Obituaries from January 2008

Charles Alexander Finlayson, 72 of Mountain Home, died on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at a local hospital. A Viewing will be held from 4:00PM to 6:00PM on Thursday, January 3, 2007 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30AM on Friday, January 4, 2007 at the Grace Lutheran Church, located at 2422 American Legion Blvd in Mountain Home and burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. ...

Karen A. Stanek-Kirchhofer, 52, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2007, at a local hospital. A viewing and rosery were held Thursday, Dec.27, and her funeral mass was held Friday, Dec. 28, at Our Lady of Good Counsel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Charles R. Mason, 93, of Prairie, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, in Prairie. Internment was held in Needles Cemetery in Needles, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. Charles was born on Feb. 17, 1914, in Bell Plaine, Kan., to Charles Merritt Mason and Nellie Mae Clokey...

Charles Alexander (Chuck) Finlayson, 72, died at Elmore Medical Center following an extended illness on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, surrounded by his family. Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran Church on Friday, Jan. 4,. Interment was at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

David Clifton Collins, 52, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Jan. 5, 2008, at his home. A viewing will be held from noon until the 2 p.m. funeral service on Thursday, Jan. 10, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 N. 18th East St. in Mountain Home. Repass will follow at the Odd Fellow Hall, 155 N. 3rd East St. from 2:30-5 p.m...

Bonnie A. Howell, 55, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 10, 2008. A viewing was held on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A celebration of her life will be held today, Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 2:30 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, with burial at Mountain View Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Hampton Inn...

Addean Lillian (Garner) Collins, 73, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at a Boise care center. A viewing and funeral services were held on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...

Thomas E. Womack, 56, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at a local hospital. Private family services were held on Friday, Jan. 11, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Thomas was born on Dec. 22, 1951, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Joseph F. Womack, Sr., and Margaret (Gough) Womack...

Leo M. Pettit, 69, formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, in a care center in Las Vegas, Nev. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

William "Billy" Leonard Day, 58, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 13, 2008. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. at Amazing Grace Church, 6635 Airbase Road. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

L. Joy Hines, 86, formerly of Mountain Home, died of natural causes in Spokane, Wash., on Jan. 14, 2008. Memorial services will be held at a later date. She was born on July 19, 1922, in Seattle, Wash., to J. Gordon and M. Florence Bennett, while her father was serving there in the Navy. She returned home to Mountain Home at the age of two and was raised here, graduating from Mountain Home High School in 1940...

Dustin R. McClure, 6, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 3 p.m. until the 6:30 p.m. funeral service at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Dustin was born on July 13, 2001, to Jason and Trinity McClure...

Clinton Ray Keaton, 84, of Glenns Ferry, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, at the Bible Baptist Church, 1555 American Legion Blvd., in Mountain Home...

Roger "Butch" Gerald Gauthier, Jr., 53, of Mountain Home died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at a Boise care center, surrounded by his loved ones. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. "Butch loved the outdoors," his family said. "He also loved bull riding and anything to do with the rodeo. Butch was a very happy-go-lucky guy and enjoyed life to the fullest...

William "Billy" Leonard Day, 58, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 13, 2008. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. at Amazing Grace Church, 6635 Airbase Road. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Daniel Thomas Johnson, 52, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at a local hospital. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Daniel was born on July 24, 1955, in Detroit, Mich., the son of Richard and Judy Willet...

Helen V. Davis, 76, of Glenns Ferry, died peacefully at her home on Jan. 22, 2008. Memorial services were held at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home, on Friday Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. She was buried at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry, following the service...

Roger M. Nelson, 56, of Mountain Home, died peacefully at his home on Jan. 23, 2008. A memorial celebrating Roger's life was held Monday, Jan. 28, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Roger was born in Boise on Feb. 28, 1951, to John and Hildur Nelson. He attended Boise schools and graduated from Borah High in 1969...

Katherine "Kitty" E. Hurley, 63, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 22, 2008. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.