Ida B Fish, 92 of Eagle, passed away on Saturday September 17, 2011, at home with her son Phillip by her bedside. A viewing will be held on Thursday September 22 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held at graveside on Friday September 23, at the Marsing/Homedale Cemetery at 11:00...

Jack G. Edwards, 86, of Nampa, died on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at the Veterans Community Living Center in Boise. He was born on November 24, 1924, to Nancy Margarette Wardrop and John L. Edwards in Fairfield, Idaho. Jack attended grade and high school in Fairfield, and went on to Link’s School of Business and Boise Junior College in Boise,...

Charles Edward Brain passed away Sept. 2 nd , 2011, just three days before his 84 th birthday. He was born to Charles R. and Nellie (Dolan) Brain at Sedgwick, Colorado, Sept 5 th , 1927. After several moves they finally settled in Boise where Chuck attended middle school and graduated from Boise High School. He was inducted in to...

Cliff was born on December 26, 1925 in Gooding, Idaho and he died on September 14, 2011 in Boise. He was the youngest of five children born to Clyde Eugene Bissell and Lizzie Carswell Bissell. He had four older sisters: Mary, Edna, Vera, and Maudie. The family lived on a farm east of Wendell, Idaho for a time, and then...

John Kevin Orr, 45, of Kuna, Idaho, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 as a result of a car accident.  Kevin was born on December 30, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt to John and Marie Orr. Kevin’s greatest passion in life was his family and his church.  Coaching his kids soccer teams was one of Kevin’s greatest joys in life.  He could...

Paul West, Boise, passed away Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. He died at home after battling a lengthy respiratory illness. Paul was born in Parma, ID on Feb. 24, 1928 to Herman & Katherine West. He was the youngest of three children. While growing up he lived in the Marsing and Caldwell areas. He graduated from Caldwell High School in 1947....

Barbara Theophilus O’Connor was born September 16, 1925 at Bowling Green, Kentucky, the daughter of Donald R. and Cora Schild Theophilus.  She moved as a child with her parents to Moscow, Idaho where she received her education in the public schools and the University of Idaho where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Education in 1948. On August 27, 1947...

Ferne Holcomb, 95, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 in a Milwaukie, Oregon assisted living center. Ferne was born to Augusta and Burt Patterson, November 21, 1915 in Ustick, Idaho.   She graduated from Boise High School in 1933. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Arthur, sisters, Mildred Newman, Lois Beaman and Nelma Patterson. She is survived by her...

Martha Y. Oakes, 87, of Boise, died peacefully at her home at Willow Park Assisted Living on Monday, August 22, 2011. She follows in death her beloved husband of 61 years, Paul Oakes, who died on January 4, 2009. Martha and her twin sister Barbara were born in Ontario, Oregon on November 6, 1923 to Rebecca (Betty) and James H....

Darwin Elmer Edwards was born to Ruby Claggett and Elmer Edwards on December 23, 1923, in Wood County, Milton Township, Ohio. He was the fourth child of seven. During World War II, he enlisted in the tank division of the US Army. He loved to tell of his sleeping in the general's bed. One snowy night in Germany, he was...

Wilbur Oliver, 87, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011, at his home in Boise. Wilbur was a lifelong resident of Boise and was born on November 20, 1923, the 6th of 8 children born to Joseph Oliver and Minnie Belle Houde Oliver. He graduated from Boise High School receiving his diploma in 1941 and was drafted into the US...

Audrey J. Jones, 85, of Boise, Idaho, died on August 26, 2011. She endured many years of battling Multiple Sclerosis and Post Polio. As Audrey requested, a private service and burial will be held at the Morris Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Audrey was born on January 26,1926, near Rockville, Nebraska. She was the...

Bessie M. Kacena, 92, of Boise, died Friday, August 26, 2011, in a Boise hospital. Bessie was born on November 18, 1918, in Lamoni, Iowa, to Lennie Hortense and Hanna Ann Jackson Moyers. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from High School there. On June 15, 1941 she married William Joseph Kacena, Jr. He passed away on July 21,...

Tim Schafer, 63 of Boise, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011. Tim was born to Carolyn and Donald Schafer on December 1st, 1947 in Denver, Colorado. He attended elementary school and Junior High in Hillrose and Brush, Colorado before moving to Paul, Idaho to finish high school at Minico High. Tim attended The University of Idaho...

Fred Gatton, 90, of Boise, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at home of natural causes. Fred was born on a farm in Decatur County, Iowa on March 25, 1921. He was next to the youngest of 15 children born to Levi and Ethel Gatton. Fred graduated from Leon High School, Leon, Iowa in 1939 He joined the 168th Infantry Regiment...

Irene was born March 12, 1916 in Halfway, Oregon to Jack and Grace Allstead. In 1920 she went to live with Jen and Burley Locke. They raised her until she enrolled at NNC in 1933 graduating from Normal School in 1935. She later received her education degree from College of Idaho. Irene married J Russell Brown on August 25, 1935....

Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, 29, of Boise, died Monday, July 25, 2011 outside of Park City, Utah. Jeret was born December 12, 1981 in Boise, Idaho to Linda (Shannon) Peterson and Tim Peterson. Jeret was raised in Boise and graduated from Timberline High School in 2000. He attended the University of Utah and was most recently enrolled at Westminster College where...

Mary A. Bates, 87, Nampa, went to be with the Lord on July 27, 2011. Graveside services will be held on Monday, August 15, at 3:00 p.m. at Morris Hill Cemetery, Section K, in Boise. Mary Arrilla, “Marya”, was born May 1, 1924 in Nampa to T and Kathryn (Kate) Snyder Westbrook , joining older brother Lew. Her father died...

MaryAnn Herring, 73, passed away at home on August 1, 2011, from complications of Crohn's disease. She was born on October 22, 1937 in Boise, ID to Floyd and Katherine Marsh. MaryAnn attended North Junior High and graduated from Boise High in 1956. She met her husband- to -be at North but wasn't interested in him until many years later....

Ronald (Ron) Ramey, beloved husband and father, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 15, 2011 at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel with burial following at Dry Creek Cemetery. There will be a viewing on Sunday, Aug. 14th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Ron was born...