Obituaries from October 2004

Lewis J. Gilbert, 69, of Mountain Home, died Sunday Oct. 3, 2004, at a local long-term care unit. Lewis was born March 18, 1935, in Oakdale, Calif., the son of Lewellyn and Alice Gilbert. At his request no services will be held. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Mountain Home...

Maria C. DeLaney, 45, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, in an automobile accident. Funeral mass was held Saturday, Oct. 2, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Services were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Donal Lee Bell, 69, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center hospital. No services were held. Cremation was under the direction of Summers Funeral homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Bertha May Orr McKeegan, 95, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 9, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center. A funeral service will be held Thursday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home...

Jack Norman Fiddler, 73, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Elmore County, died peacefully at the home of his son, Jason Fiddler, in Meridian, on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, after a long fight with cancer. At his request no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Accent Funeral Home, Meridian...

Dr. Timothy J. Downs, formerly of Mountain Home, died at his home in Grand Haven, Mich, Oct. 16, 2004, of melanoma. His wife, the Rev. Denise Downs, and his daughters, Kristen and Lauren Downs, surrounded him at his death. His sisters and mother were with him as well...

Chester Arnold Cairns, 84, a former resident of Mountain Home, died at the SunBridge Nursing Home in Meridian on Oct. 15, 2004. A private service will be held for family members. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel, Meridian. He was born Feb. 1, 1920, in Meridian, and a long-time resident of Meridian and Mountain Home...

Ruby Fay Fowler, 79, of Glenns Ferry died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004, at the Elmore Long Term Care Unit in Moutain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home Moutain Home.

Donald L. Bell (The Skipper), 69, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center. No services were held. Cremation was under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Donald was born March 31, 1935, in San Francisco, Calif., the son of Donald and Mildred Bell...

Ruby Fay (Henslee) Fowler, 79, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004, at a local care center in Mountain Home. A memorial service was held at the Glenns Ferry VFW Hall on Friday, Oct. 22. Burial was planned in Bremerton, Wash. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Helen Dee Shouse, 85, formerly of Grand View, died Oct. 13, 2004. Memorial services will be held at a later date, with details to be announced. Born to parents Homer and Ethel Duquesne on Feb. 3, 1919, in Filer, Helen was a graduate of Filer High School...

Robert "Bob" E. Howard, 63, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, at a Boise hospital. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Hrafnhildur "Habba" Olafsdottir, 43, of Mountain Home,died Oct. 23, after a battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at Grace Lutheran Church, with committal service to follow at Mountain Home Cemetery.a Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home of Mountain Home...

Yong Suk May, 54, formerly of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at her house in Pohang, South Korea. Yong was born Feb. 28, 1950, in Korea. She married Jace May, of El Paso, Texas, in Taegu, Korea, on March 21, 1988. At that time Jace was in the U.S. Air Force...

Mary Virginia Hooper, 77, formerly of Mountain Home, died peacefully in her sleep at Walter Knox Memorial Hospital in Emmett, Idaho, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, surrounded by her family. Memorial services were held Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004, at the Relyea Funeral Chapel, 318 N. Latah Street, Boise. Interment took place at the Dry Creek Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of the Relyea Funeral Chapel...