Obituaries from July 2008

Ralph Russell Young, Sr., 70, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, at a local hospital. A viewing will be held from 4-6 p.m. today, Wednesday, July 2, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 3, at 1 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery with military honors by the American Legion Post No. 26 honor guard...

Patricia A. (Wilson) Elliott, 53, died at her sister's home on Saturday June 28, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Pat was born to Ernest and Evelyn Wilson on May 4, 1955, at the Elmore County Medical Center in Mountain Home. Born the fourth of eight children, "Pat was very outgoing and loved by all who came in contact with her," her family said...

Joe C. Adcock, 90, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the home of his daughter, after a long hard-fought battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment will follow at the Zion Cemetery in Lincoln, Ill., July 10...

Florence Josephine McCaslin Falk, 101, of Mountain Home, died June 27, 2008, at a local hospital, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 2, with a viewing beginning at 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral service at Rasmussen Funeral Home in Burley. Burial will follow at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley. Local arrangements were provided by Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, which held a viewing on Tuesday...

Darlene A. (Brown) Morton, of Phoenix, Ariz., formerly of Mountain Home, died June 21, 2008. A memorial mass will be held at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, July 2, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Mountain Home with services following at Mountain View Cemetery. A luncheon at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 965 McKenna Ave. (across from the swimming pool) will immediately follow services...

Toby C. Bare, 49, of Salt Lake City, formerly of Mountain Home, died June 8, 2008, while visiting his sister in Montana. Service arrangements were not announced. Cremation was handled by Big Sky Cremations of Helena, Mon. He was born Oct. 11, 1958, to George and Janice Bare...

Joe C. Adcock, 90, of Boise, formerly of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at the home of his daughter, after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment will follow at the Zion Cemetery in Lincoln, Ill., July 10...

Barbara South Jones, 84, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at a local care center. A graveside service was held Tuesday, July 8, at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home and Wheeler Mortuary in Springville, Utah...

Charles William (Sam) South, 56, formerly of Elmore County, died June 12, 2008, at his home in Chicago, Ill. A memorial service was held Monday, June 23, at Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Home, Boise Chapel...

Walter Kenneth Adams, 64, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Friday, July 11, 2008. A celebration of his life and a potluck will be held at his home on Saturday, July 19, beginning at 2 p.m. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Carole Jean Blake, 67, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, July 30, at 9 a.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2425 American Legion Blvd. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Robert "Bob" Leon Collins, 66, of Glenns Ferry, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, at his daughter's home in Boise. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, July 24, at 2 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Judith "Judy" Leigh Homa, 44, of Mountain Home, died July 17, 2008, at a Boise hospital. A viewing was held Tuesday at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, July 23, at 11 a.m. at the Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery in Bruneau...

Pauline H. Knackert, 81, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at a local hospital. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, July 22, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Pauline was born on May 22, 1927, in Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of Robert and Virgie Grooms...

Eleanor N. Cooley, 92, of Canon City, Colo., formerly of Mountain Home, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at the Legacy Center in Canon City. Graveside services were held July 18 at Cloverdale Cemetery in Boise. The Rev. Luther Pitz of the All Saints Episcopal Church officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Home, Boise Chapel...

Brian W. Blandford, 39 of Caldwell, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Sunday, July 27, 2008 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 1st at Caldwell First Baptist Church, 221 E. Linden, Caldwell with Chaplain (MAJ) Rob Morris JFHQ Chaplain for Idaho Army National Guard officiating. ...

Anabel Juarez, infant daughter of Rocelia and Felix Juarez of Bruneau, died Sunday, July 27, 2008, at a local hospital. A Graveside Service will be held on Wednesday, July 30, at 10 a.m. at the Bruneau Cemetery in Bruneau. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Harold William Berciunas, 82, of Mountain Home, died Friday, July 25, 2008, at a local care center. Per his request, no services are planned. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Harold was born on Dec. 5, 1925, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the son Joseph and Noma Berciunas...

Almeta Hilty Good, 87, of Lucille, Idaho, formerly of Indian Cove, died Monday, July 21, 2008. A memorial service was planned for Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Riggins Assembly of God Church. Almeta was born in Nampa to George B. and Hannah E. Hilty on Dec. 20, 1920...

Jennifer Nichole Thornton, 26, of Mountain Home, died July 24, 2008, at home. A memorial for Jennifer will take place in the near future. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. She was born on Aug. 2, 1981, in Mountain Home...