Obituaries from August 2009

Ruby Elizabeth Sanders Landon, 101, of Mountain Home, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2009, at a local care center. A Graveside Service will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Gordon "Gordy" R. Westerwelle, 46 ,of Mountain Home, passed away on July 31, 2009. Catholic services will be held at 10 am on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Gordy was born Dec. 9, 1962, in East Chicago, Ill., to Stuart Gordon and Donna Jean Westerwelle...

Wilfred "Hut" C. Huddleston, Sr., 77, of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. A memorial service is be planned mid-August at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. The obituary will be in the Aug. 12, 2009 addition of the Mountain Home News...

Timothy Wayne Best, 49 of Mountain Home, formerly of Glenns Ferry, died at his home on July 25, 2009. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

David W. Swenson, 52, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will be held from 9 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m. service on Monday, Aug. 10, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Wilfred C. Huddleston Sr."Hut", 77, passed away August 1, 2009 at his home in Mountain Home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be held on August 14, 2009 at 10:30 am at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home, Idaho. Chaplain Jim Schmidt will be officiating the service...

Byron Donald Grubb, 88, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday August 6, 2009 at his home. A Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday August 13, 2009, at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

David Wayne Swenson, 52, of Mountain Home passed away at a Boise hospital on August 5, 2009. A memorial service was held Monday August 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Military Honors were by the American Legion, Post 26 of Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Jim F. Miller Jr., 73, of Mountain Home, passed away following a long illness on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at a care center in Pocatello. A Memorial Service with military honors by American Legion Post 26 will be held at 1:00p.m. Friday August 14, 2009 at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment to be held at the Idaho State Veteran's Cemetery in Boise at a later date...

Joseph Schofield King, Jr., 79, suddenly passed away Aug. 11, 2009, at his home in Star, Idaho, where he lived with his wife Julianne. Joe was born in Edgely, Pa., to Joseph and Emma King on Nov. 26, 1929. During his childhood in Pennsylvania he developed a love of hunting and fishing with his fatherıs guidance. He participated in school sports as a baseball catcher and basketball point guard...

C. Lyle Powell, 88, of Mountain Home, passed away in a local nursing home on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery.

Owen Ellis Montrose, 85, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, at a Boise care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Stella C. Seesee, 88, of Hammett, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, surrounded by family in the home where she lived for the past 64 years. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church of Glenns Ferry and burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home McMurtrey Chapel.

Barbara Jean Morgan Freeman passed away on Monday, Aug 17, 2009 in Boise, Idaho following a battle with cancer. She was the youngest of seven children born to Hazel and Main Morgan on April 3, 1930 in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. After graduating from Glenns Ferry High School, she moved to Columbus, Ohio to live with her brother Lloyd and wife Helen. ...

Olive Elizabeth Fuhriman, 86, of Boise, Idaho, died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 in Boise of natural causes. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 21, 2009 at the S. Cole LDS Church, 1211 S. Cole Rd., Boise. Burial followed in Dry Creek Cemetery...

Owen Ellis Montrose, 85, of Mountain Home, passed away on Aug. 16, 2009, at a Boise care center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery with military honors by American Legion Post #26. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Gerald E. "Andy" Andrews, 67, of Mountain Home, passed away Aug. 21, 2009, at a local hospital. A celebration of Andyıs life will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27 2009, at 4 p.m. at the StockYard. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Gary A. Smith, 59, of Glenns Ferry, passed away Aug. 23, 2009, at his home. A celebration of Garyıs life will be held Thursday, Aug. 27, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry at 11 a.m. with a dinner following. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Oleen L. Petro, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, Aug. 30, 2009. Funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church on Sept. 4 at noon. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Saint Anne, Ill. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Wilson Eugene "Gene" Tucker, Jr., 60, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. Graveside Services with military honors were held on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mtn Home...

Mary Lou Thies, 76, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, at a Twin Falls hospital. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Manuel L. Palomin, 66, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will be held from 4 p.m. until the 6 p.m. rosary on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A funeral mass will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...