Obituaries from May 2008

Jerry Michael Gyllenskog, 52, of Mountain Home died peacefully at home in the arms of his wife after a battle with cancer. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from 4-7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 1 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A reception will follow at the LDS Church...

David Walter Sherman, 69, of Mountain Home, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at his home. Friends and family are invited to attend the memorial service at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home on Friday, May 9, at 10:30 a.m. Dave will be placed to rest at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise...

Billy "Bill" D. James, 71, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at a local care center. He had fought a six-month-long battle after having a stroke in October 2007. A graveside inurnment will be held on Saturday, May 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Dick L. Groefsema, 83, formerly of Mountain Home, died suddenly yet peacefully at his home in Gustine, Calif., on Friday, May 2, 2008. Memorial services will be held today, Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. at the Hillview Funeral Chapel, 515 1st Street in Gustine...

Harry Max Hannig, 93, of Mountain Home, died May 2, 2008, with his family by his side, at the home of his daughter, Erika, and son-in-law, Edger Junger. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Mary G. Shaw, 91, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, May 13, at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 17, at 11 a.m. at Knight Community Church in Grand View. Arrangements are under the direction Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Brad Funk, 38, formerly stationed at Mountain Home AFB, died May 1, 2008, when his T-38 jet crashed at Sheppard AFB, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 10, at the Roy North Park Ward Chapel in Roy, Utah. Internment was at the Warren, Utah, Cemetery, where Military Honors were accorded...

Juanita Williams Smith Mattson, 63, formerly of Mountain Home, died May 10, 2008 at home, after a battle with cancer. Friends may call to visit with the family from 10-10:45 a.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the Curtis Rd. LDS Chapel, 701 S. Curtis Rd., Boise. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at the Meridian Cemetery. Bishop Terry Carney will officiate. Services are under the direction of Relyea Funeral Chapel...

Francis "Frank" Melvin Clifford, 67 of Glenns Ferry, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, at his home. No services are planned at this time. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Frank was born on Oct. 22, 1940, in Wendell, to William and Mae See Clifford. He attended schools in Bliss, Hagerman and graduated from Wendell High School in 1958...

Geraldine "Jerry" Fern Caplinger, 67, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at her home. Services will be held on Thursday, May 22. A viewing will be held from 9-10:45 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Graveside services will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home, beginning at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Debbie Kay Laca, 51, of Grand View, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at Saint Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise after a battle with cancer. Graveside services were held Saturday, May 17, at the Dry Creek Cemetery with a viewing prior. Funeral services were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel...

Lynnette "Lynne" Leslie Jerrett, 50, of Mountain Home, died May 17, 2008, at home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. No services will be held. "Lynne wants her loved ones to remember her in life," her family said. "She always lived life to the fullest."...

Mary Gertrude Shaw, 91, of Mountain Home, formerly of Grand View, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at a local hospital. A viewing was held Friday, May 16, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. A memorial service was held on Saturday, May 17, at the Knight Community Church in Grand View. A private family committal service was held at the Riverside Cemetery in Grand View prior to the memorial service...

Cirilo C. Doine, 61, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, May 25, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Charlotte "Charlie" A. McMahon, 63, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at her home, following an 11-year battle with cancer. A viewing was held on Friday, May 23, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral Services were held Saturday, May 24, at Rost Funeral Home. Burial followed at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry...

William Emery Ratliff, 92, formerly of Bruneau, died May 14, 2008. Emery requested cremation and no funeral. There will be a family and friends reception at the Senior Center in Marsing, from 2-4 p.m. June 7. Emery was born to Will and Katie Ratliff on Nov. 13, 1915, at Hot Springs/Bruneau, where he grew up and graduated from high school...