Charles (Chuck) L. Olson

May 16, 2023

Boise, Idaho – Chuck Olson passed away May 16, 2023, surrounded by loving family in his home in Boise, ID at the age of 83.

Chuck was born in Chicago in 1939 to Tage and Amanda (nee Grafstrom) Olson. He attended Bryn Mawr Elementary School and Chicago Vocational High School in Chicago, IL. Chuck earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical...

Cheryl Lee Jeffries

May 11, 2023

Cheryl Lee Jeffries, 73, passed away on May 11, 2023, at her home in Nampa, Idaho  . 

Cheryl was born October 22, 1949 in Weiser, Idaho to Floyd and Muriel (Curts) Jeffries. She lived in Cambridge and Stibnite. In 1953 she moved with her family to Boise where she grew up. In 2010, Cheryl moved to Meridian and then to Nampa...

Leola Sumner Neumayer

May 6, 2023

  Leola Sumner Neumayer (Lee) passed away in the early morning hours of May 6, 2023. Leola was 93.

Leola was the third of three children born to William N and Edna A Sumner of Troy, Idaho. She was born in Moscow on August 28, 1929.  The family moved to Troy in the early 1930’s from the family farm on...

Craig Allen Harris

Sep 6, 2020

Craig Allen Harris was born on March 19, 1969 in Boise to Ron and Janet (Gibbons) Harris. After graduating from Boise High School in 1987, Craig spent the next 4 years fishing on crab boats and factory trollers in Alaska. In 1991, Craig started working in the automotive business here in the Treasure Valley. Most recently, he was loving being...

Betty I. Bess

Dec 14, 2019

Betty Irene Bess, of Meridian, passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side on December 14, 2019 at the age of 94 years old, having lived a long and full life.Betty was born October 15, 1925 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania to John and Helen Kapitanich. She had an older sister Josephine born 1922 and has two ½ siblings Florence Marie...

Betty Arlene Barrett

“Strength and honor are her clothing...a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”

Proverbs 31:25,30

Betty Arlene Barrett was received into the loving arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 12.  She passed away peacefully in her sleep while under the watchful care of her family....

Carter B. Stewart Jr.

Carter B. Stewart Jr., aka Buck, fell accidentally on May 5th in McCall. He was life-flighted to Boise with a traumatic brain injury. He died on May 14th. Many thanks to those EMT/medical personnel in McCall and Boise that worked to keep him alive.

Carter was born in Bellevue, NE on October 10th,...

Leo Cromwell

Leo Cromwell peacefully entered eternity on May 24th, surrounded by the love of his family and friends. A few days earlier, Leo quietly reflected, “I wonder if God is ready to bring me home.”

Leo was born in Cascade, Idaho to his family: Irene and Arthur “Tot” and brother Lars. One of his...

Sandra Lynn Krahn

On February 25, 1967, Sandra Lynn burst onto the Krahn family scene. Full of life, and with a competitive nature, being a tomboy came naturally.

As a girl, Sandra participated in softball and later recruited girls and a coach to establish a girls’ basketball program at Maranatha Christian High School. Competition carried over...

Sherry Kae Everheart

Sherry Kae Everheart went to be with Jesus on May 7, 2023. She died peacefully at home with her family beside her.  She was born on July 22, 1938 in Bogue, Kansas to parents Henry and Lois Freymuth.  They moved to Emmett, Idaho when she was a small child where she attended elementary school.  They later moved...

John David Beery

John David Beery was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on May 2nd, 2023 after a long battle with prostate cancer. John died at home, surrounded by family and friends singing Amazing Grace.

John was born on December 6th, 1949 in Boise, Idaho to John (Jack) and Bernice Beery. He was joined by...

Robert “Bob” Edward Lyons

Robert “Bob” Edward Lyons

Eagle, ID

Oct 14th, 1932 - May 2nd, 2023

Robert was born in Buhl, ID on October 14th, 1932 to Opal Lee Mitchell and Russel Elmore Lyon. He had four brothers, James R. Lyons, Fred Lyon, Tom Lyon, David Light and...

Joan Marie Cayford Jones

Joan Marie Cayford Jones was born on February 24, 1934 to Fred and Laura Belle Cayford in Portland Oregon.  She had only one sibling, her sister Clara who she adored.  Joan loved her family and she had a very special bond with her Grandparents Cornett whom she and Clara stayed with for prolonged periods when their parents...

Diana G. Keefer

Diana G. Keefer, 74, of Boise, died on Friday, April 21, 2023, in a local assisted living home. She was born in Portland, Oregon on July 24, 1948 to Edwin Genther and Betty May (Birkinbine) Genther.

She attended Boise High School and graduated in the first Capital High School Class of 1966. She...

Lorencita “Milana” Wong-Ramos

Lorencita “Milana” Wong-Ramos died unexpectedly of natural causes on April 6, 2023, in Meridian, Idaho. Her passing leaves an immeasurable void in the lives of all those who loved her, especially her husband and sons, extended family, and close friends whose lives she touched and enriched.  Her warm, bright, loving, friendly, playful, and fierce personality will be...

Margaret Marie Andrews Schiff

Margaret Marie Andrews was born on August 1, 1931, the only child of Alva and Marie Cowgill Andrews in Lincoln, NE. Her mother passed away three days later and her father when she was three years old. Margaret was raised in Central City, NE by her grandparents, Pearl and Laura Ross Cowgill and a loving extended family...

Mary Margaret Sampica

Born October 5, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the sixth of 13 siblings. Mary’s childhood years were mostly spent in the Midwestern states where her father worked as a stonemason after serving in WW1.  Mary graduated high school in Hartford Wisconsin.

Mary joined the US Marine Corps in March 1951, joining her 3 brothers...