Obituaries from August 2013

A cowboy off the Bruneau and Grandview desert was born to Ida and Babe Oral Roberson in 1929. He was one of six children. Dad quit school and tended bar at an early age. He broke horses off the desert and worked for ranchers from Mountain Home to Oreana and Grandview...

Marjorie Ann Lemon Sellman of Mountain Home, passed away Aug. 2, 2013, after a valiant fight with cancer with her family by her side. Marjorie was born in Tehachapi, Calif., on Aug. 3, 1927, to David and Nora Coffelt Lemon, the third of four daughters...

Betty Lou Crawford, 88, of Mountain Home, passed away on Aug. 5, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

On Aug. 2, 2013 Katherine Chapman Jefferies lost her courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family. Kathy was born on Dec. 7, 1950, in Vancouver, Wash., to Wayne and Ruby Chapman. She spent all of her formative years in Rigby, Idaho. She moved to Boise after graduation, where she met and married Joseph Jefferies. They had a son and a daughter that were the love of her life. She and Jeff later divorced...

Julie Lindquist, 38, of Grand View, passed away at a Boise hospital on Aug. 5, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Julie R. Lindquist, 38, of Grand View passed away at a Boise hospital on Aug. 5, 2013. A viewing will be held on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at Rimrock High School, followed by burial at Riverside Cemetery in Grand View...

Loran Hatch, 68, of Mountain Home passed away at his home on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Julie Rae Meyers Lindquist, loving wife, mother and friend, of Grand View, passed away Aug. 5, 2013. She was the youngest child born to Ray and Cherry Meyers in Nampa on Nov. 30, 1974. She attended Rimrock Jr. Sr. High School and graduated in 1993. After graduation, she met and married Robert "Bobby" Lindquist on May 20, 1995, settling in Grand View to start their new life together...

Ralph E. Olson, age 80, of Mountain Home passed away at a Boise care center on Friday, August 9, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Ralph E. Olson, 80, of Mountain Home, passed away Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Ralph was born Nov. 16, 1932, in Holyoke, Colo., to Samuel and Martha Olson. He lived on the family farm in Nebraska until 1934 when the family moved to New Plymouth, Idaho, to farm. In 1945, he moved to Nampa until joining the U.S. Navy in 1951...

Pablo Carreno Ayala, 52, of Glenns Ferry, died in an ATV accident on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Loran B. Hatch, 68, of Mountain Home, passed away on Aug. 8, 2013, at home. Loran was born to Horace Hatch and Afton Blacker Hatch on July 20, 1945, in Rupert, Idaho. Loran grew up on a small farm in Rupert, where he was the youngest of five children...

Paul Shrum, 83, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, at a Glenns Ferry care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Paul F. Shrum, 83, of Glenns Ferry, passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. A viewing will be held at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home, on Friday, Aug. 16, from 4-6 p.m. A funeral service will be held at Our Lady of Limerick Catholic Church in Glenns Ferry on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 11 a.m. and burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery...

Joy Ilene (Joyce) Moore, 95, passed away on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. She was born in Berryville, Ark., on Aug. 1, 1918, to Ova and Stella (Groskard) Everett and attended school in Lockwood, Mo. She married Ted B. Moore in Gooding, Idaho, on Feb. 12, 1938. They were a devoted couple for 55 years until his death in 1993...

Madison Lee Donahue, 1-month-old, of Pocatello, Idaho, passed away on Aug. 13, 2013, at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, of complications from surgery. A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Won Krenz, 69, of Mountain Home, went home to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Aug. 15, 2013, in Thailand. A memorial service will be held at Rost Funeral Home on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

Roger Lee Jones, 75, of Glenns Ferry, passed away at his home on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Roger Lee Jones, 75, of Glenns Ferry, passed away at his home on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. On Monday, Aug. 26, a memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. at the Methodist Church in Rupert. A celebration of Roger's life will follow at 4 p.m. at Carmela Vineyards. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Idaho lost its quintessential promoter when Roger Lee Jones passed away at his home in the vineyards of Carmela Winery in Glenns Ferry, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. He was 75. He is remembered as a father of four, grandfather of eight, businessman, entrepreneur, Idaho potato and lottery champion, Idaho Vandal standard bearer and vintner...

Kittie passed away on Aug. 21, 2013, at Life Care of Treasure Valley. She was born to Don and Bessie Lester as one of 12 children on Feb. 8, 1929, on a 1,200-acre wheat farm in Watford City, N.D. She met the love of her life, Lavell Paige, at Geiger Field, Spokane, Wash., and they were married on March 7, 1948, in Greeley, Colo...

Tegan Taft Anger, 3-month-old son of Billie and Chet Anger of Bruneau, passed away at home on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Funeral services will be held at noon, Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand View. Burial will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery...

Alva Beatrice Kline, 61, of Mountain Home, passed away at her home, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Leland M. Shetler, 96, passed away at a hospital in Mountain Home on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at the American Legion Hall in Bruneau. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Michelle Gutierrez, 42, of Mountain Home, passed away at her home, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Friday, Aug. 30, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Jaye M. Houtcooper, 49, of Mountain Home, passed away at his home, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 31, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Donna Marie Venable, 73, of Mountain Home, passed away at her home on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

On Aug. 23, 2013, our sweet son and angel, Tegan, took flight back to his heavenly home. Tegan blessed our family on May 1, 2013. His journey here was short, but in that time he filled our house with unconditional love, grace and pure happiness. His darling smile was like a warm, cozy blanket that covered everything and made it better, which he shared with us often and effortlessly. ...

Jaye M. Houtcooper, age 49 of Mountain Home, died at his home on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday Aug. 31, 2013, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Jaye was born July 16, 1964, in Moline, Ill. He graduated from high school in Pipestone, Minn., and then one year later joined the U.S. Air Force, which he served 11 years. He was school and trained in electrical work...

Our beloved Michelle Grace (Jewett) Gutierrez, mother, daughter, sister and aunt, age 42 of Mountain Home, passed away on Aug. 25, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Michelle was born June 12, 1971, in Mountain Home to the proud parents of Steve Jewett and Linda Kromm...

Alva Beatrice (A. Bea) Kline, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, in Mountain Home, after a prolonged illness. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.