Obituaries from March 2012

Kenneth L. Evans, 46, of Mountain Home passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, at a Boise hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

June M. Meide, 73 of Mountain Home, passed on Feb. 28, 2012, in a Boise hospital. She and her husband, James, recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary in January. June is also survived by their three daughters, Constance Sauls-Wolf and Rita Meide of Mountain Home and Marilyn McCullough of Fredericksburg, Va., along with 11 grand-children, 12 great-grand-children and a brother, Donald Bergquist of Virginia, Minn...

Lillian E. Turvey, 67, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at her home in Bruneau. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Beverly Jean McNeil, 77 of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012, at a local care center. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Lillian "Babe" Turvey, 67, died at her home in Bruneau on March 1, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. A service for family and friends will be held at a later date. Babe was born in Ontario, Ore., on Nov. 24, 1944. She lived all over the Pacific Northwest, including Baker City, Ore.; Estacada, Ore.; and Bruneau. Babe was a true renaissance woman and among her occupations was semi-truck driver, beautician, health care professional and business owner...

Our beloved mother, Beverly Jean (Jones) McNeil, 77, was born Jan. 7, 1935, in Boise. She entered into her final rest on March 5, 2012, in Mountain Home. She was the third child of Willie Luther Jones and Ethel Mae (Corn) Jones. She led a fairly normal quiet life while growing up in the four-room, blue clapboard house built by her father on the corner of Division and Warren in Boise. She went to school in Boise...

John E. Pilgrim Jr., 70, of Glenns Ferry passed away at a local hospital on Thursday, March 8, 2012. A celebration of John's life will be held at Faith Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

James F. Eaton, 80, of Mountain Home passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at a local care center. Per his request, no services will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. James was born on Jan. 21, 1932, in Sanford, Maine, the son of Walter and Mildred Eaton...

Phillip Carl Wazny, 43, of Mountain Home passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will be held at the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich., at a later date...

Bud Avery Betty, 58, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2012, at a Mountain Home care center. Services will be held on Friday, March 23, at the Glenns Ferry Baptist Church with a viewing from 11:30 a.m. until the 1 p.m. funeral service...

Michael Allan Nutting, 51, of Mountain Home, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2012, at a Boise hospital. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Michael was born on May 23, 1960, in Nevada, Calif. He loved hunting and cutting wood with his father as well as helping out friends and family. He was a great and loving son, father and ex-husband...

William W. "Bill" Sanders, 67, of Mountain Home, died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at home. A gathering of friends and family will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Beloved wife and mother Alice Ruth Fargo Kibler, 82, of Mountain Home went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 24, 2012. The family will receive visitors at the family home on Saturday, March 31, 2012, from 1 to 4 in the afternoon. She was born Dec. 30, 1929, in Tunkhannock, Pa., to C. Stanley Fargo and Beatrice Peuterbaugh Fargo. She married Dewey Kibler on April 2, 1950...

Ronald E. Whitmore, 75, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Margaret Weber Martinez passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012. A memorial service will be held on Friday March 30, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 1190 North 6th East in Mountain Home.

Shirley Jean Milligan, age 77, a resident of Glenns Ferry, passed away quietly on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the Glenns Ferry Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...