Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
John Frederick Perry
Jan 4, 2024
John Perry, 68, passed away on January 4, 2024.John Frederick Perry was born September 23, 1955 to Ella Lena Edgar and Willard Frederick Perry in West Palm Beach Florida. John was the 5th of 10 children. Philip (Pat), Patricia, Dianna, Sue (Hector), Paul (Laverne), Peggy (Kenneth), Willard (Pat), Randy (Edna) and Deborah (Dave). His father was in the Air Force so...
Jerry Lee Christensen
Jan 2, 2024
Jerry Lee Christensen, 74 passed away 2 January 2024, at home in Meridian, Idaho. He was born December 13, 1949 in Pocatello, Idaho to Gene and Nina Jean Christensen. Jerry started first grade at Lincoln School and finished grade school at Tendoy Elementary School. He attended Alameda Junior High School and took band, learning to play the clarinet. He played...
Phyllis Ann Posey
Jan 2, 2024
Phyllis Ann Bellon Posey, 82, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister, passed away on January 2, 2024.
She was born in Burley, Idaho on July 11, 1941, to Grace Ann (Engles) Bellon and Luther Jacob Bellon. They moved back to North Dakota later in the same year to live with Grace’s father on the farm because of the war...
Ronnie "Ron" Pence
Dec 31, 2023
Ronnie Eugene Pence passed away at the age of 75 from complications of cancer. Ron was born February 26, 1948, in Pocatello, Idaho to Elwood and Beulah Pence and was the younger of two children.
Ron went to Hawthorne Junior High and Pocatello High School, graduating in 1966. Ron met and married Linda Fernandez and had two children, Cory and Hollie....
Jerry Gerard Duffy
Dec 30, 2023
Life is a Gift! Â When you were born you cried! Live your Life so when you die you rejoice!
Born in Chicago, Illinois to John Gerard Duffy Sr. and Aylene Victoria. Raised in Los Angeles, California. Attended Military school in the 4th grade. Left home at 15, came to Buhl, Idaho to live with his grandparents C.D. and Vera Boring...
Steven Oleen Stokes
Dec 29, 2023
Steven Oleen Stokes was born November 30, 1953, to Theron and Lola Mae Stokes in Pocatello, Idaho. Steve attended school in Pocatello, Idaho, graduating from Highland High School in 1972.Â
After graduating High School, Steven joined the United States Air Force, then later in life joined the Idaho National Guard, serving in many capacities.
Steve met and married his sweetheart Terri...
Donna Ruth Gordy
Dec 29, 2023
Donna Ruth Gordy, 81, passed away on December 29, 2023 in Boise Idaho. In honoring her wishes no public services will be held and her body will be donated to Idaho State University's anatomical donation program to further the education of various health professions.
Memories and condolences may be shared with the family under the "Tribute Wall" tab above.
Hazen David Sedgwick
Dec 28, 2023
Hazen David Sedgwick
November 20, 1942 – December 28, 2023
Dedicated to the one who taught us to peer into the heavens and reach for the stars.
Our hearts are filled with multiple emotions as we celebrate sweet memories while announcing the passing of Hazen David Sedgwick. Hazen was born on November 20, 1942, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to David & Rhea Sedgwick....
David Steven Stoler
Dec 25, 2023
David Steven Stoler, 78, passed away on December 25, 2023. Â
No formal services are planned at this time. Â
Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting the Tribute Wall tab above.
Louise Erlene Hansen
Dec 25, 2023
Louise Erlene Hoffman Hansen passed away peacefully with her children at her side on December 25, 2023, after a brief illness. Â
Louise was born on July 10, 1934, at her family home in Randolph, Utah. She was the third of four children born to her loving parents David Melvin Hoffman and Maysell Louise Andreasen Hoffman.
Louise grew up on the family...
Kirk Francis Mackenzie
Dec 25, 2023
Kirk MacKenzie, 74, passed away on December 25, 2023. Â
A full obituary will appear here as information becomes available. Â
Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting the Tribute Wall tab above.
James Hayes Robinson, Jr.
Dec 24, 2023
James H Robinson passed away on December 24, 2023 with those he loved most close by.
Jim was a husband, father, Papa, Big Jim and Prune to those who knew him best. He was born and raised in Warren, Ohio and made his way West where he found himself at Idaho State University. Although he held many degrees, the one that...
Norman A Hill
Dec 23, 2023
Norman A Hill, 86, passed away on December 23, 2023. Â
Norm Hill was born on September 13, 1937, in Jerome, Idaho to H. Burton and Mary Lorene Hill. His family then moved to Murtaugh, Idaho. In 1951 the family moved to Hansen, Idaho.
Norm attended Hansen High School in his Freshman year and graduated from Hansen High School in 1955.
Norm met...
Barbara Ann Lynch
Dec 22, 2023
Barbara Ann Lynch passed away December 22, 2023.
Barbara was born to Julian and Lillian Cockrell on October 21, 1935 in Eros, LA, the second of six children. She attended schools in Bastrop, LA, which was where she was still living when she met Jerrold Lynch.
Barbara and Jerry married in October 1956. As the wife of an ambitious chemical engineer, she...
Larue Coffin Petersen
Dec 20, 2023
Larue Petersen, 91, passed away on December 20, 2023. Â
LaRue Coffin Jones Petersen was born at home in Downey, Idaho on September 25, 1932, to Leland and Emily Wakley Coffin. The youngest of three children, she was welcomed by her parents and older brother, Glen, and sister, Doreen. When LaRue was a toddler, the family moved to Pocatello, Idaho.
As a...
Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Dec 19, 2023
Mary Elizabeth Templeton Anderson, 94, passed away on December 19, 2023.
Mary was born in Echo, Louisiana on July 16, 1929, to Frank and Pearl Templeton. She went to school in New Mexico, and after graduating high school, she attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. It was there that she met her eternal sweetheart, Richard Anderson. They were married in...

