Obituaries from February 2006

Virginia M. Beaman, 92, of Grand View, died Jan. 29, 2006, at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Feb. 10, at1 p.m. at the Knight Community Church in Grand View. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Michael "Mike" John Cooper, 43, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 28, 2006, at his home, with his family by his side. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Amazing Grace Church at 1 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Hazel Mae Stringer, 101, died quietly at home on Jan. 25, 2006. A memorial service was conducted at the Mountain Home Seventh-day Adventist Church on Monday, Jan. 30. Internment was held in Baker City, Ore. Arrangements were under the direction ofa Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Ruth G. Braswell, 82, of Grand View, died Jan. 20, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center in Nampa, after a short illness. A memorial to honor and remember Ruth was held Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006 at the Rimrock Senior Center in Grand View. Pastor Paul Ryan officiated...

LaDette C. Hoalst, 67, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, at home after a battle with cancer, surrounded by his wife, mother and daughter, Susanne. He was born June 3, 1938, in Grand View, to Manuel and Maxine Hoalst. He graduated from Grand View High School and then joined the US Navy in 1958. He was stationed at Coronado, Calif., until 1963...

Joseph Karl Pollock, 84, died Jan. 29, 1921, at the Veterans Home in Boise. Funeral services were held Feb. 2 at Relyea Funeral Chapel in Boise. Arrangements were under the direction of the Cremation Society of Idaho. Karl was born Feb 16, 1921, in Tropic, Utah. The family moved to Farmington, Utah, where he lived in his early teens, and then to Sandy, Utah, where he attended Jordan High School. It was there that he met his future wife, Elsie Peterson. The couple were married on May 10, 1941...

Irene Lenora Strong Dillon, 87, formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb. 2, 2006, at a hospital in Gregory, S.D. Graveside services will be held in Hazelton today, Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. A Memorial Reunion will be held for Irene and Jake will be held June 17, 2006, in Eden, at the park. All family and friends are invited. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Oscar Mirl "Doc" Nye, Sr., 92, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb.5, 2006. He was born Dec. 28, 1913, the oldest of eight children born to Able Netting Nye and Roby Lee Gray Nye. He enlisted in the U. S. Army on Jan. 10, 1941, and was assigned to the 157th Infantry, serving in Germany, Africa and France and was involved at The Battle of the Bulge and the landing at Anzio, Italy. ...

Virginia M. Smith Beaman, 92, of Grand View, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Knight Community Church in Grand View. Inurnment will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to visit at the Grand View Senior Center following the services. Arrangement are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Col. Dallas Atwood Bird (USAF, ret.), 86, formerly of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, in Colville, Wash. Memorial services were held Friday, Feb. 3, at the First Congregational Church in Colville with Rev. Stephen Bird officiating. The Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory in Colville, Wash., was in charge of arrangements...

Elsie J. Hitchcock, 89, of Glenns Ferry, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. A memorial service will be held at noon on Friday, Feb. 17, at the Three Island Seniors Center in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Eva Marie Brice, 44, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 21, 2006. No services were announced. She was born Dec. 31, 1961, in Fayetteville, N.C. Eva grew up in Delta Junction, Alaska, and moved to Mountain Home several years ago. Mountain Home was her favorite place to live and she made several friends through the EI-Y-Hee quilter's guild, her family noted...

Annabel L. Jones, 77, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at her home. A memorial service was held Sunday, Feb. 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Jones was born June 4, 1928, in French Camp, Calif., to Harvey and Roseanna Isabelle Hiles. She was the youngest of 10 children...

Paula D. Wigley, 57, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Beverly M. Warner, 81, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, at a local care center. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Graveside inurnment services will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Jack Edwin Jones, 79, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb. 19, 2006. Viewing will be held at Summers Funeral Chapel, 1205 W. Bannock, in Boise, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 5-8 p.m. Funeral services will held Feb. 23 at All Saints Episcopal Church at 11 a.m. under the direction of Summers Funeral Home. Internment will be held Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. in Sandpoint...