Robert “Bob” Bruce Hamilton, 85, of Boise, died on Sunday, July 10, 2011. He received his call up and is now playing on his field of dreams. Bob, son of Richard and Angeline, was born in Orofino, ID on January 9, 1926. His birth announcement in the local paper, owned by his father, read, "The first member of the Hamilton...

Rudy Allen Van Cleave, 82, of Boise, died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Willow Park Assisted Living, where he lived the final chapter of his life cared for by his family and a loving staff. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 22, 2011 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at the Emmett...

James H. (Jim) Slee, 91, of Boise, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in a Boise care center. Jim was born at Buhl, Idaho, November 24, 1919, the son of Robert B. Slee and Edna N. Slee. He was raised in Buhl and graduated from Buhl High School. He entered the military service on September 16, 1940. During WWII Jim served...

Joseph F. Ston was born on January 4, 1940, to Joseph and Frances (Kalvoda) Ston in Ontario, Oregon, and died peacefully in his home in Nampa on Sunday, July 17, 2011, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. His parents moved to Willowcreek, Oregon, in 1937 to homestead sagebrush land and create a new life following years of drought...

1941-2011 Sharon Irene Vandervoort peacefully went home to our Lord July 12th, 2011 after battling a long illness. She was preceded in death by her son, Donald Curtis Vandervoort. Sharon is survived by her husband Donald Vandervoort and daughters Debbie Gholson, Amy Vandervoort, sister Jody Gibson and three grandchildren, Ayla Gholson, Schuyler Mc Carrel, and Ashton Field and one great...

Wayne Merlin Shuster, 97, of Boise, Idaho, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at his home in Boise, Idaho. He was born May 5, 1914, in Shickley, Nebraska, the son of Jesse and Amelia Bell Shuster. He was the oldest of 5 siblings. In 1934 Wayne moved to Oregon to look for work and worked in the Ontario and Portland areas...

David Dennis "Dave" Marlow August 21, 1944 ~ July 4,2011 Dave was born in Aberdeen, WA on August 21, 1944 to Dennis and Marie Marlow. Dave was the "baby" of the family. Dave was a wonderful and caring guy and he loved everybody, always going out of his way to help. He went by Dave but most called him Uncle...

David Randel Simon died from an accident July 19th, 2011. David was born in Boise, ID March 22, 1957 to Henry Joseph Simon and Julia Marlowe Kinkade-Brokate. He is survived by his mother, sons Jason Travis and Calvin Tyrone Simon, grandsons Zane and Kaydyn Simon, siblings Elnora Roderick, Carlena Miller, Joseph Simon and Lynette Roderick. David was preceded in death...

Delores Marcheta Barton, 88, passed through the gates of heaven on Friday, July 22, 2011. She now resides where she lived her life to be. Delores and her twin sister Yvonne were born in Nekoma, Kansas on April 14, 1923. She grew up in Dodge City, Kansas where she graduated from high school in 1941. She married her high school...

Laura Skillin Coleman of Boise, Idaho, was born July 4, 1914, near Frankfort, Kansas, and died July 17, 2011. She was the daughter of Nora Ward Skillin and Isaac Skillin. Laura graduated from the secondary school in Frankfort, later receiving her B.S. degree in Physical Education from Kansas State University. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta social sorority...

Louise Alexander Trautman passed away peacefully on July 25, 2011. Louise (93) was born September 28, 1917 in Pocatello, Idaho to William and Carrie Alexander, the 2nd of 6 children. The family moved to Boise shortly thereafter, where Louise resided the majority of her life. She attended Whitney School and Boise High School, and worked for Mountain Bell as a...

Lt Col Clarence “Gus” Sonderman was a fighter pilot of great distinction, who was born in Kennewick, WA on September 21, 1921 and slipped the surly bonds of earth on July 23, 2011. Gus was one of five children of Hellen and Clarence Sonderman Sr. He was raised as a farm boy and graduated from Kennewick High School in 1939....

Irene Virginia Victory 1930 – 2011 Irene Virginia Victory was born July 28, 1930, the eldest daughter of Ruth E. and Louie LeRoy Packer, was a fourth generation Idahoan, and because of old age, went to visit the next world on July 10, 2011. Irene was the widow of Otis Billy Victory and the proud mother of Michael Otis Victory,...

Martha A. Smith, 95, of Meridian, died Sunday, July 10, 2011 in a Meridian assisted living center. Martha A. Smith was born to John and Deborah Asher on May 1, 1916 in Friley, Arkansas. She moved with her family to Oklahoma at the age of two where she grew up and received her education. She moved to Idaho in 1935...

Arthur James (Jim) Stearns of Boise, Idaho born August 28th, 1920 passed from this earth to join the love of his life - Jeanne, on July 15th, 2011. Jim is survived by his four children: Jim (Elaine) of West Des Moines, IA; Jerry (Pat) of Spokane, WA, JoAnne (Gordon Baker) Anderson, Seattle, WA; Joe (Lena) Boise, ID; 13 Grandchildren, 12...

Beverly Kathleen was born, at home, to Ivan and Marjory Shroll on April 11, 1927 in Milwaukie, Oregon. She passed away on July 11, 2011, after many weeks in a hospital and care facility. Beverly was baptized at the Brentwood Church of the Nazarene as an infant and remained a devoted Nazarene her entire life. When she was three, her...

Scott Richard Allen, 53, of Nampa, passed away Monday, July 4th after a courageous 1 year battle with Esophagus Cancer. He was born June 27, 1958, in Boise, the son of Richard J. Allen and Leola Jean Folmar Allen. Scott was raised in Boise until the family moved to Decatur, GA in 1970 where he graduated from Southwest Dekalb High...

Russell ‘Bruce’ Saunders of Boise, born on April 17, 1920 in Balko, Oklahoma to Chlaudie and Willie Saunders, went home to be with our Heavenly Father on June 15, 2011. Bruce attended school in Blue Mound and Stillwater, Oklahoma and then entered the Marine Corps. Bruce served three years in the South Pacific sustaining a gunshot wound in Iwo Jima...

Jeanette “Jan” Myers, 87, of Boise, passed away on June 27, 2011 at a Boise assisted living center. A private memorial service will be held at a later date by the family. Jan’s urn will be buried at Placerville Cemetery in Placerville, Idaho. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Jan was born to Joseph and Ethel...

John W. “Jack” Barrett died on June 28, 2011 at home surrounded by his loving family after a short but courageous fight with cancer. Jack was born on August 23, 1931, in Ellendale, North Dakota. Jack’s mother, Edith Barrett, was a school teacher, principal and librarian raising Jack and his older brother, Charlie Barrett, in Ellendale, Horace and Minot, North...