Obituaries from November 2004

Zaragoza Garza, 67, of Mountain Home, died peacefully Oct. 30, 2004, at his residence, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Funeral mass will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Thomas A. Clark, 64, of Mountain Home died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, at his home with his wife, Lois, by his side. Viewing will be held Thursday Nov. 4, 2004, from 11:30 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. at Prairie Hall, in Prairie. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

James Russell Pasborg, Sr., 68, of Superior, Wyoming, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, in Mountain Home. Memorial services were held in Glenns Ferry on Saturday, Oct. 30 at Our Lady of Limerick Catholic Church. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Ellwyn Howard Lampien, 87, formerly of Mountain Home, died Nov. 7, 2004, in Boise. Services will he held at Cloverdale Funeral Home in Boise on T'hursday, Nov. 11. He was born Feb. 17, 1917 in Milwaukee, Wisc. He married Mary Leonard in 1940. A hard worker throughout his life, he worked in several factories, and spent many years in floor covering before becoming a small-business owner...

Edward "Ed" J. Branson, 96, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at a Boise hospital. No local services will be held. Local arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18 at Apostolic Lutheran Church in Kingston, Minn...

Karen S. Freckleton, 55, of Grand View, died at her home surrounded by family, on Nov. 6, 2004, after fighting a battle with cancer. Graveside services will be held today, Wednesday Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Grand View. A celebration of her life will be held at the new Grand View firehouse immediately following the graveside service. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

William "Bill" Berk Mauriello, 64, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at a Boise hospital. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Bill was born on Aug. 7, 1941, in Hackensack, N.J., the son of William and Marilyn Mauriello. ...

Eric Alan Fisher, 19, of Grand View, died Tuesday Nov. 2, 2004, at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise after a lengthy battle with cancer. Visitation was held at Rost Funeral Home, in Mountain Home, on Friday Nov. 5. Funeral services were held at Valley Christian Fellowship Saturday, Nov. 6, with committal service to follow at Riverside Cemetery in Grand View...

Ruth Neely, 87, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004, as the result of a weakened heart due to surgery following a fall. She was laid to rest in Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home, on Saturday Nov. 6. Ruth was born in Eldon, Iowa, Oct. 12, 1917, to Stephen A. Douglas and Rosetta J. Goudy Neely, the youngest of seven children. She was preceded in death by her entire parental family...

Dickson Reeves, 82, of Bellevue, Wash., died as a result of an auto accident on (-84 on Nov. 12, 2004. Local arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home.

Douglas Mills, 84, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home.

Donald Eugene Rusler, 76, of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Moutain Home, died Sept. 1, 2004 in Tacoma, at his daughter Sharon's home. Memorial services will be held at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Covington, Wash., on Nov. 19 at 2:30 p.m. Rusler was born May 10, 1928, in Everett, Wash., to Beryl Lesile and John D. Rusler, the third of six children...

Margaret J. Harris, 87, of Walla Walla, Wash., formerly of Grand View, died Nov. 12, 2004, at the Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. Graveside services will be Friday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. at the Riverside Cemetery in Grand View, with Pastor John Curtis of the Bethel Nazarene Church in Nampa officiating. Internment will follow the services...

Theo Larry Pettingill, 71, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Mountain Home, died Nov. 9, 2004, at his home, of cancer. He was under the care of Aspen Home Health and Hospice. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 13, at Coltrin Mortuary in Idaho Falls. Burial was in the Annis-Little Butte Cemetery where military rites were performed by the Bonneville County Veteran's Team...

Floyd Lee Pope, 72, of Springdale, Wash., formerly of Grand View, died Nov. 7, 2004, at his Springdale home. Funeral services were held 1:00 Monday, Nov. 15, at the Springdale Community Church in Springdale, Wash. Graveside services and vault interment followed at the Springdale Cemetery. Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory was in charge of the arrangements...

Jack Barton Bunnell, 64, of Grand View, died Thursday Nov. 4, 2004, at his home, with his wife, Lynda, by his side. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the Gowen Field chapel in Boise. He will be laid to rest next to his parents at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise...

Mildred A. (Millie) Bachman, 78, of Bruneau, died Monday, Nov. 8, 2004 at a Nampa care center. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 15, at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Graveside services followed at Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell Fritz, 73, of Mountain Home died peacefully in her sleep at her home Nov. 7, 2004. At her request there will be no services. Although she had health problems -- Glaucoma, Kidney Disease and Alzhiemers -- she remained cheerful through it all, her family said, noting that "Peggy always had a twinkle in her smile."...

Judith "Judy" Ann Parker, 55, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at her residence. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Brian Protzman, 65, of Mukilteo, Wash., died Monday, Nov. 22, 2004, at the Elmore Medical Center Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

John William Chambers, 49, of King Hill, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. No local services will be held. A memorial service was held at Tuesady at St. Roberts Catholic Church in Omaha, Neb. Local arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Honies, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Gerald "Jerry" E. Stackle, 81, of Mountain Home, died Monday Nov. 8, 2004, at his home with his friend, Shirley, by his side after fighting a battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 26, at the American Legion Hall Post No. 26, Mountain Home. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Anna M. Mazzilli, 95, of Mountain Home, died peacefully in her sleep Nov. 16, 2004, at her home. Graveside services were held Saturday, Nov. 20, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Charles W. Burgess, 83, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Nov. 22, 2004, at Elmore Medical Center Hospital in Mountain Home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Charles was born at McDowell, Kent., on May 29, 1921, to Autie and Marie Holt Burgess...

Russell Henry Love, 64, of Mountain Home, died in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, after a short fight against cancer. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 24th, 10:30 a.m., at First Christian Church in Sac City, Iowa, with Rev. Sharla Hulsey, officiating, and Joyce Irwin, organist. Burial will be at Cedar Cemetery, rural Sac City, under the direction of the Farber and Otteman Funeral Home, with military graveside rites by the Offutt Honor Guard...