Stories from Monday, September 9, 2013

Our loving mother, Avis J. Simmonds, 95, passed away on Sept. 4, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home on Saturday, Sept.14. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Kenneth I. Barney, 80, of Burns, Ore., formerly of Owyhee, Nev., passed away on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at a Reno, Nev., hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

In 1961 I met a beautiful young man serving in the army at Fort Bliss, TX. He was one of the kindest, gentlest, loving person I had yet to meet. We loved to ride to the top of a hill in El Paso and just sit and look at the lights of that city and also were able to see into Mexico. In the day time, you could see all of the Texas city and the dirt roads of the city of Jurez...

Donna Marie Venable, our Mom, our Nana, passed peacefully surrounded by the love of her whole family. She was born Oct. 14, 1939, in Fallon, Nev., to Bluford and Margaret Nickles. With an older and younger brother, mom spent her early years in Missouri...