Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Boise, ID, Ada County & Surrounding Areas

M. Jean Rogers

M. Jean Rogers

Margaret Jean Rogers went to meet our heavenly father on July 22, at 3:50 a.m. Jean died of natural causes and will be buried in a private ceremony at a later date. There will be a Celebration of Life to be announced. Jean was born on November 16, 1935, (she shares her birthday with her husband). She was born to...

Beverly (Wood) Warren

Beverly (Wood) Warren

Beverly (Wood) Warren, 45, of Boise, Idaho passed on Sunday June 28 th , 2020 at Saint Alphonsus Boise on Curtis Rd.

Beverly was born in Twin Falls, Idaho to Michael Glen and Barbara Loretta Wood on February 23 rd , 1975. They moved to Boise as a family in 1989....

Amelia (Millie) Ferro 1930-2020

Amelia (Millie) Ferro 1930-2020

Amelia (Millie) Ferro, 89, of Grand View, ID died Friday, June 12, 2020.

Millie was born on October 18, 1930 in Bronx, New York to Frank and Magdalena Mihal Serina. She was raised in New York City, in the Bronx. She later attended college on a scholarship from the Fashion Institute of Technology in...

Myrtle A. Whitney

Myrtle A. Whitney

Myrtle A. Whitney, 91, of Boise, Idaho died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Brookdale Independent Living Center.

Myrte (Geerhart) Whitney was born in Boise, Idaho to Margaret A. and William F. Geerhart on September 10, 1928 in Boise, Idaho. Her family moved to Oregon when she was a baby. They returned...

Loree Lyman

Loree Lyman

LoRee Lyman , 86, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, peacefully passed away at home on June 20,2020 of natural causes. Floy (LoRee) Smith was born June 5, 1934 in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, to Collis and Verda Smith, LoRee was the youngest of three children with two older brothers Joseph (Joe) and Dene. LoRee grew up and attended school...

Bill Box

Bill Box

Bill Box, 83, of Boise, died on June 14, 2020 at a local hospital.

Bill was born on February 9, 1937 in Nucla, Colorado to Marcus and Ethel Box.

He married Shirlene on October 20, 1968 in Elko, Nevada.

Bill resided...

Bruce William Carman

Bruce William Carman

Bruce William Carman, age 80, of Meridian, ID passed into heaven June 14, 2020 at 13:45 at the Boise VA Medical Center from complications of Melanoma Cancer.

Bruce was born June 28, 1939 to...

Barbara Ellen Lewis

Barbara Ellen Lewis

Barbara Ellen Lewis, of Nampa, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 in a local assisted living facility. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.

Barbara was born November 3, 1942, in Parthenon, Arkansas, to Dorlin Harris and Erma Holcomb Harris. She grew up and graduated...

Junko Perryman 1931 - 2020

Junko Perryman 1931 - 2020

Junko Perryman, born March 22, 1931, passed from this earth to continue onto a new life in heaven on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Junko was born, as the eldest child, into a loving and happy family that owned and operated restaurants in Nagoya, Japan. In March 1945, all their earthly possessions...

Marie Ann (Konkol) Lopac 1962 ~ 2020

Marie Ann (Konkol) Lopac 1962 ~ 2020

In early February, 2020, Marie was diagnosed with stage four Adenocarcinoma. Cancer. "Will I partner with fear or will I take down Goliath,” she asked with the same fire in her spirit that she'd shown so many times before. In the months between then and that rainy day in May, when the cancer made its final play, her strength dwindled,...

Ronnie Ray Riley

Ronnie Ray Riley

Ronnie Ray Riley was born August 19, 1949 in Norwood Missouri to Bonnel (Heard) and Tom Riley. The family moved to Idaho from Nebraska when Ron was in high school. Ron loved living in Idaho, Salmon and Lowman were the places he called home. His body succumbed to necrotizing pneumonia at a local hospital in...

Luetta E. Burrell

Luetta E. Burrell

Luetta was born in rural Nebraska and lived there until her teen years when the entire family packed up, headed west, and settled in Boise. She graduated from Boise High School, and at the end of WWII, she met and married Richard (Dick) Burrell who was stationed at Gowen Field. Two years later, they started their family with their firstborn,...

Dee R. Woodland

Dee R. Woodland

Dee R. Woodland died on May 21, 2020 in Boise, Idaho. He was born on June 22, 1937 and raised by Richard and Ivy Woodland in Inkom, Idaho. He was adored and at times tolerated by his three sisters – Olive, Doreen, and Gayla. He teased his youngest sister, Gayla, relentlessly. He was known for his shenanigans and often colorful...

John C. “Joe” Conway

John C. “Joe” Conway

John C. “Joe” Conway, 92, of Boise, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at his home of natural causes. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. At his request, no services will be held. Joe was born on July 13, 1927 in Berlin, New Hampshire to Henry Phillip Conway and Frances Cecilia Marshall Conway. After...

Janet Yvonne Peck

Janet Yvonne Peck

Janet Yvonne Peck, 61, of Boise, Idaho went home to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ April 21, 2020. Janet was born June 1, 1958 in Boise, Idaho, the youngest of two daughters of Harold and Letha Williams. She graduated from Capital High School in 1976, then attended Boise State and graduated in 1980 with a Bachelors of Business...

Elsie Sande Albertsen Prohaska 1924 ~ 2020

Elsie Sande Albertsen Prohaska 1924 ~ 2020

Elsie Sande Albertsen Prohaska peacefully died on Saturday, April 11, 2020, at the age of 96. Born on February 11, 1924, Elsie was the 10th child born to Ben and Elida Sande, emigrants to Iowa from Norway. All of her siblings have preceded her in death, how ever, she has many surviving nieces and nephews, most of whom are in...

Dick Brooks Richards

Dick Brooks Richards

Dick Brooks Richards was born December 9, 1940 to Wayne & Martha Richards. He passed away at home on April 18, 2020 at 79 years old. He grew up with his older brother Bill & younger sister Marie in Hailey, Idaho. Dick attended school in Hailey & Boise. After moving to Boise, he started his grocery store career, working in...

Naomi Fields

Naomi Fields

Surrounded by her family in a circle of love, Naomi Lucile Fields passed peacefully from this life to the next on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Naomi (or Nomi to her family) was born August 27, 1945, to Elbert and Lucile Fretwell. She grew up in the North End of Boise with her siblings David, Marilyn, and Rosie. She graduated...

Joseph (Joe) S. Munson

Joseph (Joe) S. Munson

On April 2, 2020, Joseph (Joe) Shear Munson lost his battle with lung cancer. Joe was born in Portland, Oregon on April 9, 1948. He was the second son of Jasper Paul Munson, M.D. and Ellen Shear Munson. He grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, influenced by family farm lifestyle he shared with his 7 siblings, parents, and maternal grandparent. He...

Kirby Scott Dawson Jr.

Kirby Scott Dawson Jr.

Kirby Scott Dawson Jr. passed away peacefully after a short illness, the evening of Friday, March 20, 2020, in Boise, Idaho, with his loving daughter, Christa, by his side. Born August 17, 1934 to Kirby Scott Dawson Sr. and Eleanor Jean Dawson. Kirby grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a child of the depression, and lived through...