Stories from Monday, January 12, 2015

Helen Marie Morris Murphy, 79, died on Jan. 8, 2015, at a local hospital. For the past few years, she was a dementia resident at Cedar Crest Assisted Living. No services will be held in Mountain Home. Funeral services and burial will be held in Muncie, Ind., at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Lena Juanita Hammer, 100, of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully Jan. 10, 2015, at a local long term facility. A viewing for family and friends will be from 9-11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 16, with funeral services to follow at noon at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery will follow the service...

Paul F. Flood, 70, of King Hill, passed away Dec. 27, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at the VFW Hall in Glenns Ferry. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Paul was born July 19, 1944, to Charles and Hazel Flood. Paul was raised in Mullan, Idaho. Following graduation from high school he attended vocational training for heavy equipment operation...

Our hearts are saddened to announce that heaven has gained another angel. Gladys "Peggy" May Smith Wells Crossley, 96, passed away unexpectedly in the early morning of Jan. 8, 2015. Gladys was born April 16, 1918, to Ivyl C. and Gladys Barns Smith in Whitetail, Mont. She was the oldest and only girl of their three children. Her brothers, Buddy and Gene, preceded her in death...

Donna Jean Griffiths, 60, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at a Mountain Home care center. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., on Jan. 24, t the Cornerstone Apostolic Church, 4940 Airbase Rd., in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...