age 80, of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away Wednesday May 25, 2016. Freda was preceded in death by her beloved son, Marvin Fryer, parents, Fred and Francis Brown, her brother, Leroy Brown, Sister, Carmelita Graham (Brown). She is survived by her son, Mark Potmesil, daughter Kathy Spohn (Travis), daughter, Becky Novak (Travis), six grand-children, and six great...

Marilyn Ruth Hansen

Marilyn Ruth Hansen

May 25, 2016

Marilyn Ruth Hansen, 77 passed away comfortably at her son’s home on May 25, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by 5 children, Scott Grant, Robert (Dina) Grant, Curtis (Robin) Grant, Janice Yardley, and Jackie (Brian) Smith. She is also survived by 2 sisters Joann Day, Renee (Dick) Turner, 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She was...

Betty Virginia Sikkenga

Betty Virginia Sikkenga

May 23, 2016

Betty Virginia Sikkenga, 77, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 at a local medical center. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services held. Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83201, 208-233-1500, is caring for Bettys family. No services to be held Restlawn Memorial Gardens 2864 S. 5th Ave Pocatello Idaho 83204

Boston Emma Brown

Boston Emma Brown

May 23, 2016

Boston Emma Brown at the tender age of 19 months, was called home to her Father in Heaven after being life lighted to Salt Lake City, Utah after a tragic accident in Twin Falls, Idaho the evening of May 22, 2016.Boston was born in Anchorage, Alaska on October 7, 2014 to her loving parents Brady James Brown and Alexes Marie...

Julia Anette Bishop

Julia Anette Bishop

May 22, 2016

Julia Anette Cuthbert Bishop, 79, long-time Blackfoot resident passed away May 22, 2016 at the Idaho State Veterans Home with family present.Julia was born in Idaho Falls on July 3, 1936 to John Alexander Cuthbert and Thelma Catherine (Melogue) Cuthbert. She was raised in and educated in the Idaho Falls area. As a young child she enjoyed helping her dad...

Mary Burton Kulbacki

Mary Burton Kulbacki

May 21, 2016

Mary was born in Grace, Idaho on the Burton Ranch May 24, 1926. During the depression she moved to Ogden then Oakland, California where she met and married her husband Edward L. Kulbacki on October 4, 1943. Immediately after their marriage, Ed left to serve his country as a medic in France and Mary moved with her family back to...

Mildred Irene Eggers

Mildred Irene Eggers

May 20, 2016

Mildred Irene Eggers passed away on May 20, 2016 at Elegant Living in Chubbuck, Idaho. She was born January 23, 1922 to Verna and John Laker in their home in Pana, Illinois. She graduated from Pana High School. She moved to Coronado, California in 1943 where she resided until she moved to Pocatello, Idaho in 1988. She loved gardening and...

Peggy Mae Hillman

Peggy Mae Hillman

May 20, 2016

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Velda Jean Birdwell

Velda Jean Birdwell

May 19, 2016

Velda (Val) Jean Lewis-Birdwell, 72, passed away peacefully in her home Thursday, May 19, 2016. Born in Loomis, California, July 23, 1943, to Bill and Aleta Robinson, Velda grew up in the Sacramento area where she graduated from C.K. McClatchy Senior High School. Married to Roy A. Lewis and, later divorced, she was blessed with three children: Lori (David Kelley)...

William Reed Robertson

William Reed Robertson

May 19, 2016

William Reed Robertson (Bill) passed away peacefully at the Portneuf Regional Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho on May 19, 2016.The oldest of three children, Bill was born in Evanston Wyoming to Clarence and Mary Frances Robertson. As a youngster, his family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where he met the love of his life, Alice Mae Pehrson. The two of them...

Betty Jean Browne

Betty Jean Browne

May 19, 2016

Betty Jean Browne, age 83, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away at home

surrounded by her family on May 19, 2016 after a brief struggle with

leukemia.

Surviving are: a son, Steven Jensen Browne (Christine) of Meridian and

three daughters, Pamela Rae DeWitte (Rod), Janice Sue Browne (Eric) and

Debra Jean Hunt (Tim) all of Twin Falls, 11 grandchildren, 16...

Dorothy Fay Kovach

Dorothy Fay Kovach

May 18, 2016

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Donald Keith Christian

Donald Keith Christian

May 18, 2016

    

Donald Keith Christian (Papa) 85 of Twin Falls passed away at his home on May 18, 2016. Don was born in Twin falls to Oscar W. Christian and Letha Hagler on May 15, 1931.

He attended school in Twin falls until his senior year. He moved to Walnut Grove, California and graduated from Courtland High School in 1948. He...

Merlin Dean Miller

Merlin Dean Miller

May 18, 2016

Merlin Dean Miller

June 30, 1930 – May 18, 2016

Merlin Dean Miller, age 85, of Twin Falls, Idaho, passed away on May 18th of complications from pneumonia.

Merlin was born in Garden City, Kansas on June 30th, 1930 to John W. and Ruth Miller.  When Merlin was 7 years old, he and his family moved to Twin Falls, Idaho. ...

Richard Eugene Whitehead

Richard Eugene Whitehead

May 17, 2016

On a beautiful spring morning, Heavenly Father opened His arms and welcomed home a beloved son, Richard Eugene Whitehead. “Dick” was the second son born to Lance Rolland and Nethella Whitehead in Twin Falls on March 20, 1932.

 

Dick attended Twin Falls schools. In high school he played baseball, football and played the saxophone in the band. After graduating...

Karen Marie Garvin

Karen Marie Garvin

May 15, 2016

After a life of love and service, Karen Marie Browning Garvin passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, May 15, 2016 from heart failure. Karen was born on June 14, 1949 to Grover and Orsena Browning in Rexburg, Idaho. Growing up on the family farm near Newdale, Idaho, she struggled throughout her childhood with health difficulties related to polio and heart...

Joyce Dawn Adams

Joyce Dawn Adams

May 15, 2016

Joyce Dawn Johnson Adams, age 70, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at her home in Wendell with her family by her side.  Joyce was born on August 17, 1945, in Newhall, California, the second child of Elmer Johnson and Harriett Cresap Johnson.

The family lived in Blodgett, Oregon during her early years and returned to California in 1952...

Marion E. Meader

Marion E. Meader

May 14, 2016

In loving memory of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and friend, who passed away peacefully on May 14th, 2016 in Pocatello, Idaho.Marion was born in Forest Lake, Minnesota on December 14, 1920, to George and Regina (Rena) Landgraver. Marion attended school in Forest Lake and married Carl Johnson in 1940 in White Cloud, Minnesota. Marion and Carl moved to Pocatello...

Maud Rose

Maud Rose

May 13, 2016

Maud Francis Ellison Rose passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Friday, May 13, 2016 of natural causes. She was 91 years old and was under the care of Heritage Home Health and Hospice while residing at the Gables Assisted Living in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born on October 2, 1924 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Donald and Ruth Arsenath...