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Christopher Fuller Thomas

Christopher Fuller Thomas

1954-2016 Memorial services for Christopher Fuller Thomas, 61, of Crescent Rim Drive, Boise, who passed away in his home from complications due to cancer will be conducted Saturday February 13, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Chris was born February 19th, 1954 in Boise, Idaho where he was raised and educated. He attended Colorado College, where he graduated...

Willa M. Johntz

Willa M. Johntz

Willa M. Johntz died Friday, February 5, 2016 in Boise after a short illness. Willa was born January 31, 1924 in Boise, ID, the daughter of Winifred McGuire Maxey and Roy Basil Maxey.  She graduated from Jerome High School and attended the University of Idaho where she was active in the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. In 1945 Willa married James...

Cindy Louann Campbell

Cindy Louann Campbell

Heaven received another angel on the 3rd day of January, passing away in a Boise hospital after a long illness. Cindy was born in Boise, Idaho and was the second daughter of Darrel and Judith Campbell. Cindy grew up in Boise going to Jackson Grade School, West Junior High and Borah High School. While at Borah High School she was...

Debra Ann Dopieralski

Debra Ann Dopieralski

Debra Ann Dopieralski unexpectedly passed away December 19, 2015. She was born to Mark and Mary Dopieralski on September 21, 1979 in Boise, Idaho. She graduated from Meridian High in 1998, then went on to graduate from Boise State University in 2012. Debra had a tremendous love for her Broncos. Debra loved spending time with her many close friends and...

Delia Lahoma (Squier) Kozak

Delia Lahoma (Squier) Kozak

Delia LaHoma (Squier) Kozak, 90, of Boise, died on Sunday, January 24, 2016 in a local hospital. A viewing will be held on Friday, January 29, from 5-7 p.m. at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. A graveside will follow on Saturday, January 30, at 11 a.m. at Dry Creek Cemetery. Delia was born on September 27, 1925, in Brownell, Kansas, to...

Ray W. Mullins Jr. 1947 - 2015

Ray W. Mullins Jr. 1947 - 2015

Ray Mullins, Jr., age 68, passed away on December 23, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital from chronic heart failure. Ray was born to Ray Mullins, Sr. and LaVerne Estes on February 18, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was their only child. He attended elementary school in Raymondville, Texas. The family moved to Keosauqua, Iowa during Ray’s high school years...

Janice Marie Gaylord

Janice Marie Gaylord

Janice passed away to be with her Savior and Lord Jesus on January 17, 2016. She was born along with her twin brother, John Scott, to Gloria Taylor Baer on June 26, 1951 in Boise, Idaho. Gloria was very surprised to give birth to twins. Janice fought a tough battle during the last six years, and especially the past year,...

Roberta Mcdonald

Roberta Mcdonald

Roberta McDonald, 96 of Boise, Idaho passed away December 24, 2015. She was born in Ashland, Kansas, August 4, 1919 the daughter of Robert and Lorena Johnson Shupe. The family moved to Boulder, Colorado before she was a year old where her father was a student pastor at the University of Colorado. When Roberta was nine years old, her family...

Phyllip A. Hall 1940 - 2015

Phyllip A. Hall 1940 - 2015

Phyllip A. Hall, age 75, passed away Monday afternoon, December 28, 2015 in a Boise Care Center surrounded and supported by his loving family. Phil was always pleased and happy to see friends and family, and had a steady group of friends who came daily to visit or simply watch over him. Throughout his long and fateful journey, he never...

R.A. (Rusty) Jack

R.A. (Rusty) Jack

R.A. “Rusty” Jack passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Rusty was born January 14, 1926 in Loup City, Nebraska. His parents were Clarence and Lydia (Wallin) Jack. He lived in Loup City till he was 15 years old, then moved with his parents to Idaho. He graduated from Boise High School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States...

