Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Arlen Pierson
Aug 11, 2014
Arlen James Pierson, 80, passed away Monday, August 11, 2014 at the Pocatello Veterans Home. Condolences can be made to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com
Robert Leo Dalton
Aug 10, 2014
Robert "Bob" Leo Dalton, 82, passed away peacefully Sunday, August 10, 2014 at home with his loving wife by his side. Arrangements are under the care of Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, ID 208-233-1500
Karen Neeley
Aug 9, 2014
Karen Neeley, 59, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center from natural causes. She was born on April 2, 1955 in Hammond, Indiana. Karen was a very loving and caring person who would help anyone in any way she could. She was a very active and hard working woman. She loved to go dancing and play darts....
Rex J Newton
Aug 8, 2014
Rex Newton On August 8, 2014, Rex Jerden Newton Seniors' spirit left his broken body to be with the Lord. His loving family was by his side. Rex was born to William Newton and Estella Owings Newton January 16, 1946 in Prescott Arizona. He attended school in Bagdad, Arizona where he excelled at football, baseball and rodeo. His name still...
Robert G. Cochran
Aug 6, 2014
Robert G. Cochran, 90, of Twin Falls, passed away August 6, 2014 at his home in Twin Falls. He was born on June 6, 1924 in Twin Falls, the son of Glen Ivan and Vivian Bell Cochran. On November 3, 1946 he married the love of his life Juanita Day. Together they raised two children Sharon and Michael. He farmed...
Casey Baker
Aug 5, 2014
Casey John Baker, 56, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at his home in Pocatello of natural causes. He was born on December 13, 1957. Casey lived his life like he rode his motorcycle, fast, reckless, and full of passion. He was a charming man with the quickest wit and a great sense of humor. Early in life he served...
Fern Elizabeth Jacky Lewis
Aug 5, 2014
FERN ELIZABETH JACKY LEWIS Fern Lewis left this Magic Valley where she lived all of her life on August 5, 2014. She was 98 years old. Fern was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on December 14, 1915, the fifth child of William Otto Jacky and Sarah Elizabeth Wilson Jacky. She joined her three older sisters (Florence, Helen and Gladys) and...
Lela Rae Hayes Robertson Masters
Aug 5, 2014
Lela Rae Hayes Robertson Masters Lela Rae Hayes was born Dec. 16, 1923 in Purdin, Missouri, near St. Joe, Missouri. At six months old, she was swinging her way to Idaho. In the back of the car in a cradle (swinging back and forth). She came to Idaho with her parents, siblings and a cousin. The daughter of Ira Willis...
Patricia Rowlands
Aug 4, 2014
Patricia Gail Cohen Rowlands, 74, passed away Monday, August 4, 2014 of natural causes. She was born May 22, 1940 to Donald and Nellie Cohen in Sisco, Ohio. When Pat was about 8 the family moved to Pocatello. She attended Pocatello schools and graduated from Pocatello High School. In 1965, Pat met Steve Rowlands her one and only love, and...
Beth Peck
Aug 3, 2014
Beth J. Peck, 86, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 at her home. She was born on December 17, 1927 to Dorse Jensen and Julia Kemp in McCammon. She grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1946. She was an usherette at both the Orpheum and the Chief Theatres which is where she met her husband....
Pamela Murphy
Aug 3, 2014
Pamela Murphy, 73, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center. Pamela Read Murphy was born on December 5, 1940 in England. She was raised primarily by her Nan. Pamela worked as a nurse midwife, prenatal instructor, and a real estate agent. She is well known for her generous nature. She was always offering to help others. She...
Rusty Don Keller
Aug 2, 2014
Rusty Don Keller, 46, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014 at home with his loving wife by his side. RD was born August 2, 1968 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Irvin Neal (Rusty) Keller and VaConna (Connie) Swensen Keller. In 1971 the family settled in Rigby, Idaho where RD attended elementary school. As a young boy he participated in cub scouts...
Lavon Hatch
Aug 2, 2014
LaVon Hatch, 92, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center. LaVon was born on July 26, 1922 in Arimo, Idaho where she was raised. There, she attended Elementary through High School. She later moved to Preston then to Pocatello. LaVon was happily married to Joseph Hatch for 29 years. She worked for 15 years in housekeeping for...
Edith Keppner
Aug 2, 2014
Edith Keppner, 101, Twin Falls, passed away August 2, 2014 at Heritage of Twin Falls. She was born on April, 9, 1913 near Ririe, Idaho to Niels and Anna Marie (Knutson) Top. Edith lived in a one room log cabin and later moved into a two room house. She attended school for one year at Butler Island and spent the...
Leonard David Devore
Jul 31, 2014
Leonard David DeVore, 49, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 31, 2014 at his home with his loving family and friends by his side. Leonard was born in Billings, MT to Glenn and Irita DeVore in January 1965. His family lived on a ranch or farm most of his childhood. He continued loving the outdoors in his adult life by hunting,...
Gwendolyn Jenkins Parke Wilson
Jul 30, 2014
Gwendolyn Jenkins Parke Wilson, 98 passed away peacefully July 30, 2014. She was a daughter of Henry Evan Jenkins Sr. and Emma Bird Williams, and was born on October 28, 1915 in Parker, Idaho. She grew up in Parker and was schooled there through eighth grade. She then went to high school in St. Anthony, graduating from St. Anthony High...
R. Dean Livingstone
Jul 29, 2014
R. Dean Livingstone, 86, passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Dean was born in Pocatello on February 4, 1928, to Bill and Marie (Dodson) Livingstone. In the late 1930s, the family moved to Aberdeen, Idaho, where his father had purchased a farm. He moved back to Pocatello in 1945, spending the last semester and graduating...
Susan Kay Pollard
Jul 29, 2014
Susan K Haslam Pollard October 8, 1936 - July 29, 2014 Susan "Sue" K. Pollard passed away July 29, 2014 in Twin Falls, Idaho surrounded by friends and family at St Luke's Regional Medical Center. Sue was born to L.H. Speck' Haslam and Dorothy L. Cederquist in Twin Falls, Idaho. As a youngster, Sue lived in Twin Falls along Addison...
Donna M. Coble
Jul 29, 2014
Donna M. Coble, 85, of Twin Falls, passed away July 29, 2014 at Ashley Manor in Twin Falls. She was born in Riverside, Oregon on January 29, 1929, the daughter of Elsie Florence Cox and Clyde Norman Parks. She married Harley John Coble on Nov. 6, 1947 in Payette, Idaho. To this union were born two children, Wesley Coble and...
