Obituaries from October 2006

Blanche Laverine Rogers, 85, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. A memorial service was held Monday, Oct. 2, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Blanche was born May 22, 1921, in Harrisburg, Mo., the daughter of William and Kate Guillum...

Lucille Anne Acuff, 76, of Mountain Home, died at her home on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. A viewing will be held from 4-7 p.m. for family and friends on Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. No funeral services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Arthur "Art" D. Isaac, 85, a long-time resident of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at a Boise hospital with his family at his side. Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home, with military honors...

Dale Burton Seesee, 78, of San Francisco, Calif., formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Oct. 5, 2006, in San Francisco. Graveside services will be Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Services are under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel...

Marian (Montrose) Valdez-Lindholm, 84, of Grand View, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006, at a local hospital. Services will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Marian Maxine was born Jan. 27, 1922, in Mountain Home, to Arthur and Tina Montrose. She was raised and schooled in Mountain Home. She lived a number of years in Elko, Nev., and then moved to Utah and lived there the last 40 years. She moved to Grand View six months ago...

Cecilia R. Ducharme, 93, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, at a local care center. Funeral Mass was held Saturday, Oct. 7, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial was held at St. Patricks Cemetery III, in Harrisville, R.I., on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Deanna Kelly, 69, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at local hospital. Per her request, no services are planned. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Deanna is survived by: a daughter, Sandy, and her husband, Butch Boardwine, of Mountain Home; a daughter, Deborah Braun, of Mountain Home; a son, Dan Alderman of Twin Falls; a sister, Pam Roundy of Salt Lake City, Utah, and ten grandchildren...

Alfred "Big Al" E. Varady, 74, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006. Graveside Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Niche Wall in Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Arthur D. Spencer, 92, of Boise, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Monday, Oct. 16, at an Ontario hospital. Arrangements are pending at Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel.

Eleanor L. Wiley, 85, of Mountain Home, died at her home on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006. Graveside Services were held on Monday, Oct. 16, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Eleanor was born on March 19, 1921, in Duluth, Minn., to Everet and Edith Frederickson. She was raised in the Portland, Ore., area...

Linda E. Richards, 60, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at her home with her family by her side. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Linda was born Jan. 20, 1946, in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of Jack and Elizabeth McLaughlin. She was raised and schooled in the midwest...

Helen R. Weathers, 88, of Mountain Home, died at her home on Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Helen was born on Dec. 6, 1917, in Bassett, Neb., to Fred and Nora Hopkins...

Charles Richard Farris, 94, of Glenns Ferry, died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006, at St. Luke's Hospital, in Boise, after a short stay. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. in Glenns Ferry at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' meeting house. ...