Obituaries

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

Nancie Marie Williams

Nancie Marie Williams

Nancie Marie Williams went to heaven on Friday, 1/26/18 after a short battle with cancer. Born Nellie Marie Rush in Blackfoot, ID, she was later adopted by Harold and Thelma Gribbin of Weiser, ID and they renamed her Nancy Marie Gribbin.  After graduating from Ontario High School in 1948, she studied Nursing at the University of Oregon.  During her internship...

Clyde Porter

Clyde Porter

Clyde was born November 14, 1938 near Picabo, Idaho to Chester, "Chet", and Eunice Porter. He grew up in the Wood River Valley of Idaho attending schools in that area. He learned to ski at Sun Valley and worked in the lodge as a teenager. He came to Boise in 1955 and met Mary Christine Henrichs. They were married on...

John J. Dawson (“Jack”)

John J. Dawson (“Jack”)

John J. Dawson (“Jack”), 83, died at his home Monday, January 22, 2018. Jack often said that everyone has a story, and it is always one worth telling. This is Jack Dawson’s story. On October 12 (the day he liked to say that all great things were discovered), 1934, John J. Dawson, Jr., was born in Baltimore, Maryland, son of...

Richard M. “Dick” Steele

Richard M. “Dick” Steele

Richard M. “Dick” Steele 1947 – 2017 Dick Steele, 70, beloved husband, family member and friend, died suddenly Dec. 17, 2017 at home of natural causes. His death has left his family and friends grieving but grateful for the joyous years they shared with him. Dick was born on a blustery January 26, 1947, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to George...

James William Jenkins

James William Jenkins

James William Jenkins, 76, of Boise, ID, formerly of West Union, OH, died on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at the caring and loving community of Overland Court Memory Care in Boise, ID. He was born on January 29, 1941, in Berryville, Va. to Roosevelt (Jinx) Jenkins and Hazel Dodson Jenkins. He was a 1959 graduate and varsity football player of...

Barbara Lou Segal Allen

Barbara Lou Segal Allen

On March 11, 1927 a baby girl was born to Veda Byington Segal and Lou Segal in a small country cottage in Burley, Idaho. Barbara Lou Segal Allen grew up loving her years in the cottage and later in the home above the Segal Dry Cleaners and Tailor Shop in the town of Burley. The stories she shared with her...

Eva Opal Heffner Helton, 93

Eva Opal Heffner Helton, 93

October 5, 1924 - January 11, 2018 Eva was born in Elk City, Oregon on October 5, 1924 to Wanda Ellen Dodds Heffner and Earl Cedric Heffner. The family was there for work at a logging camp. They returned to the family homestead at Eagle, Idaho in November, 1925 and she spent her childhood there. From 1945 to 1955, Eva...

Robert Clair Crandall

Robert Clair Crandall

Robert Clair Crandall was born May19, 1947 to Raymond & Esther Crandall. He was born in Newark Valley, New York at home. Bob lived his life chasing adventures. He was the strongest man with the softest, biggest heart. That heart showed true when Bob met the love of his life, Maxine V Northup and weeks later they were married on...

Jack Arthur Taddicken, Sr.

Jack Arthur Taddicken, Sr.

Jack Arthur Taddicken, Sr., passed away peacefully in his sleep and into the presence of his savior, Jesus Christ, in the early morning hours of January 4, 2018, at the age of 97. Jack was the last surviving child of 12 born to Edward Albert and Gertrude Lewellen Taddicken. Jack was born on March 22, 1920. As a teenager in...

Sharon Louise Baker 1940-2017

Sharon Louise Baker 1940-2017

Sharon Louise Baker, age 77, resident of Boise, Idaho passed away at her home on December 23, 2017. She was born on February 27, 1940 in Boise, Idaho to Arthur and Elsie Johnsmeyer. She took her career in the financial industry very seriously until her retirement in 2009 from Amresco. After retirement, she put her heart and soul into the...

