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Clifford J. Turnupseed

Clifford J. Turnupseed

Cliff, 57, born to Richard and Jackie Turnupseed, May 23rd 1956. "And they Loved a boy even more then they loved themselves and called him Son" Those of us left behind are full of grief and sorrow, but we know he is definitly in heaven safe in the arms of the Lord. He was deeply devoted to God and his...

Roger Lee Dutton

Roger Lee Dutton

Roger Lee Dutton was the 14th of 15 children born to A.W. and Mildred Dutton on September 12, 1940, in Cody, Wyoming.  He was the first baby boy born in the original Cody Hospital.  Roger was raised on the family farm on Lower Sage Creek and attended Cody Schools.  He served in the  Army reserve and completed boot camp at...

Patricia “Trish” Lee Weaver Vetsch

Patricia “Trish” Lee Weaver Vetsch

Patricia “Trish” Lee Weaver Vetsch was born to Jim and Ione Weaver on November 7th, 1951 in    Grand Junction, CO, and she passed away November 23, 2016 in Boise, ID. Trish (also known as Tricia by some of her friends) grew up in the Boise area and graduated from Borah High School. She married John C. Vetsch on June 4th,...

Larry (Lawrence Dale) Van Cleef

Larry (Lawrence Dale) Van Cleef

Larry (Lawrence Dale) Van Cleef passed away Saturday November 26th of natural causes. He was born April 29th, 1939 to JD and Blanche Van Cleef in Burns Oregon. Larry had an older brother, Ron. The two of them competed in everything they could, including things like hiking 29 miles from Warm Lake to Highway 55. Legend has it that the...

Lila May (Benedict) Renk

Lila May (Benedict) Renk

Lila May (Benedict) Renk died peacefully at home at the age of 94, on October 21, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Lila was born at home to Ralph and Cordie (Burton) Benedict on April 16, 1922. She grew up on the family farm near Rupert, Idaho, the second of three children. When she was just five, Lila’s older sister,...

Luella Mae Janson

Luella Mae Janson

Luella Mae Janson, 98, passed away peacefully in her home at Grace Assisted Living on Saturday morning, October 22, 2016. Luella was born on March 3, 1918, in Meridian, Idaho. She was one of four siblings born to Albert and June Neal. Luella leaves behind an incredible legacy that inspired everyone she came in contact with. Luella grew up in...

Gerald “Jerry” Ward

Gerald “Jerry” Ward

Gerald Eldon Ward “Jerry” was born in Portland, OR on December 10, 1923 to Gerald “Babe” Ward and Vida Cole Ward of Eagle and Star area. He graduated from Star and Eagle schools in 1941 and joined the Navy during World War II. During World War II he was stationed in the South Pacific on a mine sweeper. Upon his...

Horace James (Jim) Baugh

Horace James (Jim) Baugh

Horace James (Jim) Baugh passed away, at home, on Friday, October 21, 2016. Jim was born the 2nd of July, 1938 to Harry Garnett and Edith (Shumate) Baugh. He was raised on the family ranch in Shoshone, Idaho and graduated from Shoshone High in 1956. He joined the US Marine Corps in November of 1956. His training was in aviation...

Mary Agnes Chavis Morrison

Mary Agnes Chavis Morrison

Mary Agnes Chavis Morrison was the wife of 54 years of Michael K Morrison. She was the 1st born of Herman and Maude Chavis, followed by sister, Martha Sue and brother, Billy Herman. Although neither was religious, they both attended Memphis’ First Baptist Church to meet men/women. That’s where she met Mike, then a Marine Corps PFC. Despite her Arkansas/Louisiana...

Walter Andrew Stone (Andy)

Walter Andrew Stone (Andy)

Andy passed away peacefully at his home on October 11, 2016, after fighting a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Boise to Walt and Lois Stone on October 12, 1946. He attended Boise schools and graduated from Borah High in 1964. He graduated from ISU where he was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Andy loved...

