Obituaries
Obituaries
Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas
Tom Paxton
Oct 14, 2025
Brian Thomas Paxton, 69, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 14, 2025, at his home. He was under the care of Oakstone Home Health and Hospice.
Tom was born March 27, 1956, in Crockett, CA, to Edmund Paxton and Anne Paxton. He grew up and attended schools in Crockett, CA. He received an associate’s degree in law and later went on...
Linda "Lynn" Claire Connors
Oct 14, 2025
Lynn passed away peacefully from complications of bone marrow cancer on October 14, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Linda "Lynn" Claire Connors was born on June 13, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois, to Claire Marie Meger McKee and Kenneth Charles McKee. When Lynn was still little, her family moved first to Las Vegas and then settled in Spring Valley, California, where she...
Bill Axley
Oct 13, 2025
William Kenneth Axley, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 13, 2025, at his home. He was under the care of Brio Hospice.
Bill was born March 10, 1933, in Madisonville, TN, to Reed Kenneth Axley and Lula Kinser Axley. He grew up and attended schools in Madisonville and graduated from Madisonville High School.
In 1950, after graduation, Bill enlisted in the...
Teresa Samson
Oct 13, 2025
Teresa Aileen (Finigan) Samson, age 61, returned to her heavenly home on October 13, 2025, at her residence due to natural causes.
She was born May 13, 1964, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, daughter of the late Louis Robert and Betty Lorraine Finigan. With seven siblings, and sitting neatly in the middle, Teresa did not lack for others to cause mischief with...
Jennifer Ramey
Oct 13, 2025
Jennifer Lou Harper Ramey, 63, joined her Father in Heaven on October 13, 2025, of complications from surgery. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandma, sister, and friend.
Jenni Harper was born April 5, 1962, in Ogden, Utah, to David and Barbara Harper. She was joined by her brothers, Wade, Rod, and Richard over the next eight years. She fought like...
Ladene Campbell
Oct 12, 2025
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Audrey Ladene Campbell, 90, of Rigby, passed away October 12, 2025, at Rigby Lake Assisted Living. She was under the care of One Source Home Health and Hospice.
Ladene was born September 24, 1935, in Rosemary, Alberta, Canada, to Carl Weston Lybbert and Mae Ullila Ogden Lybbert. She grew up and attended schools in Alberta, Canada and...
Butch Rudolph
Oct 11, 2025
Gary Thomas “Butch” Rudolph, 75, went home to be with our Lord on October 11, 2025, peacefully in his sleep, surrounded with love.
Butch graduated from North Central in Spokane, Washington, in 1969. He joined the Navy that summer. He shipped out to sea and saw the world courtesy of our Red, White, and Blue, and he was very proud of...
Bayleigh Purkiss
Oct 10, 2025
Bayleigh Maykel Purkiss, 11, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 10, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family and loved ones.
Bayleigh was born February 21, 2014, to Rebecca Eddins. She instantly became the light of everyone’s life. Bayleigh grew up in the Rigby and Idaho Falls areas where she attended Cottonwood Elementary and Ethel Boyes. She loved camping, boating,...
Jackie Bailey
Oct 9, 2025
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Berrett Bailey, 66, beloved mother, partner, grandmother, and friend, passed away October 9, 2025, at EIRMC Hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
She was born on October 16, 1959, to William Reed Berrett and Colleen Lindsay Berrett. Jackie was raised alongside her brother Bill in Roberts and Idaho Falls, where she built a life surrounded by long and loyal friendships.
At...
Gladys Fay Oberg
Oct 9, 2025
Gladys Fay Oberg, 85, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 9, 2025, at her home.
Gladys was born August 8, 1940, in Malta, Montana, to Otis Norman Field and Virgie Irene Jones Field. She was the fourth of six children in a family that enjoyed a simple, rural lifestyle. Gladys attended local Montana schools. Later in life she also took classes...
Peggy Purcell
Oct 8, 2025
Peggy Lee Purcell, 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 8, 2025, at her home. She was under the care of Symbii Hospice.
Peggy was born January 30, 1950, in Denver, CO, to Joseph Leo “Joe” Brennan and Elizabeth Lee “Betty” Reed Brennan. She grew up and attended schools in Denver and Boulder, CO. She also attended VOTEC where she earned...
Debra Faye Price
Oct 8, 2025
Debra Faye Price, 72, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away October 8, 2025, at Idaho Falls Community Hospital.
Debbie was born October 13, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Floyd Leon Christensen and Margaret Faye Christensen (neé Sinclair). She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and she received her GED in 1970.
On November 13, 1981, she married Joe Charles...
William Robert Hatch Jr.
Oct 7, 2025
William “Bill” Robert Hatch Jr., beloved father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He spent his last days expressing his love for his family and reminiscing about cherished memories with family and friends. Known for his unique and unforgettable voice, sharp wit, and kindness, Bill lived a life full of adventures,...
Ricardo Salazar Osorio
Oct 6, 2025
Ricardo Salazar Osorio, 30, of Idaho Falls, passed away on October 6, 2025, from injuries sustained in a car accident.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 11, 2025, at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road. A Rosary will be held Friday at 6 p.m. with a visitation to follow until 8 p.m. and Saturday...
Bonnie Marie Gannon
Oct 6, 2025
Bonnie Marie Gannon, 74, of Congress, Arizona, passed away October 6, 2025, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Bonnie was born September 3, 1951, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Harold Laurel Hansen and Alyce Marie Krause Hansen. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and graduated from Bonneville High School. She also attended Ricks College.
On December 30, 2022, she...
Richard E Gramm
Oct 5, 2025
Richard E Gramm (The Man, The Myth, The Legend--and occasionally, Santa Clause)
The year was 1958, Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” was topping the charts. On the 17th of that December, Richard Earle Gramm was born, ready to bring laughter to the masses and hang 10 on every wave this ocean of life brought his way.
Rick was born to Millie Ann Hines...
Shirley Ann Roberts
Oct 5, 2025
Shirley (Margaret) Ann Roberts, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 5, 2025, at her home. She was under the loving care of her immediate family and Brio Hospice.
Shirley was born February 21, 1932, in Hygiene, Colorado, to Clarence William Periman and Pauline Margaret Weishaupl Periman. She grew up and attended schools in Longmont, Colorado, and graduated from Longmont High...
Dwayn Allen Gunkel
Oct 5, 2025
Dwayn Allen Gunkel, 54, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 5, 2025, from a hereditary heart condition at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Dwayn arrived in the world on March 22, 1971, in Sturgis, South Dakota, to David and Yvonne Gunkel. The family moved around a lot, but Dwayn spent most of his childhood and formative school years in Glen Rock,...
Eldon Anderson
Oct 3, 2025
Eldon Ervin Anderson, 84, of Meridian, Idaho, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2025, at MorningStar Assisted Living in Idaho Falls.
Eldon was born on May 24, 1941, in Burley, Idaho, to Iloise (Daley) Anderson and Erwin Jones, who passed away in a motorcycle accident when Eldon was six months old. He was later adopted by his step-father, Afton “Shady” Anderson,...
Shelley Marie Johnson
Oct 3, 2025
It is with great sadness her family announces that Shelley Marie Johnson passed away on October 3, 2025, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
She was born June 15, 1959, in Anchorage, Alaska. She was raised in Anchorage, and after graduating high school, moved to Hawaii to attend BYU. In December of 1989, she married Steve Johnson of Ririe, Idaho, in Idaho Falls,...
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