Angelina "Ann" Alleman, 87, of Meridian, died Sunday, November 29, 2015, at her home of natural causes. Angelina was born November 17, 1928, in Veteran, Wyoming, to Andrew and Stella Fillis.  Her father died when she was nine years old, leaving her mother to raise seven kids by herself, the youngest of which was twenty-seven days old.  Her mother worked...

Linda V. Cole, 64, of Eagle, Idaho, died Monday, November 30, 2015, at home of natural causes. Linda was born on November 21, 1951 in Port Angeles, Washington, the daughter of Audre Doris LaFon and Joseph R. (Bob) Morriss.  She married Ray Cole on May 28, 1970 in Reno, Nevada.  They resided in Colorado and Idaho. Linda had various occupations...

Margaret Smyser 1922 - 2015 93 years ago, on January 29, 1922, Margaret Smyser was born at St. Luke's Hospital in downtown Boise.  As a child, she attended Boise schools until she was a high school sophomore, when her family moved to Great Neck, New York (on Long Island). Graduating from Great Neck High School at the age of 16,...

Michael Patrick McNeill passed away Nov. 28, 2015 as the result of a tragic car accident. Mike was born November 17, 1951 in Boise, Idaho to Lorraine “Rainee” Heerlein and Creighton “Tom” McNeill.  Mike lived in Boise all of his life, graduating from Boise High School in 1970. Following in his father’s footsteps, Mike joined the Boise Fire Department in...

Lelace Virginia Coleman Gregory, 87, of Boise, died Thursday, November 12, 2015, in Boise of natural causes. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 28, 2015 in Cana Chapel, First United Methodist Church-Cathedral of the Rockies with Rev. Dr. Steve Tollefson, Pastor Emeritus officiating.  Inurnment will be in Etna Cemetery, Etna, CA at a later date....

Simonne Bethyl Huston Surgeon, 85, of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, died Tuesday, November 17, 2015 in a Boise hospital. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Dry Creek Cemetery. A viewing will be held at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, 5400 Fairview Avenue, on Friday, November 20th from 5:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Simonne was...

Dorothy Margaret Fanning Haskins, 88, of Boise, died Monday, November 16, 2015 in Boise. Dorothy was born on December 22, 1926, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Frederick and Margaret Cowan Fanning.  Dorothy had a twin sister, Louise, who passed in 2013. Dorothy lived in Montreal until she married Gilbert Leon Haskins, on September 28, 1950 in Montreal.  From...

Ramona Mae Beck, 86 passed away peacefully on Friday, November 13, 2015 in Boise, Idaho of natural causes. She was born on November 17 th , 1928 in Nampa, Idaho.  Ramona was the youngest of three children born to Emmett and Ruth (Peebles) Williams.  Ramona, known as Monie to her grandchildren, attended schools in the Happy Valley area and graduated...

Gary E. Morford was born in Boise, Idaho on February 15, 1943 to Madeline Lois Hedrick Morford and Ralph Willis Morford.  He died on November 12, 2015. Gary graduated from Borah High School in 1962 and went to college for 6 months at BYU because of a friend of his.  After, he came home to Boise to attend BJC. He...

Brandon Jay Steger passed away at the age of 33 on Saturday, October 31, 2015. A celebration of life potluck was held on Sunday, November 8, at the Orchard Plaza, 1111 Orchard St., Suite 111, Boise. His remains will be laid to rest alongside his mother at Nishnabotna Cemetery in Manilla, Iowa. He was born on October 6, 1982, in...

Sek Chong Wong, 85, of Boise, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2015 to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.   Sek Wong was born the middle child of Chang Men and Yi De Wong on the wintery day of December fifteenth, 1929 in the providence of Canton China.  As a child, he carried water buckets and herded cows to...

Steve Martinez, our loving son, husband, and father passed away on October 23, 2015. Steve was born in Hawthorne, CA to Enrique "Henry" and Esther Martinez. He moved with his family to Boise in 1973. Steve attended high school at Borah and Meridian. He attended and later graduated from BSU in 1983, with a BBA in Accounting. Steve worked for...

On October 29, 2015, Dale Delbert Schick Tweedy completed his final journey in life here on earth and joined his Savior in the most precious and grace-filled life everlasting. Dale was born September 6, 1938 in Eureka, SD. He joined the Air Force in 1956 and was Staff Sargent until medically discharged in 1966. While stationed in Mountain Home, ID,...

Dennis Cuningham, 75, of Garden City, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2015 at home of natural causes. Dennis was born February 18, 1940 in Cambridge, Idaho, the son of Joel and Bertha Wallace Cuningham. He grew up in that area receiving his schooling at Rush Creek, Idaho.   On December 25, 1959 Dennis married Wanda Lee Smith in Garden City. He...

Milton Eugene Erhart was born June 1, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas to Clifford and Doris Erhart. He passed away on October 24, 2015. Growing up on the family farm, he and his three brothers learned many hard-working skills, but they had fun, too. Although many parents told their children how hard life was back in the old-days, walking to...

Margaret Zamzow Priest passed away peacefully in her apartment on Thursday October 15, 2015 at the age of 89. Margaret was born October 22, 1925 in Meridian Idaho to August L. and Carmalita Zamzow, one of six children.  She had fond memories of growing up in what was then rural Idaho.  At the age of seven, she became acutely ill...

Mark William Miller, 58, passed away on October 7, 2015. Although the particular cause of death was unknown, we do know he contracted an infection that affected his entire body and fought it at the St. Alphonsus Hospital until the very end. Mark was born on October 22, 1956 in Boise, the son of William and Helen Miller. He spent...

Linda Eustice Berg died peacefully on October 10 th , 2015, after a three-year battle with cancer. Linda May Eustice was born March 31 st , 1947 in Madison, Wisconsin. She attended Madison area schools, and went on to earn a Bachelors of Music in Music Education, and a Masters of Music in Voice Performance, both from the University of...

Geoffrey C. Everts was born in Harbor City, California on June 27, 1958 to Connor Everts and Chizuko Sugita DeQueiroz.  He passed away on October 13, 2015 at the age of 57.  A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. Geoffrey attended UC Riverside, UC Davis and Cal...

Ora Kathryn Lawrence 1925 ~ 2015 Ora Kathryn Lawrence (you probably knew her as Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Great-Great Grandma, or Aunt Ora) answered the call of eternal life on October 18, 2015 after a long struggle with dementia. Her humble and sweet spirit is carried on by her remaining two sons Lloyd and Robert, her sister Velma, her loving...