Rhonda Jeanne (Bates) Marlow

Rhonda Jeanne (Bates) Marlow

Rhonda Marlow, 67, long time resident of Boise Idaho, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 as St. Luke’s Hospital. She was surrounded by friends and family, and love and laughter when she passed. Rhonda was the 3 rd child of Jay and Jeanne Bates. She was born in Coeur d Alene, Idaho on October 12, 1950. She lived in Moscow,...

Jackson Thomas Loveless

Jackson Thomas Loveless

Jackson Thomas Loveless, age 14, passed away at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City on December 3, 2017. Jackson was born in Boise, ID where he lived for a few years until he moved to Caldwell with his parents. Jackson and his parents later moved to Wasilla, Alaska where his dad established a construction business. When Jackson was four...

Harry Leroy Johnson

Harry Leroy Johnson

Harry Leroy Johnson, 83, died December 1, 2017, at his assisted living home in Garden City, Idaho. Born at home in Fairfield, Idaho, on April 26, 1934, Harry was the youngest of seven children of John Luther Johnson and Edith May Edwards. An athlete most of his life, Harry played basketball, football and pole vaulting at Gooding Junior High. At...

Doris Jean Fox

Doris Jean Fox

Doris Jean Fox, 86, was born on August 12, 1931 in Sterling, CO. She passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones on November 29, 2017. She is preceded in death by her husband Furman "Bud" Lee Fox, 3 sisters, and 2 brothers. She is survived by her brother Les and wife Barbara; sister-in-law, Barb; children, Doug, Kim, David, and Dennis, their...

Virginia A. Hartman

Virginia A. Hartman

Virginia A. Hartman, 96, of Boise, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at MorningStar Senior Living of Boise. A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 1, at 2 p.m. at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. Virginia was born in Elgin Illinois. She graduated from Elgin High School and then attended and graduated with her teaching degree from Illinois...

Dennis A. Coughlin

Dennis A. Coughlin

Dennis A. Coughlin, of Boise, died at 7:02 p.m. Saturday, November 26, 2017 from injuries sustained in a fall.  He was born August 31, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan where he grew up.  He served in the United States Air Force from 1966-1970 and retired from Ford Motor Company after 33 years of service.  Dennis was an avid runner and until...

Paul Francis Cripps

Paul Francis Cripps

Paul Francis Cripps passed away on Sunday November 26th in Boise Idaho at the age of 80.  He was born in Pittsfield, MA at home on April 10, 1937.  As a child he worked at the neighborhood grocery store in Dalton MA.  He later joined the Air Force at the age of 18.  He was stationed at Mountain Home Air...

Faye A. Williams (Sam)

Faye A. Williams (Sam)

Faye A. Williams (Sam) died November 26, 2017 in McCall, Idaho at the age of 93. Faye was born May 20, 1924 in Emmett, Idaho to Edward and Delilah Oberst, the youngest of 8 siblings. She was always the baby sister – no matter how old she got! Her father died when she was 2, leaving her mother to raise...

Benita I. Yunek

Benita I. Yunek

Benita I. Yunek Born to Mr. Glenn Banks and Mrs. Ethel (Schoonmaker) Banks in Irene, Illinois on July 2, 1934. Married to William S. Yunek on January 20, 1956 in Cherry Valley Methodist Church in Cherry Valley, Illinois. Her husband was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Darmstadt, W. Germany, came home to be married, returned to Darmstadt, where...

Geraldine Elizabeth Meuser

Geraldine Elizabeth Meuser

July 19, 1922 - November 12, 2017 Geraldine (Gerie) Elizabeth Meuser, 95, of Boise, passed away on Sunday, November 12 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center surrounded by family. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, November 26th, 2017 at Parkview Christian Church in Meridian at 2 p.m. Gerie was born on July 19th, 1922 in Kersei, Colorado to Herbert...