Obituaries from December 2006

Fredrick Irving Proshold, 67, formerly of Mayfield, died Nov. 26, 2006, in Chico, Calif., after a year-long battle with cancer. Graveside services will be held Thursday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. at Dry Creek Cemetery. Following the service there will be a dinner at Treasure Valley Livestock, 1901 E. Chicago, Caldwell...

Marjorie Mae Holtz, 79, of Mountain Home, Idaho, and Mountain City, Nev., died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, after a battle with cancer. Memorial graveside services will be held Friday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home.  Arrangements are by Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel.  ...

Grace Mary Cowie Williamson, 86, formerly of Mountain Home, died Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, 2006, following a brief hospital illness. A memorial service will be conducted in San Antonio, Texas, Friday, Dec. 8. Arrangements are by FuneralCaring, San Antonio, Texas...

Ghislaine (Gigi) Blanche Medler, 68, died at her home in Mountain Home on Nov. 26, 2006. Gigi was born March 27, 1938, in Ham, France, the daughter of Roger and Solange Sene'. She met the "true love of her life," Donald Medler, in Mountain Home, and they were married on July 28, 1980...

Charles "Chuck" Walter La Fontaine, 81, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, in a Boise hospital, with his family at his side. A memorial service was held Thursday, Dec. 7, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the directions of Rost Funeral Home...

Russell Ernest Pickett, 80, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006 at a Boise hospital. A graveside service was held on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Gary A. Mickelson, 70, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died at a Boise hospital Dec. 8, 2006. A private service to celebrate his life will be held in Boise by his family. Gary was born to William Earl and Alvaretta (Anderson) Mickelson on Jan. 27,1936, in Logan Utah...

Neil Edward Gudjunis, 62, of Mountain home, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. A celebration of Neil's life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Cloverdale Church of God. Neil was born in Hempstead, N.Y., on July 3, 1944, the oldest child of Wasco and Helen Gudjunis. ...

Fred W. Marsh, 71, of Bruneau, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, in a Boise hospital. A memorial service was held Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Inurnment will be held at a later date at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Maria Garcilazo Maria Esther Garcilazo, 55, of Mountain Home, was killed in a car accident in Mexico on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. A Rosary was held Dec. 10, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home, followed on Dec. 11 with a funeral mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial was at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Maude Nettleton, 97, of Oreana, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, in Mountain Home. A viewing will start at 4 p.m. and a rosary at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. ...

Dorothy Louise Terrell, 85, died in her sleep Friday morning Dec. 8, 2006, after a long illness at the Elmore Medical Center and Nursing Home in Mountain Home. Her sons, Jim and Tom, were at her side. A viewing was held Tuesdayat Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Ross Funeral Home and burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Joe W. Terrell, 86, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, of natural causes. There will be a viewing on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 5 p.m. until time of vigil at Summers Funeral Home, Ustick Chapel in Meridian. Vigil services will be held at 7 p.m. ...

SSgt. Benjamin A. Dabney, 32, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at his home. A memorial service was held at Mountain Home Air Force Base on Thursday, Dec. 14. Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 18, with burial at Union Hill Church Cemetery in Sedley, Va...

Long time Mountain Home resident Carolyn S. Marshall, 87, widow of Claude Marshall, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at a local care center. At Carolyn's request, there will be no services. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...