Obituaries from August 2004

James A. "Big Jim" Wright, 74, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Saturday, July 31 at the Idaho State Veterans Home. Arrangements pending under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel.

Jeannette "Jean" L. Nelson, 57, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, July 31, 2004, at her home, surrounded by many of her loved ones. At her request no services will be held. A family and friends gathering will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, at Carl Miller Park in Mountain Home. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Marjorie Caroline McMinn, 87, of Mountain Home, died on Friday, July 30, 2004, with her daughter by her side. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5 at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Amos Lacey Mouser, 88, of Pocatello, formerly of Hill City, died Wednesday evening, July 21, 2004, at his home. Funeral services were held July 26, 2004, at the Pocatello Baptist Church, with Pastor Colan Deatherage conducting. Internment was in the Restlawn Memorial Gardens in Pocatello...

Eula "Mae" Simons, 66, of Glenns Ferry, died Aug. 3, 2004, at a Boise care center. Funeral services were held Aug. 6 at the First Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Demaray Funeral Service of Gooding...

Caroline Elizabeth Coe, 77, died Monday, Aug. 9, 2004 at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 10 a.m. at Whitney Baptist Church. A viewing will be Monday, Aug. 16, from 4-7 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, Boise Chapel...

Bill Nebeker, 70, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center following a sudden stroke. Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 9, at the Mountain Home LDS Stake Center, under the direction of Demaray Funeral Home of Gooding. Burial was in Amman, Idaho...

Harriet Genevieve Carother, 93, formerly of Grand View, died July 17, 2004, in Caldwell. She requested that no formal service be held. Cremation arrangements were under direction of the Cremation Society of Idaho. She was born to Jess and Rita Hailey in Bellevue, Idaho, on Aug. 3, 1910. She spent the first ten years of her life at the Hailey ranch on Jordan Creek and started school at Flint Creek...

Martin Emanuel Litke, 91, died Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004, at the Mountain Home Long-term Care Unit with his daughter, Ila, and grandson, Marty, by his side. Martin was born Jan. 22, 1913, at Council Grove, Kan. He was the last surving sibling of 15. Martin was raised in Kansas and in 1937 he moved to Grand View where he met his wife, Charlotte. They were married on April 9, 1938...

Margaret (Peggy) C. Beach, 84, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004. To honor her wishes, she was cremated and no funeral service will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home. To reminisce and honor her there will be an open house for friends and family on Wednesday evening, Aug. 25, from 5-8 p.m. at the home of Martin and Moira Beach, 4250 N. 18th East St., in Mountain Home...

James Arthur Wright, 74, died Saturday morning, July 31, 2004, surrounded by his three children at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Boise. He died of complications from pneumonia. Jim had fought a long illness since 1995 of Guillain Barre Syndrome (a rare virus that attacks 2 in one million people)...

Philip Patrick "Pat" Rahn, 28, of Grand View, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004, in a car accident. Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 23, at the Legion Hall in Grand View. A potluck dinner followed at the Senior Center in Grand View. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...