Loyd J. Bliss ~ May 9, 1920 – June 10, 2016 Patricia A. Bliss ~ August 17, 1927 – June 11, 2016 It is with heavy and grateful hearts that we share the following: Our father, Loyd Jay Bliss, died June 10th. Our mother, Patricia Ann Bliss, died June 11th, nineteen hours later. We cannot begin to tell you how...

JUNE 11, 2016 will be remembered as a bitter-sweet day by John McLeod’s family and friends who loved him, as that was the day he passed away and was released from pain. John was born in Whitefish, Montana on March 10, 1952 to Jack and Adelaide McLeod, where Jack was an engineer on the Hungry Horse Dam. John was a...

Landreth (Lanny) Wall, 72, of Boise, Idaho, passed away at home surrounded by his family on June, 11, 2016, after a long battle with lung cancer. Lanny is survived by his beloved wife of 36 years, Esther, son Michael Wall and wife Megan of Issaquah, Washington; Daughter Christine Thomas of Boise Idaho; Daughter TeAnna Kennedy and husband Tim of Durham,...

JoAnn Horton Furey, 89, of Boise, Idaho, died October 12, 2015 in a Boise hospital of natural causes. Memorial services are to be held in Salmon, Idaho with inurnment at the Salmon Cemetery. JoAnn was born on April 24, 1926 in Burns, Oregon, the daughter of Violet Terrill Horton and Vernon Horton. She grew up in Idaho and graduated from...

Bethel Roark left this earth to meet back up with Al on June 9, 2016 with her two daughters by her side. She was born in Boise August 22, 1930 to Roy and Retha Castor. Bethel attended grade school at Pleasantview School on Beacon Light Road in Eagle and graduated as class Valedictorian of Eagle High School in 1948. Bethel...

Shirley A. Peterson passed away on June 6, 2016 at the age of 81. Service will be held Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 11 AM at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, 5400 Fairview Avenue, Boise. The Rev. Kent Conrad will officiate with interment to follow in Dry Creek Cemetery. Shirley was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on January 27, 1935, to...

William “Bill” James Dunbar, 90, died Saturday, June 4, 2016 at his home with his spectacular view and his loving daughters surrounding him. He was born in Boise, on Veteran’s Day – November 11, 1925. He was a true Idaho native living his life in Boise. At the age of 17 he joined the Navy and spent three years on...

Lt. Col Mary E. Nelson of Boise, Idaho died June 6, 2016 in her home in the company of her sister Margaret and brother-in-law Ray Daniels. Mary was born August 12, 1931 in Batavia, NY. Her parents Therese and Richard Williams, and 3 brothers were living on the farm with maternal grandparents Margaret and John Price. After a year the...

Beloved husband, father and grandfather, Quentin Loring Quickstad, M.D., 89, passed away in his home on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Quentin was born in Toronto, South Dakota on December 5, 1926. He was the only child of Martin and Alma Quickstad. During his early childhood, he lived on a farm and attended a small one-room country school. Because the Great...

Jack Hans Hansen of Boise, Idaho passed away May 30, 2016 of natural causes. A private inurnment will be held at Dry Creek Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Wright Community Congregational Church, 4821 W. Franklin Rd., Boise, on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. Jack Hans Hansen was born on August 27, 1931 in Boise, Idaho...

On June 5th, 2016, Roberta Marie Buffington-Irwin, 55, of Garden City, Idaho, passed away peacefully after surrendering to complications of pancreatic cancer in a Boise hospital. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends. Roberta “Bert” Irwin was born on October 20, 1960, in Boise, Idaho. She was the daughter of Robert Buffington and Jewel Coralie William-Weatherly. She is...

John was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on September 17, 1949 and died of natural causes at his Boise home on May 23, 2016. His parents John and Alice Elliott, sister Joan Pond and niece Dr. Jodean Elliott-Blakeslee preceded him in death. He is survived by his brother and sister-in-law Bill and Mary Jeanne Elliott, a nephew Bob and two...

Helen Elaine Hendren Copple-Williamson, age 92, of Boise, Idaho, passed away at home on May 29, 2016. Born August 5, 1923 in Salt Lake City, Utah, she moved to Boise as a child with her mother Aleen Hendren and her younger brother Robert. She attended Boise schools, graduating from Boise High School where she was on the debate team, beginning...

Tracy Lynn Kepner-Roberts, age 55, went to be with the Lord surrounded by family and friends after a year long fight with a relapse of CIDP. The neurological disease is an autoimmune disorder. Tracy was born in Boise, Idaho, January 1961, to Marvin and Sylvia (Hobbs) Kepner. She was the third of three daughters and kept the Kepner in her...

Leon Glen Marshall was born on July 18, 1942, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Wilbur and Thelma Marshall. He ended his battle against bone cancer on June 2, 2016, and passed away peacefully in his home with family by his side. He was a loving husband and dad and a good friend to many. After Leon graduated from high school, he...

Kay was born Jan. 31, 1936, in Alton, MO. She moved to Boise and married Richard Curtis Booth in 1959. Kay was a devoted full-time homemaker and mother, and later a joyful, nurturing grandmother and great grandmother. She completed business college and served in the Civil Service for over 25 years, retiring in 1999 as office manager in Montgomery. Kay...

(Blanche) Violet Grapp was born to Michael and Lula (Odle) Heber on December 17, 1921 at Rockham, South Dakota. She was the youngest child of ten children born in that family. She attended elementary school in a one room school house along with her brothers and sisters. She graduated from Faulkton High School in 1939. She attended Northern State Teacher’s...

Virginia L. Fleming, age 76, died peacefully on May 28, 2016 at her home in Boise, ID. Virginia was born April 8, 1940 in Sunnyside, WA, the daughter of Vertchal and Mary Brooks. She spent her childhood and young adult years in the beautiful Yakima Valley. She later moved to western Washington and in 1963 Virginia married the love of...

On the crisp spring morning of May 12th, 1925 in Kalispell, Montana, a 40 year old woman was steeling her mind to face the gravity, and the possible sorrow of the moment that she knew was arriving soon. She was surely about to deliver a child, and she was told that by the end of the day, probably herself, or...

Wendy Elizabeth (Hansen) Nelson was born March 3, 1959 in California. She was eagerly awaited by Bill and Peg Hansen who adopted Wendy into their loving family. The three Hansens lived in Pleasant Hill, California until Wendy was three when they moved to Salem, Oregon and lived for ten years. Wendy loved picking beans and berries for a local farmer...