Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Judy Ralls

Judy Ralls

May 9, 2015

Judy Lee Giannini Ralls, 71, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 9, 2015, at her home. Judy was born November 17, 1943, in Baker City, Oregon. She was raised by George and Dorthy and Lena Marie Valenty Giannini. She grew up and attended schools in Pocatello, Idaho, and graduated from Pocatello High School. Judy was blessed with four children: Katherine,...

Allonna Chapple

Allonna Chapple

May 9, 2015

Our “Little Sweetheart,” Allonna Rowane Chapple, 70, surrounded by her family, returned to her heavenly home on May 9, 2015, after nearly a decade-long fight with Multiple Myeloma. Her will to live and desire to remain here with those she loved could no longer overcome her pain. Allonna was born July 17, 1944, in Rigby, Idaho, to Lester M. Gneiting...

Douglas Farrow

Douglas Farrow

May 8, 2015

Douglas Farrow, 95, passed away on May 8, 2015, at Teton Post Care and Rehabilitation Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Doug was born March 8,1920, in Summit, Iron, Utah, to John Farrow and Lucy Bradshaw. He was the second youngest of nine children. His early schooling was in Summit, Utah, and later attended school in Cedar City, Utah, and graduated...

Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith

May 6, 2015

Phyllis Erickson Smith, 88, of Ammon, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2015, at The Gables. She was under hospice care and was also assisted by loving family members. Phyllis was born June 26, 1926, in Archer, Idaho, to Herman Erickson and Gladys Edna Blackburn Erickson. By two years of age she was singing at any opportunity. She learned how...

Jennifer Hunter

Jennifer Hunter

May 5, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Jennifer Shepherd Marshall Hunter, 49, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 5, 2015, at her home. Jennifer was born April 1, 1966, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Buddy Corodell Shepherd and Kathleen Hebdon Shepherd. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls and attended Bonneville High School. On October 12, 2004, she married...

Claudia Smith

Claudia Smith

May 4, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video On Monday, May 4th, 2015, Claudia Faryl Brown Smith was reunited in the Spirit World with her loved ones she desperately missed. She passed away at home of natural causes at the age of 72. Claudia was born on October 10, 1942 to Donald Andrew and Natella Polson Brown in Idaho Falls, ID. She...

Bonnie Grover

Bonnie Grover

May 4, 2015

Bonnie Grover, 61, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 4, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Bonnie was born January 6, 1954, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Jonathan Leslie Cleveland and Mildred Cluff Cleveland. She grew up and attended schools in Rexburg, including Madison High School, and graduated from Oak Harbor High School in Washington. On September 18, 1986, she...

Richard Soper

Richard Soper

May 4, 2015

Richard Kelly Soper, 47, of Idaho Falls passed away May 4, 2015 at his home. He was born October 23, 1966 to Gordon Charles Soper and Dixie Ann Dabel Soper in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended schools in Arizona, Texas, Canada, Oklahoma , Washington, Alaska and graduated from Rangeview High School in Colorado. Richard moved around to many places with his...

Darla Heyrend

Darla Heyrend

May 3, 2015

Darla Marie Sides Heyrend, 74, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 3, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. She was born July 2, 1940, in Kimberly, Idaho, to Donald D. Sides and LaVern J. Wardell Sides. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from...

Corbin Snedaker

Corbin Snedaker

May 3, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Corbin Sherrill Snedaker, 30, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 3, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family after a 5 1/2 years battle with brain tumors. He was born April 14, 1985, in Vernal, Utah to Varr Jed Snedaker and Paula Ann Bell Snedaker. He grew up and attended schools in Rexburg,...

Kaylen Ferguson

Kaylen Ferguson

May 3, 2015

Kaylen Skye Ferguson, infant daughter of Branson Kayle Ferguson and Meadow Lake Chadwick, was born into heaven May 3, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2015, at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Avenue. The family will visit with friends from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., at Wood Funeral...

June Fiedler

June Fiedler

May 2, 2015

June Fiedler passed peacefully with a smile on her face on May 2, 2015, at 91 years young. She reunited with her parents, Junius and Mildred Emma Hampton, her ten brothers and sisters and their spouses, her husband Art Fiedler, and daughter, Merile Todd, and son-in-law, Sonny Weigel. Born August 31, 1923, in Los Angeles, California, she grew up in...

Gary Reed

Gary Reed

May 2, 2015

Gary Lee Reed, 60, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 2, 2015, at his home after a one-year battle with cancer. Gary was born November 20, 1954, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Lyle Lee Reed and JoAnn Brown Reed. The family moved to Fremont, California, where he grew up and attended grade school. He graduated from Washington High School. He...

Brett Hahn

Brett Hahn

May 2, 2015

Our son, father, grandfather and brother, Brett A. Hahn, passed away in a house fire on May 2, 2015. He was born April 14, 1973, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Max and Kay Hahn. He lived in Idaho Falls and attended Idaho Falls High School. Brett, like his Dad, enjoyed taking things apart and fixing them and always wanted to...

Sam Goodwin

Sam Goodwin

May 2, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Harland Dale "Sam" Goodwin, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away May 2, 2015, at Fairwinds-Sand Creek Retirement Community of congestive heart failure. He was under the care of his family and OneSource Hospice. Sam was born March 9, 1929, in Henry, Nebraska, to Roy Fian Goodwin and Hazel Williams Goodwin. He spent his early...

Ty "Ty" Tengaio

Ty "Ty" Tengaio

Apr 28, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Tyrone “Ty” Kingi TeNgaio, 73, of Idaho Falls, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 from natural causes. Tyrone was born March 5, 1942 in Wairoa, New Zealand. He attended Maeroa Intermediate School, then Hamilton Technical College and the Church College of New Zealand. While in school, Ty was very active in sports such as...

Rotha Howard

Rotha Howard

Apr 28, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Rotha Jean Mercer Howard, 82, of Idaho Falls, passed away on April 28, 2015, at Morningstar Assisted Living Center. She was born April 12, 1933, in Nardin, Oklahoma to Stanton Edward Mercer, Sr. and Ethel Diemer Mercer. The family moved to Blackwell, Oklahoma, where she graduated from Blackwell High School in 1951. On November...

Teresa Facer

Teresa Facer

Apr 27, 2015

Click Here To View Memorial Video Teresa Ann Facer, 57, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 27, 2015, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from a heart attack. Teresa was born July 30, 1957, in Rigby, Idaho, to Cleone Thorpe Facer and Harriet “Alice” Gardner Facer, at the Rigby Maternity Hospital. She grew up in Idaho Falls and attended the...

Winona Maughan

Winona Maughan

Apr 27, 2015

Winona Yorgesen Maughan was called home to a loving Heavenly Father and waiting family Monday, April 27, 2015. At 98, she was a resident of Autumn Care Assisted Living in Hyde Park, Utah, near her daughter, Kathleen, at the time of death. She was born April 18, 1917, in Shelley, Idaho, to Marion Jacobsen Yorgesen and Oscar Clarence Yorgesen. She...

Viola "Vi Gardner" Gardner

Viola "Vi Gardner" Gardner

Apr 26, 2015

Viola Louise Allen Gardner, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away April 26, 2015, at her son's home of natural causes. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Vi was born July 12, 1923, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clarence Morley Allen and Cora Gates Waters Allen. She grew up and attended schools in Ammon and Shelley...