Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Gilbert "Gib" Frank DeKlotz
Aug 20, 2015
Gilbert Frank DeKlotz, Jr. 1929 - 2015 Gilbert Frank DeKlotz, Jr., 86 of Filer, Idaho passed away at his home August 20, 2015 with his loving wife and family by his side. Gilbert was born May 22, 1929 in Twin Falls Idaho, the son of Gilbert, Sr. and Agnes Starkey DeKlotz. His mother died when he was six weeks old....
Bonita Pierce
Aug 19, 2015
Bonita Pierce 88, of Twin Falls passed away August 19, 2015 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical center. She was born in Athena, Oregon on April 11, 1927. Bonita was always getting into mischief with her sisters. In 1948, Bonita moved to Nampa, Idaho where her only son Steven Leroy Wineman was born. In 1960, Bonita gave birth to...
Lawan Caldwell
Aug 17, 2015
On August 17th, our angel wife and mother passed away peacefully at home due to the long endured effects of multiple sclerosis. Cherril LaWan Millward Caldwell was born in Pocatello Idaho, on March 16, 1948 to Andrew Cleon Millward and Thelma Ivy Crapo. As the youngest of 10 children, she was raised by devoted parents who laid the foundation for...
Hazel Good
Aug 17, 2015
Hazel Lorene McKay Good was born on October 15, 1929 on the family homestead in Matheson,Colorado, to parents Walter Henry and Allie A. (Fox) Johnson, the youngest of 11 children. She passed away on August 17, 2015 at the age of 85 at home in Twin Falls, Idaho. Following her father's death in 1931, the brothers took care of their...
Kevin Bowen Nelson
Aug 17, 2015
Kevin Bowen Nelson of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away at his parents' home on August 17th from cancer. Kevin was born on July 1, 1954 to Bill and Lee Nelson. He graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1972 and pursued his collegiate career at College of Southern Idaho and moved on to Boise State University to participate in their...
Bob Sterling Falen
Aug 16, 2015
Bob Sterling Falen, 70, of Soda Springs, passed into eternity on August 16, 2015. Bob was born on June 17, 1945 in Ontario, Oregon to Kenneth M. Falen and Barbara Jean Draper Falen. The family moved to Hailey, ID in 1946. After relocating to Pocatello in 1955, Bob attended Greenacres Elementary and Franklin Jr. High. He graduated from Boise High...
Shirley Stumbaugh
Aug 15, 2015
In Loving Memory of Shirley StumbaughShirley Stumbaugh, devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister and grandmother went to be with the Lord on August 15, 2015 from her home in Chubbuck, Idaho with her family by her side.Shirley was born on August 26, 1963 in New Castle, Delaware to Wayne and Martha Bailey. She was preceded in death by her father, one...
Ilene Winterholler
Aug 15, 2015
Ilene Mabel Winterholler, 86, of Filer, Idaho passed away peacefully Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Stoney Creek Assisted Living Center with her daughters at her side. She was born on October 17, 1928 in Bowdle, South Dakota to Emil and Anna Miller. She was the oldest of six children. As a young child her family moved from South Dakota to...
Loyd John Cook
Aug 14, 2015
Loyd J. Cook, 73, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015 at Portneuf Medical Center from natural causes. He was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho. Loyd married Carol A. Linford Andersen on April 5, 1968 at the Central Christian Church in Pocatello. Loyd worked as a surveyor by trade, he worked at Bannock Paving, on the Teton Dam, and served...
Jennifer Ann Mikkelson
Aug 14, 2015
Jennifer Ann Higbee Mikkelson, 43, passed from this life on August 14, 2015. She was born in Pocatello, Idaho on October 14, 1971. She attended schools in Pocatello, Rexburg, California, Utah, North Carolina, and received her GED. She then went on to nursing school in Twin Falls, Idaho at C.S.I. Jennifer was married to Josh Houghton she then married Steve...
Alice Cotant
Aug 13, 2015
Alice Jean Cotant passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on August 13, 2015 at the Pocatello Veterans Home. Alice was born January 14, 1925 in Pocatello, Idaho to Altie Huggins and Earl Nixon. She was the second of three children. Early on in her childhood, her family moved to the Island Park, Henry's Lake area where she attended...
Julius "Fred" Frederick Goetz
Aug 13, 2015
Julius Frederick "Fred" Goetz, 74, of Chubbuck, passed away peacefully, at his home, Thursday, August 13, with Jean and hospice at his side.Fred was born December 12, 1940 in Garden City Kansas to Julius and Mabel Goetz Johnson. The family moved shortly thereafter to Twin Falls, Idaho.He attended St. Edward's Catholic School for 8 years and graduated from Kimberly High...
Duane Rittenhouse
Aug 13, 2015
Duane Arnold Rittenhouse SR., 66, of Twin Falls, passed away August 13, 2015 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on August 15, 1948 in Bruster County, Nebraska, the son of William and Hattie Mae Bunner Rittenhouse. Throughout his life he loved doing body and fender work, fishing, camping, wood burning, writing...
Chikako Sanders
Aug 12, 2015
Chikako Sanders, 70, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 from natural causes. Once upon a time on a faraway island, an angel was dispatched to Earth. Her assignment from God was to spread as much peace, joy, love, and happiness as possible to everyone she came into contact with. However, there was one caveat. In order to receive her...
Norman Anderson
Aug 11, 2015
No public services will be held. Norma will be laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Robert "Rob" Stanley Gines
Aug 10, 2015
Robert Gines, 56, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2015 at his home. A "Last Ride" for Rob will be on Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 12:00 Noon starting at 2 Wheels Tavern, 1225 N. Main St. Pocatello, ID 83204 and riding to O.K. Ward Park, 1400 W. Quinn Rd. Pocatello, ID 83202 where a celebration of his life will...
Joseph "Perry" Mcelprang
Aug 10, 2015
On August 10, 2015, Joseph "Perry" McElprang passed away at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, WA as a result of complications related to a heart condition. Perry was surrounded by loved ones at the time of his passing. He was 60 years old.Perry was born in Del Rio, Texas on July 4, 1955. He was the oldest of Patsy...
LaNelle Cobeaga
Aug 10, 2015
LaNelle Cobeaga of Filer, Idaho slipped quietly into the arms of her heavenly family on August 10th, 2015. Her husband Phil was lovingly by her side. LaNelle was an icon in the Filer community. She held multiple positions at the Filer School District as a school bus driver, substitute teacher, and lunch cook. If you grew up in Filer, you...
Loucile "Beth" Miner
Aug 9, 2015
Loucile Elizabeth "Beth" Miner, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 9, 2015.Beth was born on May 19, 1951, in Wendell, Idaho, a daughter of Loucile and Ephraim Davis. She was raised in Glenns Ferry and graduated from Glenns Ferry High School in 1970. She attended Idaho State University College of Technology and received a certificate...
