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Ray W. Mullins Jr. 1947 - 2015

Ray W. Mullins Jr. 1947 - 2015

Ray Mullins, Jr., age 68, passed away on December 23, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospital from chronic heart failure. Ray was born to Ray Mullins, Sr. and LaVerne Estes on February 18, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was their only child. He attended elementary school in Raymondville, Texas. The family moved to Keosauqua, Iowa during Ray’s high school years...

Janice Marie Gaylord

Janice Marie Gaylord

Janice passed away to be with her Savior and Lord Jesus on January 17, 2016. She was born along with her twin brother, John Scott, to Gloria Taylor Baer on June 26, 1951 in Boise, Idaho. Gloria was very surprised to give birth to twins. Janice fought a tough battle during the last six years, and especially the past year,...

Roberta Mcdonald

Roberta Mcdonald

Roberta McDonald, 96 of Boise, Idaho passed away December 24, 2015. She was born in Ashland, Kansas, August 4, 1919 the daughter of Robert and Lorena Johnson Shupe. The family moved to Boulder, Colorado before she was a year old where her father was a student pastor at the University of Colorado. When Roberta was nine years old, her family...

Phyllip A. Hall 1940 - 2015

Phyllip A. Hall 1940 - 2015

Phyllip A. Hall, age 75, passed away Monday afternoon, December 28, 2015 in a Boise Care Center surrounded and supported by his loving family. Phil was always pleased and happy to see friends and family, and had a steady group of friends who came daily to visit or simply watch over him. Throughout his long and fateful journey, he never...

R.A. (Rusty) Jack

R.A. (Rusty) Jack

R.A. “Rusty” Jack passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Rusty was born January 14, 1926 in Loup City, Nebraska. His parents were Clarence and Lydia (Wallin) Jack. He lived in Loup City till he was 15 years old, then moved with his parents to Idaho. He graduated from Boise High School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States...

Myron A. Cordum

Myron A. Cordum

Myron A. Cordum, born March 4, 1931, in Bristow, Oklahoma, passed away in Boise, Idaho on December 30, 2015. Myron was the first of 3 children born to Eulah and Myron Abe Cordum. As a boy, Myron lived in several different towns in Oklahoma as his father followed job opportunities in the Oklahoma “Oil Patch.” Myron graduated from Davenport High...

Dave E. Holman

Dave E. Holman

Dave Edward Holman, 77, of Boise, Idaho, died peacefully January 9, 2016, at Amber Lane Assisted Living. Dave was born in Wenatchee, Washington, on October 24, 1938, the first child of Frank and Maxine Holman. Dave grew up in Auburn, Washington and attended Auburn High School (1956) and graduated from Washington State University in Land Management and Forestry (1961). While...

Thomas E. Rodgers

Thomas E. Rodgers

Thomas Eugene Rodgers, 71, of Boise, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in a Boise hospital. Tom was born May 24, 1944 in Emmett, Idaho the son of Elmer and Margaret Harwood Rodgers. He was educated in the Emmett School District. On January 24, 1962, he married his high school sweetheart, Kathleen O. Miller, in Boise, Idaho. A few days after...

Gary Reedy

Gary Reedy

Gary Reedy died on January 6, 2016. The son of Robert and Donna Reedy, Gary grew up in the East Bay, in Pinole, California. He graduated cum laude from Golden Gate University with a B.A. degree in the Administration of Justice. He received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oregon in 1988. Gary worked for Ada County for more...

Herbert “Bert” Otto

Herbert “Bert” Otto

Herbert “Bert” Otto, age 92, died peacefully in his home on January 21, 2016. Bert was born November 27, 1923 in Alderwood Manor, a small community north of Seattle, Washington, to Hans and Margaret Otto. In 1935, Bert and his brother Carl moved with their mom to Boise, Idaho. After graduating from Boise High School, Bert volunteered for service during...

Hazel Lee Davis-Reamey

Hazel Lee Davis-Reamey

Hazel Lee Davis-Reamey, 90, of Boise, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 at home with family by her side. Mom was born the oldest of six to Gale and Elsie Davis on October 25, 1925, in Rogersville, TN. She married our dad, Elmer Reamey, in Skipwith, VA, in 1950. They were married 61 years at the time of dad’s passing...

Mark Alan Dopieralski

Mark Alan Dopieralski

Mark Alan Dopieralski passed away January 10, 2016 at St. Alphonsus hospital. He was born to Anthony and Dorothy Dopieralski on November 17, 1954 in Boise, Idaho. Mark graduated from Boise High in 1973. He then married the love of his life, Mary Carberry, July 8, 1977. They were married for 34 years. He was a devoted husband and father....

Scott Allen Jones

Scott Allen Jones

Scott Allen Jones went to be with the Lord on December 22nd, 2015 at the age of 59, after a valiant fight against cancer. Scott was born June 3rd, 1956 in Covina, California. Growing up he had a talent for business and passion for independence. These two traits were driving forces in Scott’s decision to leave his California roots and...

Loyce Ann Young Mixon Frazier

Loyce Ann Young Mixon Frazier

God called Loyce Mixon Frazier, a true southern belle, to heaven on January 21. She went peacefully in her sleep in the house she dearly loved. Loyce was born on 8/31/1918 in Grant, LA to Gay Otis and Hulda Mattie Young. She was the 7th of 12 children. They were rambunctious and hard working, but she excelled at artistic endeavors...

Keith Irvin Bangerter

Keith Irvin Bangerter

A great man; a great-grandfather, grandfather, father, friend, and an inspiration to all - has sadly left us, if but for a moment, to be with those who have gone before. Preceded in death by his loving wife and sweet heart; Norma Jean, and survived by their children; Susan, Michael (Chris), Terry (Cherie), Janice (Matt), Cheryl (Kim); eighteen grandchildren, forty...

Mary Summers

Mary Summers

Mary Summers passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 in her Boise home, at the age of 47. Mary was born in Pendleton, Oregon on April 21, 1968. She graduated from Cambridge High School, Cambridge, Idaho in 1986. Mary was a free spirit, avid travel enthusiast, comic-con fan, and enjoyed catching up with friends and family on Facebook. Mary is survived...

John Merton Liese

John Merton Liese

John Merton Liese age 38, passed away December 28, 2015. John was born in Sun Valley, Idaho, the loving son of Ron and Mary Liese on November 1, 1977. The family moved to Boise in 1991 where John made lifelong friends and graduated from Capital High School in 1996 and played baseball and football. He attended college in Butte, Mt.,...

Elva Stands

Elva Stands

Elva Lucille (Jagger) Stands, 94, died on January 20, 2016, at Grace Assisted Living in Nampa, Idaho of natural causes. A celebration of her life will be held Monday, January 25, 2016, at 11a.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel in Boise. Elva was born July 2, 1921, in Oklahoma, the fourth of six children born to Barbee and Bessie Jagger....

Lois Ann Hummel

Lois Ann Hummel

Lois Ann Hummel, daughter of Visilias (William) John Collias and Lillian Cannon, passed away on January 10, 2016. She was born March 25, 1928 in Glendive, MT. She married Donald F. Hummel on July 27, 1951 in Ketchikan, AK and is survived by her daughter, Jane and grandson, Grant Simmons. She is buried at Dry Creek Cemetery in Boise, ID.

Donald Melvin Grooms

Donald Melvin Grooms

Donald Melvin Grooms, 95 of Boise, Idaho died Jan. 5 th , 2016 at Avamere Transitional Care of natural causes.  A funeral service will be held Monday, January 11 th , 2016, at 10 a.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. A viewing will start at 9 a.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow at Terrace Lawn Cemetery. Donald was...