Obituaries from November 2003

Relva Mae Hunt, 85, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 30, 2003, at the Elmore Medical Center Long-term Care Unit. A memorial service was held Sunday, Nov. 2, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Relva was born Nov. 26, 1917, in Midway, Utah, the second of Lynn and Ruby Bronson's five daughters. ...

James "Jim" McDaniel Sims, 85, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, in an automobile accident. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Jim was born Dec. 10, 1917, in Wetumka, Okla., the son of James A. and Mary V. (Ditzler) Sims. He was schooled in Hanna, Okla...

Edith L. Hatch, 94, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, at a long-term care center in Mountain Home. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Johanna Berta Guertin, 77, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003, at the Cottages Care Facility in Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Johanna, or Hanna as she preferred to be called, was born Feb. 9, 1926, in Eltville am Rhein, Germany, to Francis Paul Damm and Antonia Lorenz Damm...

Barbara Louise (Willis) Egusquiza, 60, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, in Mountain Home, after a battle with cancer. A celebration of Barbara's life was held Monday, Nov. 3, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Barbara was born Dec. 11, 1942, in Glenns Ferry, to Harold and Lois Willis. She was one of five children and was fondly called "Buggs" by her siblings, a nickname she kept all through her life...

Milo Carpenter, 80, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 7, 2003. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Milo was born Dec. 21, 1922, in Exeter, Calif., the eldest son of William Fred and Iva Pauline Carpenter...

Carol Ann Grace Dorman, 57, of Rupert, formerly of Mountain Home, died Nov. 15, 2003. Services will be held at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Rupert on Nov. 19. She was born on Aug. 3, 1946, in Rupert. She lived in Rupert until she was two, when she and her family moved to Tennessee. She returned to Rupert at age five and lived there until age 23 when she married Daniel Dorman. Carol and Dan resided in Mountain Home for about 20 years. Carol then returned to Rupert...

Grace Elizabeth Pfeiffer Smith, 92, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Nov. 6, 2003, of natural causes in Boise. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel, Nampa. Services were held Wednesday, Nov. 12, with Pastor Edward Kerschensteiner of the Boise Valley Church of the Brethren officiating. Internment followed at Kohler Lawn Cemetery...

Evelyn Ann Jeffery, 50, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, after a long fight with medical issues. Memorial services were held Friday, Nov. 14, at her daughter's home in Boise. Evelyn was born on May 11, 1953, in Jersey City, N.J., to Reginald Kenneth and Louise Evelyn (Mansmann) Jeffery...

Ruth Irene Bockelmann, 82, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003, in Boise. Memorial services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Omaha, Neb., at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Fay E. Flamm, 85, of Bruneau, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003, at the Veterans Home in Boise, Idaho. There will be a graveside inurnment at Taylor Cemetery in Alder, Montana overlooking the Ruby Valley in the spring of 2004. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Nita M. Baker, 93, died Nov. 17, 2003, with family by her side at the Elmore Long Term Care Unit. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 21, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Nita was born in Baker City, Ore., on Aug. 14, 1910, to Jake and Emelia Ebell Hucker. She graduated from Baker City High School in 1929 and Business College in 1930...