Category: Power County Press

Building materials from Pioneer Days

e.g. “Time for Tea” by Celia Klassen Anybody who knows anything about pioneer history knows they lived in log cabins. It amazes the writer how people managed to build dwellings with no prior experience. Until you take the time to…

Naomi Rowbury

Naomi Herrin Rowbury was reunited with her husband, Lyle Rowbury, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Naomi was born Jan. 3, 1939, and raised on a farm in Bentonia, MS. She was a Mississippi girl and visited the farm often during…

Joyce L. Kress

Joyce LaVerne Duffin Kress 1929-2023 Pleasant Grove, Utah. Joyce Kress died peacefully at the age of 93 after a brief illness in the home of her daughter, Nancy Dastrup, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. She was surrounded by her loving family.…

Dora Y. Wiedholz

Dora Y. WiedholzJune 1, 1942 – Dec. 26, 2022 Our Mom “Dora” passed away on Dec. 26, 2022 in Fairfax, VA. She was an exceptional woman that was loved dearly and will be sorely missed. She met every day with…

Micaela Queen-Jones

Micaela Queen-Jones August 27, 1970 — December 23, 2022 If you are reading this, I am no longer in pain and am with my heavenly father. I was called to heaven on Dec. 23, 2022. I was born in Pocatello,…

American Falls BPA captures honors

The American Falls High School BPA (Business Professionals of America) Chapter had a successful regional competition at Idaho State University early in December with seven of their eight members qualifying for state. The students competed in events … Read the…

Chicken Math

Time for Tea by Celia Klassen If you’ve had anything to do with chickens you’ll likely know what that term means. Quite simply it’s ending up with more chickens than you planned, and possibly other animals as well. In the…

Marguerite (Maggie) Stalnaker

May 2, 1935 to January 1, 2023 Marguerite Yaney MacIver Stalnaker of American Falls, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend of many. Maggie was born in Bishop, CA, on May 2, 1935, to Joseph and Francis MacIver. She was raised in…

Elaine Rast Havlicak

Elaine Rast Havlicak was born to Ed and Emma Rast on June 3, 1932. She went home to Jesus on Dec. 31, 2022. Elaine and Bob were married 54 years and enjoyed many years of travel, camping, and fishing with…

Russell Jay Klempel, 64

Russell Jay Klempel, 64, of Aberdeen, ID, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, causes due to a lingering illness. Russell was born May 12, 1958 in Pocatello, ID, the son of Gustav Howard and…