Obituaries from January 2009

Martha Mary Robertson, 83, of Glenns Ferry, died Jan. 1, 2009, of natural causes, surrounded by her family. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 417 S. Oneida St., in Glenns Ferry. Dinner will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the Three Island Senior Center, 502 E. Cleveland Ave., in Glenns Ferry...

Charles Jordan Printz, 88, of Glenns Ferry, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at a Gooding hospital. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Howard G. Harrison, 72, of Mountain Home, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, after a battle with esophageal cancer. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 3 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will be held at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise at a later date...

Virginia Black Miller, 77, of Bruneau, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, with her family by her side. A rosary was held Tuesday, Jan. 6. Funeral mass will be held today, Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Inurnment will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

James Emory Jackson, 25, of Mountain Home, died in Tucson, Ariz., on Dec. 31, 2008. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m, at the River of Life Family Worship, 350 N. 11th East St., in Mountain Home. Burial with military honors by the Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Dale Duane Irving, 40, died at his home in Glenns Ferry on Dec. 30, 2008. A gathering in remembrance will be held at the Moose Hall in Glenns Ferry on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at 1 p.m. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Mervin Lee Bush, 71, died with his family at hand on Jan. 8, 2009, in Mountain Home. Funeral services, with military honors by Mountain Home Air Force Base, will be held on Saturday, Jan.17, at noon at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Viewing will be held one hour prior, beginning at 11 a.m...

John C. Kidd, 80, of Hammett, died Jan. 10, 2009, at a Boise hospital. A memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by Boise Funeral Home, Aclesa Chapel.

Gerald "Jerry" Kardas, 76, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, after a battle with cancer. Graveside memorial services were held Friday, Jan. 9, at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements were by Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel...

Rex Jeffery Chafin, 53, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at University of Utah Hospital with his mother, wife and children by his side. Services and viewing were held Dec. 30 at Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel. Services were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Ustick Chapel...

Dale Edward Grosse, 78, of Mountain Home, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at a Twin Falls hospital. A viewing will be held today, Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burial, with military honors by American Legion Post No. 26, will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Ida Mae Wilder, 81, of Chico, Calif., formerly of Mountain Home, died Jan. 10, 2009, in Chico. Memorial services were held Jan. 16 at Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home. She was born Aug. 19, 1927, in Guthrie, Okla., to Howard and Hattie Long. She married her husband, Marvin L. Wilder, on June 10, 1944, in Los Angeles, Calif...

Hailey Elizabeth Woods, 10, of Mountain Home, died Jan. 18, 2009, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, A funeral mass will be held Friday, Jan. 23, beginning at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Paul James Black, 96, of Bruneau, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, on his mother's birthday. Services will be celebrated on the anniversary of his son Mike's birthday and his granddaughter Karen's birthday, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, with a viewing at 11 a.m. and funeral services at noon at the Bruneau American Legion. Burial will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery in Bruneau and then a potluck dinner back at the American Legion...

Betty May Davison, 83, of Mountain Home and Prairie, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, at her home in Mountain Home. Services were held Tuesday, Jan. 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Burial will be held at the Prairie Cemetery, in Prairie, today, Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m...

Randy Lynn Bevell, 50, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at a local care center. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Randy was born on Oct. 16, 1958, in Tucson, Ariz., the son of Jackie and Carolyn Bevell. He was schooled in California...

Lonnie Calvin Luttrell, 79, of Mountain Home, died of natural causes Jan. 17, 2009, at a local nursing home. A celebration of Lon's life, and military honors by Mountain Home Air Force Base Honor Guard, will be held at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 11 a.m. Services will be officiated by the Rt. Rev. Brian Thom, Bishop of Idaho, and Rev. P.A. Bergh. Inurnment will be held at a later date at the Idaho Veteran's Cemetery in Boise...

Hugh Albert Peebler, 91, of Oasis, died Jan. 26, 2009. at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Loree Caroline McCain, 59, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at a Seattle Hospital. At her request, no formal services will be held.

Willa Pearl Dillon Kolenda, 63, of Glenns Ferry, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date at the cemetery in Hazelton, Idaho, followed by a picnic. Willa was born in Ainsworth, Neb., on April 22, 1945. She was raised and schooled in Springview, Neb...

Jake Grass, Jr., 82, of Mountain Home, died at home on Jan. 20, 2009, surrounded by his family. A memorial service was held on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, with military honors by American Legion Post #26. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Dana Pasto, 43, of Mountain Home, died peacefully at her home on Jan. 20, 2009. Services are being planned later this week at the Mountain Home Air Force Base Chapel. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Dana was born into a military family on May 1, 1965, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Hickam Air Force Base, to Levi and Janice DeVerney...

Gordon L. Brown, 84, of Glenns Ferry, died with his family by his side at his home on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, following an illness. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Glenns Ferry High School, in the Gordon Brown Gymnasium. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Hailey Elizabeth Woods, 10, of Mountain Home, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at a Boise hospital. A viewing was held Thursday, Jan. 22, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral mass was held Friday, Jan. 23, at Our Lady of Good Counsel and burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...