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Thomas Edward Murphy
Apr 23, 2024
Tom Murphy passed away on April 23, 2024, surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer. Tom was born on July 26, 1966.Tom graduated from Colfax High School in Colfax, Washington in 1984. He went on to study at Boise State University where he obtained a degree in education, with a minor in kinesiology. In 1993, Tom married Gayle...
Christine Rose Jackson
Apr 19, 2024
In September of 2023 we found out we were pregnant with little Christine. Alisha and Isaiah were there with us when we found out. Isaiah was nervous and excited to have a new sibling. One of the most exciting and scary times of our lives. As time went on, we went to the doctor and confirmed the pregnancy.As time passed,...
Linda Faye Sevy
Apr 19, 2024
Linda Faye Sevy was born on Sunday June 30, 1940 in Caldwell, Idaho to Noah & Sybil Sevy. She was the oldest daughter of 18 children. Linda passed away Friday evening April 19, 2024, at her home in Homedale, Idaho.She attended grade school and junior high school in the Marsing school district.Linda was baptized into the Followers of Christ...
Anne Margaret Barton Schonhardt
Apr 17, 2024
On a beautiful spring April day with her lilacs, dogwoods and lily of the valley in bloom, our beloved sweet Sister/Aunt Annie peacefully passed away at her home in Boise. She joined her husband Craig Schonhardt, mother (Lolly Barton Wyatt), father (David Barton) and countless angel relatives and friends.Anne was born in Plattsburgh, New York in 1958. She was named...
Mary Harro
Apr 14, 2024
On the evening of Sunday, April 14, 2024, Mary Harro passed away peacefully of natural causes in Nampa, Idaho. Mary was being visited and comforted by family members at the Luna Assisted Living at the time of her passing. Mary was 103 years old.Mary Elizabeth Drew Harro was born July 2, 1920, in Heyburn of Minidoka County, Idaho on the...
Robin Holmquist
Apr 13, 2024
Robin Emanuel Holmquist (70) of Grand View, ID, died peacefully at home on April 13, 2024 after battling cancer. Robin was born in Kalispell, MT, in 1954, the sixth of nine children. In Montana, he grew up loving the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, working on tractors, boating, swimming, and helping with the family garden. He trusted in Jesus as his...
Rex Allen Mehl
Apr 12, 2024
Rex was born November 5, 1938 to George and Delores Mehl in Middletown, Ohio. He was raised with two younger sisters. Many summers were spent assisting with Girl Scout activities, and bucking hay. He loved to go ice fishing with his father in the cold winter months. When he was a junior in high school he joined the...
Velma I Ryder
Apr 11, 2024
Velma Ryder, 95, of Boise, died on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at a local hospital.Velma was born on July 19, 1928, in Pomona, California to Luther and Maddie Brown.She attended and graduated from High School in Pomona, CA and went on to a career as a secretary for the school districts. She was married to Robert F. “Bob” Ryder on...
Robert "Mark" Falconer
Apr 3, 2024
Robert Mark Falconer, 71, passed away April 3, 2024, in Meridian, Idaho. Mark was a third generation Idahoan, born and raised in Boise. He was the neighborhood paper boy for many years and in high school he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. After graduating from Capital High School, Mark moved to Moscow to attend the University of Idaho. One...
Dax Olvera
Apr 2, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Dax Olvera, who passed away on April 2, 2024. Born in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada, Dax was a man of many passions and a vibrant presence in the lives of those he touched. As a child, he loved playing hockey, football, and baseball. His interest in machinery started with simple...
Nathan Smith
Mar 28, 2024
Nathan Wade Smith, 47, affectionately known as "Nasty Nate," passed away peacefully with his wife Melissa at his side in the early morning hours of March 28, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer.Nate was born in Boise, Idaho to Kathy Worthington and Kirby Smith on October 5, 1976. He graduated from Borah High School in 1994.While generally a man...
Roger Gerald Stano
Mar 24, 2024
The world said a sad goodbye to Roger Gerald Stano of Boise, Idaho, on March 24, 2024. Roger was a loving husband, father, son, brother and uncle, as well as an outstanding colleague and friend to many in the field of medical physics. Although his life of 80 years seems short to those he leaves behind, his impact was profound,...
Odo Siahaya
Mar 23, 2024
Odo Siahaya was born on May 15, 1937, in Bandung, Indonesia. He went to be with his Savior on March 23, 2024, in Nampa, Idaho, after eight months of battling leukemia.
Odo spent his childhood in Indonesia, including two years in a Japanese-run concentration camp for Dutch-Indonesians during World War II. He was orphaned during the war and raised by his...
Carole Ruth Eklund
Mar 22, 2024
Carole Ruth Eklund passed away on Friday, March 22, 2024, in Calgary, AB, at the age of 82 years. Carole was born on October 12, 1941, in Glendale, California. She spent her early years in California until the age of fourteen, when the family moved to a farm in Boise, Idaho. It was there that Carole and her sister discovered their...
Diane Eckhart
Mar 20, 2024
Diane Pearl (Clausen) Eckhart, 66, of Boise, Idaho, passed away peacefully in her home on March 20, 2024 after a strong and courageous battle with Glioblastoma. Diane was born on Sept. 13, 1957, in Winnemucca, Nevada, to Ruth and Raymond Clausen. She is the oldest of three sisters, Darlene and Debbie, who she kept in close contact with her entire...
Eula Gean Ward
Mar 11, 2024
Eula Gean Ward, 95, of Wilder, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024. She was born on August 4, 1928, in Danville, Arkansas to Willie Tharp and Louvenia Copher Tharp. She married Barney C. Ward in August of 1943. Barney died in August of 2006. Gean attended Caldwell First Assembly of God “the domes” for over 20 years. Gean is...
Myrtle Drorbaugh
Mar 9, 2024
Myrtle (Mert) Helen Meier Drorbaugh was born in Salem Oregon at the Deaconess Hospital on August 21, 1923 to George and Lena Meier. Both parents were emigrants from Switzerland. Mert grew up during the Great Depression and family was the central focus of her upbringing. She attended schools in the Salem area and it became evident at an early age...
Bonnie Quinn
Mar 9, 2024
Bonnie Quinn died Saturday, March 9 at home, a few weeks after turning 103 and just five days after she played and won her last bridge game.Bonnie was born in Boise, Idaho on February 17, 1921 to Thomas and Della Jennings. She attended Longfellow Elementary, Boise High School and the University of Idaho, where she was a member of Alpha...
Carolyn Sue Bowler
Mar 7, 2024
Carolyn Sue Bowler passed away the morning of March 7, 2024, at the age of 81 due to complications related to Alzheimer's disease.Carolyn was born on October 16, 1942, to E.L. "Kelly" Vest and Dorothy Vest (nee Pebley) in Fullerton, California. In 1944, the family relocated to Glenns Ferry, Idaho, for a more rural life for their growing family, and...
JeanMarie Reeves Stevens
Feb 28, 2024
Jeanie Stevens of Meridian, Idaho, passed away on February 28, 2024.Jeanie was born March 6, 1940, in Greybull, Wyoming to Elton Frank and Vivian Pearl Reeves. She married David Gene Barnbrook, her high school sweetheart in 1959. They had one daughter, Michelle Marie, in Long Beach, California, where Dave was stationed in the U.S. Navy. They divorced in 1964. Jeanie...
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