Obituaries

Mar 6, 2024

Claude Vernon Garbett, age 69, of Soda Springs, passed away peacefully at his home on March 6th, 2024.

Claude was born June 16th, 1954 in Soda Springs, ID to Richard and Vernona Garbett.  He was the 5th of 6 children.  He grew up in Thatcher, Idaho.  He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, fishing, and hunting.

He...

Mar 4, 2024

Emily Call Neeser, 60 passed away on Monday March 4th, 2024 in Pocatello Idaho.

Emily was born to Desmond and Vera Call on January 1st, 1964 in Soda Springs, Idaho. She was raised in Wayan, Idaho where she attended grades 1-6. She then finished her education in Soda Springs graduating from Soda Springs High School with the...

Mar 3, 2024

Verlene Humphreys, age 77, of Soda Springs, passed away peacefully at her home on March 3, 2024.

Verlene was born on February 21, 1947, in Afton, Wyoming, daughter of Verl and Reita Leavitt.

Verlene grew up in Auburn, Wyoming and moved to Soda Springs when she was 16 years old. In the summer of 1964...

Mar 3, 2024

Lynn Charles Moore, born April 19, 1948, in Soda Springs, ID, peacefully passed away on March 3, 2024, with his beloved wife Dana by his side.

Lynn, the 4th of 5 boys, brought joy and laughter wherever he went.  Lynn's upbringing on a dairy farm in Bailey Creek molded him into a hardworking individual from a young...

Feb 23, 2024

Shelley Coziah, 63, left earth peacefully on February 23, 2024.  Shelley was born on July 1st, 1960, in Soda Springs, Idaho, to Darrell and Gwenn VanderSteen Lindsay.

Shelley found and married a fisherman nicknamed Fish in Kevin Coziah.  They married in 1981.  Shelley's other loves of her life followed: daughter, Jennifer, and son, Alex.  She loved her...

Feb 19, 2024

Grace, Idaho–-Karen Christensen Allen, (75) a recently returned daughter of Gem Valley, passed away Monday February 19, 2024. Karen was born February 26, 1948.in Soda Springs, Idaho to Kenneth and June Christensen. She was raised on the family farm in Central, Idaho. She graduated from Grace High School Class of 1966. She married Larry Glen Allen June 10,1966 in...

Feb 15, 2024

Kevin Lee Coziah, 64, left earth peacefully on February 15, 2024.  Kevin was born May 27th, 1959, in Pocatello, Idaho to Calvin and Shirley Fife Coziah.

Kevin spent many formative years at the Henry's Lake, American Falls, and Niter, Idaho, fish hatcheries.  Fishing and the outdoors were a constant throughout his life.  If he wasn't working, he...

Feb 11, 2024

An obituary will be posted at a later date.

Feb 3, 2024

Kirk Lloyd Hansen, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend, was welcomed into the loving arms of our Heavenly Father and Savior on February 3, 2024. He passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family after a valiant fight with leukemia.

Kirk was born on November 11, 1948, in Logan, Utah. He happily...

Jan 28, 2024

Forrest Brett McKinley, age 54, Soda Springs, Idaho resident, passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2024. Forrest was born on September 22, 1969, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a son to Susan Kofoed and brother to Loren Orr.

Forrest grew up in Twin Falls, and graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1988. In his youth, he enjoyed...

Jan 23, 2024

Soda Springs, Idaho- Kenneth (Ken) K. Nelson, 60, long time Soda Springs resident, passed away peacefully on Tuesday January 23,2024, following a very courageous 4 year battle with small cell lung cancer.

Ken was born on January 1st , 1964 in St. Anthony, Idaho, to Louetta Matthews Brown and Kenneth Struhs. He was raised in Teton, Idaho...

Jan 13, 2024

May Ida Miles was born to Ida May Rindlisbacher and David Hyrum Miles at Grace Idaho on October 12, 1921. She is the 4th child of their six children, namely, Harley, Dale,Verna, May, Sewell and Newell. May was a small little girl and even as an adult she never got too tall physically, but  But.She had a very strong...

Jan 11, 2024

On January 11, 2024, Roderick Neil Lish (Bud) passed away quietly at home in Grace Idaho.  Bud was born December 18th, 1936, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Roderic Lish and Cleo Jane Jones Lish, joining his brother Jim.  The family spent their time between Pocatello, Burley, and McCammon.

Bud graduated from Marsh Valley High School in 1954. He...

Jan 7, 2024

Max LeRoy Butcher, 85 resident of Bancroft, ID passed away January 7th, 2024. He was born in Salt Lake City, UT on September  10, 1938. He grew up in Preston ID where he attend school until he moved to Soda Springs where he graduated in 1957.

After which he married Lois Lakey and had two children, LaMonica...

Jan 2, 2024

Porter Denton Harris, 22, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away on January 2, 2024. Porter spent the last couple of years in a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born on November 27, 2001, in Pocatello, Idaho to Laura Gleason and Robert Harris. He grew up in Pocatello and attended school at Jefferson Elementary and Irving Middle School....

Dec 18, 2023

William A (Bill) McBride 89, longtime resident of Bancroft, Idaho passed away on Dec 18, 2023.  He was born Dec 21, 1933 in Kimberly, Idaho and was a graduate fo Kimberly High School.

He married Sharon Bates, July 5, 1956 in Kimberly, Idaho.

Bill worked many years running heavy equipment on road construction jobs, in...

Dec 15, 2023

Wallace G Jacobs, age 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 15th, surrounded by family.

Wally was born on October 27th, 1933, at his grandmother's home in Sugar City, Idaho to Glendon and Alice Jacobs. His birth was greatly anticipated and celebrated, being their first child after 5 years of waiting. After the 8th grade, his parents...

Dec 8, 2023

Christina (Stephenson) Jensen 51, passed away suddenly on December 8, 2023. Tina was born on May 30, 1972, in Provo Utah to John Gordon and Mary Stephenson of Holden Utah. She was the eldest of 6 kids. As a child she spent her time in the town of Holden and on the family farm in McCormick. In 1980 the...

Dec 8, 2023

Annabell H. Rousselot, 95 passed away Friday, December 8th, 2023.

Annabell was born April 8th, 1928 in Chesterfield, Idaho to Lafayette and Annaleas (Halverson) Holbrook. She was raised on the farm and worked alongside her brothers and sisters doing the chores necessary in rural Idaho to feed a family and provide food and fiber for America.

Dec 6, 2023

Derald R. Twitchell passed away on December 6, 2023, in Soda Springs, Idaho at the age of 76. He was born on December 7, 1947 in Wendell, Idaho. His parents are Virgil and Vivian Marie Roholt Twitchell. In his childhood, he had so many health problems. He battled very high cholesterol and sugar diabetes.

He went to...