Obituaries from July 2004

Tom Bachman, 56, formerly of Bruneau, died June 26, 2004, at his home in Kuna. Services will be held on Saturday, July 10, at 8 p.m. at Bruneau Legion Hall. A potluck will be served starting at 6 p.m. Casual attire is requested and the family asks that flowers not be sent. Instead, the family would like to have donations sent to the Bruneau Rodeo Association...

Garnet Snuffer, 91, of Layton, Utah, formerly of Mountain home, died quietly in her sleep on July 2, 2004. Services were held at First Southern Baptist Church in Mountain Home on Tuesday, July 6. Born March 3, 1912, in Lester, W. Va., to Marion and Bertha Trail, Garnet spent her first 38 years in West Virginia...

Meryl L. Brush, 72, formerly of Mountain Home, died Friday, July 2, 2004 in Westminster, Calif., after a brief illness. Graveside services were held Saturday, July 10, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

Leslie John Post, 89, of Grand View, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at the Elmore Medical Center Long-term Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 23, at Riverside Cemetery in Grand View. Arrangement are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Sandra Joyce Wells, 59, died July 14, 2004. Services were held Monday, July 19, at Nazarene Church in Mountain Home with Rev. Michael O'Neil officiating. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Sandra was born Feb. 4, 1945, in Moline, Ill., the daughter of Joseph and Olive Kipping. She moved her family to Mountain Home in 1982...

Clovis Jackson Strickland, 79, of Mountain Home, died Friday, July 16, 2004, in the Boise VA Medical Center. Graveside services were held Tuesday, July 20, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Rev. Dr. Rick Brodie, pastor of First Baptist Church officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel...

James M. Newton, 48, of Mountain Home, Idaho, died Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at the Elmore Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 20, at St. Mary's Church in Coventry, Conn., with burial to follow at New Willimantic Cemetery. Local arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

A memorial service for Delina Morris, 87, will be held July 31 at the community hall in Prairie at 2 p.m. Morris, a former resident of that area and Grand View, died April 17, 2004, in Yuma, Ariz.

Ina Pearl Ellen Collins Phillips, 71, formerly of Elmore County, died July 8, 2004, in Silverton, Wash. A private family service was held July 16 and a Celebration of Life for family and friends was held at her home in Silverdale on Saturday, July 17...

Elaine Field Stock, 86, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died of natural causes Tuesday, June 20, 2004. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 24, at the Duncan Lane LDS Chapel in Boise. Burial followed at Dry Creek Cemetery. Services were under direction of the Relyea Funeral Chapel...

Herbert "Herb" Mink, 77 of Bruneau, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at King Hill. Memorial services were held July 24, 2004 at the American Legion Hall in Bruneau, with Rev. P. Bergh officiating. Burial was on Sunday, July 25, in the Bear Cemetery, next to his son Myron, at Bear, Idaho. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Demaray Funeral Service in Gooding...

Julio Joseph "Juke" Sillonis, 92, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at the Elmore Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 24, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...