Obituaries from March 2006

Avis Robinson Smith, 97, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, at a local care center. Services will be held at a later date in Etna, Calif. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Avis was born to Kearney and Lelace Clark Robinson of Scott Valley on Dec. 4, 1908, near Etna, Calif., in her maternal grandparents' home in French Camp...

James M. Mills, 78, of Bruneau, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at a local care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

MSgt. Sandra P. Bryant, 35, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, in Yellowstone National Park. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Ralph "Glenn" Larsen, 84, of Glenns Ferry, died Feb. 9, 2006, from cancer. Memorial services will be held at the Glenns Ferry Veteran's Memorial Hall at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 8, with a dinner following. Glenn was born in Buhl, Idaho, March 30, 1920, to Ralph and Carroll Larsen. The family later moved to Glenns Ferry. His parents divorced in 1938, and Glenn attended school in various Idaho communities, including Buhl, Twin Falls, Cascade, Caldwell, Atlanta, and back to Twin Falls...

Catherine Marie Huff-Pollard, 97, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in a local Mountain Home health care center. Graveside Services were held on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Ida W. Roberts, 86, of Nampa, formerly of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 3, at the LDS Stake Center in Mountain Home, 1150 N. 8th East St. A viewing will be held on Friday from 9:15-10:15 a.m. ...

James M. Mills, 78, of Mountain Home, died Monday, February 27, 2006, at a local care center. Inurnment services will be held Saturday, March 11, at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise at 10:00 a.m. A memorial service also will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, at The Cottages of Mountain Home, l735 S. 5th West St. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Albin Bockelmann, 87, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, March 2, 2006. Memorial services will be held in July at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Charter Oak, Iowa. Albin was born on Feb. 2, 1919, in Ute, Iowa, to William and Emma Bockelmann. He married Ruth Irene Philo on August 18, 1940...

Alice M. Dinwiddie, 88, of Klamath Falls, Ore., formerly of Mountain Home, died Feb. 17, 2006 at the Crystal Terrace Retirement Center in Klamath Falls. Dinwiddie was born April 19, 1917, in Caldwell, Idaho, to Eric and Esther Carter. She grew up in Idaho where she attended high school and business college...

Doris E. Stabile, 84, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, March 2, 2006, in a local care center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Alvin H. Dudley, 76, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, March 4, 2006, at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 7, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Caroline A. Richardson, 77, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at a Boise hospital. Per her request, no services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Caroline was schooled in the Spokane area...

Robert W. "Bob" Harris, 91, of Walla Walla, Wash., formerly of Grand View, died March 10, 2006, at the Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. Graveside services will be Monday, March 20, at 11 a.m., at the Riverside Cemetery in Grand View, with Pastor John Curtis officiating. Friends and family may pay their respects at the funeral home Saturday from 1-5 and 7-9 p.m...

Bob James, 67, of Boise and Pine, died from a stroke Friday, March 10, 2006 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise with his family at his side. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 15, from noon until 1 p.m. at Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home, Ustick Chapel, 3629 E. Ustick Road, Meridian. Graveside services will follow at Dry Creek Cemetery...

Betty Evelyn Rayfield, 71, of Mountain Home, died at her home on Thursday, March 9, 2006. Funeral services are pending. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Betty was born on Oct. 24, 1934, the daughter of John and Evelyn Gray in Ridgewood, N.J. She received her high school diploma from Anchorage, Alaska...

Elena A. "Sally" Williams, 66, of Mountain Home, died at her home on Sunday, March 12, 2006. A viewing for friends and family will be held Thursday evening, March 16, from 5-7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Steve "Okie" Kenyon, 54, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died at his home Saturday March 11, 2006, after battling cancer. A memorial service was held March 18 at The Boise Train Depot. Steve was born April 24, 1951, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the third boy to Harlan and Dora Kenyon. In 1965 Steve's family moved to Idaho and "he knew he was home when he saw the mountains and the rivers," his family said...

Mark O. Boesl, 65, of Mountain Home, died March 15, 2006, at a local hospital, after a long battle with lung cancer. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 21, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Mark was born in Langdon, N.D., on Feb. 24, 1941, the son of Peter and Helen (Schulet) Boesl. He was raised in Mount Carmel, N.D...

Howard Lee Thomas, 77, of Caldwell, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 19, 2006, of lung cancer. Services will be held March 25 at 2 p.m. at Montana Avenue Baptist Church, 3120 S. Montana Ave., Caldwell. Thomas was born on Dec. 18, 1928, in Manchester, Ola., to Elmer and Mae Thomas...

Preston Lee Smith, 29, of Mountain Home, died March 15, 2006, at a Boise hospital. Services were held Monday, March 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A memorial fund has been established at US Bank. Preston was born in Mountain Home on Jan. ...

Henry G."Willie" Wilcoxon, 74, died Friday, March 17, 2006, in Glenns Ferry. Services will be held Wednesday, March 22, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry at 2 p.m., under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. He was born July 24, 1931, in Atlanta, Ga...

Katina Novak, 61, of Marietta, Ga., formerly of Mountain Home, died March 24, 2006, in Cobb County (Georgia) Hospital Hospice. Interment and memorial service were held March 28 in Marietta. Kit was born in Bartow, Fla., on Feb. 23, 1945. She attended Mountain Home High School, graduating from Vero Beach (Florida) High School and the University of South Florida...

Ruth Carol Horgan McIntyer, 65, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 18, 2006, in Austin, Texas, after an extended illness. Ruth was born Oct. 20, 1940, in Nampa to Mike and Ruby Horgan of Mountain Home. She was raised and educated along with her three brothers and two sisters in Mountain Home...

Rosalie A. Boettcher, 64, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, March 26, 2006, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, March 30, at the First Southern Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Walter C. Vallard, 89, of Mountain Home, died at home, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 28, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements erre under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

David (Dave) Gale McGrath, 54, of Mountain Home, died of cancer on March 21, 2006, in his home, surrounded by his family. Services were held at Faith Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 25. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

John H. Ferreira, 50, died at home on March 25, 2006, with his wife and daughter, Bobbie, at his side. A memorial service will be held today, Wednesday, March 29, at 9 a.m., at the Gunfighters Club, Mountain Home Air Force Base. A service also will be held in Hawaii at a later date with John's family. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...