Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

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

Charles Fred Leonard

Charles Fred Leonard

Charles Fred Leonard, 87, of Star, died Monday, December 28, 2020 at home. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, at Heritage Bible Church, 7071 Emerald St, Boise, ID . A private committal service with military honors will be held at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at a later...

Garth Baldwin

Garth Baldwin

Garth Baldwin, a loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020, at his home in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, surrounded by his family.  He was a kind, loving and faithful man.

Garth was born on December 31, 1940, in Ketchum, Idaho to Evone Chaumell Baldwin and LaVerne Baldwin.

On...

Orville J. "Pat" Thompson

Orville J. "Pat" Thompson

Orville J. “Pat” Thompson, 86, of Boise, died Wednesday, December 9, 2020.

Pat was born on August 31, 1934 in Nampa, ID, the son of Orville A. “Mike” and Opal M. Strong Thompson. He attended elementary school at...

Maxine M. Dorman

Maxine M. Dorman

Maxine M. Dorman

June 30, 1930 ~ December 5, 2020

Maxine M. Dorman was born on June 30, 1930 in Twin Falls, Idaho. She attended school in Jerome from Elementary through High School. She married Harvey Dale Dorman and together they resided in Jerome, ID, Twin...

Jean Law

Jean Law

Jean Hallie Thomson Law went to be with her Lord and Savior on December the 1st, 2020.

Jean was born on October 10th, 1925 to Harry and Gladys Thomson in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Jean lived in Glenns Ferry and Pocatello, Idaho and Colfax, Washington...

Patricia (Pat) Maxine Truitt

Patricia (Pat) Maxine Truitt

Patricia (Pat) Maxine Truitt left her earthly home November 23, 2020 at Edgewood Plantation Place Assisted Living facility with her family and friends in her heart.

Pat was born March 17, 1923 in Independence, Missouri, the first of six children born to Clarence and Florence Fuller. The family moved west...

Wesley J. Warren

Wesley J. Warren

Wesley J. Warren

June 23, 1958 ~ November 18, 2020

Wesley Jay Warren, 62, of Boise, died on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at his home.

Wesley was born on June 23, 1958 to John and Lauretta Warren in Boise,...

Frank A. Cooper

Frank A. Cooper

Frank A. Cooper, 55, of Garden City, died Saturday, November 14, 2020 at home.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Dry Creek Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.

Jolene Rosa Buffington

Jolene Rosa Buffington

Jolene Rosa Buffington, 74, of Boise, died Saturday, November 14, 2020 in a Nampa care center. Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.

Mary Margaret (Lake) Mckenna

Mary Margaret (Lake) Mckenna

Mary Margaret (Lake) McKenna left her earthly home to be with her Eternal Father in heaven, in the state of grace, on November 4, 2020. She passed peacefully at home, in the presence of her husband James, and daughter Margaret.  She staged a courageous, but brief, battle with glioblastoma.

Mary was born...

Donald David Belcher

Donald David Belcher

Don was born on December 14, 1946 in Lynwood, California, to Carl & Betty Belcher.

He graduated from South Gate High school in 1964 and was drafted into the Army in May of 1966. In the Army he was sent to Europe and went...

Carolyn Doss

Carolyn Doss

The family of Carolyn Doss is announcing that her childhood horse, Star, came for her on October 29. They joyfully reunited and Carolyn slipped onto her back and they rode off with her childhood dogs in tow to her favorite places from which she will not return. Carolyn is reuniting with friends, family...

Dee Ewing

Dee Ewing

Lauren Dee Ewing ,75, of Boise, ID, surrounded by her loving husband and three kids, went home to her Father in Heaven on November 2, 2020.

Dee was born July 13, 1945 at the Gowen Field Military Hospital to William and Ruby Bower who preceded her in death and was...

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...