Stories from Monday, April 15, 2013

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...