Stories from Monday, March 11, 2013

Jetta Brown Graybeal, 86, of Featherville, Idaho, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at Warrensburg Manor Care Center in Warrensburg, Mo. Jetta was born July 30, 1926, in Sapulpa, Okla. She moved to Idaho in 1963 and considered herself an "Idahoan" from that time forward...

Helga H. McCoy, 80, a long-time resident of Mountain Home, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 8, 2013. Helga was born March 21, 1932, in Recklinghausen, Germany, to Joseph and Marie (Guntermann) Piasecki. Helga married Joseph McCoy on May 5, 1952, in Germany. Helga came with her husband to Mountain Home, Idaho, in 1970...

Dr. Robert L. Colson, "Pastor Bob," 66, of Mountain Home, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013, at a local hospital. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, March 18, at Open Door Fellowship, 410 E. 2nd North St., in Mountain Home. Inurnment will be held at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise at a later date. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Elsworth Lee Sievers, 71, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on March 8, 2013, after 24 years of battling cancer. His loving family was by his side. A viewing will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2013, from 4- 7 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. On Thursday, March 14, at the Glenns Ferry Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a viewing will be held from 9:45-10:45 a.m. with funeral services at 11 a.m.. Burial with military honors will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery...

Paula T. Ashby, 85, of Bruneau, passed away at her home on March 11, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Retired Master Sergeant Joseph George Howard, Jr,, 66, of Mountain Home, passed away at home on March 6, 2013. A memorial service will be held at the Idaho State Veteran's Cemetery in Boise on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 2 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Nathaniel S. Schlesinger, 16, of Mountain Home, died on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.