Obituaries from June 2005

Stephen Douglas Damele, 60, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at his residence. Funeral mass will be held today, Wednesday, June 1, at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Gooding. Burial will be held at Eureka County Cemetery at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, in Eureka, Nev. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Earl L. Harmon, 75, of Boise, formerly of Glenns Ferry and Hammett, died peacefully at home in the arms of his wife on June 3, 2005, following a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Thursday June 9, at noon at the Meridian Idaho Stake Center on Ustick at Duane Road (between Cloverdale and Eagle Roads). Interment will follow at Dry Creek Cemetery...

Norma Lee Byrnes, 79, of Ely, Nev., died at her daughter's home in Mountain Home on Monday, June 6, 2005. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 13, at Restlawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Christine Tiilikaniien, 47, of Mountain Home, died Monday, June 6, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

George Harold McGrath, 60, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at his residence. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Carter (Don) Jarrell Jr., 73, of Mountain Home, died peacefully on June 1, 2005, at a Boise hospital, with his daughter, Cheri, and granddaughter, Rachel, at his side. Graveside services were held Monday June 6, at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Edna Pearl Thornton, 86, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, June 4, 2005, at Ashley Manor in Boise. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 10, with a reception to follow at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burial will be held at Mountain View Cemetery...

Claude Eugene "Gene" Pyburn, 72, of Mountain Home, died June 5, 2005, at his home, with his family by his side. Viewing will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, at Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday June 9, at the Church of the Nazarene in Mountain Home, with committal at Mountain View Cemetery...

Darlene M. Weyand, 57, of Mountain Home, died Monday, June 6, 2005, at a nursing home in Mountain Home. At her request no services will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Darlene was born Oct. 10, 1947, in Milwaukee, Wisc., the daughter of Emil and Dolores (Rediske) Gasior...

SFC Virgil Case, 37, of Mountain Home, died June 1, 2005, while serving his country in Kirkuk, Iraq. A memorial service will be held at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 9. Burial will be held in Shiprock, New Mexico...

Thomas Schaefer Gardunia was stillborn June 5, 2005, in Fort Campbell, Kent. His parents, Maj. Craig and Merri Thomas Gardunia, are former Mountain Home residents. He is survived by: his parents, his brother, Chad, his grandparents, Clinton and Emma Schaefer Gardunia of Mountain Home and LaVern and Dixie Thomas of Boise, and great-grandmother Doris Thomas of Weiser, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins...

Larry Munro, 56, of Grand View, died at his home on Monday, June 13, 2005. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home.

William H. (Bill) Knight, 90, of Portland, Ore., formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday June 13, 2005. Local arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home.

Wendell Cordon Later, 85, of Highland, Utah, formerly of Mountain Home, died June 13, 2005, at Utah Valley Hospital. Services will be held June 18. Anderson and Sons, Mortuary, in American Fork, Utah, is handling arrangements.

Randy Garcia, 27, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005, with his family by his side. A memorial service was held Saturday, June 11, at First Baptist Church in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Randy was born on July 15, 1977, in Gooding, to Ramon and Ruth Garcia. He resided in Glenns Ferry his entire life. Randy attended schools in Glenns Ferry and in Boise, graduating in 1995...

Garry D. Harnden, 69, of Nampa, formerly of Mountain Home, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at a Nampa Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 17, at Elks Lodge BPOE #2276 in Mountain Home. Garry was born June 26, 1935, in Corral, Idaho, to Delbert and Hattie (Bottcher) Hamden. He was schooled in Fairfield where his two aunts, Mary and Clair Bottcher, raised him...

Christine "Chris" Tiilikainen, 47, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, June 6, 2005. Funeral mass was celebrated Tuesday, June 14, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Visitation was held Monday, June 13, followed by the Recitation of the Rosary, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

William "Bill" Hardiman, 75, formerly of Mountain Home, died June 7, 2005, at his home in Meridian, surrounded by his family, after a long struggle with asthma and COPD. Visitation was held Cloverdale Funeral Home June 9. Memorial services were held June 10 at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge with graveside services following at Meridian Cemetery...

Benjamin A. Swatzel, 22, of Mountain Home, died Monday, June 6, 2005, in a car accident in Wyoming. Services in celebration of his life were held Monday, June 13, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Local arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Asa "Ace" Black, 72, of Bruneau, died Thursday, June 9, 2005, at his home in Bruneau, surrounded by his family and the ranch that he loved. A vigil service was held Tuesday, June 14, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. ...

Larry Alan Munro, 56, died Monday, June 13, 2005, in Grand View. Funeral services were held at Rimrock High School on Monday, June 20, followed by a reception at the Senior Center in Grand View. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

William Henry Knight, 89, of Bellevue, Wash., died June 13, 2005, in Portland, Ore., and was buried next to his late wife on Friday, June 17, at the Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. He was born July 19, 1915, at the Knight Station House, Sheaville, Ore. to Ida Myrtle Baltazor and Byron Joseph Knight...

Robert "Bob" Melvin George, 74, of Mountain Home, died June 16, 2005. Memorial services were held Tuesday, June 21, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Bob was born in Reading, Pa., on Aug. ...

Margaret Dora Farnlund Roper, 77, of Bountiful, Utah, formerly of Mountain Home, died on June 24, 2005, after life-long battle with rheumatoid arthritis. Graveside services will be held Thursday, June 30, at 1 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home Idaho...

Thomas "Tom" Edgar Mashburn, 89, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, June 25, 2005, at the Elmore Medical Center Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, June 29, at the Christian and Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Mable B. Nealey, 86, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, June 25, 2005, in a Mountain Home assisted living facility. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., today, Wednesday, June 29, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Gladys L. Jones, 69 of Wakeeney, Kan., formerly of Mountain Home, died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 3, 1935, on the family farm in rural Trego County, Kan., to John J. and Fannie (Razak) Littlechild. She attended Pleasant Valley School District #3 in Trego County, Kan., and earned her GED through Colby Community College...

Wesley "Wes" Theodore Jetley, 76, died at home in Mountain Home on June 21, 2005, after an extended illness from COPD. He formerly lived for many years in Burns and Bend, Ore. Graveside services were held Friday, June 24, at Burns Cemetery in Burns, Ore. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...