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Larry (Lawrence Dale) Van Cleef
Larry (Lawrence Dale) Van Cleef passed away Saturday November 26th of natural causes. He was born April 29th, 1939 to JD and Blanche Van Cleef in Burns Oregon. Larry had an older brother, Ron. The two of them competed in everything they could, including things like hiking 29 miles from Warm Lake to Highway 55. Legend has it that the...
Gerald “Jerry” Ward
Gerald Eldon Ward “Jerry” was born in Portland, OR on December 10, 1923 to Gerald “Babe” Ward and Vida Cole Ward of Eagle and Star area. He graduated from Star and Eagle schools in 1941 and joined the Navy during World War II. During World War II he was stationed in the South Pacific on a mine sweeper. Upon his...
Lila May (Benedict) Renk
Lila May (Benedict) Renk died peacefully at home at the age of 94, on October 21, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Lila was born at home to Ralph and Cordie (Burton) Benedict on April 16, 1922. She grew up on the family farm near Rupert, Idaho, the second of three children. When she was just five, Lila’s older sister,...
Ethel Irene Newcomb
Ethel was born in Hiawatha, Nebraska on February 4, 1919 to Frank Nelson and Elda Perdue Nelson. She was the eldest of three siblings, brothers James and Cecil Nelson and sister Fay Boucher. Ethel married Dorence Newcomb and through this union five children were born. The family moved from Cambridge, Nebraska to Boise in 1950. Ethel was a waitress at...
Ramona Anderton
Ramona Anderton, a long-time resident of Boise, passed away on Sunday, October 30th surrounded by her loving family. Ramona was born on February 25, 1929 in Circleville, UT, the daughter of Frank and Louise Weaver. Ramona married Thomas Anderton on May 14, 1945. They moved to Boise in 1953 where they raised four children, which she would tell you was...
Luella Mae Janson
Luella Mae Janson, 98, passed away peacefully in her home at Grace Assisted Living on Saturday morning, October 22, 2016. Luella was born on March 3, 1918, in Meridian, Idaho. She was one of four siblings born to Albert and June Neal. Luella leaves behind an incredible legacy that inspired everyone she came in contact with. Luella grew up in...

Mary Agnes Chavis Morrison
Mary Agnes Chavis Morrison was the wife of 54 years of Michael K Morrison. She was the 1st born of Herman and Maude Chavis, followed by sister, Martha Sue and brother, Billy Herman. Although neither was religious, they both attended Memphis’ First Baptist Church to meet men/women. That’s where she met Mike, then a Marine Corps PFC. Despite her Arkansas/Louisiana...
Walter Andrew Stone (Andy)
Andy passed away peacefully at his home on October 11, 2016, after fighting a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Boise to Walt and Lois Stone on October 12, 1946. He attended Boise schools and graduated from Borah High in 1964. He graduated from ISU where he was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Andy loved...

Horace James (Jim) Baugh
Horace James (Jim) Baugh passed away, at home, on Friday, October 21, 2016. Jim was born the 2nd of July, 1938 to Harry Garnett and Edith (Shumate) Baugh. He was raised on the family ranch in Shoshone, Idaho and graduated from Shoshone High in 1956. He joined the US Marine Corps in November of 1956. His training was in aviation...
Robert (Bob) Pond
Robert (Bob) Pond, 90, of Boise, passed away at home on Saturday, October 29th. Bob was born at Pond’s Lodge in Island Park, Idaho on June 10, 1926 to Angus and Rella Pond. He was raised with his three sisters, Gloria, Virginia and Marilyn, in Blackfoot and Idaho Falls. After graduating from Idaho Falls High School in 1944, he joined...

Faye Lucille Milliken Ramey
Faye Ramey passed away peacefully Saturday, September 10, 2016 at home. A memorial service will be held for Faye at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 17th at Bridgepoint Church, 2530 S. Broadway. Pastor Jeff Love will officiate, followed by a private interment at Morris Hill Cemetery. Faye was born to Leroy Lloyd and Ida Louise (Smith) Milliken in Boise, Idaho...

Charlotte D. Stotler
Charlotte D. Stotler, 92, of Boise, Idaho, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, October 7th, in the Alden-Waggoner Chapel. Burial will follow immediately at Dry Creek Cemetery. Rev. Jackie Holland of the Center for Spiritual Living will officiate. Charlotte was born May 24, 1924, in Pocatello, to Mark...

Ryan Blaine Johnson
Ryan Blaine Johnson, 48, of Eagle, Idaho, went home to be with the Lord Jesus on the morning of October 9, 2016. Ryan was born March 22, 1968 in Boise, Idaho to Walter E. Johnson and Sharon C. (Cox) Dammeir. Ryan was preceded in death by his father, Walter E. Johnson. He leaves behind his wife, Cindy R. Johnson and...

Jessie Roberts
Jessie Roberts, 95, of Boise, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016. She was born Jessie Maude Little in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 25, 1920 to Charles Leon and Maude Saurage Little. Her family included her brothers and sisters, William Kimball Little, Charles Leon Little, Doris Mary Little and Harriet Catherine Whittington. Jessie attended Louisiana State University and graduated with...

George Owen Caesar
George Owen Caesar (nearly 98 years) passed away on October 5, 2016 at the Idaho State Veteran’s Home in Boise. George was born on November 29, 1918 in Helena, MT to Charles T. Caesar and Nancy Perry Caesar. George was an explorer, fisherman, hunter, cowboy, miner and “Jack of all trades”. He married Mary Alice Atkinson in August of 1942...
Kathy (Kathleen) Slemons Lee
Kathy (Kathleen) Slemons Lee danced her way to heaven on October 8 , 2016 in her home in Boise, ID. Kathy was born in Wendell, ID on March 29, 1949 to Fred and Marion Slemons of Jerome, ID. Kathy owned and operated the Kathy Lee School of Dance in Boise for 24 years. In those 24 years and beyond Kathy...

Marilyn York Rose
On August 21, Marilyn joined her beloved Earl forever, passing away peacefully, surrounded by family. Marilyn was born February 3, 1931 to Fred York and Helene Hansen York at St. Luke’s in downtown Boise. She had one older brother, James York. She and her brother grew up in the North End of Boise and she spent most of her life...

Angela Mary Lind
Angela Mary Lind of Boise, Idaho died peacefully on July 28, 2016. Angela was born in Meyer, Iowa, the daughter of Anton J. Wagner and Isabel Wagner on February 8, 1926. She graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing Rochester, Minnesota in 1947 and worked as a registered nurse in Minnesota, Montana, and New Mexico. On June 24, 1950,...

Paulette Fortuneé Fuller
Our mother, grandmother, gg, tata/auntie and friend Paulette Fortuneé Fuller, 94, of Boise, passed away Sept. 19, 2016 at home. Paulette was born June 13, 1922 in Algeria French North Africa to Emile and Emilie (Sebeoun) AbenDanan. At an early age, Paulette’s family moved to Algiers, where she spent her formative years. In her teens, she developed her skill at...

Edna Mae “Daisy” Ramsey-Porter
Edna Mae “Daisy” Ramsey-Porter died peacefully in her home on August 29, 2016 in Nampa, Idaho at the age of 93. Daisy was born on May 29, 1923 in Burwell, Nebraska, to her parents, John E. Johnson and Edith I. South. Daisy is survived by her children, CC “Bob” Ramsey and Kay Lynn Shell; by her step children, Bob Porter,...
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