Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Sylvia Straub

Sylvia Straub

Jul 14, 2014

Sylvia Merrill Straub, 80, passed away peacefully in her Idaho Falls home July 14, 2014. Sylvia was born April 8, 1934, in Safford, Arizona, to Joseph and Bessie Alder Merrill. Her early life was one of both joys and sorrows, but she shared many happy times in Safford with her three sisters and extended family. Sylvia graduated from Safford...

Mackenzie Madden

Mackenzie Madden

Jul 14, 2014

Click Here To View Funeral Service MacKenzie Nicole Madden, born July 22, 1994, at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, was killed July 14, 2014, in Logan, Utah. MacKenzie lived in Nampa and Boise most of her life, attending Park Ridge and Maple Grove Elementary, South and West Jr. High. Our family relocated to Idaho Falls in 2009. She graduated from Hillcrest High...

John Long, Sr

John Long, Sr

Jul 14, 2014

John Kelley Hammitt Long II, 92, of Idaho Falls, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2014, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, where he had been residing for the past six years. His son John, Jr., daughter-in-law Janna and cat Persey were at his side. He was born on December 12, 1921, in New Rochelle, New York to...

Melva Harriell

Melva Harriell

Jul 13, 2014

Melva Alice Theobald Harriell, 98, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 13, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of causes incident to age. Melva was born January 14, 1916, in Hinckley, Utah, to Charles Theobald and Lydia Talbot Theobald. She grew up and attended schools in Hinckley, where she graduated from high school. On October 12, 1934, she married...

Gerald Foss

Gerald Foss

Jul 13, 2014

Gerald “Jerry” Young Foss, 88, of Idaho Falls, peacefully passed away on July 13, 2014 at Turtle and Crane Assisted Living Center. Jerry was born March 16, 1926 in Crofton, Nebraska to Daniel N. Foss and Pearl Evelyn Young-Foss. He grew up and attended schools in Sioux city, Iowa, graduating from Central High School in 1944. After high school he...

Farrel Stacey

Farrel Stacey

Jul 13, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Farrel Jay Stacey, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 13, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. Farrel was born June 1, 1927, in Archer, Idaho to Edwin “Teddy” Stacey and Mary Browning Stacey. He attended elementary school in Archer and Lorenzo, Idaho and high school in Rexburg, Idaho and Puyallup,...

Cathy Paulsen

Cathy Paulsen

Jul 13, 2014

Cathy Ann Mandall Paulsen, 56, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 13, 2014, at her home. Cathy was born April 4, 1958, in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, to Walter Henry Mandall and Judith Ethel Murray Mandall. She grew up in the remote area of Jandowe, Australia. Her father was a road train driver and she loved driving his route with him...

Leslie Strong

Leslie Strong

Jul 11, 2014

Leslie Leonard Strong, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 11, 2014, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Pocatello. He was under the care of Access Hospice. Leslie was born April 10, 1927, in Maxwell, California, to Jasper S. Strong and Elizabeth Copp Strong. He grew up and attended schools in Maxwell and graduated from Maxwell High School. Leslie...

Jeff Moore

Jeff Moore

Jul 9, 2014

Brent Jeffrey Moore (Jeff B Moore), 55, of Kaysville, Utah (formerly of Idaho Falls, Idaho), returned to his heavenly home on July 9, 2014. He was at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 5, 1959, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to DeWayne Willus Moore and Ruth Betty Keiser Moore. He graduated from Shelley High School and attended Brigham...

Paul H. Kelly

Paul H. Kelly

Jul 8, 2014

Paul Hamilton Kelly, 76, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 8, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He had been residing at The Gables of Ammon Assisted Living Center. He was born September 9, 1937, in Sugar City, Idaho to Howard Groesbeck Kelly and Irene Hamilton Kelly. The family moved to St. Anthony and then to Rockford, Idaho...

James Cobb

James Cobb

Jul 8, 2014

Beloved son and dear friend. Born in Tacoma, Washington, February 18, 1953, Jim quietly ended his five-year challenge with lymphoma July 8, 2014, at his home in Olympia, Washington, with his mother, Kathy Cobb, at his bedside. When asked how he was doing, he always gave a smile and a cheerful “fine.” He so deeply appreciated life and the people...

Rosie And Tony Romero Campos

Rosie And Tony Romero Campos

Jul 5, 2014

Antonio Campos Romero “Tony,” 51, and Rosalva A Campos, “Rosie,” 52, of Firth, passed away July 5, 2014, of injuries sustained in a automobile accident on Idaho Highway 28, about 15 miles south of Salmon. Rosie passed away at the scene and Tony at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, Montana, where he was life flighted following the accident. Rosie was...

Sonja Smith

Sonja Smith

Jul 5, 2014

Sonja Mathys Smith, 84, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 5, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She was born February 23, 1930, in Solothurn, Switzerland to Otto Mathys, Sr. and Emma Schneider Mathys. On April 8, 1950, she married Everett D. Smith in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He preceded her in death on October 20, 2003. Sonja...

Evelyn Ward

Evelyn Ward

Jul 3, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Evelyn Anna Johnson Ward, 89, of Coltman, passed away July 3, 2014, at her home. She was under the care of her family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Evelyn was born October 13, 1924, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Clarence Moroni Johnson and Anna Elizabeth Moser Johnson. She grew up and attended schools...

Mark Moorefield

Mark Moorefield

Jul 3, 2014

Mark McMurray Moorefield, 59, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 3, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Mark was born October 28, 1954, in Bountiful, Utah, to Robert Sutton Moorefield and Wanda McMurray Moorefield. He grew up and attended schools in Chandler, Arizona, and graduated from military school in California. He moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he...

Mary Meyer

Mary Meyer

Jul 2, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Mary Kathryn David Meyer, 87, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 2, 2014, at Good Samaritan Society Idaho Falls Village. She was born February 26, 1927, at the David Farm Home in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Joseph W. David and Susan Elmira David. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating...

Samuel Mackay

Samuel Mackay

Jul 1, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Samuel Earl Mackay, of Ucon, spent his 72nd birthday in the hospital, preparing to return to his loving Heavenly Father and passed away July 1, 2014, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Samuel was born June 17, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rex T. Mackay and Mary Ethel Smith Mackay. He attended...

Melva Johnson

Melva Johnson

Jun 30, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Melva LaRee Nielson Johnson, 81, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 30, 2014, at Lily and Syringa Assisted Living. She was under the care of her family and Hands of Hope Hospice. Melva was born on June 11, 1933 in Goshen, Idaho, the tenth of eleven children born to Oliver and Astrid Johannson Nielson....

Taylor Barnett

Taylor Barnett

Jun 29, 2014

Click Here To View Memorial Video Taylor Morgan Barnett, 21, of Idaho Falls, passed away June 29, 2014, at her home. Taylor was born November 6, 1992, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Braxton Vance Barnett and Brenda Kaye Purser Barnett. She grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Lincoln High School. She was active in Rocky Mountain Pantherettes at...

Ruth Wood

Ruth Wood

Jun 27, 2014

Ruth Peterson Lish Wood, 93, passed away in the home of her daughter, Carol Stewart, of Idaho Falls, on June 27th, 2014. The daughter of Lester Hans Peterson and Nellie May Simmons Peterson, she was born July 13th, 1920, in Ucon, Idaho. Ruth and her siblings Marie, Lester, George and Norma, spent most of their early childhood on the...