Obituaries from April 2008

Ronald Dean Stewart, 61, of Mountain Home, died March 27, 2008, at his home, following an illness. A memorial celebration was held on Tuesday, April 1, at the LDS Church, 14422 Airbase Rd. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

George Oscar "Buster" Taylor, 87, of Glenns Ferry, died Friday, March 28, 2008, at home. A graveside inurnment service will be held Friday April 4, 2008 at 11 a.m., at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry, followed by a wake at the VFW Hall, on 5th and Lincoln Streets, in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Joan M. Frasure, 79, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, March 29, 2008, at a local hospital. No services are planned at this time. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Edna Lewis, 96, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 31, 2008, in Sedalia, Ohio. Services are pending. Burial will be held at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Ivan Earl Cantrell, 69, of Mountain Home, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on March 25, 2008. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 5, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Ivan was born to Earl and Ruth Cantrell in Mansfield, Mo., on June 17, 1938. At the age of 14, he moved with his family to Homedale, Idaho. He attended Homedale High School...

Carolyn Elaine Smith, 56, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at a Boise hospital. A graveside inurnment will be held on Thursday, April 3, at 3 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Lorraine Nelson Stevens, 74, of Twin Falls, formerly of Mountain Home, died March 31, 2008, at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls. Lorraine was born and raised in Dietrich, Idaho, where she graduated from high school. She attended two years at Idaho State College and then married Wayne Stevens on Aug. ...

Edna B. Lewis, 96, of Sedalia, Ohio, formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at home. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 12, at Mountain View Cemetery at 10 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Edna was born Jan. 13, 1912, in Manchester, Tenn., a daughter of Ernest Doan and Maude (Baker) Wilson. She attended the Sedalia Church Of Christ In Christian Union and also the Good Faith Church in Mountain Home. She is survived by: her stepson: Jack, and his wife, Shirley Lewis, of Yuma, Ariz.; sisters Grace Young of Lebanon, Ohio, Esther Scott of Georgetown, Kent., Mary Cowan, with whom she resided, of Sedalia, Ohio; a brother, Paul Wilson of Cincinnati, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Lewis, whom she married in 1961. He died in 1984. She also was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. Ohio funeral services were held at the Sedalia Church Of Christ In Christian Union on April 2.

Rose Mabel Thorpe, 83, of Mountain Home, formerly of Jerome, died April 6, 2008, with her family at her side. Services will be held on Thursday, April 10, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel with a viewing beginning at noon and funeral services at 2:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Gordon H. Russell, 84, of Mountain Home, died at home on Friday, April 4, 2008. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, April 9, from 4-7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 10, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home and burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Robert Stanley Gayhart, 60, died March 14, 2008 after a battle with cancer. Graveside services were held March 18 at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Bob lived in Hammett with his wife of 38 years, Jeanette, and co-owned and operated Bob Gayhart Heating LLC, as well as raising Gaited Spotted Saddle Horses...

Darlene M. Ramsey, 80, of Mountain Home, died of a heart attack on April 1, 2008, at a Boise hospital. A graveside service was held on Monday, April 7, at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Arleen Elizabeth Powell, 73, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, April 3, 2008, at a local hospital. No services are planned at this time. Arleen was born on Nov. 5, 1934, in Lincoln, Neb., the daughter of Chester and Helma Erickson. She grew up in Sherwood, Ore., and lived in the Portland area until the mid-1980s...

Lillian R. Humphreys, 101, of Caldwell, formerly of Mountain Home, died on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Nancy Jean Rushing, 67, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Mountain Home, died March 18, 2008, at a Phoenix care center. Cremation was held March 22. No local services are planned.

Beulah V. Leonard, 98, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at a local care center. Funeral services and burial will be held in Farming, Wash., on Tuesday, April 22. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, and Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa, Wash...

Patricia "Patte" L. Condon, 59, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at her home, following an illness. At her request, no services are planned at this time. Patte was born in Kingston, N.Y. She lived in Florida and retired in Idaho. Patte was known to the Mountain Home graduating class of 2000 for her compassion and kindness as a mentor, her family said. ...

Kent Edward Krotzer, 45, of Mountain Home, died Friday, April 11, 2008, at his home, surrounded by family and friends. A memorial service with full military honors was held Monday, April 14, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Kent was born on Oct. 12, 1962, in Watertown, Minn., to Victor and Jeanne Krotzer. He graduated from Mound-Westonka High School in Mound, Minn., in 1981...

Donna V. Knudsen, 76, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 21, 2008, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Ida F. Everett, 95, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, April 17, 2008, at a local care center. A memorial service was held Monday, April 21, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A private family inurnment will be held at Mountain View Cemetery at a later date...

Beulah V. Leonard, 98, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at a local care center. A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 25, at The Cottages of Mountain Home at 2 p.m. Burial was held on April 22 in Farmington, Wash. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, and Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa, Wash...

David Clyde Cox, 58 of Hammett, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at his home, following an illness. In celebration and memory of his life there will be a potluck lunch/dinner and music (bring your own instruments) for everyone at the family home in Indian Cove on Saturday, April 26, at noon (follow Highway 78 from Hammett to Indian Cove, between milepost 94 and 93, turn onto Browns Creek Road, first farm on the left)...

Maxine M. Van Tassel, 75, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, April 17, 2008, at a Boise care center. A memorial service was held Tuesday, April 22, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Maxine was born on Feb. 18, 1933, in Campbell, Minn., the daughter of Edward and Blanche Rossow. She was raised and schooled in Minnesota. The family later moved to Illinois...

Grover "Sib" C. Sibley, 99, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 25, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sib retired as a Chief Master Sergeant from the US Air Force in August of 1967 after serving in World War II and Vietnam. He later also retired from Civil Service at Mountain Home Air Force Base...

Litton Dennis Thomas, 89, died April 20, 2008, in his home. A graveside memorial service will be held on Friday, April 25, at Mountain View Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Known later in life as "Papa" or "Tommy," he was born on Feb. 20, 1919, in the Tennesse farmhouse of his parents, Sadie Hyder and Samuel Thomas...

Melvin Patrick Freeman, 78, of Mountain Home, died on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at a local hospital. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Evelyn M. Barnett, 80, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at a local care center. A graveside service was held Friday, April 25, at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Leonard Wayne Bledsoe, 87, of Hammett, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at a local hospital. A viewing will be held on Friday, May 2, from 4-6 p.m., at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey chapel. The graveside service will be held Saturday, May 3, at 11 a.m. at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home in Mountain Home...

Donna V. Kundsen, 76, of Mountain Home, died Monday, April 21, 2008, at a Boise hospital. No services are planned at this time. Donna was born on April 9, 1932, in Idaho Falls, the daughter of Samuel and Bertha Waddell. She married Ray Knudsen in 1957 in Elko, Nev. They moved to Mountain Home in 1966...

Doris D. Davis, 93, of Hammett, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at a local care facility. A viewing was held on Tuesday, April 29, from 5-7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Services will be held on Wednesday, April 30, with a viewing from 10-10:45 a.m. and funeral services beginning at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Glenns Ferry. Burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry...