Obituaries from December 2007

J. Max Collett, 81, of Grand View, died Dec. 1, 2007, at a Boise Hospital. A viewing will be held Thursday, Dec. 6, from 4-7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Services will be held at the Valley Christian Fellowship Church in Grand View beginning at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, with burial to follow. A dinner following the services will be held at the Rimrock Senior Center in Grand View...

Thomas Owen McCain, Jr., 74, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, at his home. A Viewing was held Saturday, Dec. 1, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. No formal funeral services are planned at this time. Thomas was born on Dec. 4, 1932, in Jasper, Fla., to Thomas, Sr., and Mantha McCain. His family moved to Jacksonville when he was 12 years old and he graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1950. Following high school he attended the University of Florida...

Novah C. Low, 65, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at her home, following an illness. No services are planned at this time, per her request. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Novah was born on June 29, 1942, in Santa Monica, Calif., to Wilbur and Ruthmary Hamilton...

Carlton Eugene "Kelly" Kellogg, 71, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, at his home, following a battle with cancer. A viewing was held Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. ...

Ellie Rose Trail Ellie Rose Trail, infant daughter of Jennifer and Rusty Trail of King Hill, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Paul M. Schmidt, 50, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. A memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

John A. Joseph, 60, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. John was born on May 18, 1947, in Hanover, Pa., to Lloyd and Dorothy Joseph. He was schooled in Spring Grove, Pa...

Adeline "Addie" A. Bremser, 85, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at a local care center. No services are planned, per her request. Inurnment will be held at the Phoenix Memorial Park in Phoenix at a later date. Addie was born on May 7, 1922, in Ixonia, Wisc., the daughter of Arthur and Ada (Dornfeld) Winger...

Joyce P. Swenson, 81, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at her home, with her family at her side. A viewing will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Abel Muņos Pedroza, 85, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at a local hospital. A viewing was held Dec. 16 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Mass was held Monday, Dec. 17, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Ellie Rose Trail, infant daughter of Rusty and Jennifer Trail of King Hill, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, in a Boise hospital. Private family services will be held at the Glenns Ferry United Methodist Church. She passed away in her mother's arms, with her father, grandparents, aunts and uncles gathered around her, praying for her. ...

Lawrence Robert Short, 77, of Meridian, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at his home following an illness. Per his request, no services will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Lawrence is survived by: his son, Stephen, and his wife, Deantha Short, of Mountain Home; his son, Larry, and his wife, Audrey Short, of California; his brother, Melvin Short, of California and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren...

Porter W. Criner, Jr., 69 of Mountain Home, died Dec. 14, 2007. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial with military honors will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Gary Lee Marston, 58, died at home on Dec. 14, 2007, in Mountain Home, surrounded by his loved ones. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Abel Muņos Pedroza, 85, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, at a local hospital. A viewing was held Dec. 16 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Mass was held Monday, Dec. 17, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, with burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Dolly Sherer, 89, of Mountain Home, joined the Lord on Friday December 28th with family at her bedside in a care facility in Boise. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 3rd at First Congregational Church in Mtn. Home at 10:30 a.m. Viewing for friends and family will be Wed, Jan 2nd, at Rost Funeral Home/McMurtrey Chapel in Mtn. Home from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Cremation will follow the services and a summer of 2008 burial will take place in the family plot in Great Falls, MT...