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

Susan Jane Jensen

Susan Jane Jensen

May 2, 2014

Susan J. Jensen was peacefully welcomed into Heaven on May 2,2014 with her family near her side. Susan spent her life trying to make others lives better. She enjoyed caring for others and did so through working with home health and doing various odd jobs to help people who needed a little extra care. She was very good with people...

Jack Thomas Teater

Jack Thomas Teater

May 2, 2014

Jack Teater 12/26/1935 to 5/2/2014 Jack Teater was born in Twin Falls and grew up in Eden and Kimberly Idaho. He was the second child of Willard and Lilah Arlene Teater. He was preceded in Death by his younger brother Kurt Teater and older sister Peggy Curry. His surviving sister Karen Baptie lives in Nampa Idaho. He is also survived...

William C. Hayball

William C. Hayball

Apr 30, 2014

William Charles Hayball, 88, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 from natural causes. He was born to Robert and Ida Hayball on April 16, 1926 in Pocatello, Idaho Bill received his education in the Pocatello area, living here all his life. He joined the USMC during WWII. He married Emma Blanch Moffat on May 11, 1947 in Dillon, Montana...

Wanda Olenik

Wanda Olenik

Apr 30, 2014

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Stanley Henry Vegors

Stanley Henry Vegors

Apr 29, 2014

Stanley Henry Vegors, Jr., 85, of Pocatello, Idaho passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 due to complications of old age at a local assisted living center.Stanley was born on January 5, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Stanley Henry Vegors, Sr. and Esther Sharpe Vegors. At age 3, his family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, where his father had a...

Georgia Ourada

Georgia Ourada

Apr 28, 2014

Georgia Ourada, 96, passed away in her home on Monday, April 28, 2014, of natural causes. She was born March 2, 1918 in Boise, ID to Ruth and Robert E. Lee. Georgia graduated from Boise High School in 1935. On April 20, 1943, she married Duane Ourada in Boise, ID. She worked in Boise for the gas company, a bank,...

Debra Jean (Heiter) Kaufman

Debra Jean (Heiter) Kaufman

Apr 26, 2014

Debra Jean (Heiter) Kaufman, 59, of Pocatello, ID, lost her battle with a brain tumor, April 26, 2014.Debra was born, November 16, 1954 in Emmetsburg, IA, to the late Kathryn (1996) and Lyle (1996) Heiter. Growing up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she attended Thomas Jefferson School and shortly after, found her career of helping others. She worked several aspects of...

Milton James Nelson

Milton James Nelson

Apr 26, 2014

Milton James Nelson, age 105, passed away quietly, Saturday, April 26, 2014 in his home from complications due to age.He was born in a sharecropper, cotton plantation house in Blevins, Arkansas, on Oct. 4, 1908. His chores were to gather eggs, slop the pigs, hoe cotton, bring wood and water to the house and take a list to the store...

Pearl A Klaas

Pearl A Klaas

Apr 26, 2014

Pearl Miller Klaas 1918 ~ 2014 Pearl Miller Klaas was taken home to be with Jesus on April 26, 2014. Pearl was born June 18, 1918, in Lynden, Kansas, to Charlie and Alda Miller. She was one of ten children. The family moved to Idaho when Pearl was a young girl. She married Maurice Klaas in Shoshone, Idaho, on July...

Merlynn Barrus

Merlynn Barrus

Apr 25, 2014

Merlynn Barrus, 78, passed away Friday, April 25, 2014 at her home in Inkom, following a long illness. She was born to William and Carrie Floyd. She grew up in St. Charles, Idaho. She moved to Pocatello at the age of 17 where she continued her education. Merlynn met and married her husband of 57 years George "Stan" Barrus. She...

Zola Frances McFarland

Zola Frances McFarland

Apr 25, 2014

Zola Frances Bartlett McFarland 1925 ~ 2014 Zola Frances Bartlett McFarland, on Friday April 25, 2014 was freed of her earthly bonds, to join her loved ones that have gone before her. Zola was the seventh child of twelve born to lrl H. Bartlett, Sr. and Beulah Thorpe Bartlett at her great-grandmother's home in Sullivan County, Missouri, December 19, 1925....

Birchie V. Brown

Birchie V. Brown

Apr 24, 2014

Birchie V. Brown 1923-2014 Birchie V. Brown passed away April 24. Birchie was born October 4, 1923, in Kimberly, to Lloyd T. Brown and Belle Weech. He was raised on the family farm with sisters Capitola "Cappie" Larsen and Blanche. Birchie learned to ride horses at a young age and helped with the farming and cattle operation. At 14, Birchie...

Steve Cartwright

Steve Cartwright

Apr 24, 2014

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Cecil John Frandsen

Cecil John Frandsen

Apr 23, 2014

Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Cecil J. Frandsen, 91, Lava Hot Springs, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. He was born January 14, 1923 in Shelley, Idaho to Burke and Beecie Frandsen.He married Bessie Owen on September 18, 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had 7 children, 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.A Celebration of...

Cleora Anderson Richins

Cleora Anderson Richins

Apr 23, 2014

Cleora Anderson Richins passed away peacefully on April 23, 2014, at her daughter's home in Pocatello.Cleora was born in her grandmother's home in Albion, Idaho, on March 9, 1926, to Beldon Mouritz Anderson and Gladys Marcia Asher Anderson. She grew up in Declo, Idaho, graduating from Declo High School Class of 1944. She was an outstanding student and involved in...

Linda Sue Ledoux

Linda Sue Ledoux

Apr 22, 2014

September 8, 1953 - April 22, 2014 TWIN FALLS Linda Sue Ashcraft LeDoux, 60, of Twin Falls, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014. She was born September 8, 1953 in Twin Falls, ID, to Francis and Roberta (Biggers) Aschraft. Linda married Steve Ochsner and had one daughter, they later divorced. She then married Todd Crosser and had two more children....

Isaiah Nathan Ish

Isaiah Nathan Ish

Apr 21, 2014

Isaiah Nathan Ish, 29, passed away April 21, 2014 at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho. Isaiah was born to Jonathan Ish and the late Denise Ricker Ish, July 13, 1984 in Pocatello. He was a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and a lifelong resident of the Fort Hall Reservation. He was the father of three children, with his former...

Russell P. Johnson

Russell P. Johnson

Apr 21, 2014

Russell P. Johnson, 57, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 at Monte Vista Hills Care Center in Pocatello, Idaho. As per his request, cremation will take place and there are no services at this time. Arrangements are under the care of Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S. 4 th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho. 208-233-1500 Condolences can be made to the family online...

Peter Loxterman

Peter Loxterman

Apr 21, 2014

Peter Russell Loxterman, 73, of Pocatello, died Monday, April 21, 2014. He was born to the late H. Russell and Elise Loxterman, on April 2, 1941, in Pittsburgh, PA. Peter graduated from Shadyside Academy in 1959 and received a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1963. He married Betsy Bullock in 1964. They lived in Pennsylvania, New York,...

Lynne Howard Brazle

Lynne Howard Brazle

Apr 20, 2014

Lynne Howard Brazle passed away peacefully at Easter sunrise, April 20, 2014 at the age of 72.She was born in Valparaiso, Indiana on May 30, 1941 to Herbert H. Howard and Pauline G. (Hildreth) Howard. She was the older sister of three brothers. She attended school in Valparaiso, IN and graduated from Valparaiso High School. She and her family were...