Obituaries from September 2005

Jo Annette Goins, 70, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005, at a Boise hospital. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Burial will be held at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise...

Hampton A. Singleton, 77, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, at a Boise nursing home. No services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cremation Society of Idaho.

Robin Marie Larson, 47, died Sunday, Aug.28, 2005, at her home in Mountain Home. Memorial services were held Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Faith Lutheran Church in Mountain Home. A service will also be held in California on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 11:00am at Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Dorothy K. Myers, 91, of Mesquite, Nev., formerly of Mountain Home, died, Aug. 29, 2005. Services will be private. Her ashes will be scattered at Deadwood Reservoir. She was born Nov. 27, 1913, in Boise, and moved to Boulder City, Nev., in 1932. She traveled the world with her husband, Ernest Meyers, following his construction career, which included building Dwvorshak Dam near Kooskia...

Jeremiah "Jerry" Gingerich, 94, of Bruneau, died Sept. 3, 2005, at the home of his son, Verlin, and daughter-in-law, Ella, also of Bruneau. A celebration of his life will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the American Legion Hall in Bruneau. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Esther Jane Ferris, 86, formerly of Mountain Home, died at a Care Center at University Place, Wash., on Sept.2, 2005. Internment will be at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Mary Lee Venski, 76, of Mountain Home, died Sept. 11, 2005, at the Elmore Long Term Care Center with her family by her side. Memorial services will be held today, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 N. 18th East St., Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Rheabell Hamblin Fenton, 85, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005, at Valley View Care Center in Boise. Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 10, at Summers Funeral Home, Boise. Graveside inurnment services were held Monday, Sept. 12, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. A luncheon followed the graveside services at the American Legion Hall in Mountain Home...

Virginia Marie Humphrey, 81, died at her home in Mountain Home on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, of natural causes. Services will be at Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain Home, on Friday, Sept. 16, at 3 p.m. A viewing for friends, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 N. 18th East St., in Mountain Home, will precede the services on Friday from 1-2 p.m...

Annette Goins, 70, of Mountain Home, died Sept. 5, 2005, at a Boise hospital, with her family by her side. A celebration of her life was as held Thursday, Sept. 8, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Burial followed at the Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Barbara Jean Manning, 53, of Owyhee, Nev., died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at the Owyhee Community Health Facility. Funeral services will be at the Human Development Center at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, in Owyhee, Nev. Burial will follow at Chinatown Cemetery in Owyhee...

Mabel Ella (Strickland) DeForest, 92, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005, at the Elmore Medical Center Long Term Care Unit. Funeral services will be held, Friday, Sept. 23, at 2 p.m. at the Bruneau American Legion Hall with burial following at Bruneau Cemetery...

Mildred Walker, 81, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005, at The Cottages of Mountain Home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home. No local services are planned. Mildred was born in England and served in the British Women's Army Corp during World War II. While in England, she met and married Edwin James Walker, a Canadian, and they immigrated to the United States shortly after the war...

Esther Rae Lewis, 67, of Bruneau, died Sept. 24, 2005, at the Elmore Long Term Care in Mountain Home, with her husband by her side. A memorial mass will be held at the St. Bridget's Church in Bruneau on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 9 a.m. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...

Mabel Ella (Strickland) DeForest, 92, died Sept. 17, 2005, in a care facility in Mountain Home. Funeral Services were held Sept. 23 at the Bruneau American Legion Hall with burial following at the Bruneau Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, Mountain Home...