Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.

Hudson Miracle Keller

Hudson Miracle Keller

Feb 4, 2023

Hudson Miracle Keller was born on Saturday, February 4, 2023, at Portneuf Medical Center.

Funeral services for Hudson will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel located at 333 S. Treaty Hwy, Pocatello.  Those wishing to greet the family may do so at a gathering to be held...

Ferrin Kay Bodily

Ferrin Kay Bodily

Feb 3, 2023

Ferrin Kay Bodily, 78, passed away on February 3, 2023, in Pocatello, Idaho. He was known to be good at everything he did and had a strong work ethic.

He enjoyed fishing, camping, reading, and traveling.

Ferrin was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He was preceded in death by his parents Cecil Bodily and Zona Pilgram, one...

Janene Carol Martin

Janene Carol Martin

Feb 3, 2023

Janene Martin passed away February 3, 2023 in Pocatello, Idaho. Janene was born December 6, 1968 in Pocatello, Idaho to Ronald Lee and Judy Carol Martin. She attended schools in Pocatello, graduating from Pocatello High School in 1987. While attending high school Janene was involved in the drill team, the Indianettes. Janene attended Idaho State University , graduating with a...

Joan Briney

Joan Briney

Feb 3, 2023

Joan Briney was born August 30, 1942, in Bronx, New York. She was the middle child to Rank and Rina Lentz. Her sisters who have since passed were Agnes DiFalco and Judy Fiamatta.

Joan is survived by her husband of 32 years, Russell Briney, her four children Frank DiLaturo, Rina DiLaturo-Kleis, Kathleen Farley, and Sean Farley; and her three grandchildren Michael...

Lorita Swanson

Lorita Swanson

Feb 1, 2023

Lorita Sharlene Bolingbroke Swanson, 84, passed away after an extended illness on February 1, 2023 at home surrounded by her family.

Lorita was born in Pocatello on September 25, 1938, to John Henry and Lois Bardina Davis Bolingbroke.

Lorita grew up on the family farm in Arbon Valley. She attended school in Arbon until the 8th grade, then attended American Falls High...

Sidney Alvero Webb

Sidney Alvero Webb

Feb 1, 2023

On Tuesday, February 1, 2023, Sidney Alvero “Al” Webb died at the Caring Hearts Assisted Living Center, Pocatello, Idaho of natural causes related to age. Al was 75 years old. He was a husband, father and grandfather, loved by his family.

Al was born on August 20, 1947, in Mesa, Arizona to Sidney Jesse and Leah Johnson Webb. After graduating high...

Carrie Nield Chandler

Carrie Nield Chandler

Jan 31, 2023

Carrie Chandler, 53, passed away on January 31, 2023.  

Carrie was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Tom and Karen Nield.  She is the second oldest of nine children.  At age fourteen she was elated to finally have a sister amidst all the boys!  Carrie was raised in Chubbuck, Idaho, and graduated from Highland High School in 1987. She attended...

Donetta K Messenger

Donetta K Messenger

Jan 31, 2023

October 31, 1945 - what a splendid day to be born! Many families rejoiced that night. Dressing up, painting their faces & going out to trick or treat. As for me, well I was snuggled up close to my mother, enjoying this beautiful world, all happy and warm.

DonEtta K "Donnie" Messenger passed away on January 31, 2023. She was 77....

Dixie Rose Barton

Dixie Rose Barton

Jan 29, 2023

Dixie Rose Henson, 84, passed away on January 29, 2023 in Pocatello, Idaho.  

A full obituary will be posted here as it becomes available.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family under the Tribute Wall tab above. 

John Oliver Stewart

John Oliver Stewart

Jan 28, 2023

Lt. Col John Oliver Stewart, USA (Ret)

John Oliver Stewart formally of Phoenix, Arizona passed away peacefully on January 28, 2023 at The Gables Memory Care facility in Pocatello at the age of 88. He was born in Kewanee, Illinois to Frederick Jarratt and Elizabeth Oliver Stewart on June 2, 1934.

John attended Colorado College where he was a member of the...

