Obituaries from November 2005

Merilee R. Westphal, 74, of Grand View, died Monday, oct. 31, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are pending under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

John M. Ligon, Jr., 87, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 27, 2005, at a Boise Care Center. He was born May 19, 1918, in Princeton, Kent., the son of John and Elsie Ligon, Sr. He was schooled in Kentucky and attended college. He enlisted in the Air Force, and while serving, he married Betty Powell on Aug. ...

Ann Elizabeth "Liz" Gluch, 73, of Glenns Ferry died, Oct. 25, 2005, in Roswell, N.M., after a battle against cancer. Services were held Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, at the LDS church in Glenns Ferry. Liz was born May 21, 1932, in Olkamulgee, Okla., to Hattie and Ross Loe. Her mother died when Liz was just three years old, and her father moved the family, including Liz's sister, Ruth, and brother, Weldon, to Idaho. She attended school in Marsing and Homedale...

Donald C. Etter, 69, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Oct. 27, at his home, with his wife by his side. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, at Rost Funeral Home McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment will follow after the service at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Marilee R. Westphal, 74, of Grand View, died Oct. 31, 2005, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. She was born Feb. 12, 1931, in Goshen, Ind., the daughter of Harold and Edna Bates. She married Burton W. Westphal on Oct. 14, 1948, and they had 13 children...

V. Eileen Stoddard, 91, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005. She was born Sept. 1, 1914, in Faulkton, S.D., to Furness and Lillian Leonard Lambert. She married Hanford George Stoddard June 15, 1934, in South Dakota. She attended Yankton College at Yankton, S.D., and later graduated with a Bachelors degree in Education from Black Hills State College in Spearfish, S.D...

Margaret L. (Peg) Mengel, 86, died Nov. 7, 2005, at a Boise care center. Memorial services were held Saturday, Nov. 12, at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel in Boise. Peg was born Jan. 7, 1924, to Floyd and Helen Shive Bensley of Canton, Ohio, where she spent her entire childhood and graduated from high school...

Carlos M. Castillo, 71, of Twin Falls, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Thursday Nov. 10, after a long battle with cancer at his home in Twin Falls with his family and girlfriend by his side. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, starting at 4 p.m. ...

Anne B. Watson, 77, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 9, 2005, at a Aaren Brooke Care Center in Mountain Home. Mass was held Monday, Nov.14, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Louie Arellano, 69, of Bullhead City, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died in an accident Bullhead City, Ariz., Nov. 12, 2005. Graveside services will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry with a reception to follow at the Glenns Ferry Moose Hall. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Margaret L. Beard, 80, of Mountain Home, died Saturday Nov. 19, 2005, at a Boise hospital. At her request no services will be held. The Cremation Society of Idaho is in charge of arrangements. Margaret was born Sept. 18, 1925, in Tacamo, Wash., to Carl and Helen (Nefter) Jensen...

Nola Ruth Deckard, 101, of Mountain Home, died of natural causes at Valley View Nursing Center in Boise on Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. She wag a longtime resident of Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Arrangement are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Tina G. Welsh-Bailey, 56, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, at home. At her request there will be no service. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Tina was born July 21, 1949, in Boise, the daughter of Edward and Hazel Welsh, and graduated from Bishop Kelly High School...

Lucille Hostetler Shetler, 85, died at her home Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005 following a long battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Bruneau Legion Hall, with burial following at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...