Obituaries

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

Ruth D. Hayes-Christiansen

Ruth D. Hayes-Christiansen

May 20, 2013

Our dear mother and grandmother, great-grandmother, Ruth D. Hayes Christiansen, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Gables Assisted Living Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.Ruth was born October 9, 1923 in Downey, Idaho to Royal E. Byington and Ethyl Lovisa Christensen. She was the 7th child of 10 children. She attended school and graduated from high school in Downey,...

Michael Rolan Fox

Michael Rolan Fox

May 19, 2013

Michael Rolan Fox “Big Mike” passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013 after a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer.Mike was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa on July 9, 1943 to Veta Johnson, step father, John Johnson, father, Rolan Fox “Doc Fox,” they all have preceded him in death.He is remembered as having a gentle giant persona that rumbled...

Floyd Lanner Jones

Floyd Lanner Jones

May 19, 2013

Floyd L Jones 1923 ~ 2013 Kimberly Floyd L. Jones, 90, of Kimberly, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at his home. Floyd was born on January 11, 1923 in Rogers, Arkansas, to Earl and Leota Jones. Within a year he and his family moved to Pocatello, Idaho where he attended school and graduated. It was in Pocatello that he...

James Kirby Lee

James Kirby Lee

May 18, 2013

Our beloved, James Kirby Lee, 78, passed away peacefully at his home in Pocatello, Idaho on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Kirby was born in Welda, Kansas on October 3, 1934 to Melvin Earl Lee and Marjorie Lenore Smith. He was raised and attended schools in Kansas, including Kansas State and the University of Kansas. He graduated from the Kansas State...

Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

May 18, 2013

Dr. Glenn H. Beck passed away October 30th at Kingswood Senior Living in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 97. Glenn was born in Chester, Utah in 1915, was raised on a farm in Aberdeen, Idaho and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1936. He finished his master's degree in dairy production at K-State in 1938, after which...

Barbara L. Morgan

Barbara L. Morgan

May 18, 2013

Barbara Lorraine Morgan, loving wife, mother and grandmother. Passed from this mortal life May 18, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 19, 1941 to Aubrey & Agnes Verette in Hibbing, Minnesota. Barbara lived in Minnesota until she was 16, when she moved to California to live with her sister Carol. While in...

Penny Laree Buffi

Penny Laree Buffi

May 17, 2013

Penny La Ree (Hensley) Buffi was born December 1, 1956 to Raymond “Buck” Delbert Hensley and Irma Marie (Smith) Hensley. She was the tenth child born in a family of sixteen children. She was raised in Pocatello, Idaho and attended Tyhee Elementary, Hawthorne Elementary, Bonneville, Hawthorne Junior High and finally Pocatello High School. Later in life she received her High...

Pamela Pehrson

Pamela Pehrson

May 17, 2013

Pamela (Pam) Pehrson May 21, 1955- May 17, 2013 Twin Falls- Pam gracefully and peacefully passed on May 17, 2013. She was surrounded by her loving companion, many friends and family. Pam was born in Logan, Utah. She attended Utah State for several semesters, then spent time working at Moore Business Forms, she was a Fire Fighter and later finished...

Curtis Carsten Jess

Curtis Carsten Jess

May 17, 2013

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Harold Leeney

Harold Leeney

May 15, 2013

Harold Leeney Say "I Love You" every night, that was Harold's motto in life. Harold Leeney of Twin Falls, formerly of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away in his home on May 15, 2013. He was born on April 14, 1923 in Pocatello, Idaho the son of Stanley and Pearl Uhren Leeney. He married Suzanne Brohan in San Francisco, CA in 1950....

Robert Wiscombe

Robert Wiscombe

May 14, 2013

Clifford Robert Wiscombe II was born on September 18, 1969 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Clifford Robert Wiscombe I and Marilyn Del Wiscombe. The family moved to Nampa Valley, Idaho and in 1984 settled in Pocatello where their two sons Clifford Robert (Rob) and Matthew Phillip (Matt) were raised. Rob graduated in 1987 from Highland High school. Some of Rob's...

William "Billy" Hawkley

William "Billy" Hawkley

May 13, 2013

William "Billy" Hawkley, 54, passed away at his home from natural causes. Colonial Funeral Home is caring for Billy's family.

Craig Palmer

Craig Palmer

May 13, 2013

Craig Edwin Charles Palmer, 59, passed away May 13, 2013. Craig was born and raised in Pocatello. He was born May 5, 1954. He loved the outdoors; camping, riding motorcycles, and spending time with his family, friends, and animals. When Craig was 17 he moved to San Diego with friends. While in California he attended trade school and received his...

Earl Thomas Snow

Earl Thomas Snow

May 13, 2013

Earl Thomas (Tom) Snow Earl Thomas (Tom) Snow, 69, succumbed to lung disease May 13, 2013. He was born August 4, 1943 in Twin Falls, Idaho, the fourth and last child of Ora Viola C. Burtenshaw and Lindsay Snow. He had two brothers, Richard Lindsay and John Edwin, and one sister, Marsha Jean. Tom attended school at Lincoln and Washington...

Laurence "Buddy" Lee

Laurence "Buddy" Lee

May 12, 2013

Laurence Tracey Lee "Buddy" passed away May 12, 2013. He was born January 9, 1975 in Gooding, Idaho to Laurence H Lee and Claudia Watson Lee. Buddy lived in Gooding and Fairfield, ID, until moving to Pocatello where he attended school at Grace Lutheran School until 5th grade, he then attended public schools. Buddy's 1st job was Roofing and he...

Laura Bennett

Laura Bennett

May 11, 2013

POCATELLO-Laura Naomi Scott Bennett of Pocatello, joined her parents in heaven on May 11, 2013 at Portneuf Medical Center following a brief illness. Laura was born October 6, 1939 in Malad, Oneida County, Idaho to George Milton Scott and Naomi Roderick. Her mother passed away shortly after her birth and she was raised by her daddy, until he too, passed...

Camille Ann Baisch Hogue

Camille Ann Baisch Hogue

May 11, 2013

Millie Hogue, 66, of Twin Falls passed away on May 11, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 8, 1947 to John and Alda Baisch in Twin Falls, Idaho. She attended St. Edwards Catholic School, O'Leary Junior High, and Twin Falls High School where she graduated in 1965. She went on to Idaho State University....

Laree Woods

Laree Woods

May 10, 2013

LaRee Ellett Woods passed away from emphysema on Friday, May 10, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends.LaRee was born September 15, 1937 in Pocatello, Idaho to Manley David and Viola Marie (Livingston) Ellett. She attended school in Pocatello, Idaho. She married Ronald Luras in December, 1954. With this marriage she gave birth to four sons:...

Robert Alfred Latham

Robert Alfred Latham

May 9, 2013

Robert Alfred Latham Sr. The sunshine which so characterizes the Hawaiian paradise dimmed just a little on May 9, 2013, a tribute to the passing of one of its treasured giants of a man, Robert Alfred Latham, Sr., age 76. It is fitting that "Bob" died while living in Kona, Hawaii, where he enjoyed his retirement, spending time with his...

Bertha S. Haynes

Bertha S. Haynes

May 5, 2013

Bertha S. Rast Haynes completed her earthly journey in the early morning hours of May 5, 2013. Bertha was born March 29, 1925, to George and Christina Rast at Jerome, Idaho. She graduated from Wendell High School in 1943, moved to Twin Falls, and worked at Wilson-Bates. Bertha met Clifton Haynes at a dance at the Radio Rendezvous in Twin...