Obituaries

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

Glenn Leroy Loomis

Glenn Leroy Loomis

Glenn Leroy Loomis

May 11, 1921 – November 1, 2020

Glenn Leroy Loomis went into the arms of Jesus on November 1 st at his daughter’s home surrounded by family after a short illness.

Glenn was born...

James H Smith 1932-2020

James H Smith 1932-2020

James H Smith passed away on October 27, 2020 from complications due to a recent stroke. His last days were at home in Boise, Idaho, surrounded by his wife and children as he went home to be with his Lord and Savior.

Jim, aged 88, was born in 1932 in Eureka, California to John and Dorothy...

Janet "Sue" Rowley

Janet "Sue" Rowley

Janet “Sue” Rowley

07/17/1942 to 10/26/2020

Janet “Sue” Rowley was born on July 17, 1942 to J.T. and Beatrice (Lawson) Miller in Harvey, Illinois. She graduated from Thornton Township High School in Illinois in 1960....

Cindy Laray Rekow

Cindy Laray Rekow

Cindy LaRay Rekow, 60, of Lowman, Idaho, went to be with her Lord on October 24, 2020 in Boise, Idaho.

She was born on November 12, 1959 in Boise to Dennis and Helen Moren and was the middle of seven children. She graduated from Boise...

Phyllis M. Watson

Phyllis M. Watson

Phyllis May Watson, 90, died peacefully in a local assisted care home on Friday, October 2, 2020.

Phyllis May Teeter was born on May 17, 1930 in Boise, Idaho to Lloyd E. and Viola C. Teeter. As a child, she spent time growing up on the Teeter family farm in west Boise, surrounded by her...

Richard “Dick” Lewis Buxton ~ May 20, 1936 – October 19, 2020

Richard “Dick” Lewis Buxton ~ May 20, 1936 – October 19, 2020

Richard “Dick” Lewis Buxton was born on May 20, 1936 in Burley, Idaho. He later moved with his parents, brother Jay, and sister Karen to Marsing, and then to a small farm in Caldwell. He graduated from Marsing High School where he was the class president and 4-sport letterman. After high school, he went to the...

Homer Erickson

Homer Erickson

Homer Philip Erickson

April 10, 1930 – October 8, 2020

Homer was born on a small farm in Kingsburg, California, the last of six children to Clarence and Ruth Erickson. Despite growing up during the depths of the Depression and then WWII, Homer often reminisced that...

Warren Burk Nelson

Warren Burk Nelson

Warren Burk Nelson

October 19, 1928 – October 11, 2020

Warren Burk Nelson, age 91, peacefully passed into the presence of his Lord and Savior on October 11, 2020. Warren was born in Twin Falls, Idaho...

Roslyn Voreen (Knight) Snow

Roslyn Voreen (Knight) Snow

Roslyn Voreen (Knight) Snow passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at the age of 102.   Roslyn was born on June 20, 1918, at Cricket Flat, Oregon, to Sam & Verda Knight.   She was the granddaughter of pioneers to the Grand Ronde Valley who had come west on the Oregon Trail in 1865.

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Carolyn Eileen Sailor

Carolyn Eileen Sailor

Our beloved Carolyn Eileen Sailor, age 74 went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, October 9, 2020 surrounded by her loving husband Earl Sailor and three children at her home in Meridian, Idaho.  She was born in American Falls, Idaho on October 30, 1945 to Glenn and Mary Hayter. ...

Cary James Benson

Cary James Benson

Cary James Benson (Bear), 43, of Ontario, Oregon, gained his wings October 6th, 2020, at the St. Luke’s hospital in Boise, Idaho; surrounded by family. He fought a valiant battle against Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Cary Benson...

Ronald Joseph Rodrigues

Ronald Joseph Rodrigues

On Wednesday, October 7th, 2020, Ronald Joseph Rodrigues, son, husband, father, and grandfather, passed away at the age of 60 years. Ron was born on April 28th, 1960 in Castro Valley, CA, where he spent his early years. He moved to Livermore, CA, where he played football and graduated from Livermore...

James Hunter

James Hunter

Jim passed away at his home in Boise, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

The son of the late Roland and Betty (Rember) Hunter. Born in Hailey, ID, September 18, 1942. An avid skier, he also loved to golf. As a youngster he caddied at Sun Valley Golf Course for Jerry Lewi and other...

Charles W. Simmons - Dec. 9, 1931 To October 3, 2020

Charles W. Simmons - Dec. 9, 1931 To October 3, 2020

Chuck (aka “CW”, “Bud” and “Grandpa”) was born in Boise on December 9, 1931 to Frank and Ida Belle Simmons of Reynolds Creek, Owyhee County, Idaho. He attended the Arena Valley and Roswell schools, graduating from Parma High in 1949. He worked on the family farm in Roswell irrigating, driving tractor, shoveling ditch,...

George Anthony Shearer September 23, 1937 ~ September 27, 2020

George Anthony Shearer September 23, 1937 ~ September 27, 2020

George Anthony Shearer, 83, of Boise, Died on Sunday, Septem­ber 27, 2020 at his home. A funeral service with military honors will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Oc­tober 7, 2020 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.

George was the oldest child of George James...

Shiu (Susie) Tsing Lee January 5, 1923 ~ September 27, 2020

Shiu (Susie) Tsing Lee January 5, 1923 ~ September 27, 2020

Susie Lee, 97, of Boise, died on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at her home of natural causes. A public viewing will be held at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel on Saturday, October 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. A private – family only service (due to ordinance) will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 10:30...

Daniel Wayne Richards

Daniel Wayne Richards

Daniel (Dan) Wayne Richards was born Dec 7, 1969 to Dick & Glenda Richards in Boise, ID. He and his older sister Debbie grew up in Boise and later moved to Meridian. Dan was a hard worker from a young age. He started mowing lawns at 8 years old, the first of many business ventures in his life....

Carol Smith Purdy

Carol Smith Purdy

Carol Margaret Purdy died peacefully at a local hospital on September 15, 2020 at 97 years old surrounded by family.

Carol Purdy was born July 30 th , 1923 at the old Taylor home...

Louis Jay Fuess

Louis Jay Fuess

Louis Jay Fuess was born in Ilion, New York, the second of three sons to Ron and Eleonor (Sigsbee) Fuess. Barry, Lou, and Phillip kept their parents on their toes. Their childhood stories were two parts Norman Rockwell, one part Lord of the Flies. There was the story about the time it snowed 20 feet and...

Joe Barnett

Joe Barnett

On August 20, 2020 William Joseph “Joe” Barnett went to be with Jesus on Thursday, August 20th, 2020 at the age of 88. Joe was born at his maternal grandmother’s farm in Moscow, Idaho, the third living son of Rutherford and Edna Barnett (neé Wolfe). As a child in Tacoma Washington, Joe...

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