James Irvin Yearsley

James Irvin Yearsley

Jan 27, 2023

James Irvin Yeasley, 80, of Pocatello, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2023 following a long battle with heart disease. He was born April 23, 1942, in Pocatello, Idaho, a son of Ralph and Melba Yearsley.  

He attended schools in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School. His formative years were in Pocatello until after graduation from high school and...

Michael Raymond Sorensen, Sr.

Michael Raymond Sorensen, Sr.

Jan 24, 2023

Michael R. Sorensen, 69, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, in Pocatello, Idaho.

A full obituary will be updated here as it becomes available. 

A viewing will be  held from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Friday, January 27, 2023 at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 South 4th Ave.. Pocatello, Idaho 83204.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by...

Lucy "Doreen" Lyons Parrish Hatton

Lucy "Doreen" Lyons Parrish Hatton

Jan 23, 2023

Doreen Parrish Hatton, 89, passed away on January 23, 2023.  

Lucy Doreen Lyons Parrish Hatton was born Nov 28, 1933 in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada. She was born the 6th child of 13 children. Her parents are George Edward Lyons and Ilene Betts Lyons.

She attended the University of Utah where she met her husband Max Fred Parrish. They married August 25, 1960...

Stanley Leonard Henson

Stanley Leonard Henson

Jan 22, 2023

Stanley L. Henson, 92, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Sunday, January 22, 2023, due to complications of a stroke.

Stan was born February 13, 1930, to Leonard and Rosamond Green Henson in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. Stan grew up in McCammon with his brothers Robert and Richard, sisters Shirley and Lorna, and later moved to Pocatello. In...

Teresa R. Baca

Teresa R. Baca

Jan 22, 2023

Teresa R. Baca, 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 22, 2023 of natural causes.

Teresa was born on May 6, 1930, in Pocatello, Idaho to Francisco Ramirez and Guadalupe Luna. She had 1 brother (Val), 3 sisters (Louise, Juanita, and Esther), and 1 niece (Helen) that was raised by her parents. Teresa also had 2 brothers that died at an...

Mark Dwayne Morey

Mark Dwayne Morey

Jan 21, 2023

Mark D. "Pete" Morey, age 77, passed away at his home in Inkom, Idaho on January 21, 2023. Pete was born February 4, 1945, in Kewanne, Illinois to Mark O. and Mamie L. Morey and as the Youngest of 6 children. Around 1947, the family moved to Idaho where Pete grew up and graduated from Marsh Valley High School. He...

Patty I. Kolbet

Patty I. Kolbet

Jan 21, 2023

Patricia Irene Carlock Kolbet, 88, passed away on January 21, 2023. She was born on August 10, 1934 in Brush, Colorado to Oakley and Wilma Carlock. She was the oldest of 9 children.

Patty married DeWayne Johnson and they had two daughters, Pamela (deceased) and Diane (Mike) Hilliard. They divorced. She married John Ward and they had two daughters, Melody Ward...

Richard Olsen

Richard Olsen

Jan 21, 2023

Richard L. Olsen, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away on January 21, 2023, in Pocatello at the age of 87.

Richard was born on October 16, 1935, to Melvin A. Olsen and Doris Lectie Sparks Olsen in Blackfoot, Idaho. He grew up in a loving family there, developing interests and skills in sports and journalism; working a multitude...

Gail Lorraine Wilson

Gail Lorraine Wilson

Jan 19, 2023

Gail Lorraine Perry-Wilson passed at the age of 75 on January 19, 2023 due to complications with colon cancer.

Gail Lorraine Perry-Wilson was born in Wendell, Idaho on June 5, 1947 to parents Fern and Floyd B. Perry.  She attended highland high school in Pocatello and graduated class of ‘65. Following graduation, she traveled to California to experience the big city...

Joann Lou Ivanoff

Joann Lou Ivanoff

Jan 19, 2023

Surrounded by members of her family, Joann Lou Ivanoff passed peacefully in her sleep on Thursday January 19th, 2023. In keeping with her long-held tradition of rarely acting her age, Joann used one of her final breathless sentences during the last hours of her life to lighten the mood in the room by making a good-hearted wise-crack at the expense...