Obituaries

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Local Obituaries for Boise, ID, Ada County & Surrounding Areas

Mae Lecount Purves June 22, 1922 ~ January 1, 2023

Mae Lecount Purves June 22, 1922 ~ January 1, 2023

Mae LeCount Purves passed away serenely under the loving care of the By His Grace CFH and Lighthouse Hospice on January 1, 2023.   She was 100 years old having celebrated that landmark birthday in June this year.  She was born in Syracuse, Indiana and moved with her family as a child to the Greene, New York area....

Katheryn (Kay) Ann Brown

Katheryn (Kay) Ann Brown

The world lost an amazing woman and heaven gained one. Kay Brown passed away peacefully December 31st surrounded by family. She was 86.

Kay was born February 16, 1936 in Nampa, Idaho to Hallie and Marion Hahn.  She attended Nampa High School, where she met the love of her life, Ron Brown. They...

Joan Cooper

Joan Cooper

June 29th, 1935 – December 29th, 2022

Joan, 87, passed away at home surrounded by family. Doris Joan Bailey was born in Hugoton, Kansas, to Ralph and Lillie (Ramsey). Her family moved to Idaho when she was 3, and settled in Meridian. She graduated from Meridian High School in 1953. She married her...

Jon Robert Wilson

Jon Robert Wilson

July 11, 1955 - December 23, 2022

Beloved husband, dad, grandad, brother, and friend, Jon Robert Wilson, passed away on Dec. 23, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. Jon was born July 11, 1955, to James and Marjorie Wilson in El Dorado, Kansas. He was the third of four boys: Jim, Tom, Jon, and Mike. His brothers...

John Clinton Adamson

John Clinton Adamson

John Adamson passed way on December 8, 2022. He was 75. John was a complex, private person and perhaps the most well-read person on the planet. He read tons of books and constantly absorbed online content from every source and subject imaginable spanning the gamut from astrology to complex economics. He was a master of wagering theories...

Frank D (“Don”) Hobson

Frank D (“Don”) Hobson

Frank D (“Don”) Hobson, 79, died December 27, 2022 at home, deeply aware that he was surrounded by love and friendship.  Don was born on October 21, 1943 in Belle Glade, Florida on the shores of Lake Okeechobee.  He was the eldest of three children born to Frank and Libby Hobson.

In his...

David Deforrest Baird

David Deforrest Baird

David Deforrest Baird (Dave) passed away at his residence in Boise, Idaho, on December 20, 2022 at the age of 94. Dave was born on September 30, 1928 in Riverton, Wyoming to the late Eldred Orenza Baird and the late Alice Eudora (Havens) Story.  Dave married Doris Clark on April 20, 1952 at Orofino, Idaho and they...

Susan E. (Wright) Simunich

Susan E. (Wright) Simunich

Susan E. (Wright) Simunich, of Boise, Idaho, passed away on December 20th, 2022 at the age of 78 while resting comfortably in her family home after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband John, sons Eric and Robert, brothers David (Heather) and Kenneth (Lynda) as well as several nieces and nephews.

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Patrick Joseph Cross

Patrick Joseph Cross

Patrick Joseph Cross, 76, passed on December 19, 2022. He was born in Boise, Idaho on May 29th, 1946, to Gerald and Mary De Blieck Cross. He was their oldest child, followed two years later by his sister, Karon. The family lived in East Boise and Patrick attended Garfield Elementary, East Junior High and Boise High. He...

Shirley Rae Mendiola

Shirley Rae Mendiola

August 30, 1937 – December 14, 2022

Shirley Rae Mendiola passed away peacefully at home December 14, 2022. Shirley was born to Leonard Samuel and Muriel Bate in Grand Island, Nebraska. She moved to Boise, Idaho as a young girl. She was teased by her future husband that she would always be a transplant and never a...

Robert “Bob” Johnson (Retired Navy Vet)

Robert “Bob” Johnson (Retired Navy Vet)

Robert “Bob” Johnson, 80, of Boise, died Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

Bob was born on April 22, 1942 in Rio Tinto, Nevada.

Bob joined the Navy in 1959. He remained in the Navy until he retired in January 1980 after twenty years.

He married Patricia...

Joan M. Hartnett

Joan M. Hartnett

Joan Marie Hartnett, 84, of Boise died early Thursday, December 15, 2022 at home with her family nearby.

Joan was born to Emmett and Nelda Hartnett in Weiser, Idaho. She would eventually gain a younger sister (Jeanette) and brother (Gary). They were raised on a farm during the 1940's and 50's. Joan was...

Mark Alexander “Alec” Robinson Iii

Mark Alexander “Alec” Robinson Iii

Mark Alexander “Alec” Robinson III of McCall, Idaho peacefully passed away Tuesday morning, December 13th.

Mark was born in Boise, Idaho on June 13th, 1941. He was in the first graduating class from Borah High in 1959 and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1963 with a degree in business. He was...

Dale Conrad Edstrom

Dale Conrad Edstrom

Dale Conrad Edstrom

June 24, 1945 - November 30, 2022

Dale Conrad Edstrom passed away peacefully in his home at the age of 77.

Dale was born to Pele and Leone Edstrom, in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 1945. He was the second of three...

Peggy C. Struble

Peggy C. Struble

Peggy C. Struble, 82, of Roswell, Idaho, died Monday, December 5, 2022 at home of natural causes.

Peggy was born on September 27, 1940 in Aline, Oklahoma to Frank Paul Shippy and Winifred Lorene (Farabee) Shippy.  She moved with her family to Weiser, Idaho where she graduated from Weiser High School.  In March...

Dan Marshall Evans

Dan Marshall Evans

Dan Marshall Evans was born in Caldwell, Idaho, on January 7, 1953, to Leland Ray Evans and Juanita McManus Evans. He passed away on November 28, 2022.

Dan’s family lived in Sunny Slope on his grandfather’s farm. All on board when it was the Evans family, the children learned to plant tomatoes, pick...

Larry House

Larry House

Larry was born to Josephine and Anthony “Tony” House on November 20, 1942 in Boise, Idaho. He was the youngest of 7 to be born. He was raised on the family ranch in Eagle, Idaho. There he learned to farm and alone shot his first pheasant at the age of 7 with a double barrel shot gun....

Charles "Chuck" Losser

Charles "Chuck" Losser

A Husband, Father, Son, Brother and Friend has moved onto a better place.

Charles “Chuck” Oliver Losser (age 62), died unexpectedly at his home on December 1, 2022.

He was born on May 16, 1960, to Raymond Oliver Losser and Bonnie Francis Losser. Chuck was born in Twin Falls,...

Richard “Dick” Stoops

Richard “Dick” Stoops

1936-2022

Richard “Dick” Stoops, Boise, passed away peacefully on November 14th, 2022, at the age of 86.  Interment will take place at a later date at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.

Dick was born at St. Luke’s Hospital, Boise, May 1936, the first of two children to Carl E....

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