Obituaries from May 2005

Ruth E. Dunn 89, of Mountain Home, died April 26, 2005. Per her request no local services will be held. A memorial will be held in Kansas at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home. Ruth was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Americus, Kan., to Edgar and Frances (Wright) Tomlinson...

Bill R. Howry, 70, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at his home. Bill was born June 24, 1934, in Kerville, Texas, the son of Dorris and Leona Gayer Howry. Per his request no services will be held. Inurnment will be held at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Isabelle Angela Northrop, 90, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, May 1, 2005, at the Elmore Long Term Care Unit, after a battle with lung cancer. Visitation and rosary were held Tuesday. Funeral mass will be celebrated today, Wednesday, May 4, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Nina Jean (Koenig) Bruce, 71, formerly of Mountain Home, died April 13, 2005. Memorial services were held April 30 at the First Presbyterian Church in Walnut, Iowa. An additional service will be held in Mountain Home at a date to be determined. A 1951 graduate of Walnut High School, she went on to briefly join the United States Air Force, where she met and married her husband of 32 years. ...

Iona D. Hiddleston, 86, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at Elmore Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday April 30, at the Christian and Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Arrangements were handled by Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Gerald O. Portlock, Jr., 47, of Glenns Ferry, died Wednesday, May 4, at his home. Memories by friends and a visitation was held Saturday, May 7, at the V.F.W. Hall in Glenns Ferry. Per his request no funeral services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Heather Fredericksen, infant daughter of Donovan and Katrina (Katie) (Lazarowski) Fredericksen of Mountain Home, died April 26, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Heather was born April 26, 2005. Per the request of her family no services were held. Survivors in addition to her parents, are: maternal grandparents Stan and Sue Lazarowski of Mountain Home and paternal grandparents Robert and Lisa Woodruff of Mountain Home...

Trudy C. Kent, 58, of Mountain Home, died Friday, May 6, 2005, at home, with her family at her side. Services will be held at Glenns Ferry High School, today, Wednesday, May 11, at 5 p.m. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

John Paul (JP) Whitted, 87, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home May 15, 2005, with his wife, Milly, at his side. Memorial services will be held today, Wednesday, May 18, at 5 p.m. in the field in front of the house on The Whispering Hills Ranch in Grand View, with a potluck supper following the services...

Timothy "Tim" Prettyman, 50, of Glenns Ferry, died Friday, May 20, 2005, at his residence. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Robert D. Faneuf, 54, of Santa Clara, Calif., formerly of Elmore County, died Sunday May 22, 2005, at a veterans hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Thelma Lucille Rice Miller, 78, of Golden, Colo., formerly of Glenns Ferry, died peacefully May 15, 2005, after a brief illness. She was born and raised in Glenns Ferry. "The impact of Thelma's life on others is immeasurable through her associations as a military wife, Delta Gamma Sorority housemother, a real estate agent, an artist and crafter, a member of Eastern Star and Job's Daughters, and through her undeniable influence on friends, neighbors and family from Idaho to Colorado," her family said. ...

Clifford Lucas Stanley, 86, of Mountain Home, died Friday, May 20, 2005, at a local hospital. Inurnment will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, at the Veteran Cemetery in Boise. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...