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Wanda M. Cole
Mar 16, 2026
Wanda Marie Cole (Rawlings), of Meridian, Idaho, passed away peacefully at the age of 100 on March 16, 2026, in her home.
Wanda was born in Boise, Idaho, and spent her childhood and formative years in Meridian, where she graduated from Meridian High School in 1944. As a young woman, she worked at the local theater and at Meridian Drug pharmacy.
Following...
Patricia Bock Crandall
Mar 16, 2026
Patti passed away on Monday, March 16, 2026 in Meridian, Idaho. She was born on September 11, 1932 in Boise, Idaho at Booth Memorial Hospital. She was adopted by Calvin and Thelma Pease of Caldwell. She was raised and educated in Caldwell, Idaho.
She worked at the telephone company after graduating. She then moved to Boise and started working for her...
Marian Joyce Forrey
Mar 14, 2026
Marian Joyce Forrey went home to Jesus Christ our Lord on March 14, 2026 at age 94 to be reunited with her beloved husband Clarence Forrey and her dear granddaughter.
A celebration of her life memorial service will be held at Engage Boise, 270 E. Pennsylvania Street in Boise, on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Arrangements are under the...
Richard A. Korte
Mar 10, 2026
Richard Ailing Korte was born January 5, 1936, at Oakwood Stork Nest Hospital (seriously, people) in Inglewood California. He was the second of three sons born to Virginia and Herbert Korte and grew up in Los Angeles. Delivering the LA Times, beekeeping and caddying (thus his hatred of golf) were early pursuits. From his report card: "Richard reads gun and...
John Paul Herron
Mar 8, 2026
John Paul Herron, age 88, died at home in Boise, ID on March 8, 2026. Born August 10, 1937, in Kansas City, MO, and adopted by Charles and Ruth (Henger) Herron, John spent his childhood in a suburb of St. Louis and later moved to Cleveland, where he graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1955.
John’s storied retail career took...
Ruth Anne Borders
Mar 5, 2026
Our beautiful Ruth crossed over Jordan on March 5, 2026, after complications from cancer. She was 81, just a couple of months shy of her 82nd birthday.
Ruth Anne was born on May 22, 1944, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Marjorie Holtzendorff Duckett and Jefferson Gassaway Duckett. She shared her birthday with her father and was the eldest of four siblings. Her father was a...
Karen Dempster
Mar 3, 2026
Karen Lindhartsen Dempster passed away peacefully on March 3, 2026, in the presence of family. She was born on August 10, 1942, in Seattle, Washington, to Ogden and Mary Lindhartsen. Shortly thereafter, her family moved to Aberdeen, Idaho, where her parents ran a family store.
Karen was the third oldest of eight children. Her siblings are Larry, Gary, Greg, John, Kathy,...
Kim Mark
Feb 23, 2026
Kim Lynette Mark, 69, passed away peacefully, surrounded by a room full of family and loved ones, on February 23, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Kim was born on June 11, 1956, in Lynwood, California, to Doris Fox and Furman “Bud” Fox. She was the only daughter of Bud and Doris and grew up in Bellflower, California, alongside her...
Eric Francis Holt
Feb 23, 2026
Eric Francis Holt, age 92, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2026 in Boise, Idaho.
Eric was born on October 7, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to William Francis Holt and Irma Erekson Holt. He was the second of thirteen children. As a teenager, he worked on the Erekson ranch. He graduated from East High School in 1951.
Eric married Marlene...
Michael Dennis Kobold
Feb 20, 2026
Michael Dennis Kobold was born April 16,1952, to Clifford Johnson and Lenore Kobold Johnson in Billings, Montana. Michael grew up in rural Montana near Laurel, MT with six other siblings. He spent his summers on the Montana ranch of his grandparents, Elmer “Slim” and Rose Kobold.
Michael attended Canyon Creek Elementary and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Billings, MT....
Thelma J. Allphin
Feb 20, 2026
Thelma J. (Kriegbaum) Allphin, 92, passed away February 20, 2026. Thelma was born on May 20, 1933 in Boise, Idaho; the first of three children to Fred and Rose Kriegbaum. She grew up in the Boise-Meridian area and graduated from Meridian High School. She married Ted Allphin on September 1, 1951 and they were blessed with over 63 years together...
Stanley D. Crow
2026
Stanley D. Crow passed away peacefully at home at age 83 on Thursday, February 19, 2026, following a brief illness. He was surrounded by the family he loved so dearly.
Stanley was born in Paxton, Nebraska where he graduated as valedictorian from high school. He graduated Suma Cum Laude from Northwest Nazarene College in 1964 and Harvard Law School in 1967....
Ruth Marie Fultz Gillette
Feb 18, 2026
Ruth Marie Fultz was born to Dilla Hazel and Carter Fultz on December 11, 1926 at Ottawa, Kansas. Though she spent most of her early years in Kansas, she graduated from West Aurora, Illinois high school during World War II. She met Jack Gillette at Purdue University after the war. They married in 1947, moving to Idaho in 1952, where...
Kenneth James Morrison
Feb 16, 2026
Our beloved father, Rev. Kenneth James Morrison, surrounded by his loving family, entered his heavenly home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on February 16, 2026, Ken was born on February 26, 1942, at his family home in Versailles Boro, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Norwin High School in 1960 with a full scholarship to play football...
Connie Elizabeth Weaver
Feb 9, 2026
My Life – As I Knew It
Books and chocolate, chocolate and books – equally loved by me, but not to be devoured at the same time. You knew that. All part of the rules, if you borrowed a book from me. Thou shalt not eat while reading. Nor bring any liquid near the written word; no tea, wine, coffee, bath...
Louis "Mac" Oliver McGinley
Feb 8, 2026
Louis “Mac”, 89, passed on February 8, 2026. Funeral services will be held at Alden- Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise, on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Dry Creek Cemetery. A reception will be at Banbury Golf Course at 2 pm in Eagle, ID.
Mac’s life was full of opportunities and challenges and he learned from all...
Patrick Duane Elwood
Jan 31, 2026
Patrick “Pat” Elwood, 84, of Meridian, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Pat was born on February 9, 1941 in Riverside, California to Samuel and Viola (Cooper) Elwood. He graduated from high school in Perris, California, and attended college in Los Angeles, California.
He married Barbara in Sunnymead, California on June 4, 1963.
Pat moved to Idaho 6 years ago from Fresno,...
Roger John Day
Jan 23, 2026
Roger was born in Boise, Idaho to Robert L Day and Charlotte L. Day.
Bob and Charlotte took their beautiful baby boy home and put him under the Christmas Tree for his Sister Pamela Sue (Pavelek) and his brother Timothy Robert. Tim had given them explicit instructions to bring home a Boy one or bring home nothing! Roger spent 69 years...
Gregory Eugene McCarthy
Jan 23, 2026
Our sweet father, Greg McCarthy, went to be with our Lord on Friday, January 23, 2026 of natural causes. A celebration of life will be held this summer. Please check back for date, time and location.
Gregory Eugene McCarthy was born on January 17, 1949 in Boise, Idaho to Ambrose “Andy” Matthias McCarthy and Dorothy Zamzow McCarthy. He came home from...
Donna Lee Cribbs
Jan 20, 2026
Donna Lee Cribbs, 87, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2026, in Boise, Idaho. She was born on February 4, 1938, in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, and lived a life marked by deep faith, generous love, and extraordinary hospitality.
Donna was the beloved wife of the late Robert (Bob) William Cribbs Jr., whom she married in 1957. Together they built a life rooted...
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