Stories from Monday, January 6, 2014

Pamella K. Braithwaite, 60, of Mountain Home, passed away at a Boise care center on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Teresa Dawn Goodman, 44, of Waverly, W. Va., died Jan. 2, 2014, at Eagle Pointe. She was born Sept. 16, 1969, in Parkersburg, W. Va., and was a school teacher working in many areas, including Mountain Home, Idaho, and lastly for the Wood County Board of Education...

Arlene Griggs, 47, of Mountain Home, passed away on Jan. 2, 2014, due to medical complications at St. Luke's Elmore, Services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home in Mountain Home. Arlene was born on April 12, 1966, in Caldwell, Idaho, to Beverly Shattuck and Ted Griggs. Arlene was the oldest of three...

Judith L. Whitaker, 70, of Hammett, passed away on Dec. 19, 2013, at her home following an illness. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., on Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2425 American Legion Blvd., in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Leo Ervin McGhee, 67, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at a Boise hospital. A rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Rost funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11: a.m., at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry on Thursday, Jan. 9. Burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery, Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMunrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

The next megaload is currently in Elmore County above Cat Creek Summit. The roughly two-lane 450-ton oversized load of evaporators for a tar sands operations in Canada is expected to follow roughly the same route the first megaload took during the first trip through the area last week...