Obituaries from October 2003

Clifford Carl Johnson, 86, a longtime resident and well-known businessman of Mountain Home, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center. Visitation will be held prior to the services on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 9-10:15 a.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Ida May Groefsema, 60, a former Mountain Home resident, died on Monday, Aug. 18, 2003. A celebration of her life was held Aug. 26, 2003, at Puyallup United Methodist Church in Puyallup, Wash. A private inurnment was held in Mountain Home at the Mountain View Cemetery...

Frederick "Whitey" Donald Helland, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2003, in Boise. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Fred was born May 13, 1929, in Aberdeen, Wash., the son of Fred and Ruby (Pitman) Helland. He was the "lucky" brother of ten sisters...

Caroline (Vetter) Fraas Sakalowskas, 98, the matriarch of the Fraas-de la Motte family, died peacefully in her sleep on Sept. 27, 2003, in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 1190 N. 6th East St., in Mountain Home. Internment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Lunch will be served at the War Memorial Hall, 515 E. 2nd South St., by the American Legion Auxiliary...

Brenda Rosa (Jones) Shelley, 46, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, after a seven-year battle with Scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon, which caused total kidney failure. Brenda had been awaiting a kidney transplant from her brother, James A. Jones, III, who moved to Mountain Home from Denver, Colo., only a week before his sister's death...

Angie Marie Laird, 23, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003. A viewing for Angie will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 5-8 p.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Lester "Dean" Munk, 89, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 25, at the LDS Stake Center in Mountain Home. Burial was in Boise, Idaho at Dry Creek Cemetery, Syringa Section. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Wilma McKay Genger, 96, died Aug. 8, 2003, in Littleton, Colo. Wilma was born May 29, 1907, in Mountain Home, and was raised in the mining camps of Idaho and Nevada. She attended colleges in Idaho and Oregon and was employed as the Secretary for the Idaho Fish and Game Department prior to her marriage to Elmer Genger...

Alan Adrian Marriage, 54, died unexpectedly in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Alan was born August 24, 1949, in Nampa, Idaho, to Ellen (Berriochoa) and Kenneth Marriage...

John Swenson, 49, of Mountain Home, died Sept. 23, 2003, at a Salt Lake City hospital. Funeral mass was held Friday, Sept. 26, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, followed by graveside services at Mountain View Cemetery. Fr. Raul Covarrubias officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Elizabeth Jean Johnson, 85, of Vancouver, Wash., formerly of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, at a medical center in Vancouver. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 6, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...

LaVerne A. Gamache, 87, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, at a Mountain Home care center. No local services will be held. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 14 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Hurley, Wis. Local arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Curtis "Curt" E. Strickland, 59, of Bruneau, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003, in Mountain Home. Memorial services were held Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Cremation was under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Russell Mayes, Jr., 74, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2003. Funeral services were held on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Faith Lutheran Church in Mountain Home. Pastor Craig Kellerman officiated with burial following in Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Phyllis (Gale) Ashley, 77, of Mountain Home, diagnosed with cancer on Oct. 4, died Oct. 11, 2003, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, with her family by her side. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Lower Boise Valley Cemetery in Parma. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Emma Jean Chilson, of Mountain Home, infant daughter of Mark and Tina Chilson, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003, at the Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home. Inurnment will be held at a later date at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Scott Robert Yagues, 23, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, in Wales, Utah, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Jeffrey R. Gilliam, 48, a former resident of Mountain Home and the owner/operator of Wheels of idaho car sales in Mountain Home, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003, in Sumner, Wash., of complications from Hepatitis C, a liver disease. A celebration of his life will be held locally at Jovial Jerry's in Mountain Home on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m...

Robert Ray Korb, 67, a former Elmore County resident, died Oct. 20, 2003, at the home of his sister in Torrington, Wyo. Services were held Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Lingle Presbyterian Church with Rev. Don Chanslor officiating. Burial followed in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Lingle, Wyo. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home...

William F. Baker, 64, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, at his residence. Per his request no services will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Thomas "Tom" R. Mack, 63, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at a hospital in Boise. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Tom was born on Dec. 8, 1939, in Altoona, Pa. He left Altoona in February 1957 and spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. Tom met and married his wife, Nelly, in Germany. He retired in June of 1977...

Jeromey J. O'Brien, 28, of Mountain Home, died following an automobile accident Oct. 21, 2003. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home, from 4-8 p.m. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Hanger 201 on Mountain Home AFB. Chaplain Maj.Thomas G. Westall, USAF (ret.) will be officiating the memorial service...

Kathleen P. Terry, 22, of Tipanuk, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003. Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 24, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Kathleen Phyllis Terry was born in Long Island, N.Y., on April 23, 1981, the daughter of Kathleen Phyllis Russell and William Sherman Terry. She was the youngest child of five, which included William Terry II, Matthew Terry, Christopher Terry and Jessica Terry...