Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Chubbuck, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Celia Louise Strawn
Sep 4, 2023
Celia (Sally) Louise Strawn passed peacefully at her home on September 4, 2023 surrounded by family and friends following a prolonged illness. She was 82 years old.
Sally was born in Boise, Idaho on December 12, 1940. The oldest of three sisters, Sally enjoyed riding her mare “Midget” through the fields surrounding the Boise airport. Upon graduation from Boise High School,...
Amanda Bruce
Sep 4, 2023
Amanda Bruce passed away comfortably during her sleep at the care facility where she had spent the last couple years of her life. She was two weeks shy of her 91st birthday. Amanda was born in Pocatello, Idaho to Nick and Rosie Contos. She was the middle child of seven and grew up in the area known as the Triangle...
Antonino Mora
Sep 3, 2023
Antonino Mora "Tony," 74, passed away on September 3, 2023, at his home. He was born on February 18, 1949 in La Guadalupe, Jalisco, Mexico, to J. Jesus Mora and Maria de Jesus Larios. Tony grew up in La Guadalupe and later came to the United States in his twenties. Tony had seven brothers and three sisters.
He married Donna Pine,...
Karl (Wally) Pierson
Sep 3, 2023
Karl Wallace Pierson (Wally) was born to Beverly and Roger Pierson on October 11, 1976 in Twin Falls, ID. He passed on September 3, 2023. Wally is survived by his wife of 25 years, Dusti Pierson, his three children, Austin Pierson, Donovan Pierson, and Anastasia Pierson, and his parents, Beverly Harper and Joe Harper, Roger Pierson and Jeri Pierson. Wally...
Dyrace E. Mittelstedt
Sep 2, 2023
Dyrace E. Mittelstedt, 83, passed away on September 2, 2023, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was born in Glasglow, Montana on December 16, 1939, to Maury and Fern Weber. Her family relocated to Gooding, Idaho when she was 9 months old, and later settled in Pocatello, Idaho in 1955.
Dyrace met and married Iver Mittelstedt on June 23, 1957, and then graduated...
Robert E Allen
Sep 2, 2023
Robert “Bob” Allen was born to Herb and Mary Allen on October 25, 1949, and died on September 2, 2023 at the age of 73.
He grew up with many Italian friends and family in Pocatello, Idaho.
Bob had a love for crafting and worked at Hobby Haven for many years. He loved to bake and decorate cakes, and je. He worked...
Ave Fillmore
Sep 2, 2023
Ave Nell Fillmore was born and raised in Texas. She was the oldest daughter of Alvin Daniels and Mattie (Howell) Daniels. She had five siblings, Alvis, Troy, Jimmie, Bobby and Virginia. She had five children, Ronald Beard, Linda (Beard) Vasquez, Steven Hinton, Elizabeth Hinton, and James (Jeff) Hinton. She is predeceased by her youngest son James. She has six grandchildren...
Robert Alfred Oliver, Jr.
Aug 31, 2023
Robert A. Oliver Jr, 80, passed away peacefully in hospice care surrounded by loved ones following a fall at home resulting in a blood clot to the brain.
He was born October 5th, 1942, the son of Robert A. Oliver Sr and Frances Hornung Oliver. Robert grew up in Keokuk, Iowa and attended Keokuk High School. Upon graduation he joined the...
Nancy Ann Smith Gilliam
Aug 31, 2023
Nancy Ann Smith Gilliam, 79, died Thursday (8/31/2023) in Pocatello ID. Born in Norfolk Nebraska (9/24/1943) to Otha William Smith and Mildred Agnes Shannon Smith.
Survived by daughter and son-in-law, Shannon Gilliam Nechamkin and Gregory, Garland Texas; son and daughter-in-law Christopher Gilliam and Amanda, Talent OR; grandchildren, Cody, Emily, Kaylee, and Nicolas Hamann and Aubrey Gilliam; sister Monica Smith Shannon, Hartland...
