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Arline A. Eidam
Jul 7, 2023
Mom passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of July 7th. She was born in Boise to Cliff and Lena Snyder. She grew up with her older brother Bob, enjoying all that small town Boise had to offer. After graduating Boise High School she enrolled at the University of Idaho where she joined the Alpha Chi Omega sorority....
Penny Lynn Schraufnagel
Jun 26, 2023
Penny Lynn Schraufnagel passed on 6/26/23 due to breast cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Penny was born on 10/8/47 in Billings Montana to Ray and Janice Burch. When Penny was 1 year old her father became the prosthetic officer at the VA in Boise and the family relocated to Boise. Penny went to South Junior High and Borah high school where...
Maxine A. Homsher
Jun 22, 2023
Maxine A. Homsher, 96, of Boise, ID peacefully entered her eternal rest, June 22, 2023. Maxine was born on April 12, 1927, to William I. and Effie Ann Nibarger, in Payette, ID. Maxine was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Tacoma, WA in the Spring of 1945. Her family moved to Tacoma at the beginning of WWII. Her older...
Beverly Cornell
Jun 21, 2023
Beverly Cornell, a beloved resident of Boise, Idaho, passed away on June 21, 2023, at the age of 88. Born on January 13, 1935, Beverly lived a full and vibrant life that touched the hearts of many. Beverly was the daughter of the late Everett Ralph Walker...
Roberta Louise Serena Phillips (“Bobbie”)
Jun 19, 2023
Roberta Louise Serena Phillips (“Bobbie”), age 80, died at home surrounded by her family on Monday, June 19, 2023. Roberta was born March 23, 1943 in Hill City, Graham County, Kansas, the daughter of Everett Wayne and Mary Serena. The family moved to Boise, Idaho in February 1944 when Roberta’s father was sent to Saipan with the U. S....
Phillip Alfred Archey
Jun 19, 2023
On June 19, 2023, Phillip Alfred Archey passed away at the age of 58 due to heart failure. He leaves behind his four children, nine grandchildren and countless friends, rejoining many others lost too soon. We would like to paint a picture to remind you of the incredible man we all knew Phil to be. We urge you to remember...
Terry Lowell Litke
Jun 18, 2023
Terry Lowell Litke went to be with Jesus on June 18, 2023 after a six week battle following complications from a routine surgery. While we never gave up hope, we saw Terry suffer over the six weeks and know he is now with Jesus and no longer in pain.
Born on July 24, 1975 in Nampa, ID to Terry D....
Sharon Louise Tracey
Jun 16, 2023
Sharon Louise Tracey, 91, our beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on Friday, June 16, 2023 with family by her side. Her last week was filled with visits from family and friends. She knew she was loved and cherished.
Sharon was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Donovan Willis & Vera Ione (Blakeley)...
Teresa Annette (Marchek) Richcreek
Jun 12, 2023
Teresa Annette Richcreek, of Boise, Idaho, by way of Garden Valley and Homedale, went to be with the love of her life, Skip, on Monday, June 12, 2023, at the age of 84. Her children and sister were with her right to the end.
Terry was born in Ontario, Oregon, on March 24, 1939, to Joseph & Ethel Marchek. She...
Dick Balkins
Jun 7, 2023
Dick’s given name was Almon James Balkins, Jr. He was born February 19, 1928 to Florence Ann Reichel Balkins and Almon James Balkins Sr. in Tacoma Park, Maryland. He died on June 7, 2023 while living with family in McCall, Idaho. Before he was a year old, “Junior” moved with his family via the Panama Canal to Southern California...
Margarita Benavidez Pomeroy
May 23, 2023
Our beloved rare jewel, Margarita Benavidez Pomeroy passed away suddenly at St. Alphonsus in Boise on Tuesday, May 23rd at the age of 80.
Born on December 26th, 1942 she was raised in Chama, New Mexico and was the 7th in line of 12 children (8 sisters, and 3 brothers) to Samuel and Josephine Benavidez. Graduating a year...
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...
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