Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Etta Lou David
Nov 17, 2010
ETTA LOU DAVID 1925 - 2010 Etta Lou was born May 12, 1925 in Columbus, Montana, to Earl and Fernia Woodard and passed away peacefully on November 17, 2010 after a yearlong battle with kidney cancer. She was fondly called Etta Lou, Sue, Mother, Auntie, Grandma, & Grandma Lou by friends and family. She was raised in Wyoming and attended...
Grant Simons
Nov 16, 2010
Grant Simons, 54, died at his home of natural causes on November 16, 2010. He was a lifelong resident of Pocatello, Idaho and lived with his wife of 33 years, Diane (Strand) Simons. His family will say goodbye to their beloved husband, son and brother privately. No public funeral will be held. Grant is survived by his wife, Diane, and...
Robert L. Lost Bob Miller
Nov 16, 2010
Today we lost a husband, father, brother and friend. Robert Leroy Miller, 64, of Pocatello passed away peacefully at home after a long and courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's disease on November 16, 2010 in Pocatello surrounded by family. Bob was born November 2, 1946 in San Diego, CA to Juanita and Wilmer Miller. Bob attended schools in California, Wyoming,...
Lowell Reed "Bill" Hansen
Nov 16, 2010
"It is said that when God comes to call a pilot, there is no fear for he already knows what it means to soar above the earth." Lowell Reed "Bill" Hansen, age 89 passed away Tuesday November 16, 2010 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was born in Ogden, Utah on January 9, 1921, the son of Orion H. and Maurine...
Betty Jo Long
Nov 15, 2010
POCATELLO-Betty Jo Long, 87, passed away on Monday, November 15, 2010 at a local hospital from natural causes. Family and friends were at her side when she passed. Betty was born on May 27, 1923, at Aberdeen, Idaho, the daughter of Larry Sloan and Frances Leona (Rouse) Davis. She was raised in Pocatello. Then moved to Mackey, Idaho in 1936....
Fred Beck
Nov 15, 2010
Fred Beck, 75, passed away November 15, 2010, in Concord, California. He was born in Chelsea, Oklahoma to Ellis Elijah beck and Lillian Lucile Bishop. The family moved to the San Jose, CA area when Fred was a small boy. He served in the United States Air Force stationed at Wiesbaden, Germany. While there he met and married Crista Diegel....
Kathy Christensen
Nov 15, 2010
On Nov. 15, 2010 Heavenly Father called his loving and most selfless angel home. Kathleen (Kathy) Marie Christensen passed away tragically due to a blood clot to her lungs following a recent surgery. Our hearts are broken to lose such a special woman. She lived life to the fullest and loved everyone she ever met. Kathy was born Sept. 18,...
Helen S. Dohse Matthiesen
Nov 15, 2010
Obituary for Helen Dohse Matthiesen Helen Dohse Matthiesen, 95, of Twin Falls passed away Monday, November 15th at River Ridge Care Center in Twin Falls. Helen was born June 4, 1915 in Sherwood, Oregon to Walter Ludwig and Alwina Elizabeth Kaster Schmidt. Helen graduated from Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon. She married Edward Herman Dohse in Sherwood, Oregon in...
Ken R. Bectell
Nov 9, 2010
POCATELLO - Ken Richard Bectell Sr., 67, passed away November 9, 2010. He was born to Ansil and Vada (Smith) Bectell on May 18, 1943. In his lifetime, he worked in an egg plant, He worked as a manager of a gas station, drove truck, worked in a nursing home; during which he delivered milk as a second job. He...
Ken R Bectell
Nov 9, 2010
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David Robinson
Nov 8, 2010
POCATELLO - David Robinson, 67, of Pocatello, passed away on Monday, November 8, 2010. He was born on March 23, 1943 in Elmhurst, Illinois the son of Richard David and Lois (Rogers) Robinson. David enlisted in the US Navy and served during the Vietnam war, and received a Honorable Discharge. He married Mary Siedlik and they had in this union...
Rose Mary Lavey
Nov 8, 2010
Rose Mary Lavey 1945-2010 Our amazing wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away on November 8, 2010. Rose was born August 10, 1945 to Floyd Haderly and Margaret Fowler, who both have welcomed their daughter back home to be with them in heaven. Rose met and married her high school sweetheart, Don Lavey in 1963 and they had two children...
LILAMAE HELLER
Nov 4, 2010
Ms. Lilamae Heller, age 89 of Buhl, Idaho passed away on November 4, 2010 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. Lilamae was born in Stroudsburg, PA on December 27, 1920. A devoted mother and grandmother, Ms. Heller was a resident of Buhl for 20 years. Prior to moving to Idaho, Ms.Heller was a longtime...
EDWIN LEO HILL
Nov 4, 2010
Edwin Leo Hill 1923 - 2010 Edwin Leo Hill, age 87 of Twin Falls, Idaho passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2010 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. Edwin was born May 1, 1923 in Ironton, Ohio, the son of Lawrence and Clara Hill. He grew up and attended St. Lawrence grade school and St....
Beverly Jean Sheckler
Nov 1, 2010
Beverly Jean Sheckler, 87, of Twin Falls, passed away November 1, 2010 peacefully at her home. She was born April 12, 1923 in Omaha, Nebraska the daughter of Edward and Margaret Mary Koopman Vernon. On Oct. 14, 1942 Beverly married Dean Sheckler in Omaha, Nebraska. To this union were born two daughters. Throughout her life Beverly worked as a sales...
Martha Jo Bollinger
Oct 31, 2010
Martha Jo Bollinger died October 31, 2010 at Portneuf Care Center in Pocatello of age related causes. She was born March 12, 1927 at Sullivan, Indiana to Logan and Beatrice Umsted Sluder. She had one older sister (Jean) Imogene Sluder Bollinger. Martha and her family moved to Wyoming when she was a young girl. She attended school in Rock Springs,...
Mildred Gilbert
Oct 31, 2010
Mildred Gilbert 1938 - 2010 Mildred Gilbert, 72, of Twin Falls passed away October 31, 2010 at the Twin Falls Care Center in Twin Falls. She was born on May 6, 1938 in Roosevelt, Utah, twin daughter of Thomas Martindale and Cecelia Caroline Olsen Gilbert. She worked at Magic Valley Rehabiltation Services for many years and took great pride in...
Florence Crane
Oct 30, 2010
Florence May Crane, 92, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 30, 2010. She was born on August 24, 1918 in Rockland, Idaho. She attended elementary school in Rockland and then moved to American Falls where she attended and graduated high school. She married Lafoy Kerol Crane on August 27, 1938 and they made their home in American Falls...
Bert Cuoio
Oct 30, 2010
Pocatello lost one of its native sons and long time residents on Saturday, October 30. Bert M. Cuoio, a local baseball pioneer, husband and father of five, passed away, at the age of 97, of complications after a recent heart attack. Born in Pocatello December 31, 1912, to Italian immigrant parents Vito and Filomena Cuoio, he rose through the sandlots,...
Juanita Upton
Oct 30, 2010
Juanita Upton 1927 - 2010 Juanita Upton, age 83, passed away on October 30, 2010. Juanita was born March 1, 1927 in Fairbury, Nebraska. She was the fifth child of Roy O. and Anna Augusta Stocker. She attended school in Fairbury and graduated from both Fairbury High School in 1945 and Fairbury Junior College. As a result of her long...
