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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Idaho & Pocatello, Idaho in Bannock County.
Barbara "Barbie" J. Smith
Mar 15, 2025
Barbara "Barbie" Joann Smith (Berkman), 40 passed away on March 15, 2025.
Barbie was born on March 17, 1984 to Tim and Donna (Pike) Berkman. She was the oldest child. She has three younger sisters, Chelsea, Kharma, and Shandie. She enjoyed riding horses, mules, shooting, camping, various outdoor activities and spending time with family and friends.
She graduated from Edwardsville High School...
Barbara Jo "Bobby Jo" Christensen
Mar 14, 2025
Barbara Jo (Bobby Jo) Christensen, a dearly loved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 14, 2025, at her home in Chubbuck, Idaho, after bravely fighting stage 4 cancer for 3½ years.
Born on September 11, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Vincent and Eula Ellsworth, Bobby Jo leaves behind a legacy of kindness, cherished...
Richard J. Trussel
Mar 10, 2025
Richard Joseph Trussel, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Pocatello, Idaho, on Monday, March 10, 2025, following an extended illness. He was 81 years old.
Richard was born in Montpelier, Idaho, in 1943 and moved to Pocatello in the ninth grade. It was there that he met his lifelong best friend, Randy Guidinger....
Joy Marie Ranstrom
Mar 8, 2025
Joy Marie (Morris) Ranstrom, 72, went to be with Jesus on March 8, 2025. Her family surrounded her as she left peacefully in her sleep.
Joy was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on October 26, 1952, to Layton and Pauline Morris. She was their youngest daughter, one of six children.
Joy attended school in American Falls, Idaho, where she graduated in 1971. She...
Airess Sandoval
Mar 4, 2025
Airess Grace Sandoval made a dramatic entrance into this world (quite literally) born in an ambulance on November 19, 1994, in Poplar, Montana, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. It was only fitting that someone so bold and unforgettable would make such an entrance.
Airess was many things, a sister, daughter, wife, and friend, but above all, she was a force...
Cornelia Kalkman
Mar 4, 2025
Our sweet mother, mama, Oma and great-Oma, Cornelia Johanna Kalkman passed away peacefully on March 4, 2025, at her daughter’s home, with her loving family by her side.
Cornelia was born on November 28, 1932, in Rotterdam Netherlands, to Maarten and Magdalena Catharina Groenendijk. Cornelia was the first child and only daughter and the pride of the family. Her happy early...
Robert E. Dillon
Mar 3, 2025
Robert Eugene Dillon, 91, passed away on March 3, 2025.
A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 4 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 1350 Baldy Ave. Pocatello, Idaho. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Grace Lutheran Church in Robert's name.
Memories and condolences may be shared using the guestbook below.
Lynn Ernest Hebdon
Mar 2, 2025
Chief Master Sergeant Lynn Ernest Hebdon passed away on March 2nd, 2025, with his family and friends by his side.
Lynn was born on February 6th, 1950, in Pullman, Washington to Ernest Hebdon and Murial Albiston. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and his brother, Larry Hebdon.
He grew up in Pocatello and graduated from Pocatello High School in...
Sylvia "Silver" Malan
Mar 1, 2025
Sylvia passed away peacefully on March 1, 2025. She joins her loving husband of 64 years, Gordon Lewis Malan, who passed away in 2017.
Sylvia was born May 23, 1934, to William Marks and Zina D. Hatch. She graduated from Pocatello High School in 1952. That same year, she married Gordon, and together they raised three children: Bob, Jess, and LonniRae.
Sylvia...
Michael L Whiting
Mar 1, 2025
Michael Len Whiting, 63, of Pocatello, Idaho, returned to his Heavenly Father on March 1st, 2025.
Born on November 10, 1961, to Alvin and Joan Whiting in Pocatello, Idaho, Mike graduated from Pocatello High School in 1980. Inspired to serve, he was called to the Alabama, Talladega Mission. Mike met the love of his life one summer evening on The Cruise...
