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William (Bill) L Weitensteiner

William (Bill) L Weitensteiner

William (Bill) L Weitensteiner, 84, died October 25, 2011 surrounded by his family.  Bill was born November 10, 1926 to Wolfgang and Marie Weitensteiner.  He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater.  He was the first travel agent in the Boise area and was constantly concerned with providing the best service possible for his...

Andrew E. (Andy) Schepp

Andrew E. (Andy) Schepp

Andrew E. (Andy) Schepp, 40, died in a paragliding accident near Swan Falls on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Andrew was born May 8, 1971.  He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating from Horton Watkins High School in 1990.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado in 1994 and a Juris...

Jack C. Slade

Jack C. Slade

Jack C. Slade of Vancouver , Washington passed away October 18, 2011 at the age of  92.  A celebration of his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel in Boise , Idaho . Jack was born at Pleasant Ridge, 5 miles west of Caldwell , Idaho on June 23, 1919...

James (Jim) T. Ross

James (Jim) T. Ross

My beloved fathe r James (Jim) T . Ross passed away on October 17 , 2011 and went to meet our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ i n everlast i ng life . Dad was born in Mt. Aire , North Carolina on Apr i l 4 , 1922 . He was in the Army Air Co r ps ,...

Betty Joe Fisher

Betty Joe Fisher

Betty Joe Fisher was born in Oklahoma on June 5, 1922 to Clara Barton and Joseph Fisher, the youngest of three children. She moved to Kansas at age 3 where she was raised amid oil fields and wheat farms. She attended a two-room school for 8 years and went on to receive a teaching degree from Arkansas City Junior College...

Muriel Olson Kelly

Muriel Olson Kelly

Muriel Olson Kelly passed away on October 13 , 2011 at Emerson House of natural causes. Her family was by her side as she joined her Heavenly Father. She was 89 years old . Muriel was born on April 13 , 1922 in Crosby , North Dakota , the y oungest ofthree children to Caleb and Caroline Olson. At the...

Gladys Elaine Pope Gugelman

Gladys Elaine Pope Gugelman

Gladys Elaine Pope Gugelman passed into the arms of Jesus, Oct. 11, 2011. A celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Boise. Born January 5, 1911 in Osmond, NB to Warren and Edith Tilton; married Roy Dudley Pope March 1, 1936 at the First Baptist Church in Boise,...

Jack Edmond Bonner Sr

Jack Edmond Bonner Sr

Jack Edmond Bonner Sr., 80, passed away September 27, 2011 in Boise. He was born on September 9, 1931, in Pocatello, ID., and was the only child of John and Julia Bonner. He was preceded in death by his parents and stepdaughter Sherry McLaughlin. Jack is survived by his children Jack Bonner Jr., Colin (Valerie) Bonner, Julie (Thomas) Behm, grandchildren...

Marlene Gibb

Marlene Gibb

Marlene Gibb, 77, of Boise, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 of health related issues. Marlene was born on November 26, 1933, in Aberdeen, Idaho, to Louis and Blanche Murphy. She later moved to Boise where she raised her family. She is survived by son, Reiny (Candice) Miller of Boise; daughter, Rayelene (Harold) Killgore of Garden Valley; son, Mike...

Mary Ann Mendiola Morgan

Mary Ann Mendiola Morgan

Surrounded by her family, Mary Ann Mendiola Morgan went home to be with her loving creator Sunday morning, September 11, 2011.  She was born February 4, 1943 in Boise, Idaho, to Louis and Jean Mendiola.   Throughout her battle with ovarian cancer, she continued to inspire us all with her incredible strength, courage and grace. To know Mary Ann, you knew...

Michael Lee Nelson 5/3/1951-10/5/2011

Michael Lee Nelson 5/3/1951-10/5/2011

Michael Lee Nelson’s spirit left this world on October 5, 2011, at the young age of 60 years old. Mike was born on May 3, 1951, in St. Alphonsus Hospital, Boise, Idaho to his parents Ken and Della (Pearson) Nelson, who still reside in Boise today. Mike had been battling a long term illness and died of natural causes surrounded...

