Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

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

James C. Dechambeau

James C. Dechambeau

James C. DeChambeau passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 surrounded by family at age 85. Jim was born March 8, 1928 to Elgy and Edith (Thomas) DeChambeau in Pocatello, Idaho. He graduated from Malad High School in 1946 and moved to Boise where he met his wife, Muriel (Hammack) DeChambeau. They were married October 25 th , 1947 in Jerome,...

Herman Clayton Culver

Herman Clayton Culver

Herman Clayton Culver, 84, of Eagle, ID, died Saturday, March 9, 2013 at home of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Cloverdale Seventh Day Adventist Church with Pastors Bill Lindeman and Keith Canwell officiating.  Burial will follow in Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens.  Services are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner...

Patty Dunbar

Patty Dunbar

Patty Dunbar died March 12, 2013 at home with family around her in Boise .  She was born November 23, 1927 in Boise , Idaho to Robert Herschel Davidson and Elta Mae (Magner) Davidson.  Patty married her best friend Bill Dunbar in Boise on March 31, 1951.  They lived in Boise but enjoyed over 35 years of retirement together while...

Agnes May Schwarzhoff

Agnes May Schwarzhoff

Agnes May Schwarzhoff, 94, of Boise, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at her home of natural causes.  Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at Wright Community Congregational Church, with burial following at Morris Hill Cemetery. Agnes was born January 9, 1919, in Boise, Idaho, to Charles Joseph and Mary Etta Moss Foster in a little...

James Richard Tenhaeff

James Richard Tenhaeff

James Richard Tenhaeff of Boise, Idaho died Monday, February 25, 2013 . A former Eugene resident, he was born August 16, 1924 in Quincy Illinois to Runa Bacon Tenhaeff and Carl C. Tenhaeff. He graduated from LaRose High School in LaRose, IL in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy serving four years - two years in the South Pacific during...

Esther T. Wilson Caldwell

Esther T. Wilson Caldwell

Esther T. Wilson Caldwell, 104 years old, lovingly joined her husband Art and her heavenly father on March 5, 2013. Esther was part of a family with ancestors who were true pioneers of Boise and surrounding areas.  She was born in Boise on September 8, 1908, to Thomas and May Wilson, the fifth of ten children.  Her father was a...

Bernice Heisner Gray

Bernice Heisner Gray

Bernice Heisner Gray, 91, of Boise, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 in a local hospital.  A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8, at Morris Hill Cemetery. Bernice was born August 20, 1921 in Nebraska City, Nebraska to Paul and Sylvia Lynch Heisner.  When she was four, the family came to Boise on a...

Lois A. Jacobs Tollman Westcott

Lois A. Jacobs Tollman Westcott

Lois A. Jacobs Tollman Westcott was born April 26, 1922, in Sheridan County in the Sand Hills of Nebraska.  Her parents were Alfonzo V. and Lora (Speer) Jacobs.  She passed peacefully at home surrounded by her four daughters, extended family and friends. She had three brothers who preceded her in death – Howard, Donald, and infant Kenneth Jacobs.  She is...

Ellen June Anderson

Ellen June Anderson

Ellen June Anderson went home to be with her Lord, husband and son on February 13, 2013. The oldest daughter of Clarence Waldvogel and Letha Newland, she was born on April 27, 1923 in Stockton, CA. A graduate of Bell High School and a majorette, she formed and led a drill team that performed in many activities and parades. It...

Zina Zautz Fry Lindberg

Zina Zautz Fry Lindberg

Zina Zautz Fry Lindberg, 81, of Boise, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013 in a Boise hospital. Zina Fry Lindberg was born February 7, 1932 in Boise Idaho to Robert and Wilma Zautz. Zina grew up in Boise, ID and graduated from Boise High School in 1950. She married Wesley Vernon Fry in Boise. Vernon was career military which resulted in...