Myron A. Cordum

Myron A. Cordum

Myron A. Cordum, born March 4, 1931, in Bristow, Oklahoma, passed away in Boise, Idaho on December 30, 2015. Myron was the first of 3 children born to Eulah and Myron Abe Cordum. As a boy, Myron lived in several different towns in Oklahoma as his father followed job opportunities in the Oklahoma “Oil Patch.” Myron graduated from Davenport High...

Dave E. Holman

Dave E. Holman

Dave Edward Holman, 77, of Boise, Idaho, died peacefully January 9, 2016, at Amber Lane Assisted Living. Dave was born in Wenatchee, Washington, on October 24, 1938, the first child of Frank and Maxine Holman. Dave grew up in Auburn, Washington and attended Auburn High School (1956) and graduated from Washington State University in Land Management and Forestry (1961). While...

Thomas E. Rodgers

Thomas E. Rodgers

Thomas Eugene Rodgers, 71, of Boise, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in a Boise hospital. Tom was born May 24, 1944 in Emmett, Idaho the son of Elmer and Margaret Harwood Rodgers. He was educated in the Emmett School District. On January 24, 1962, he married his high school sweetheart, Kathleen O. Miller, in Boise, Idaho. A few days after...

Gary Reedy

Gary Reedy

Gary Reedy died on January 6, 2016. The son of Robert and Donna Reedy, Gary grew up in the East Bay, in Pinole, California. He graduated cum laude from Golden Gate University with a B.A. degree in the Administration of Justice. He received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oregon in 1988. Gary worked for Ada County for more...

Herbert “Bert” Otto

Herbert “Bert” Otto

Herbert “Bert” Otto, age 92, died peacefully in his home on January 21, 2016. Bert was born November 27, 1923 in Alderwood Manor, a small community north of Seattle, Washington, to Hans and Margaret Otto. In 1935, Bert and his brother Carl moved with their mom to Boise, Idaho. After graduating from Boise High School, Bert volunteered for service during...

Hazel Lee Davis-Reamey

Hazel Lee Davis-Reamey

Hazel Lee Davis-Reamey, 90, of Boise, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 at home with family by her side. Mom was born the oldest of six to Gale and Elsie Davis on October 25, 1925, in Rogersville, TN. She married our dad, Elmer Reamey, in Skipwith, VA, in 1950. They were married 61 years at the time of dad’s passing...

Mark Alan Dopieralski

Mark Alan Dopieralski

Mark Alan Dopieralski passed away January 10, 2016 at St. Alphonsus hospital. He was born to Anthony and Dorothy Dopieralski on November 17, 1954 in Boise, Idaho. Mark graduated from Boise High in 1973. He then married the love of his life, Mary Carberry, July 8, 1977. They were married for 34 years. He was a devoted husband and father....

Scott Allen Jones

Scott Allen Jones

Scott Allen Jones went to be with the Lord on December 22nd, 2015 at the age of 59, after a valiant fight against cancer. Scott was born June 3rd, 1956 in Covina, California. Growing up he had a talent for business and passion for independence. These two traits were driving forces in Scott’s decision to leave his California roots and...

Loyce Ann Young Mixon Frazier

Loyce Ann Young Mixon Frazier

God called Loyce Mixon Frazier, a true southern belle, to heaven on January 21. She went peacefully in her sleep in the house she dearly loved. Loyce was born on 8/31/1918 in Grant, LA to Gay Otis and Hulda Mattie Young. She was the 7th of 12 children. They were rambunctious and hard working, but she excelled at artistic endeavors...

Keith Irvin Bangerter

Keith Irvin Bangerter

A great man; a great-grandfather, grandfather, father, friend, and an inspiration to all - has sadly left us, if but for a moment, to be with those who have gone before. Preceded in death by his loving wife and sweet heart; Norma Jean, and survived by their children; Susan, Michael (Chris), Terry (Cherie), Janice (Matt), Cheryl (Kim); eighteen grandchildren, forty...