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

Robert (Bob) Dean Herndon

Robert (Bob) Dean Herndon

Robert (Bob) Dean Herndon passed away peacefully Sunday March 26, 2017 as the sun was rising in Weiser Idaho where he resided. Bob passed from this life to the next after a short illness, at his home, with his wife of sixty-one years and his youngest son by his side. He was 81 years old. Bob was born in Eureka...

Anna Marie Anderson

Anna Marie Anderson

Anna Marie Anderson, known best as Ann, passed away in Boise on Friday, March 24, 2017. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 4848 N Five Mile Rd, Boise, ID 83713. A reception will follow the service. Burial will be at Dry creek Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral...

Joanne Allen

Joanne Allen

JoAnne Allen was born January 29, 1943 in Jerome Idaho, the oldest child and only daughter of Paul and Susie Herron. They moved to Glens Ferry Idaho where she spent her early childhood. She gained two little brothers, Tommy and Joel Herron. She told us stories of driving the garbage truck for her dad when she was 8 years old...

Richard Lee Whipple

Richard Lee Whipple

Whipple, Richard Lee, 49, of Boise, died on Sunday, March 12, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 22 , at Ten Mile Christian Church, 3500 W Franklin Rd , Meridian. A committal service with military honors will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery.   Cremation was under the direction...

Judie A. Salzwedel Brown

Judie A. Salzwedel Brown

Judith Ann Salzwedel Brown, 77 of Boise, ID. passed away after a courageous battle with Lewey Body Dementia and went to join her savior Jesus Christ on March 6, 2017, in Boise, ID. Burial will be held March 11, 2017 at 11 am at Dry Creek Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on Sunday March 12, at 11 am...

Michael Edward Korsmeyer

Michael Edward Korsmeyer

Michael Edward Korsmeyer, 69, of Boise died on February 22, 2017 in his home. Michael was born October 19, 1947 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Doris (Netherland) and Henry G. Korsmeyer. The family later moved to Boise and Michael graduated from Borah High School. He married Linda M. Korsmeyer on February 12, 1987 in Boise, Idaho. Michael enjoyed fishing, hunting, motorcycles,...

Betty Louise Duggan

Betty Louise Duggan

Betty was born on April 11 1927 in Council Idaho to Gerald F. and Emily E. Trayler. She grew up in Council, and Pendleton, Oregon, and then later moved to Tracey, California where she attended Tracy Union High School. She was a talented artist and played the saxophone in the Balboa High marching band. During WWII, she further developed her...

Beverley Hayes Koll

Beverley Hayes Koll

Beverley H. Koll passed away peacefully of natural causes on February 15, 2017. She was born July 13, 1928 in Boise, Idaho; a daughter of Jack and Geneva Hayes. Bev graduated from Boise High School in 1946 and later attended Boise Junior College and the University of Idaho, where she excelled in having a full social life filled with many...

Cheryl Lynn Heffner (Spriggs)

Cheryl Lynn Heffner (Spriggs)

On February 15, 2017 at 5:45pm, after a short battle with colon cancer, Cheryl stepped across the threshold from earth to heaven and went to be with her Lord and savior. She was greatly loved by her family and many friends, and will be missed immensely. Cheryl was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on February 28, 1952, the first born to...

Carole Jean Clark

Carole Jean Clark

Carole Jean Clark, 85, of Garden City, died on February 8, 2017 at home. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. Carole was born in Boise, on July 21, 1931 to Leonard Leitzke and Bessie Irene Penninger (Dunn). She attended North Jr. High School and graduated from Boise, High....

Neal Visser

Neal Visser

Neal was born on March 30, 1943 in Los Angeles to Fred Visser and Frieda Ernestine (Neal) Visser. His full name was Frederick Neal Visser. He walked into Heaven on February 11, 2017 in the early morning hours in Caldwell ID. He was one of four children – Marilyn (Marlie) Hansen, Dorothy (Mieke) Visser and Dave Visser (wife Kathy). Neal’s...

Dwayne Spangler

Dwayne Spangler

Dwayne Spangler, 88, passed away peacefully at home on February, 2, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Dwayne was born May 18, 1928, one of seven children to Earl & Jenny Spangler in Champion, Nebraska. The family relocated to Hammett when Dwayne was a child and he attended school in Glenns Ferry. As a young adult and father, Dwayne enjoyed...

Patricia (Patti) Stedtnitz

Patricia (Patti) Stedtnitz

Patricia Josephine Stedtnitz, 74, was born September 3, 1942 in Holdrege Nebraska. She was raised in a loving home by her parents with her brothers and sister. Her parents raised her and her siblings in the catholic faith and she attended catholic school. Faith, hope, and love were the tenements that she found refuge in. They were the principles she...

Zack H. Watson

Zack H. Watson

Zack H. Watson, 38, passed away suddenly at his home in Eagle, ID on February 9, 2017. Zack was born on July 29, 1978 to Bruce and Gail Watson in Boise, ID.  Zack loved baseball and was the pitcher at Centennial High School where he graduated.  After graduation Zack worked as an electrician in Alaska, North Dakota and Idaho. Zack's...

Aurelia Ann Groves

Aurelia Ann Groves

Aurelia Ann Diffendaffer Groves Aurelia Ann was good enough for an old gal with a young heart. After 65 years, that young heart gave out Sunday February 5th due to pancreatic cancer. Her mottos in later life include: Ya gotta make your own party! There’s a pony in there somewhere! It’s a Beautiful Day! With Grace and Tenacity: To Face...

Frank Malinowski Jr

Frank Malinowski Jr

Frank Malinowski JR, age 79, passed away February 2, 2017 in Meridian Idaho.  Frank was born in Detroit Michigan to Frank & Elizabeth Malinowski.  Frank grew up in Detroit with an engineering mind, and love of music.  Jazz in particular. He attended college at Lawrence Institute of Technology in Michigan where he acquired three separate engineering degrees.  His first engineering...

Edwin Joseph Silvers

Edwin Joseph Silvers

Edwin Joseph Silvers (December 3, 1915 to January 22, 2017) E.J. was born on December 3, 1915 at home, on the north side of Chicago, across from Wrigley field. He was a life time fan of the Chicago Cub baseball team. His parents were Joseph Charles Silvers and mother Selma "Sally" Ida Silvers. He had his own band when he...

Jack Owen Bailey, Jr.

Jack Owen Bailey, Jr.

Jack Owen Bailey, Jr., 75, passed away January 24, 2017 at home in Boise/Idaho City. Jack was born August 25, 1941 in Upland, California. Jack is survived by his wife, Rosemary, four step sons, Steven, Scott and Shaun Murdock and Dale Harless; grandchildren, Joshua, Sarah, Kevin, David, and Riva Murdock; and two great granddaughters, Haven and Scarlett. No services are...

Darrell Earl Leatham

Darrell Earl Leatham

Darrell Earl Leatham 80, passed away January 15th in the arms of his beloved wife. Darrell was born March 21, 1936 in Hagerman to Earl & Esther Leatham. He attended school in Hagerman and graduated with an architectural degree from Idaho State University in 1959. In 1963 at only 27 years old, he started his own business and his venture...

Doris Lloyd (Shaw) Mauk

Doris Lloyd (Shaw) Mauk

Doris Lloyd (Shaw) Mauk, known as “Honey” to her grandchildren and great grandchildren, died peacefully of natural causes at her home in Boise, Idaho on Friday, January 13, 2017. At the time of her death, Honey was only a few months shy of her 100th birthday. Doris Mauk’s parents, Dr. Lloyd and Elizabeth Shaw, settled in Idaho in 1913, where...