Obituaries from November 2012

Bruce Alan "Al" Reisinger passed away peacefully at home Oct. 30, 2012, due to health complications caused by diabetes and COPD. He was born to Paul and Mary Reisinger on Nov. 28, 1952, and was a proud native son of Mountain Home. Al had a very happy childhood with his family, spending memorable summers at their cabin in Fall Creek. It is there that Al learned fishing, hunting and snow-riding skills that he used all his adult life...

Donna Beth Anderson, 93, passed away on Nov. 4, 2012, at The Cottages in Mountain Home. A visitation will be held at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home from 3-5 p.m, Friday, Nov. 9. Funeral services will be held at Knight Community Church in Grand View at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery...

Grace Edith Egusquiza, 89, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at a Glenns Ferry care center. A memorial mass will be held at 10:00 AM, on Friday, November 9, 2012 at Our Lady of Limerick in Glenns Ferry. Inurnment will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Esther June Nye, 89, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at a Mountain Home care center. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Inurnment will be held at Annville, Penn., at a later date...

Donald C. Svederus passed away Nov. 6, 2012, due to health complications. Friends and relatives attended a memorial service with full military honors at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, at 2 p.m., on Monday, Nov. 12. A wake followed at his home...

Lawrence (Larry) Allen Blackburne went to join his mom, Marie Blackburne, and brother Les Blackburne, in heaven. After 8 years of fighting ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease), on Monday Nov. 12, 2012, his heart quit while receiving care at John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, Mich...

Sara Margaret (Watkins) Clinton, 42, of New Plymouth, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 19, at the Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Private interment will be at Glenn Rest Cemetery, Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Services and arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Condolences may be made to Sara's family at www.shaffer-jensenchapel.com...

On Nov. 3, 2012, Theron passed away at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 26, 1926, the son of John and Esther Wegmn, at Grand View, where he was raised and attended school before graduating high school. He joined the U.S. Navy, where he served during WWII...

Esther June Nye, 89, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at Elmore Medical Center's Long Term Care Unit. Esther was born on Aug. 29, 1923, in Lebanon, Pa., the daughter of Raymond and Violet (Auman) Eckert. She spent most of her life in Pennsylvania where she married Warren E. Nye on Dec. 20, 1941. After Warren's death in March of 1998, she moved to Mountain Home to be closer to her family...

Mitchell Brent Taylor, 47, of Glenns Ferry, died on November 17, 2012, in King Hill. A memorial service was held at 2PM, on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Alton Paul Petzoldt, 86, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at his home, surrounded by his loved ones. A memorial service with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

Doris Alzola, 86, of Meridian, formerly of Mountain Home, passed away on Nov. 22, 2012, at a Boise hospital. A viewing will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 4 p.m. until the 6 p.m. rosary at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m., on Friday, Nov. 30, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...

William Dilworth Wells passed away peacefully at home on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, surrounded by his family. A viewing will be held on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Services will be held at the Old Mountain Home Idaho Stake Center, on Tuesday, Nov. ...