Obituaries from October 2005

Charles W. Burghardt, 74, of Grand View, died Sept. 29, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center in Nampa. Graveside services were held Monday, Oct. 3, at the Riverside Cemetery in Grand View. Services were under the directions of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Isabella "Izzy" Spinti, 81, of Mountain Home, died Sept. 14, 2005, at a Aarenbrooke Place, with her family by her side. She was born Oct. 23, 1923, in Cambridge, Wisc., the daughter of John and Florence Cargen, and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1941...

Dwane Crain, 35, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005, at his home. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Dwane was born March 3, 1970, to Daryel and Judy Crain in Las Vegas, Nev., and graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1988...

Martha Jane Munro, 84, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, after suffering a paralyzing stroke. The family will gather to celebrate Martha's life today, Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m., in a memorial service at the Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Services are under the directions of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Charlene Simper, 70, died Oct. 5, 2005, at Grand View, after a battle against cancer. Services were held at the Grand View LDS church, on Saturday, Oct. 8. Arrangements were under the directions of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Paul Ray Shell, 61, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Per his request no funeral service will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home.

Clara Mae Shipley, 74, formerly of Mountain Home, died Oct. 14, 2005 in Kirkland, Wash. She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 12, 1931, graduating from Rule High School in 1951. Clara was a manager in food services, having worked for Northwest College, Kirkland, Wash., for 11 years as an assistant at the college cafeteria, retiring in 1991...

Harvey Jantz, 71, a former resident of Grand View and Mountain Home, died Sept. 15, 2005, in Bethel Nome, Kan., where he had been living for the past six months. Harvey was born to Daniel and Adel Gunda Yost Jantz on July 7, 1934, at Copeland, Kan. He spent his early childhood in the Dust Bowl years at Copeland and received several years of grammar school education. In August, 1947, he moved with his parents and family to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where he received the rest of his basic education...

Donald Joseph Labbee, 88, formerly of Mountain Home, died peacefully at his home in Riverside, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2005. Don was born on May 27, 1917, in Mountain Home, the second son to parents Joseph and Ida Rohrer Labbee. Don enjoyed a "highly adventurous childhood" here, and graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1935...

Steven B. Wicka, 28, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 14, 2005, at home with his family by his side. Services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Services are under the directions of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Anna Mae Barbi, 91, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 16, 2005. Services will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, at St. James Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. She was born Sept. 28, 1914, in Auxier, Kent. During the depression her family moved to Paintsville, Kent. She graduated from high school in 1930 in Louisa, Kent...

Bill L. Pruett, 69, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at a Caldwell hospital. Funeral service were held Saturday, Oct. 15, at Rost Home McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Burial followed at Glenns Rest Cemetery, Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Lois Norma (Wolfe) Spencer, 72, of Mountain Home, died peacefully Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, with her family by her side, after a battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 17, at the Alsip and Persons Funeral Chapel in Nampa. Lois was born in Forsythe, Mont., on Jan. ...

Jim DuCote, 47, a former resident of Mountain Home, died suddenly of natural causes on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at his new home in Long Beach, Miss. Jim was born April 21, 1958, in San Antonio, Texas.  He was a 1976 graduate of Long Beach High School in Long Beach, Miss., where he was active in Boy Scouts, the DeMolays and Phi Kappa fraternity. ...

Marvin W. Wootan, 75, of Indian Cove, died Oct. 20, 2005, in an auto accident near Ely, Nev. Memorial services were held Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Glenns Ferry at Three Island Crossing State Park. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...