Obituaries from December 2005

Philip "Phil" Frank Rusnacek 62, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 29, 2005, at a Boise hospital. A private family service was held on Sunday, Dec. 4, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Services are under the directions of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Marcella "Marcy" M. Perry, 84, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 1, 2005, at Elmore Medical Center hospital. Graveside services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Mountain View Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Betty Watson, 80, formerly of Elmore County, died Nov. 28, 2005, in Caldwell. A memorial service was held Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at Flahiff Funeral Chapel in Caldwell. She was born to Vic and Thelma Edmondson on March 18, 1925, in Los Angeles, Calif. As a young child, the family moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, where she attended school and graduated in 1943. ...

Leona Kathleen Johnson, 71, died Dec. 2, 2005, surrounded by her husband and children. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1150 N. 8th East St. in Mountain Home. There will be a viewing from 10-10:45 a.m. ...

Letha M. Gingerich, 92, of Bruneau, died at a local care center in Mountain Home on Dec. 5, 2005. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005, at 11 a.m. at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Mary Katherine Ganger, 91, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at the Elmore Medical Center Long-Term Care Unit, with her family by her side. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, with burial following at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Charles "Chuck" E. Jordan, 67, died peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005, at his family home in Mountain Home ,after a battle with cancer. He was surrounded at his bedside by his family and friends who love him, his family noted. Services were held Dec. 3, 2005, at 1 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Dewey R. Eastman, 79, a resident of the Canyon Creek area of Mountain Home, died of cancer on Nov. 28, 2005, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Boise. A memorial service was held at his brother Jim's house in Huntington Harbor, Calif., on Dec. 4. His body was cremated and his ashes will be scattered on one of the many ski slopes that he loved so very much...

Lyle Dean Merrick, 50, of Bruneau, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005, of injuries sustained in a work-related accident. Services were held Saturday, Dec.10, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Grand View. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Letha (Slatter) Gingerich, 92, of Bruneau, died Dec. 5, 2005, at a local care center in Mountain Home. A memorial service was heldTuesday, Dec. 13, at the American Legion Hall in Bruneau. Services were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Alice Elaine Fletcher Hicks, 100, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 11, 2005. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Alice was born July 29, 1905, in Mountain Home, the daughter of Elijah and Ethel Fletcher. ...

Mildred Anne Callison, 79, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Mildred was born June 14, 1926, the daughter of Claude and Merian Denton in Tipton, Ind. She grew up on a farm in southern Indiana and moved to Detroit in her teens...

William "Bill" Howard, 46, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 17, 2005, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Ross Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home.

Lucy W. Pendergraft, 90, of Glenns Ferry, died Dec. 17, 2005, at a local care center. A memorial service will be held in California at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Lucy was born the daughter of Jesse Blair and Margaret (Bilbrey) West in Cane Hill, Ark., on Aug. 13, 1915...

Christie Lee Dockstader, 27, of Mountain Home, died in an auto accident on Friday, Dec. 16, 2005. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Christie was born May 6, 1978, the daughter of Ted and Debbie Gump, in Oklahoma City, Okla...

Ronald Gene Brown, 71, died Dec. 19, 2005, surrounded by his wife of 52 years and his children. A memorial service celebrating Ron's life will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Cole Community Church. A private family burial will take place at Morris Hill cemetery...

Allie "Al" Mack Pennington, 82, of Grand View, died at his home on Monday, Dec. 26, 2005. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Brian David Truskowski, 46, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, due to an automobile accident. A viewing will be held today, Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 4-6 p.m. with funeral services to be held on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 10 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Howard William "Bill" Howard, 46, died Dec. 17, 2005. A memorial service will be held at Rost Funeral Home in Mountain Home on Thursday, Dec. 29, at 4 p.m. A celebration of his life will be held at Cal's in Mountain Home following the memorial. "H" as he was know to his friends, was born at March Air Force Base in Riverside, Calif., on Oct. 23, 1959...