Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Pocatello, ID Bannock County & Surrounding Areas
Robert Glen Conley
May 15, 2025
Bob Conley, 90, of Pocatello, ID, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2025, at his home in Pocatello. Bob was born on November 26, 1934, to the late Frank and Ora Conley. In addition to his parents, Bob is preceded in death by his brother, Richard. Bob married Lora Lee Robinson in 1956 and they had two children: Susan Hendrixson...
Mary Martha Ruiz
May 12, 2025
Mary Martha Ruiz (m. Martinez) passed away May 12, 2025.She was preceded in death by her parents Emilio Martinez and Filipita Maxwell, her brother Henry Martinez and her son EIthadore Jr.She is survived by her ex-husband EIthadore, brothers Francis (Barbara) and Gerald (Virginia) and her children: Michael, Ron, Sonya (Dave), Stephanie and Eric. She is also survived by her grandchildren...
Robert Jason Lerma Jr.
May 11, 2025
There are people who walk through this world quietly—and then there are people like Robert. He didn’t just live. He roared. He crashed into life with love, chaos, light, and pain all wrapped into one body. One beautiful, unforgettable body. A body that held more than most ever could.Robert wasn’t just someone we lost—he was someone the world never truly...
Kim N Hartman
May 10, 2025
It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Kim N Hartman, who passed on May 10th, 2025 at the age of 60 due to an ongoing autoimmune disease. He is survived by his wife Sheri and two sons and daughters-in-law and his six grandchildren. (Derek & Taylor, Hyde, Nolan, June and Sage) (Nathan & Shayla, Blaiklee and Laikyn).
A...
Raymond (Ray) Joseph Coderre
May 7, 2025
Raymond (Ray) Coderre of Blackfoot, Idaho and formerly of Jackson, WY, passed away in Blackfoot on May 7, 2025 surrounded by his family.
Ray was born February 2, 1944, in Putnam, Connecticut to Roland and Noella Coderre. He was the youngest of six children. Ray was predeceased by three of his brothers, Maurice, Edgar, and Paul, and sister, Jeanine. He is...
Kenneth William Johnson
Apr 16, 2025
Kenneth William Johnson, 62, of Inkom, Idaho passed away peacefully at his home on April 16, 2025.
Ken was born on July 6, 1962, in Brigham City. He was born the oldest of 4 children to his beloved parents, William Kenneth Johnson and Carolyn Humphreys Johnson. They later moved to Logan where he was raised and attended school.
He worked at Thiokol...
Robert Dean Vesser
Apr 1, 2025
Robert Dean Vesser, 90, of Chubbuck, Idaho, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2025, surrounded by his children. Bob was born on January 27, 1935, to John M. and Marion Vesser in Lewiston, Idaho.
After attending Pocatello High School, he joined the U.S. Army, where he studied Electronics at the U.S. Armed Forces Institute, Advanced Electronics at the U.S. Army Guided...
Barbara Jean Blair
Mar 22, 2025
Barbara Jean Blair (89) passed away on March 22nd, 2025, at Monte Vista Health Care Center in Pocatello, Idaho.
She was born on September 4th, 1935, in Carthage, Missouri, to Pauline Retha Morris, and raised by her grandparents Earl and May Morris. They all moved to the Northern California area when she was a young child, and she eventually relocated to...
James Whiting Baird
Mar 16, 2025
James Whiting Baird was born to James Condie Baird and Evelyn Mae Whiting Baird on April 14, 1957 in Hamilton, Montana. He was the third of six children.
Jim lived an adventurous and private life. In 1974, Jim joined the Army along with his older brother Dave. After his time with the military, Jim worked as a volunteer for the US...
Nichole Ellen Owens
Feb 25, 2025
Nichole Ellen Owens was born Nichole Ellen Anderson on March 1st, 1971 in Pocatello Idaho. She passed away on February 25th, 2025 surrounded by her loving husband and children after a long battle with multiple chronic illnesses.
She was raised in Tyhee. She then went on to primarily raise her children in Airmo, and Pocatello Idaho. She later moved to Boise...
Rodney John Lepper
Feb 22, 2025
Rodney John Lepper Sr, 63, of Pocatello, ID, passed away after his battle with stage 4 esophageal cancer on 02/22/2025 with his wife Pamela Perna and daughter Sarah Lepper by his side. Rod was born on 12/14/1961 in Salt Lake City, UT, the son of Charles Lepper and Janice Cochrane.
Rod worked in construction with a lengthy career of 45 years....
Lowell Arden Hale
Feb 19, 2025
Lowell Arden Hale passed quietly away on the evening of February 19, 2025 in Chubbuck, Idaho at the age of 87. He was born March 28, 1937 in a house on Reservation Road in Tyhee, Bannock County, Idaho to parents Arden Delos Hale and Rachel (Dye) Hale, and was their youngest son.
Lowell was known for his hard work ethic, his...
Ronald Reed Losser
Feb 15, 2025
Ron passed away February 15, 2025 at the age of 75. Ron was born July 16, 1949 in Salt LakeCity, Utah to Mack Reed Losser and Joyce Jensen. They moved to Ogden when Ron was five and he attended school at Horace Mann Elementary and later Highland Junior High School.
In 1963 the family moved to Pocatello where he attended Alameda...
M. Joy Burke
Feb 15, 2025
Marva Joy Burke
Joy passed away on February 15, 2025, at her home in Pocatello, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on September 27, 1936, in Vernal, Utah, the second daughter of four girls to Blanche and Marvin Smith. She lived on a farm in Vernal until she graduated high school. She attended Utah State, did her residency...
Gaylord Waisath
Feb 11, 2025
Gaylord Waisath was born on October 16, 1940 to Hazel and Herman Waisath in Chinook, Montana. By middle childhood the family moved to a small ranch on the north side of town, where Gaylord and his 7 siblings worked with their parents to farm sugar beets, wheat, sheep, and cattle. Gaylord loved farm life and his dog Butch. The experiences...

