Obituaries from April 2013

Viola May 'Ford' Ross, 88, died at a local hospital on Friday, March 29, 2013 after a short illness. Only the really good people pass away on Good Friday! Mom was born on Oct. 18, 1924, in Bruneau, to Oscar and Peggy Ford. Grandpa moved the family to Mountain Home in 1926 to pitch for the baseball team...

Earl P. Gardner, the son of William E. Gardner and Grace Parks, was born in Gordon, Neb., on Feb. 7, 1932, and passed on March 29, 2013, at his home in Glenns Ferry. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Glenns Ferry VFW Post #3646. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Terry Donovan Gibson, 52, of Owyhee, Nev., passed away on April 4, 2013, at the hospital in Owyhee, Nev. Terry Donovan Gibson was born March 9, 1961 in Owyhee, Nev., to the late Benson Gibson and Antoinette Gibson. Terry attended school in Owyhee, graduating from Owyhee High School. ...

AnnaLetizia Mignonette Newell, 3-month-old-daughter of Elizabeth Rodriguez and Yo'Hava Newell of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at home. A viewing will be held from 3-5 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, April 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

John A. Knackert, 85, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 17, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Our beloved daughter and sister, Linda Lee Marshall, went home to Jesus on March 28, 2013, a breast cancer survivor, lost her battle to ovarian cancer. She was born on Jan. 2, 1951, to John S. Marshall and Gladys Bashline. Linda spent most of her youth in Escalon, California, where she graduated from Escalon High School in 1969. ...

On April 10, 2013, Dallas Dee Orr, 59, of Caldwell, Idaho, passed into a restful sleep after a valiant fight with pancreatic cancer. Dallas was born on a winter day Dec. 28, 1953, to Frank L. and Mary E. (Dell) Orr of Rupert, Idaho. He was raised on a farm in Rupert and attended Minico High School. At the age of 19 he started working for Amalgamated Sugar Co. where he devoted 33+ years...

Bailey D. Lake, 61 of Idaho Falls, passed away Monday, April 8, 2013, at his home following an extended illness. Bailey was born May 27, 1951, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He attended grade school in Roberts and then Osgood, followed by Junior High in Shelley and High School in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho...

Michael Kolb, 48, of Novato, Calif., formerly of Mountain Home, died Jan. 20, 2013, in California, from a motorcycle accident. A memorial mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 19, 2013, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home and inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

John A. Knackert, 85, of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, April 17, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. John was born on Nov. 26, 1927, in Milwaukee and was raised in Milwaukee. John enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1945 in Chicago. He was stationed on the U.S.C.G. Hemlock from 1946 to 1947, being honorably discharged in 1947...

Carol Ann Wood passed away on April 11, 2013, at the age of 69, in Boise, with her family by her side. Carol was born June 24, 1943, in Watertown, N.Y., to John and Eileen Briggs. At an early age, Carol's mother died and she was adopted by grandparents George and Agnes Briggs of Watertown, N.Y. Carol attended, and graduated from Immaculate Heart Catholic School in Watertown, N.Y. Carol later attended business school in Clayton, N.Y., where she learned bookkeeping and secretarial skills...

Barbara McRae Johns, of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully at the age of 88. Services will be held on Friday, April 19, 2013, with a viewing from 10-11:45 a.m. and services beginning at noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Old Mountain Home Idaho Stake Center, located at 1150 N. 8th East. St. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Mary Elizabeth Garbutt, 91, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. Mary was a loving, caring daughter, sister, wife and mother. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, April 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will be in Rawlins, Wyo., at a later date, next to her husband...

Margaret A. Casey, 98, of Grand View, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. No services will be held per her request. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Margaret was born on June 29, 1914, in Calhoun County, Iowa, to Francis and Mary Sapp...

November 10, 1932 - April 11, 2013 LaRae was born in Oklahoma to Lillie and Walter Hubert. The family moved to Calipatria, California when she was six years old where they resided throughout her school years. She graduated from Calipatria High School in 1951. ...

Dorothy Bray Nichols, 92, a resident of Glenns Ferry, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are pending under the care and direction of Demaray Funeral Service -- Gooding Chapel.

Audrey J. Andrews, 81, of Mountain Home, died on April 20, 2013, at St. Luke's Elmore. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Harry A. Gilbert, 82, of Mountain Home, died on April 23, 2013, at a Boise care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Dorothy Evelyn Nichols, 92, a resident of Glenns Ferry, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. Dorothy Evelyn Nichols was born on Jan. 26, 1921 to Harry E. and Clara (Skinrood) Bray in the little farming town of Kimball, South Dakota...

Jeannine Andrews, wife of Alvin W. Andrews, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 in Mountain Home. They have lived for 40 plus years in Mountain Home, where they raised their five children. She was born Audrey Jeannine Martin, on Feb. 24, 1932, in White River, S.D., the third child of Leslie and Dorothy Martin. They moved to Lewiston, Idaho, when she was in her early teens and where she graduated in 1949 from Clarkston High School...

Russell A. Holsinger, 68, of Mountain Home, died at CJ Strike Reservoir. No services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Henrietta Ruth Acarregui, 60 of Bruneau, passed away quietly on Friday, April 26, 2013, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., on Friday, May 3, 2013, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. The first of three children, Henrietta was born in Waco, Texas, on Nov. ...

Harry A. Gilbert, 82, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at a Boise care center. At his request, no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Harry was born on Nov. 3, 1930, in Kalispell, Mont., the son of Wellington Earl and Cloral Ellen Gilbert. As a young man he started out logging in Montana...

Sharilyn Gaye Powell, 62, of Meridian, died on April 15, 2013, at a Meridian hospital. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., at the Idaho State Veteran's Cemetery, in Boise, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...