Karie Ann Ellsworth
Feb 27, 2025
Karie Ann Ellsworth, 66, passed away on February 27, 2025.
A full obituary will appear here as information becomes available.
Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting the Guestbook below.
June Fenstermaker
Feb 27, 2025
June Lang Fenstermaker, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on February 27, 2025 in Pocatello, Idaho.
June was born on March 18, 1949 in Murray, Utah as the only daughter of Esther Olive Rindlasbacher and George Milton Lang. As a young girl she enjoyed training and riding horses alongside her father near her home. She...
Thomas "Tom" D. Mills
Feb 26, 2025
Thomas Dee Mills, “Tom,” 72, passed away on February 26, 2025, in his home in Pocatello, Idaho surrounded by family. He survived a liver transplant in 2014 and fought metastatic papillary thyroid cancer for many years.
Dad was born on August 28, 1952 in Vinyard, Utah to Delbert and Lois Mills. He graduated from Orem High in 1970, served a full-time...
Jean Gabbert
Feb 25, 2025
Betty Jean “Jean” Gabbert, 93, passed away peacefully in her home on February 25, 2025.
Jean was born in Inkom, Idaho, to Murlin Milton Ellis and Cleova May Anderson. She was raised in Inkom before moving to Pocatello, Idaho. She graduated as part of the Inkom High School Class of 1949, which had just nine students.
On June 5, 1953, Jean married...
Frederick Leigh Smith
Feb 24, 2025
Frederick Leigh Smith, 80, peacefully passed away at home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer on February 24, 2025, in Pocatello, Idaho.
Frederick (Fred) Leigh Smith was born on February 21, 1945, in Mount Kisco, New York to Joseph and Ruth Smith. Fred and his older sisters, Marcia and Joan, enjoyed their childhood years in Coxsackie, New York...
Marvin Lee Mumme
Feb 23, 2025
Marvin "Bud" Lee Mumme, 76, passed away on February 23, 2025.
Marvin Lee Mumme was born March 10, 1948, to Alton Leonard Mumme and Ruth Dora Thompson, and passed away February 23, 2025, from a long battle with cancer. Marvin was the 2nd of 7 children. He grew up in the south Pocatello area. He attended schools at Whitaker Elementary, Hawthorne...
Kayleb H. Jablonski
Feb 22, 2025
Kayleb Harry Jablonski, 17, passed away February 22, 2025 in Pocatello. Kayleb was born in Pocatello, Idaho on July 12, 2007.
He attended school at Wilcox Elementary, Hawthorne Middle School and Highland High School. He loved hanging with the “Hicks” and was usually wearing his wranglers, cowboy boots and either a ball cap or a cowboy hat. Kayleb had plans to...
Walter William Roper
Feb 21, 2025
Walter William “Bill” Roper, passed away February 21, 2025 from complications of dementia.
Born March 31, 1945, to Evelyn & Allen Roper, he was the middle child of 7 children. His early years were spent working hard on the family farm, feeding livestock, milking cows, bailing hay & irrigating crops. These duties instilled in him the value of hard work which...
Cynthia "Cindy" A. Greenfield
Feb 21, 2025
Cynthia Ann Greenfield, lovingly known as Cindy, a bright shining star, always smiling and making jokes, grew her wings on Friday, February 21, 2025.
This beautiful angel started her life in Bellingham, Washington on March 7, 1966. She was born to Alice and Marvin Duncan. As a child, she got to travel the world because her dad was in the Navy.
Cindy...
Elnora Lee Onstine
Feb 20, 2025
It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Elnora Lee Onstine, and her cherished husband, Ralph Onstine. Their unexpected and tragic deaths occurred near Georgetown, Idaho.
Nora Lee, as she was known by friends and family, lived a life full of passion and purpose.
She had an insatiable love for learning. Born and...
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