Pan Elizabeth Stalker Larsen

Pan Elizabeth Stalker Larsen

Born - April 4, 1916 Prairie City, Oregon    Passing - October 5, 2011 Pan spent her active life mostly in the Boise area graduating from Meridian High School in 1934 and Boise Business University in 1935 with degrees in accounting and business. She married Rulon E. Larsen in 1938 who joined the U.S. Navy and served until 1943. Upon returning...

Tony L. Wurschmidt

Tony L. Wurschmidt

Tony L. Wurschmidt, 52, of Boise , died Friday, October 7, 2011 at home after losing his battle with recurrent head and neck cancer. A vigil service will be held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.  A memorial mass will be held at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, October 12th at Holy Apostles Catholic Church, 6300...

Brenna Deshawn Dowd

Brenna Deshawn Dowd

Brenna Deshawn Dowd blessed the lives of her parents, Pamela Dowd of Boise and the late Carrol Dowd, on January 15, 1983. With her mother’s encouragement for the journey, Brenna took the hands of Jesus on October 1, 2011, with her mother at her side. Upon Brenna’s first Sunday at the Twin Falls Presbyterian Church, Brenna gained the title of...

Virgil Joe Helterbran

Virgil Joe Helterbran

Husband, Dad, brother, Grandpa, GGPa, Uncle, friend, Joe Helterbran arrived on this earth October 6, 1919 in Kalous, Colorado and was promptly cradled in a dresser drawer by his parents Blanche and Rex.  He grew up helping his siblings, Lucille, Verle, Inez and Wayne, herd sheep and farm in the northeast corner of Colorado, near the small town of Keota.   ...

Brooklyn Marie Kambe

Brooklyn Marie Kambe

Brooklyn Marie Kambe, infant daughter of Samantha J. Thompson and Eliot Kambe of Boise, entered into rest on September 22, 2011. Maternal grandparents are Bobby and Paula Thompson and Michael Thompson of Boise. Great-grandparents Albert and Charlotte Holmes of Caldwell, ID, and Bill and Nancy Thompson of Ogden, UT. Paternal grandparents are Roy Teseo and Miyuki Bailey of Boise, and...

Laura Renee Huffaker 1948 – 2011

Laura Renee Huffaker 1948 – 2011

Laura Renee Huffaker passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 in Boise. She was born in Greensboro, NC on September 27, 1948 to a career USN aviator family.  They were stationed at numerous east and gulf coast bases and Pearl Harbor.  She met Micheal W. Huffaker in Boise and they were married in Reno on December 29, 1982.  Laura worked as...

Lorraine Bluford Bowman “Boots” Strong

Lorraine Bluford Bowman “Boots” Strong

Lorraine Bluford Bowman “Boots” Strong, passed away Sunday evening, September 4, 2011 in Boise, ID. She was born October 3, 1924 in Berea, KY, as the third daughter of Bess Allen McGuire Bowman and George Owen Bowman. Two sisters had preceded her birth, Carolyn and Betty Bowman, and her brother, Don Bowman, was the fourth and final child. By the...

Gary Allan Roth

Gary Allan Roth

Gary Allan Roth, 55, of Eagle, Idaho, died August 31, 2011 in a Meridian hospital. A memorial mass will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, September 10, 2011 at St. John’s Cathedral. Gary was born September 18, 1955 in South Bend, Indiana to Richard Charles and Jacqueline Joan (Marlowe) Roth. He graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA...

Hunter John Lindholm

Hunter John Lindholm

Hunter John Lindholm (1990 – 2011) Hunter John Lindholm born March 20 1990 to parents Cammy O’Meara and William Lindholm passed away peacefully September 20, 2011 in Boise, Idaho with his family by his side. Hunter was not one to follow anybody else’s style he was proud of the fact that he created his own style. Hunter was creative and...

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