Obituaries from August 2007

Betty Morgan, 82, of Mountain Home, died Monday, July 30, 2007, at a local hospital. No local services are planned. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Elaine Sproat (Hitt) Schwager, 90, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died July 28, 2007, from complications following a stroke. A viewing was held Wednesday, Aug. 1 at Summers Funeral Homes in Boise. Funeral services were Thursday, Aug. 2, at Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel. Burial will follow at Dry Creek Cemetery...

George Joseph Zack, Jr., 86, of Mountain Home,died July 26,2007, at a local care center, with his children by his side. Funeral services were held Tuesday July 31, at Rost Funeral Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Helen Adelia Brandt McGrew, 97, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at a local care center. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

George Alvin Hoot, 68, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, July 26, 2007 at his home. Memorial services were held Aug. 1, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. George was born on Dec. 29, 1938, to Charles and Irene Hoot, in River Rouge, Mich., and spent his youth working for Great Lakes Steel for 15 years as a rigger/welder...

Constance "Connie" Francis, 75, formerly of Mountain Home, died peacefully on July 27, 2007, after a lengthy illness with Parkinson's Disease in Medford, Ore. A graveside service will be held at noon on Friday, Aug. 3, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Oliver "Babe" Francis Carpentier, II, 80, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, July 28, 2007, at his home. A viewing was held Wednesday, Aug. 1, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, followed by a graveside service at 11 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery...

Mae Louise Brock, 81, of Mountain Home, died Aug. 4, 2007, with her daughter and son-in-law by her bedside, after complications from surgery. A celebration of her life will be held at the Mountain Home Senior Center at Noon on Thursday, Aug. 9. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Jerome Matthew Elliott, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Mountain Home, was killed in Phoenix on Friday, July 27, 2007.

Ronald David Houston, 59, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at his home.

Paul J. Zarych, Jr., 60, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at a Boise hospital.

Roswell A. Johnson, 90 ,of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007, at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise on Thursday, Aug.16. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Leonard Earl Lambeth, Jr., 49, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, peacefully at home with the love of his life, Joyce, by his side. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtery Chapel, in Mountain Home. Leo was born Aug. ...

Dr. Robert H. Borghalthaus, 78, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, at a Boise hospital, with his family at his side. A viewing will be held Friday, Aug. 17, from 9:30-10:45 a.m., at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mountain Home Stake Center, with funeral services to follow at the church at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

F. Geneva Eckley, 72, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at a local care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Charles Miller Powell, 86, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at a local care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

David Loepp, 85, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Aug. 17, 2007, surrounded by his children. Friends and family will be greeted at a viewing today, Wednesday, Aug.22 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 23, at 11:30 a.m. at Collister Community Church, 4709 W. State Street, Boise, with Pastor Corbett Lynn officiating. A graveside service with military honors will follow at Dry Creek Cemetery...

Nathaniel Peter Sands, 19, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, due to a combination of natural causes, compounded by his diabetes. Funeral Services were held Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, and burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Dr. Robert H. Borgholthaus, 78, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, at a Boise hospital. Services were held Friday, Aug.17, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Bill Lawrence Beltz, 80, formerly of Mountain Home, died Aug. 19, 2007, at the Capital Care Center in Boise. Graveside inurnment services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Hagerman Cemetery in Hagerman. Arrangements are under the direction of Demaray Funeral Service, Gooding Chapel...

Takeharu "Take" Inouye, 78, died Aug. 21, 2007, in the presence of friends and family at his home in Glenns Ferry. A memorial service was held Saturday, Aug. 25, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

F. Geneva Bennett Eckley, 72, died Aug. 20, 2007, in Mountain Home, with family at her side. Geneva was born on July 4, 1935, in Wallowa, Ore., to Clyde and Carrie Bennett. She married Francis (Frank) Eckley on Sept. 25, 1954 and chose to make Wallowa their home. They had their first daughter, Brenda Eckley Sarman on Oct.12, 1955, and their second daughter ,Rena Eckley Kerfoot, was born on Jan. 4, 1960...

Charles Miller Powell, 86, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, in Mountain Home, due to advanced Alzheimer's disease and respiratory arrest. He requested only a simple graveside service and to be buried beside his wife in the cemetery in Mountain Home. That service was held on Aug. 25 with full military honors...