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

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...

Glenda Corinne Braga

Glenda Corinne Braga

May 13, 2016

Glenda Corinne (Kolb) Braga passed away suddenly on Friday May 13th at the age of 94 after having driven herself to her hairdresser then out to lunch with the girls and celebrating Mother’s Day just 5 days earlier.  She was born from good German stock (her grandparents built and lived in their own sod house) on April 10, 1922 in...

Chris L. Murdock

Chris L. Murdock

May 12, 2016

Christopher Lee Murdock, was born on April 14, 1979 in Pocatello, ID to William (Bill) and Gayle (Egan) Murdock. Upon the marriage of his father in 1997, Beth Murdock became his second mother. He is survived by his parents, Bill and Beth; grandmother, Colleen Murdock; brother, Joey (Jenny) Murdock of Pocatello. His step-brothers, Kris, Mike, and Rich Simmons, and his...

Eunice Alana

Eunice Alana

May 11, 2016

Eunice Alan passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Eunice was born to James & Mable Merrill on April 22, 1950 in Moscow, Idaho. She was the second child of a family of four. The family moved to American Falls where Eunice attended schools.She met and married Ralph Pierce. Together they had three girls and inherited four older children;...

Josephine Tanaka

Josephine Tanaka

May 10, 2016

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Fred May

Fred May

May 10, 2016

Frederick Charles May was born October 10, 1932 in Livingston, Montana. He passed away May 10, 2016 at Brookdale Chubbuck.Fred's parents were Fred Haley May and Geraldine Leathers but after his parents' divorce, Fred was raised by his father, maternal grandparents, aunts, uncles and his father's friends. When he was about six, another family became an additional part of his...

Truman Blei

Truman Blei

May 10, 2016

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Margaret A. Wahlen

Margaret A. Wahlen

May 9, 2016

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Patrick Hagerty

Patrick Hagerty

May 9, 2016

Patrick Lee Hagerty, 53, of Gooding, passed away May 9, 2016 at his home in Gooding.   He was born on September 25, 1962 in Rochester, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas and and Mary Waxler Hagerty.  During his time in the Army, Patrick was an excellent marksmen and sharp shooter and kick boxer.  He loved to work on cars and building...

Thelma Bloxham

Thelma Bloxham

May 7, 2016

Thelma Frasure Bloxham passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello surrounded by her loving family. Thelma was born December 2, 1926 in Greenup County, Kentucky, the ninth of ten children born to Bert T. Frasure and Mindy (Hamilton) Frasure. At the age of ten she moved with her family to Idaho where...

Kendall David Warr

Kendall David Warr

May 7, 2016

Kendall Warr age 65, of Twin Falls, passed away at St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center on May, 7th, 2016 after losing his battle with cancer.  Kendall was born in Twin Falls on June 9th 1950 to Luella and Jess Warr.  He graduated Murtaugh High School and then pursued his studies in criminal justice at CSI.  

 

After graduating...

David Allen Molyneux

David Allen Molyneux

May 7, 2016

David Allen Molyneux, 63, of Kimberly, Idaho, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on May 7, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, July 22, 1952 to Marvin and Sally Molyneux.

 

In 1956, the family moved to Picabo to live on afarm, where Dave's love of riding a tractor started. He...

Donald "Don" Wanner Andra

Donald "Don" Wanner Andra

May 6, 2016

Donald Wanner Andra, 82, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016 at his home in Chubbuck. He was under the care of Hospice and it made his passing a little easier knowing he had been well cared for. He was born the seventh of twelve children on 15 Jul 1933 in Preston, Idaho, to William Fredrick and Mary Louise Wanner...