All Obituaries

Gilbert Lee Gross, age 89, passed away March 19, 2023, of natural causes. Gilbert was born to James and Julia (Vickers) Gross on May 15, 1933, in New Harmony, Indiana. He attended school in Owensville, IN, graduating from Owensville High School. Gil graduated from University of Evansville, Indiana with his bachelor's degree in business administration. Gil worked for Bucyrus-Erie as a lathe operator and later as an industrial engineer. Gil grew up in Southwestern Indiana where he met...

Gary Neil Hoff, 79, of Pocatello Idaho, and more recently of Blackfoot Idaho, passed away March 14th 2023 at Portneuf Medical Center. He was born on August 29, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Paul Ralph Hoff and Pearl Dean Muller. Gary graduated from Pocatello high School in 1961. He is survived by his daughter Janille Hoff; two granddaughters Courtney Hoff and Tiffany Ehrlich, and two great-grandchildren Mali and Ace Ehrlich. He is predeceased by his dear wife Shirley, his parents, and...

Richard Byron Sligar, 75, Pocatello, passed away, March 14, 2023. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cornelison Funeral Home, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.cornelisonfh.com 208-232-0542

   Joshua Rian Green (Josh) passed away on March 9th 2023 at the age of 19 in Kenton Ohio. Joshua was born on January 2nd 2004 to Michael Stanley Green and Kassie Rae Wallace (Kanow); he was born in Pocatello Idaho at Portneuf Medical Center. He spent the majority of his life living in Idaho, he lived in Wyoming for about a year as a young child and spent the last year and a half living in Kenton Ohio.    Joshua was named after his father's best friend...

Charles Raymond Johnson was born May 6th, 1929 to Charles Daniel Johnson and Melissee Margret Jenkins Johnson in Pocatello, Idaho. Charles was reunited with the love of his life March 9th, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Charlie lived in Pocatello until the family moved to Orofino, Idaho during the great depression so his dad could work in the lumber mill. He graduated from Orofino High School in 1947. After high school, Charlie joined the forest service as a line cook. He loved to...

   Wilma Baird Fisher, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family and loved ones, on March 5, 2023. She was 88 years old.    Wilma was born, the eighth of eight children, to Daniel Cumming Baird and Ona Lucinda Nebel Baird, in a small log home in Cowley, Wyoming, on June 30, 1934. The town of Cowley was settled just 34 years earlier, by LDS Pioneers, and the little log cabin she was born in, was one of 18 log homes built in the town that first year in...

Dennis Keith Evans, born January 27, 1944, in Montebello, CA, of Mary Phillis Dalpino and Milton Morse Evans, returned home to Pocatello, Idaho, where he was raised, and on March 3, 2023 passed peacefully with his two daughters by his side. Roaring down Main Street in his brother's Austin-Healey, he was creating the roadmap for his future. A point of interest was a beautiful classmate, and soon - this young man was a proud father of two girls, fueling his ambitions for a bright life...

Mary Helen Palmerton-Weeks, 84, of 1530 Helmandollar Road Inkom, Idaho, passed away peacefully in her bed surrounded by loved ones to live with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, February 26th, 2023. Mary Helen was the oldest of six children and was born on January 6, 1939, in New Deal (Fort Peck), Montana to Adena Magdalena Kuehn and Melvin Henry Palmerton. Mary Helen was raised and went to school in Fairfield, Montana. While in Fairfield, she met and later married her first husband William...

Christopher Todd Schmidt, 42, Pocatello, passed away, February 25, 2023. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cornelison Funeral Home, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.cornelisonfh.com 208-232-0542

Steven D. Simmons, 74, of Pocatello, Idaho, peacefully passed away on February 23, 2023 surrounded by his loved ones. "Steve" was born April 27, 1948, to Grover and Genevieve Simmons in Rigby, Idaho. After Steve graduated from Rigby High School in 1966 he pursued a degree from Idaho State University. He Began his career at the Pocatello Fire Department in 1974. In 1977, he was promoted to paramedic and to Captain in 1986. After being promoted to Division Chief in 1990, he...