(Blanche) Violet Grapp was born to Michael and Lula (Odle) Heber on December 17, 1921 at Rockham, South Dakota. She was the youngest child of ten children born in that family. She attended elementary school in a one room school house along with her brothers and sisters. She graduated from Faulkton High School in 1939. She attended Northern State Teacher’s...

Virginia L. Fleming, age 76, died peacefully on May 28, 2016 at her home in Boise, ID. Virginia was born April 8, 1940 in Sunnyside, WA, the daughter of Vertchal and Mary Brooks. She spent her childhood and young adult years in the beautiful Yakima Valley. She later moved to western Washington and in 1963 Virginia married the love of...

On the crisp spring morning of May 12th, 1925 in Kalispell, Montana, a 40 year old woman was steeling her mind to face the gravity, and the possible sorrow of the moment that she knew was arriving soon. She was surely about to deliver a child, and she was told that by the end of the day, probably herself, or...

Wendy Elizabeth (Hansen) Nelson was born March 3, 1959 in California. She was eagerly awaited by Bill and Peg Hansen who adopted Wendy into their loving family. The three Hansens lived in Pleasant Hill, California until Wendy was three when they moved to Salem, Oregon and lived for ten years. Wendy loved picking beans and berries for a local farmer...

Luella Kelwin passed away May 16, 2016 with her family by her side. Luella was born on Feb. 22, 1922 to Clarance and Valla Piland in St. John, Kansas. She was the oldest daughter of 8 brothers and sisters. Luella lived in Kansas until 1946 when she moved to California. Luella had been married to Elmer Heyen but they had...

Wendy Elizabeth (Hansen) Nelson was born March 3, 1959 in California. She was eagerly awaited by Bill and Peg Hansen who adopted Wendy into their loving family. The three Hansens lived in Pleasant Hill, California until Wendy was three when they moved to Salem, Oregon and lived for ten years. Wendy loved picking beans and berries for a local farmer...

Our mom, Lois J. McCracken passed away at home on May 11 t h , 2016. She was born in Bayard, Nebraska June 24 t h , 1928 to Roy and Elsie (Granny) York . She has 2 sisters LaVonne Darrow, now deceased, and Lillie Slifka Hall. She married Edward T. McCracken in Cascade, Idaho in 1946 upon his return...

Lucille Wallace was born in Central Idaho on 7-17-34 and passed away on 5-9-16 at 81 years old in Nampa Idaho. She lived in Central during her early years, then Midvale, and spent most of her life in Boise. She graduated from Boise High School in 1952. She married William (Bill) Wallace on September 25, 1953, and was married almost...

“If at some point you don’t find yourself asking, ‘What the hell am I doing here? I want to go home,’ Then it’s not an adventure.” Michael David Blackaller’s life was an adventure. Born to Rita and David Blackaller on July 7, 1951 in Idaho Falls, Mike was the kind of child who was always on the move. He was...

Edgar Wiedmeier was born October 22, 1938 to Martin and Esther (Quenzer) Wiedmeier on a farm in South Dakota. He attended a one-room school house through the eighth grade. In 1957 he moved with his parents to Rupert, Idaho. Edgar worked on farms, a bean warehouse and other jobs. In 1985 he moved with his parents to Boise, Idaho, where...

Maralyn L. (Eggler) Burk, 72, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at her home. Maralyn was born on July 11, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, to Benjamin A. Eggler and LaVerne (Tauscher) Eggler. The family moved to Idaho when Maralyn was 3. While in Idaho, she graduated from Parma High School in 1961 and from Lady Catherine’s Beauty College in 1962....

Helen B. “Sawyer” Hardin, 85, of Meridian, formerly of Cascade, ID, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Meridian. Helen was born February 25, 1931, in Cascade, Idaho, the daughter of Glenn W. Sawyer and Barbara Portlock Sawyer.  She grew up in Cascade and lived there for 83 years.  Helen was a dietician at Valley County Hospital for 15 years and...

On April 22nd 2016, the world lost a bright ray of sunshine. To us she was a mother, grandmother, wife, and a beloved aunt. To others she was a helpful and caring friend. To the world she was a compassionate angel who devoted her love, energy, and talent to help with anyone in need. And to all she was a...

Arnet R. Bates passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 at home in Boise, Idaho of natural causes. Arnet was born on June 4, 1928 to Clyde and Josie Bates. The family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in 1942. In 1962 Arnet moved to Boise, Idaho where he was in the radio business and started Senior Citizens Insurance Agency. As...

Beverly Weybright Beirnes McKellip died on May 2, 2016 at a local hospital. Beverly was born on September 19, 1928, at Boise, Idaho, to Kenneth N. Weybright and Hazel Seaman Weybright, the youngest of five children. Having lived in Boise all her life, she attended Roosevelt Elementary School, North Junior High, and Boise High School, graduating in 1946. In March,...

Maxine “Marty” Varvel Crandall of Boise, Idaho passed away on April 22, 2016. Marty was born on April 1, 1945 in Sterling, Colorado, one of seven children of Paul Homer and Norma Alice Northup. Marty’s father passed away with young children which left her to help raise her younger siblings. Marty met the love of her life working at a...

Carl Eugene (Gene) Hill passed away April 18, 2016 of congestive heart failure in Boise, Idaho at 88 years old. He was born August 15, 1927 in his family home in Ysleta, TX (now part of El Paso) to parents Floyd and Ida Hill. He had two older brothers, Allan and Jim, and a younger brother, Kenneth. Having skipped a...

Florence Margaret Van Camp-Tofani, 102, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2016. Florence, the fourth of seven children, was born on June 18, 1913 in Armour, South Dakota to Margaret and Edward Carlon. A sister, Mary, and brothers Charles, John, Jim, Joe and Frank, preceded her in death. Three of the brothers served in...

Lucille May Cooper (Peters), 90, of Boise, passed away Wed. morning, April 20, 2016, at home. A ‘Celebration of Life’ will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, April 29 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Dry Creek Cemetery. Viewing will be held before the service from 9:30 AM until 10:30 AM. Lucy was born March 11, 1926...

Mary E. Graham of Boise passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 with her family by her side in her home, at the age of 99. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 29, 2016 at First Baptist Church, burial will follow at Cloverdale Cemetery. A viewing will be held today from 6 – 9 p.m....