Albert "Albie" Stephens

Albert "Albie" Stephens

Albert "Albie" Stephens passed away February 14, 2013 at the Idaho State Veterans' Home, whose staff has taken such wonderful care of Albie the last couple of years. The entire staff is professional, compassionate, and always went the extra mile to ensure Albie was comfortable. A very special thank you to everyone on 2West. Albie was born on January 11,...

Pauline M “Nana” Stinnett

Pauline M “Nana” Stinnett

Pauline Marie Stinnett (Nana) was born on July 3, 1927 to Frances and Raynard Hilpipre in Blairsbury, Iowa. She came into this world so very much loved, and left us on February 22, 2013 loved even more. Pauline moved to CA in 1945 and to Idaho in 1966 where she resided until her death at age 85. Pauline loved to...

Ansgar E. Johnson, Jr.

Ansgar E. Johnson, Jr.

Ansgar E. Johnson, Jr., 83, of Boise, passed away, February 13, 2013. Ansgar E. Johnson, Jr., was born April 6, 1929 in Boise, Idaho. He was the oldest of three siblings born to Ansgar, Sr. and Roxie Johnson. Ansgar attended schools at Roosevelt Elementary, North Junior High and Boise High School graduating in 1947. He grew up in the East...

V. Eloise Fisher

V. Eloise Fisher

V. Eloise Fisher, age 90, died March 2, 2013 at a local care facility. Eloise was born September 29, 1922 i n Castleford , Idaho to parents Meda Kate (Houk) and Ernest Billiard . Her father was the foreman of a sheep ranch. When Eloise was a young girl the family moved to the Hagerman Valley where her father eventually...

Matthew Colin Mohler-Kerns

Matthew Colin Mohler-Kerns

Matthew Colin Mohler-Kerns came into the world on August 2, 1984 in Anchorage, Alaska.  He was a dearly loved son of Debbie Lynn Mohler and Ross Shaffer Kerns, and adored older brother of Nicholas Alexander Kerns and Heather Elizabeth Jacobson. Matt moved to Post Falls, Idaho with his family when he was ten years old  He attended Ponderosa Elementary School,...

Helen T. Shambaugh

Helen T. Shambaugh

Helen T. Shambaugh, 95, of Boise, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2013 in a local assisted living facility. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 10 a.m., at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Boise, with burial to follow at Dry Creek Cemetery. The family will greet friends at a viewing on Friday, March 1, from 5-8...

Patricia Portner

Patricia Portner

Patricia Portner, 74, 585 W Conover St, Eagle, Idaho, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2013 at her home surrounded by family & friends. Patricia was born in Boise on April 15, 1938. She was married to Carl Portner for 38 years. She worked for Continental Barber in Boise for 30+ years. Pat was a talented artist and loved oil...

Arlene Castle Williams Stevens

Arlene Castle Williams Stevens

Arlene Castle Williams Stevens died Sunday, February 24, 2013 at her home in Caldwell, Idaho. She was born September 8, 1933 at home in North Redwood, Minnesota. She was the youngest of twelve children born to Fay C. Castle and Hattie Taubert Castle. She attended the first eight grades of school in a two room schoolhouse in North Redwood. She...

Paul Wayne Franklin

Paul Wayne Franklin

Paul Wayne Franklin passed away February 21 st after a valiant year fighting brain cancer. He was 57 and is now at peace in Heaven. Paul was born February 9th, 1956 in Jackson , Mississippi to Lawrence Franklin and Elisabeth Bruvold. He has lived in Boise since 1961, graduating from Capital H.S. in 1974. An ambitious and resolute young man,...

Betty Rae Conyers

Betty Rae Conyers

GOODING - Betty Rae Conyers, 82 , died Saturday, February 2, 2013, in Meridian, Idaho, from pneumonia. Betty was born in Gooding, Idaho o n January 26, 1931 . She lived with her parents, Ernest & Hazel Eubanks, in Tanupa, with two older sisters, Charlotte and Jean. She started high school in Shoshone and then transferred to Gooding High School...