Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Maxine M Baird
Sep 21, 2008
CHUBBUCK " Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend crossed the threshold between this life and the next on Sunday September 21, 2008. Born Maxine M. Martin on August 6th, 1944 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her and her family then moved to Pocatello, ID where she lived from her childhood on. Maxine was known for her loving nature and...
Vicki Aguilar
Sep 21, 2008
Vicki Aguilar, 53, passed away in Pocatello, Idaho on Sunday, September 21, 2008, after complications from pneumonia and further infections which proved to be more than her body could handle. Vicki was born in Kalispell, Montana on January 8, 1955. She was the first of four children of Don and Lila Henkel. Vicki attended schools in Poplar, Ronan, Whitefish and...
Sheryl Rae Yanskey
Sep 21, 2008
Sheryl Rae Holmes Yanskey, 75 passed away peacefully on September 21, 2008 at Heritage Assisted Living. She was born on February 22, 1933 in Pocatello to Ray and Gladys Holmes. She was raised in Twin Falls and graduated from Twin Falls High School. Sheryl married Russell Ray Yanskey and to this union they had four children, Annette; Michelle; Paul and...
William 'Bill' J. Watson
Sep 19, 2008
CHUBBUCK " William J. “Bill” Watson, 67, our husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend passed away at home surrounded by his family, Friday, September 19, 2008. Bill was born January 21, 1941 in Salt Lake City, UT to George Benjamin and Afton James Watson. He grew up in Salt Lake City where he graduated from Granite High School where he...
Hubert Melvin Mecham
Sep 17, 2008
POCATELLO " Hubert Melvin Mecham, 85, passed away peacefully at home on September 17, 2008. Hubert was born on April 30, 1923 in Tyhee to Melvin Leonidas Mecham and Rozella Prichett. He graduated from Blackfoot High School, and then served in the U.S. Army for 3 years as a MP during World War II. He married Lorraine Olson on September...
Bennie Darlou Matthews
Sep 17, 2008
POCATELLO " Bennie Darlou Matthews passed away September 17, 2008 at a local assisted living facility in Pocatello, ID. She was born to Margaret Ethel Mason and Casper Andrew Bendixsen on March 7, 1925 at Alexander, Idaho. She was the sixth of ten children. She moved with her family at age two to Osgood, Idaho, when their home burned down...
Sandra Jean Giles
Sep 15, 2008
Sandy Giles Sandra Jean Warner Giles, 66 of Burley passed away Monday, September 15, 2008 at Cassia Regional Medical Center. She was born on August 10, 1942 to Everett and Ruth (Robertson) Warner in Gridley, CA. Sandy has lived in Gridley, CA; Rupert, ID and Burley, ID. She graduated from Rupert High School then she went on to college where...
Carl Anthony Muegerl
Sep 15, 2008
Carl Anthony Muegerl, 90 of Kimberly passed away Monday, September 15, 2008 at his home. He was born on November 3, 1917 in Kearney, NE to Anton and Mary (Mladek) Muegerl, at the age of 6 they moved to Twin Falls, ID. He attended school at St. Edwards Catholic School and Twin Falls High School. On May 4, 1943 he...
Tonya Dillier
Sep 13, 2008
Tonya Carole Dillier, 51, passed Saturday, September 13, 2008 at Portneuf Regional Medical Center. She was born February 18, 1957 to Robert and Mary Lundstrom in Pocatello at the Bannock Regional Hospital. Pocatello was her home and she spent most of her life here. Tonya was diagnosed with diabetes in the second grade and fought with it all her life....
Floyd Devore
Sep 11, 2008
Floyd Devore, 86, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2008 at a local long term care center. Floyd was born November 4, 1921 in Alberta, Canada the second son of seven children of Clell A. and Luella (Miller) Devore. Floyd grew up in Peoria, Illinois and attended schools there. He enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served in WWII in...
Mabel Merrell
Sep 10, 2008
Mabel Merrell, 86, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at a local long term care center. She was born the fifth of six children to Orson Pratt and Fanny Gwenlion (Stinger) Merrell on December 12, 1921 in Logan, Utah. As a baby, she and her family moved to Pocatello where she was raised and educated. Education was her life focus....
Nafa Becirovic
Sep 10, 2008
Nafa Becirovic, 54 of Twin Falls passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Bridgeview Estates in Twin Falls. Burial will be held 5:00 pm on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Twin Falls Cemetery in Twin Falls. Arrangements are being handled by Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home in Twin Falls.
Vernon Howard Slater
Sep 9, 2008
Vernon Howard Slater passed away on September 9th, 2008 at the age of 79, after a year and a half battle with cancer. Vernon was born in Twin Falls, Idaho to Harry Slater and Reva (Reid) Slater. His family lived in Filer, Idaho and he attended Filer schools through 8th grade. Vernon worked on several farms in the Buhl and...
Klyda H. Wake
Sep 9, 2008
OAKLEY - Klyda Hunter Wake, 84, of Oakley, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center. She was born Jan. 12, 1924, in Oakley, the daughter of Emma Severe and Cyrus Rosel Hunter. She lived and worked in Oakley all her life except for a brief time when she attended business college. She married Roger...
Eric Elle
Sep 8, 2008
Eric C. Elle, 60, passed away September 8, 2008. He was born May 27, 1948, in Pocatello, Idaho to Clarence and Jean Elle. He was raised and educated in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School in 1966. Eric attended I.S.U. Police Academy in 1968, graduating from one of their first classes. He furthered his education at the Oregon Police...
Betty Lou Crawford
Sep 6, 2008
Betty Lou Crawford, age 61, went home to her heavenly father and received her wings, on September 6, 2008 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls due to an extended heart condition. Betty was born on December 12, 1946 to Harry and Madge (Armstrong) Hockett. She was raised in the Twin Falls area with a brief...
Ruth Augustus Harr
Sep 6, 2008
Ruth Augustus Harr, 88 of Twin Falls passed away peacefully under hospice care Saturday, September 6, 2008 at her home. Ruth an only child was born November 22, 1919 to Izetta Clementine Caton Schneider and August Schneider in Fort Collins, Colorado. At the tender age of 6, Ruth moved to Eden, Idaho and graduated from Eden High School. She married...
Carol Ann Talbert
Sep 5, 2008
POCATELLO " Our beloved Carol Ann Talbert, 70, passed away September 5, 2008 at 9:00 PM. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer one year ago. Carol Ann was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma on December 3, 1937 to Leonard L. and Pearl (Baughman) Benningfield. As an infant, she moved to Southern California where she was raised and educated in Pasadena....
Edward Stanley Pierce
Sep 3, 2008
Edward S. Pierce Edward S. Pierce, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at St. Luke's Magic Valley after a brief fight with an aggressive cancer. Ed was born August 4, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to Edward and Estelle. He married high school heartthrob Beatrice on January 29, 1955, and together they raised two children, Jorry...