John E Murray
Aug 30, 2023
John Edward Murray was born December 19, 1928 in Viking, Minnesota to George and Ethel (Sinclair) Murray. He passed away Aug 30, 2023at his home in Pocatello, Idaho.
John grew up with his four brothers in rural Minnesota. They moved to Idaho in the early 1940’s for George to work on the railroad.
He married Donna Lou Dunn on February 10, 1950...
Wanda Jean House
Aug 30, 2023
Wanda Jean House, 67, returned home to her Heavenly Father on August 30, 2023.
She was born on January 15, 1956, to Rex and Beverly Misner in Pocatello, Idaho. She was one of seven children.
She later met and married the love of her life, Raymond House, on September 13, 1975, in Lawrance, Kansas. Together they raised four children, Kevin (Kelsey), Amy...
Vanessa Andrews
Aug 29, 2023
Vanessa Andrews, 54, passed away on August 29, 2023.
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George Walter Lott Jr.
Aug 29, 2023
George Walter Lott Jr.(50) passed away August 29th, 2023 surrounded by his loving family. George was born May 6th 1973 in Fayetteville, North Carolina to George Walter Lott Sr. and Judy Joy-Lott. He was the eldest of five children. Jr. was a well traveled little boy from a young age moving from North Carolina to Lacey, Washington to Bad Kreuznach,Germany...
Eric Lynn Mickelsen
Aug 25, 2023
Eric Lynn Mickelsen, 55, passed away unexpectedly on August 25, 2023, at his home in Menan, Idaho.
Eric was born on July 20, 1968, in Pocatello, Idaho to parents Milo and Jean Mickelsen. A graduate of Highland High School (1986) and Idaho State University (1991), he worked for Farm Bureau Insurance before becoming a highly respected and in-demand consultant in the...
Jennie Juanita Watts
Aug 25, 2023
Jennie Juanita Watts, 93, passed away while surrounded by love on August 25, 2023, in Twin Falls, ID. Juanita was born on November 3, 1929, in Sharon, PA, to David and Elsie Larimer. She was the only daughter and loved dearly by her brothers David, Edward, William, Charles, John, and George. Despite the romantic interests of local gentlemen, she affectionately...
Frank Ervin Brunson, Jr.
Aug 23, 2023
Frank Ervin Brunson, 70, passed away on August 23, 2023, in Island Park, Idaho. Frank was born to Frank E. Brunson and Larue Clements Brunson on July 4, 1953, in Pocatello, Idaho. He was the 4th child of seven.
Frank spent his childhood running the streets of Pocatello where he attended Tendoy, Alameda, and Highland High School. In his teens he...
Roger Michael Mehr
Aug 23, 2023
Roger Michael Mehr passed away at his home in Twin Falls, Idaho, August 23, 2023. Roger was born October 4, 1941, in St. Martin, Minnesota, to John Mehr and Leona (Miller) Mehr. Roger grew up on his family’s dairy farm near St. Martin. After graduating from Crosier’s Seminary High School in Onamia, Minnesota in 1959, he worked as a computer...
Betty Cross
Aug 23, 2023
Betty Jean Hicklin Cross, born December 3, 1929, in Bolivar, MO to Charles Hicklin and Jewel Williams Hicklin, died August 23, 2023. Betty enjoyed sewing, gardening, baking, volunteer work as long as health permitted. She is survived by her dear husband, Rick, Four children: Dale Andrus, Beverly Andrus, Roy Andrus, and Carol Susan Fisk, two stepsons and their families, Nieces,...
Rex Elza Hughes
Aug 22, 2023
Rex Elza Hughes was born September 6, 1945, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and passed away on August 22, 2023, in Pocatello, Idaho.
Rex served his country honorably in the United States Navy, and was stationed in Adak, Alaska for a period of time.
On December 9, 1966, he married Virgie Ann Kimball in Salina, Utah. After they got married, they spent time...
