Obituaries

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

Gunnar Ty Howarth

Gunnar Ty Howarth

Gunnar Ty Howarth, 49, of Eagle and White Bird, Idaho, died after a three-month illness on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at his home in White Bird overlooking the beautiful Salmon River.

Gunnar was born on January 22, 1971 to Dr. Charles...

Harold W Johnson

Harold W Johnson

Harold W Johnson, 95, passed peacefully Thursday afternoon with family at his side, five days after his mind and body decided it was time to go home to his beloved Margie, his wife of 69 years who had preceded him in death two years prior. Harold was born December 1, 1924, the youngest of ten, to Edwin E...

Phillip Burnett

Phillip Burnett

It is with great sadness that the family of Phillip L. Burnett announce his passing on Saturday, August 8, 2020, at the age of 68 years old. He is lovingly remembered and survived by his sisters, Diane Miller and Carolyn Igel, his daughter Elizabeth, his son Tony, and his loyal dog, Gunner. Also his many loving...

Michael G. Wood

Michael G. Wood

Michael Glen Wood passed away August 7 th at the age of 74 at his home in Boise, ID after a short but aggressive battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Barbara Wood, two sons Matthew and Bartholomew; and grandchildren Makayla, Marissa, Gabrielle, Michael, Madison, Mason, Justin, Braden.

After high school,...

Carol Jeanne Bull Smith

Carol Jeanne Bull Smith

Carol Jeanne Bull Smith, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away from natural causes on July 27, 2020.

Carol was born on July 14, 1928 in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was the daughter of Cleland Chester Bull and Charlotte Ann Kilburn. She joined a sister, Gloria Beth, who was...

Shirlene Box

Shirlene Box

Shirlene Box, 77, of Boise, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Boise, Idaho.

A committal service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.

Shirlene was born on November 23, 1942, in Caldwell, Idaho,...

M. Jean Rogers

M. Jean Rogers

Margaret Jean Rogers went to meet our heavenly father on July 22, at 3:50 a.m. Jean died of natural causes and will be buried in a private ceremony at a later date. There will be a Celebration of Life to be announced. Jean was born on November 16, 1935, (she shares her birthday with her husband). She was born to...

Beverly (Wood) Warren

Beverly (Wood) Warren

Beverly (Wood) Warren, 45, of Boise, Idaho passed on Sunday June 28 th , 2020 at Saint Alphonsus Boise on Curtis Rd.

Beverly was born in Twin Falls, Idaho to Michael Glen and Barbara Loretta Wood on February 23 rd , 1975. They moved to Boise as a family in 1989....

Amelia (Millie) Ferro 1930-2020

Amelia (Millie) Ferro 1930-2020

Amelia (Millie) Ferro, 89, of Grand View, ID died Friday, June 12, 2020.

Millie was born on October 18, 1930 in Bronx, New York to Frank and Magdalena Mihal Serina. She was raised in New York City, in the Bronx. She later attended college on a scholarship from the Fashion Institute of Technology in...

Myrtle A. Whitney

Myrtle A. Whitney

Myrtle A. Whitney, 91, of Boise, Idaho died Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Brookdale Independent Living Center.

Myrte (Geerhart) Whitney was born in Boise, Idaho to Margaret A. and William F. Geerhart on September 10, 1928 in Boise, Idaho. Her family moved to Oregon when she was a baby. They returned...

Loree Lyman

Loree Lyman

LoRee Lyman , 86, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, peacefully passed away at home on June 20,2020 of natural causes. Floy (LoRee) Smith was born June 5, 1934 in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, to Collis and Verda Smith, LoRee was the youngest of three children with two older brothers Joseph (Joe) and Dene. LoRee grew up and attended school...

Bill Box

Bill Box

Bill Box, 83, of Boise, died on June 14, 2020 at a local hospital.

Bill was born on February 9, 1937 in Nucla, Colorado to Marcus and Ethel Box.

He married Shirlene on October 20, 1968 in Elko, Nevada.

Bill resided...

Bruce William Carman

Bruce William Carman

Bruce William Carman, age 80, of Meridian, ID passed into heaven June 14, 2020 at 13:45 at the Boise VA Medical Center from complications of Melanoma Cancer.

Bruce was born June 28, 1939 to...

Barbara Ellen Lewis

Barbara Ellen Lewis

Barbara Ellen Lewis, of Nampa, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 in a local assisted living facility. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.

Barbara was born November 3, 1942, in Parthenon, Arkansas, to Dorlin Harris and Erma Holcomb Harris. She grew up and graduated...

Junko Perryman 1931 - 2020

Junko Perryman 1931 - 2020

Junko Perryman, born March 22, 1931, passed from this earth to continue onto a new life in heaven on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Junko was born, as the eldest child, into a loving and happy family that owned and operated restaurants in Nagoya, Japan. In March 1945, all their earthly possessions...

Marie Ann (Konkol) Lopac 1962 ~ 2020

Marie Ann (Konkol) Lopac 1962 ~ 2020

In early February, 2020, Marie was diagnosed with stage four Adenocarcinoma. Cancer. "Will I partner with fear or will I take down Goliath,” she asked with the same fire in her spirit that she'd shown so many times before. In the months between then and that rainy day in May, when the cancer made its final play, her strength dwindled,...

Ronnie Ray Riley

Ronnie Ray Riley

Ronnie Ray Riley was born August 19, 1949 in Norwood Missouri to Bonnel (Heard) and Tom Riley. The family moved to Idaho from Nebraska when Ron was in high school. Ron loved living in Idaho, Salmon and Lowman were the places he called home. His body succumbed to necrotizing pneumonia at a local hospital in...

Luetta E. Burrell

Luetta E. Burrell

Luetta was born in rural Nebraska and lived there until her teen years when the entire family packed up, headed west, and settled in Boise. She graduated from Boise High School, and at the end of WWII, she met and married Richard (Dick) Burrell who was stationed at Gowen Field. Two years later, they started their family with their firstborn,...

Dee R. Woodland

Dee R. Woodland

Dee R. Woodland died on May 21, 2020 in Boise, Idaho. He was born on June 22, 1937 and raised by Richard and Ivy Woodland in Inkom, Idaho. He was adored and at times tolerated by his three sisters – Olive, Doreen, and Gayla. He teased his youngest sister, Gayla, relentlessly. He was known for his shenanigans and often colorful...

John C. “Joe” Conway

John C. “Joe” Conway

John C. “Joe” Conway, 92, of Boise, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at his home of natural causes. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. At his request, no services will be held. Joe was born on July 13, 1927 in Berlin, New Hampshire to Henry Phillip Conway and Frances Cecilia Marshall Conway. After...