Stories from Friday, October 21, 2016

The coach for the Mountain Home Tigers' tennis team was honored by the Third District Coaches Association for Southwest Idaho as the 4A division's girls coach of the year. Tamzy House received the award during the Spring Sports Banquet, held Oct. 12 at the Rodeo Club in the Idaho Center in Nampa...

The Mountain Home Historical Society holds its annual cemetery tour from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Mountain View Cemetery. During the evening, students from Mountain Home High School's Encore Company will reenact the stories of some of the famous people buried in the cemetery, including Domingo Aguirre Sr., George Anchustegui, Charles Bartlett, Paula Aguirre Anchustegui and Nicanora Monasterio Bideganeta...

Gloria Jean DeThorne, age 75 of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at the Kuna Living Center in Kuna. A memorial service is being planned for December at the Christian and Baptist Church in Mountain Home. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Charles Barcinas Cruz was called to rest on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at the age of 54 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. Charles is predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Maria S.N. Barcinas and Antonio T. Barcinas; paternal grandparents, Soledad G. Cruz and Manuel L.G. Cruz; and mother, Rita B. Cruz...

Mary Emma Tufte Park, 88 of Mountain Home, passed on Oct. 18, 2016. Mary Mullins was born on Jan. 27, 1928, in Putnam County, Mo., to Jesse and Myrtle Mullins. At the age of one, her family moved to Grinnell, Iowa. She was the middle child of seven children. She graduated high school from Grinnell, Iowa, and on July 1945 married Curtis Dobbs. To this union were born three daughters...