Stories from Wednesday, July 2, 2003

Frank Hoskins, 59, of Mountain Home, died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident Thursday, June 26. Hoskins, operating a 1992 Harley Davidson motorcycle, was attempting to cross Airbase Road to go southbound on State Highway 51 from Elmcrest Street. Patrick Merrill, 21, from Mountain Home Air Force Base, driving a 1994 GMC Jimmy, had just exited the driveway of the Chevron station onto Airbase Road. The collision occurred in the intersection of Airbase Road and Highway 51...

Frank Hoskins, 59, of Mountain Home, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at a Boise hospital due to a motorcycle accident. Memorial services were held Tuesday, July 1, at Summers Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Frank was born May 28, 1944, in Newport, Wales, U.K., the son of Winnie and Ernest Hoskins. In 1989, he moved to Mountain Home to be with his children, Tracy, Rachel and David...

Neva Smith, 81, of Mountain Home died on Monday, June 23, 2003 at a Mountain Home care center. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Private inurnment will be held at a later date...

Manuel Pedroza, 28, of Tipanuk, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, in an automobile accident. Vigil services will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Mountain Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery...