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Robert F. "Bob" Weber

Robert F. "Bob" Weber

Bob was born in Oakland, California, August 12th, 1944 to Herman Weber and June Craft. He attended schools in the area, graduating from Oakland Technical High in 1962. Bob was stationed in Germany for two years while serving in the Army. After leaving the Army, he moved to Lake Tahoe in 1968. This is where he met his wife, Bonnie,...

Albert Lee Langston

Albert Lee Langston

Albert Lee Langston passed away on April 12 th , 2016 after a three-year battle with cancer. There will be a private grave-side service for the immediate family. It will be a military funeral honoring his 22 years of service to our country. Following the military service there will be a public memorial service where the military honors video will...

Wilma Geraldean Scaggs Kiser Lucky

Wilma Geraldean Scaggs Kiser Lucky

Wilma Geraldean Scaggs Kiser Lucky passed away on April 10, 2016 of natural causes. Graveside services will be held on April 25, 2016 at 2 pm, at Canyon Hill Cemetery. Wilma was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Jan 23, 1931, the oldest of seven children of Roy and Nellie Scaggs. The family moved around some during her childhood, and it...

Cleone Vera Pierce

Cleone Vera Pierce

Cleone Vera Pierce, née Ulrich, 82, passed away Thursday night, April 7th, surrounded by her loved ones in the family home. She was born September 14, 1933 in Cathay, North Dakota; the daughter of Gordon and Hilda Ulrich and sister to Kenneth Ulrich. Cleone and her family moved to Boise in 1946, where she attended North Junior High and graduated...

Janet B (Everts) Ford

Janet B (Everts) Ford

Jan B. Ford, age 76, died unexpectedly on April 7, 2016 from a severe infection. While it was extremely sad to say goodbye to such an amazing woman, she left to sounds of laughter, surrounded in love. This was very fitting for her. She had such a great hearty laugh and so much love to give. Everyone was family to...

Sophia (Sue) Rogge Pickerell

Sophia (Sue) Rogge Pickerell

Sophia (Sue) Rogge Pickerell, a long-time resident of the Treasure Valley, passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Valley View Retirement Home.  Born December 5, 1917 in Waco, Nebraska, Sue was raised in York, Nebraska by her parents Nellie and Herman Rogge along with her 3 sisters Ruth Gettman, Lola Scavola, Viola Cartwright and 2...

William Carl (Bill) Beatty

William Carl (Bill) Beatty

William Carl (Bill) Beatty died on April 1, 2016. He was 86 years young. Bill was born on December 4, 1929 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only child born to Claire C. and Stella C. Beatty. He attended elementary school while in Worcester and graduated from East Haven High School in Connecticut. His early collegiate years were spent at the University...

Curtis E. Schonberger

Curtis E. Schonberger

Curtis E. Schonberger, 74 of Boise, died on Monday, April 4, 2016.  A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, 5400 Fairview Ave., Boise, Idaho 83706. Curtis was born in Wimbledon, North Dakota on May 20, 1941 to Harry and Alice (Heiden) Schonberger.  He graduated high school in Spokane,...

Kandie Clark

Kandie Clark

On Monday, April 4, 2016, Kandie peacefully went to Heaven while at her home surrounded by her husband (Wayne), sister (Bonnie), her husband (Fred) and her devoted friend, Melanie. Kandie had a particularly insidious form of Early or Younger Onset Alzheimer’s disease that she had suffered with for the last five years. Thankfully, Kandie remained in her home the entire...

Robert Paul Barnes, M.D.

Robert Paul Barnes, M.D.

Bob Barnes, 71, entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 2, 2016 surrounded by his wife of 47 years and two daughters. A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, April 8th at 2 pm at Ustick Baptist Church, 14301 W. McMillian Rd, Boise. Services are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral...

Dolly Ray Purdy Engberg

Dolly Ray Purdy Engberg

Dolly, 98, born April 24, 1917 at Sandpoint, Idaho to Bruno and Sophie Hoffman Glaubitz, died on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in a Meridian Assisted Living Facility. A viewing will be held on Thursday, March 24, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2016...

Inez Pettijohn Crookston

Inez Pettijohn Crookston

Inez Pettijohn Crookston, age 93, passed away on March 18, 2016. Inez was born on February 2, 1923 to Everett and Joy Pettijohn in Seattle, Washington where they lived until Inez was 9 years old. The family had strong ties with both of their families there, but when in 1932 Mr. Pettijohn accepted the challenge of running a newspaper in...

Victor L. Whetzel

Victor L. Whetzel

Victor L. Whetzel, 107, of Boise, died Saturday, March 26, 2016, in a local care facility. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the Garden Plaza at Valley View, 1130 N. Allumbaugh St., Boise, Idaho, 83704. Victor was born on December 21, 1908 in Winona, WA, the son of Juanita Beber and Frank...

Gary Lee Robbins

Gary Lee Robbins

Gary Lee Robbins was born in Galesburg, Illinois on October 26, 1944 to Clarence “Poodle” Robbins and Irene Whitehall. He was raised by Irene and his beloved stepdad, John Warren Crow. In 1962, he graduated from Winola High School and entered the US Air Force, where he served for four years as a Morse Code Interceptor. He returned from active...

Alma Louise Richarz

Alma Louise Richarz

Alma Louise Richarz, 84, of Boise, died Sunday, March 20, 2016 at home of natural causes. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 25, 2016 at Morris Hill Cemetery. There will be a viewing at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Thursday, (today), from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Alma was born on July 3, 1931, in Cambridge,...

Margaret E. Downing

Margaret E. Downing

As the early summer heat began to warm the earth on the 17th day of June in 1946, it filled the winds with exuberance and the promise of possibilities that swelled America’s chest after The War. On this day, that same warm wind rushed through the perfectly wound, dark curls of a young woman’s hair, trying to tug them out...

Lidia Agnese Mcfarland

Lidia Agnese Mcfarland

Lidia Agnese (Masoni) McFarland, 88, of Boise, ID, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, left this world to be with her Lord March 20, 2016. Lidia was born January 21, 1928, in Limiti (near Pisa), Italy, to Secondo and Quintilia (Ciardelli) Masoni. She married an American soldier, Leonard Fulleton, in Italy in April, 1946, and immigrated to America in September,...

Edward W. “Ed” Heavin

Edward W. “Ed” Heavin

Edward W. “Ed” Heavin, 87, of Middleton, ID, died Sunday, March 20, 2016 at home of natural causes. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Dry Creek Cemetery. A viewing will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, (today) at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Ed was born on August 21, 1928...

Lucie Springer

Lucie Springer

Lucie Springer, 40, of Boise, died on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at home. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, March 26, at 6 p.m., at The Riverside Hotel, in the Aspen Room. This event is semi-formal. Lucie was born on July 19, 1975 in Duchcov, Czech Republic to Jaroslav and Jana Chlouba. She married Erik Springer...

Dwayne Darrell Hines Ii

Dwayne Darrell Hines Ii

Dwayne Darrell Hines II, 55, of Boise, died Monday, February 29, 2016 at home. Dwayne was born January 2, 1961 in Nampa, Idaho, the son of Dwayne Darrell Hines and Barbara Ailshie (Hines ) Mordhorst. Dwayne spent his early years in Nampa, graduating from Nampa Christian High School. He then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science Degree from...