Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Dale W. Read
Nov 20, 2014
Dale W. Read, 80, of Twin Falls, passed away November 20, 2014 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 11, 1934 in Buhl, Idaho the son of Claude and Helen Rose Read. He attended Castleford High School and when his schooling was completed he worked on farms and later became a truck driver. On...
Janice Petersen
Nov 19, 2014
Janice Kay O'Connor Petersen, loving wife and mother, passed away at home on November 19, 2014 in Chubbuck, ID from cancer. She was born September 12, 1953, to Clyde Nathaniel O'Connor and Minnie Charlotte Brown in Denver, Colorado. After moving around a little between Southern Idaho and Northern Utah, her family settled in Montpelier, ID from 1963-1969. The family then...
Ida Marie McFarland
Nov 18, 2014
Marie McFarland, 102, Twin Falls, passed away November 18, 2014. She was born April 3, 1912 to Joe and Stella Andrews of Seward, Kansas. Marie was the second of eight children with two brothers and five sisters. Marie spent her growing up years caring for her little sisters. She said she learned to play and run with a baby on...
Kathleen Brockman
Nov 17, 2014
Kathleen Brockman, 73, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Quinn Meadows Care Center. No services will be held at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, ID (208)233-1500. Condolences can be made to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com
Wanda Renee Tharp
Nov 17, 2014
Wanda Renee Tharp, 79, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at a local Care Center in Pocatello. She was born in Rexburg, ID. on April 6, 1935 to Carl and Wanda Grover. Her family moved to Pocatello in 1946 when she was 11 years old. She attended and graduated from Pocatello High School and has lived in Pocatello since. Renee...
Michael Martin Castillo Jr.
Nov 15, 2014
Michael Martin Castillo Jr, 49, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center. Michael was born on June 7, 1965 in Idaho Falls, ID. to Martin and Betty Castillo. He lived all his life in American Falls, ID. except for the last 4 years where he lived in Pocatello, ID. He attended college at ISU earning an Associates...
Leroy Hawkins
Nov 14, 2014
Leroy Hawkins, age 92, our father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully on Friday, November 14, 2014, at Caring Hearts Assisted Living Center in Pocatello, Idaho. He was born January 8, 1922 in Elora, Tennessee to John William Hawkins and Mary Magdalene Yarbrough as their third child, and he had six siblings, not including one that died as an infant...
Lois Lucille Pratt
Nov 12, 2014
Lois Lucille Pratt, 87, passed away on November 12, 2014 after a short illness. Lois was born December 16, 1926 to Edna and Perry Huff. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, DeeRae and George Johnson of Rochester, Washington; her daughter, Patricia Dawson of Livermore, California; her son, Robert D. Pratt of Great Falls, Montana; granddaughters, Staycee Woods of Green...
Rilla Ayre
Nov 11, 2014
Rilla Iona Ayre, 94 passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on November 11, 2014. Rilla was born March 15, 1920 in Soda Springs, Idaho to Ira and Ellen Perkins. The family moved briefly to the old American Falls Townsite where her father, with his horses, helped build the American Falls Dam. The family returned to Soda Springs where...
Darla Joan Giovanni
Nov 11, 2014
Darla Joan Giovanni, 48, of Pocatello, ID, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 of natural causes. She was born in Pocatello, ID on December 3, 1965 and was adopted shortly after by Leon and Kathleen Reese. She married Mark R. Sorenson on August 13, 1983 and soon after graduated from Highland High school. She worked in housekeeping for most of...
Dana Pruett
Nov 10, 2014
Dana Kevin Pruett, 53, Filer, moved on to his reward in Glory, Monday, November 10, 2014. Dana was born January 3, 1961 in Los Angeles, California to Marie (Wert) Pruett and Donald C Pruett. He lived in the Los Angeles area until he moved to Idaho in 1984. He met Christie Butler in a church service at Buhl Calvary Assembly...
Don Arlen Phelps
Nov 9, 2014
Don Phelps, 79, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, ID. Don was born on August 31, 1935 in Beckwith, WY. He grew up and graduated in Montpelier, Idaho. He was married on May 14, 1975 in London, England to Teresita Tomiampos. He spent his career in the military. Don retired from the US Navy...
Nellie M. Fouts
Nov 9, 2014
Nellie Marie Oliver Fouts, 85, passed away November 9th, 2014 at Bridgeview Estates. She was born on November 14, 1929 in Gassville, Arkansas to Henry and Ella Marler Trammell. She graduated in Sutter County, California in 1945 and later moved to Idaho. In 1977, Nellie married Don Fouts , they lived in Filer and later moved to Twin Falls. Nellie...
James "Ted" Spillett
Nov 7, 2014
Ted Spillett, our loving husband, father, and Papa, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 11, 2014 at his home in Pocatello. Ted was born on July 31, 1935 in American Falls and is the son of Ray and Grace (Barnard) Spillett of Rockland. He graduated from Rockland High School and later married his high school sweetheart, Eva Beth Udy, on...
Donna Jean Bock
Nov 5, 2014
Donna Jean Bock, 71, passed away on November 5, 2014 surrounded by family and friends. Donna was born on November 17, 1942 to Arthur and Maxine Eichholz in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. The family moved to Pocatello where Donna graduated from Pocatello High School. She married Ben Lane and had her first son, Patrick Lane. She and Ben divorced and she...
Judith Holt
Nov 4, 2014
Judith Corinne Holt, 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. She was born October 30, 1935 in Cheyenne, Wyoming to Milo and Pearl Miller. She was baptized into the family of God on December 8, 1935. She spent the early years in Wyoming and later moved with her family to Denver, Colorado where she attended grade school and...