Ramona Anderton

Ramona Anderton

Ramona Anderton, a long-time resident of Boise, passed away on Sunday, October 30th surrounded by her loving family. Ramona was born on February 25, 1929 in Circleville, UT, the daughter of Frank and Louise Weaver. Ramona married Thomas Anderton on May 14, 1945. They moved to Boise in 1953 where they raised four children, which she would tell you was...

Robert (Bob) Pond

Robert (Bob) Pond

Robert (Bob) Pond, 90, of Boise, passed away at home on Saturday, October 29th. Bob was born at Pond’s Lodge in Island Park, Idaho on June 10, 1926 to Angus and Rella Pond. He was raised with his three sisters, Gloria, Virginia and Marilyn, in Blackfoot and Idaho Falls. After graduating from Idaho Falls High School in 1944, he joined...

Ethel Irene Newcomb

Ethel Irene Newcomb

Ethel was born in Hiawatha, Nebraska on February 4, 1919 to Frank Nelson and Elda Perdue Nelson. She was the eldest of three siblings, brothers James and Cecil Nelson and sister Fay Boucher. Ethel married Dorence Newcomb and through this union five children were born. The family moved from Cambridge, Nebraska to Boise in 1950. Ethel was a waitress at...

Donna L. Shively

Donna L. Shively

Donna L. Shively, 64, of Boise, died on Sunday, September 18, 2016 at her home. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 23, at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel with a viewing prior starting at 12 noon. Donna was born on June 25, 1952 in Pocatello, Idaho to Jess P. Garcia and Cecilia Blake Garcia. She...

Edna Mae “Daisy” Ramsey-Porter

Edna Mae “Daisy” Ramsey-Porter

Edna Mae “Daisy” Ramsey-Porter died peacefully in her home on August 29, 2016 in Nampa, Idaho at the age of 93. Daisy was born on May 29, 1923 in Burwell, Nebraska, to her parents, John E. Johnson and Edith I. South. Daisy is survived by her children, CC “Bob” Ramsey and Kay Lynn Shell; by her step children, Bob Porter,...

Marcia Jayne Panattoni

Marcia Jayne Panattoni

Marcia was born on February 26, 1959 to Marilyn Killgore, a teacher, and Joe Panattoni, an attorney. She joined two older sisters as the darling youngest in their lovely childhood in Ellensburg where they played dollies, goofed around in the creek, gave extravagant parties for their pets, and argued over whose sweater the other was wearing. Her mother filled the...

Marilyn York Rose

Marilyn York Rose

On August 21, Marilyn joined her beloved Earl forever, passing away peacefully, surrounded by family. Marilyn was born February 3, 1931 to Fred York and Helene Hansen York at St. Luke’s in downtown Boise. She had one older brother, James York. She and her brother grew up in the North End of Boise and she spent most of her life...

Kathy (Kathleen) Slemons Lee

Kathy (Kathleen) Slemons Lee

Kathy (Kathleen) Slemons Lee danced her way to heaven on October 8 , 2016 in her home in Boise, ID. Kathy was born in Wendell, ID on March 29, 1949 to Fred and Marion Slemons of Jerome, ID. Kathy owned and operated the Kathy Lee School of Dance in Boise for 24 years. In those 24 years and beyond Kathy...

Angela Mary Lind

Angela Mary Lind

Angela Mary Lind of Boise, Idaho died peacefully on July 28, 2016. Angela was born in Meyer, Iowa, the daughter of Anton J. Wagner and Isabel Wagner on February 8, 1926. She graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing Rochester, Minnesota in 1947 and worked as a registered nurse in Minnesota, Montana, and New Mexico. On June 24, 1950,...

Charles Eugene Campbell

Charles Eugene Campbell

A gentle man of God, a loyal husband, faithful father, and loving grandfather. Charles “Chuck” Eugene Campbell led an inspirational life marked by unconditional love, giving, and serving others. Chuck was born in Tucson, Arizona to Glen and Jewel Campbell on August 14, 1954. In the early days of Chuck’s life, he was a finish carpenter and home builder providing...

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