Juanita Peirce

Juanita Lee Peirce, 96, of Mountain Home, passed peacefully away on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at St. Luke's Elmore hospital.

Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Juanita was born June 11, 1918, in Stratford, Okla., to William and Voisa Strickland.

Juanita married Andrew Peirce in Lawton, Okla., on June 10, 1936.

Andrew and Juanita had four children, Bobby, Glenda, Joyce and Brenda.

Juanita and family moved to Oregon in 1953 from Oklahoma. They lived in Lakeview, Ore., and Burns, Ore., until Andrew passed away in 1986.

She then moved to Mountain Home until August 2013. She then moved to Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry, until her passing.

The family would like to thank the staff of Poplar Grove for the wonderful, special care they gave our mother.

Juanita loved to be a homemaker, quilting and word search puzzles. Those were her favorite hobbies.

She is survived by one son, Bobby (Carolyn) Peirce of Glenns Ferry, three daughters, Glenda Beebe of Central Point, Ore., Joyce (Roy) Hurley of Mountain Home and Brenda Nutter of Chilicothe, Texas. She had 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren and many, many friends.

There was a private celebration of her life at the home of Roy and Joyce Hurley.

She will be greatly missed.