Obituaries from December 2008

Elva Adele Guisasola, 93, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 24, 2008, at a Meridian care center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Elva (nickname "Jim" by her father) was born on a ranch in the Bruneau Valley on Aug. 25, 1915, the oldest of nine children of Madison and Charlotte (Dunham) Ramsey...

Hilma L. Cline, 88, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, at a local care center.  A viewing will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 4-6 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at Faith Lutheran Church, 1190 N. 6th East St. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Marilyn Black, 75, of Bruneau, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, in Mountain Home, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, after a 17-year battle with brain cancer. A viewing will be held for family and friends from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home, with a rosary following at 6 p.m...

Clarence Dan Sather, 54, of Mountain Home, died at a Boise hospital Nov. 27, 2008. Services will be held Wednesday Dec. 3, beginning at 11 a.m. at Liberty Christian Fellowship, 3195 Airbase Rd., in Mountain Home. A viewing at 10 a.m. will precede the services. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Janice A. Bryant, 72, of Mountain Home, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, at a Boise hospital, following an illness. A graveside memorial service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at 10 a.m. at the Mountain View Cemetery. Janice was born on Sept. 18, 1936, in Butte, Mont., to Hazel and Todd Larsen. Her father was a contractor, they moved all over the country. She later met Ray Greer. They eloped to Las Vegas and then moved to Hawaii, where they started a family. They had four children...

Margaret "Peg" Ruth Peterson, 76, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 2, 2008, at a local care center. A celebration of her life was held Tuesday, Dec. 9, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Peg was born July 24, 1932, to Lawrence and Pauline Alexander Fetty in Cainsville, Mo. At the age of four she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from high school in 1949...

Clarence Dan Sather, 54, of Mountain Home, died Nov. 27, 2008, at a Boise hospital. Services were held Wednesday Dec. 3, at Liberty Christian Fellowship in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Dan was one of five children born to Elmer and Ruby Woods in Libby, Mont., on Sept. 22, 1954. He worked at Emerald Home Furnishing in Tacoma Washington...

Sarah "Sally" Chathams, 92, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at her home. A viewing, followed by her funeral service, were held Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Sally was born on May 23, 1916, in Wikalma, Ariz. She was married to her husband, Sheldon "Chick" Chathams, three times before she finally got her name on the marriage license to read Sarah instead of Sally...

Born 7-17-32 in Coffeyville, Kansas, died 12-10-08 in Mountain Home, Idaho. Services will be held 11AM, Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Rost Funeral Home.

Walter Herrmann Yarbrough, 96, of Grand View, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Knight Community Church in Grand View. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery, Grand View, with a reception afterwards at the Rimrock Senior Center in Grand View. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Home, Boise Chapel...

Bailey Delbert King, 76, of Mountain Home, died at his home on Dec. 10, 2008. Memorial services were held Saturday, Dec. 13, at Rost Funeral Home in Mountain Home,. Bailey Delbert King was born July 17, 1932, in Coffeyville, Kan., to Bailey Louis King and Violet May Cobb...

Gloria V. Yrazabal Sillonis, 89, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, at a local hospital. On Thursday, Dec. 18, a viewing will be held at 4 p.m. and a rosary will be held at 7 p.m., both at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 N. 18th East St., in Mountain Home. The funeral mass will be held Friday, Dec. 19, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 115 N. 4th East St., in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Elaine C. Robinson, 75, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, at a local care center in Mountain Home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Adam Guy Lingle, 16, of Grand View, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in an automobile accident in Owyhee County. Services will be held on Friday, Dec. 19, with a viewing from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and funeral services at 2 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Lucille E. Bledsoe, 83, of Hammett, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at a local care center. Services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 23, with a viewing from 9-10:45 a.m., followed by funeral services at 11 a.m., both at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry...

Chelsey Lee Harder, 2, of King Hill, died Dec. 20, 2008, at a Boise hospital, following an illness. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Glenns Ferry. Burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Elaine C. Robinson, 75, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Dec. 15, at a Mountain Home care center. A celebration of her life was held on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Elaine was born Aug. 26, 1933, to Frank and Mary Jollotta...

Adam Guy Lingle, 16, of Grand View, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, due to injuries received in an automobile accident near Grand View. Services were held Friday, Dec. 19, following a viewing, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery...

Lois Winifred Rumsey, 95, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, at a care center in Mountain Home. At her request, no services will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Lois Rumsey was born on March 24, 1913, in Roundup, Mont., to Joe and Buelah Ertle. She had one younger sister. While a small child the family moved to central California. She attended schools in Modesto, Calif., and she graduated from Modesto High School...

Madalin C. Murphy, 66, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, at a Boise hospital, following a 10-year battle with cancer. A memorial service was held Tuesday, Dec. 23, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Emma Lucille Bledsoe, 83, of Hammett, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at a local care center in Mountain Home. Services will be on Tuesday, Dec. 23, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial followed at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry...

Fern Anita Kieffer, 84, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 18, 2008. A memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 22, at the First Congregational Church in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Gloria V. Yrazabal Sillonis, 89, of Mountain home, died at a local hospital on Dec.16, 2008, following a short illness. A funeral mass was held Friday, Dec. 19, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Thomas "Tommy" Eugene Fain, 20, lost his battle to esophageal cancer on Dec. 26, 2008. He was diagnosed on Dec. 26, 2007, and fought for one year to the day of his diagnosis. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 11 a.m. at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry...

Leon Monasterio, 96, of Mountain Home, died Dec. 28, 2008, of natural causes. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Leon was born in Mountain Home on Nov. 17, 1912, to Francisco and Emilia (Lequerica). He was one of their five children...

John Edward Lawson, Sr., 75, formerly of Mountain Home, died Dec. 18, 2008, with his wife of 52 years at his side. Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 29, at Summers Funeral Home, Boise, with military honors following at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery...