Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
David L. Crutcher
Jan 25, 2016
David Lee "Crutch" Crutcher, 69 passed away January 25, 2016 surrounded by his family.Crutch was born November 24, 1946 in Illinois. He and his family moved to Colorado when he was a young boy. As a young man he served in the U.S. Army and fought in Vietnam. Crutch worked for the Rio Grande RR for 17 years, and then...
John Barrickman Butz
Jan 25, 2016
John B. Butz 1945 ~ 2016 John B. Butz, age 70 of Filer, Idaho passed away Monday, January 25, 2016 at his home in Filer with his family by his side.John was born December 24, 1945 in Rock Falls, Illinois the son of John and June (Robinson) Butz. Upon graduating from High School, John enlisted in the United States Navy...
Mitchell Garbett
Jan 24, 2016
Mitchell Traughber Garbett, age 53, was born April 30, 1962 in Pocatello, Idaho to Robert Samuel and Dolores Euva Traughber Garbett. He passed away January 24, 2016. Mitchell attended Lewis & Clark Elementary, Irving Junior High, and Pocatello High School, graduating in 1980. He then served a mission in the England Manchester Mission from 1981 to 1983. Upon returning home...
Pablo Gonzales
Jan 23, 2016
Pablo Gonzales, 78 of Twin Falls, Idaho was called home to the arms of his Heavenly Father on January 23, 2016.
Pablo was born September 15, 1937 to Jesus and Soledad Gonzales in San Antonio, Texas, and was proud to be a Texan.
During his life he held many jobs, field worker, firefighter and many more. He retired from Amalgamated...
Lucy Bell
Jan 22, 2016
Lucy is a silent daughter born to Jason and Kathy Bell. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Victoria "Vicki" Beatrice Poindexter
Jan 22, 2016
Victoria ”Vicki” Beatrice Poindexter, age 90 left this world to be with her Savior on Friday, January 22, 2016. She was born one of 10 children, to Carolyn and John Meyer and Clover, Idaho on March 24, 1925. She attended school and church in the community. Her sister, Atie Cox of Apple Valley, California is her only remaining sibling. On...
Seth Neibaur
Jan 21, 2016
Seth Ira Neibaur, 89, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at his home surrounded by loving family. Seth was born in Newdale, Idaho to Ira Alonso Neibaur and Bertha Cleo Jacobs Neibaur. He was raised in Newdale but also spent a lot of time at Green Canyon with his cousins. He attended grade school in Newdale, high school in Sugar...
Afton T. Roberts
Jan 21, 2016
Afton T. Roberts, 96, former resident of Lava Hot Springs, passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at a care center in Pocatello. Afton attended school in Grace, Idaho and graduated from Grace Rural High School in 1937. On November 23, 1945 she married John (Pinky) Francis Roberts. Afton was employed at the First National Bank in Grace, ID, the...
Wade Eli Taysom
Jan 20, 2016
Wade Taysom passed away at his home January 20, 2016 surrounded by family, after a long fight with cancer. Wade was born the fourth child to Wayne Eli and Patricia Rae Gilbert Taysom on October 20, 1961 in Moscow, Idaho. He grew up in southeastern Idaho where he developed a passion for life and anything outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing...
Robert Lee Speck
Jan 19, 2016
Robert Lee Speck passed into the loving arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 of natural causes at his home in Power County, IdahoHe was born in Portland OR to Larry Lee Speck and Marion Louise Newham on March 6, 1966. Being a military family, he moved many times as a child, notably to Puerto Rico,...
Phyllis Fern Saxton
Jan 19, 2016
Phyllis was born on January 2,1948 in Pocatello ,Idaho to John and Velda Orner. She was the youngest of 5 children.She attended school in Pocatello and later continued he education in job corp in Nebraska. It was there she met and married Allen Saxton, there was 1 child to this union David Allen Saxton. They were later divorced.She loved to...
Jay Golden Jensen
Jan 18, 2016
Jay Golden Jensen died January 18, 2015, in Orem, Utah, after a long illness. Jay was residing at Ashford Assisted Living in Highland, Utah, prior to his death. He was 91 years of age. Jay was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on February 8, 1924, the oldest child of J. Golden and Myrtle Lillie Jensen. He married his high school sweetheart,...
Melvin John Lake
Jan 18, 2016
Encinitas, Ca. - Melvin John Lake, 93, passed away peacefully at the Veterans Hospital, La Jolla, California on January 18, 2016. Melvin was born, the oldest of a set of twins, on April 29, 1922 in Pocatello, Idaho and was second youngest of eight children of John James Lake and Otense Rosedahl Lake. He grew up in Idaho Falls, Pocatello,...
Frank Darwin Gravatt
Jan 17, 2016
Frank Darwin Gravatt, 81, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 in St George, UT. He was born February 3, 1934 in Springfield, Idaho to Frank Charles and LaRena Fairchild Gravatt. He grew up in Springfield, ID. He drove school bus at the age of 14 and worked for the canal company. He graduated from Aberdeen High School where he...
"Budd" Frederick Lawrence Phillips, Jr.
Jan 16, 2016
Budd" Phillips Jr. (76 ) of Twin Falls, passed away at his home in Twin Falls January 16, 2016.Budd was born Frederick Lawrence Phillips Jr. on Nov. 10, 1939 to Bonnie and Lawrence in Vancouver, Washington. A couple of years later, came his little brother Ron. After moving to Pasco, Washington 2 more brothers Donald and Daniel joined the family.Eventually...
Doug Dalton
Jan 15, 2016
Douglas Paul Dalton, 61, passed away January 15, 2016 at his mother's home in Pocatello, ID. Doug was born February 24, 1954 in Watertown, South Dakota son of Robert Dalton and Gay Elizabeth Dalton. He graduated from high school in Caldwell Idaho in 1972, and proceeded to develop a career in irrigation systems. He was the founder and owner of...
Verlon T. Jackson
Jan 14, 2016
Verlon Thomas Jackson, 87, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, January 14, 2016 with his wife by his side.He was born December 29, 1928 to George Henry Jackson & Leda Asenith Ellis Jackson.Verlon married his sweetheart Berniece Johnson May 8, 1953 in the Idaho Falls Temple and have had 63 wonderful years together.He loved farming in the Tyhee...
Dorothy Kerr
Jan 12, 2016
Dorothy Kerr, 93, died peacefully on January 12, 2016 in Pocatello, Idaho. Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 6, 1922 to Earl Rush and Lily Ann Bass, Dorothy was recognized at an early age as a highly gifted musical student. By her sophomore year in high school, she was a much sought after soprano who sang statewide at both...

