Jon Charles Thomas was born December 29 th , 1943 in Spokane, Washington to Chester and Eulah Thomas.  Jon and his older brother Philip A. Thomas spent their high school years in Southern Idaho.  Jon attended Roosevelt Middle School and East Junior High before moving to Cambridge, Idaho.  After a brief stay, his family moved to Nampa where he attended...

Roger Lee Allen, 70, of Garden City, died Saturday, May 10, 2014 at his home of natural causes. Roger was born February 13, 1944 in Welch, West Virginia the son of John Henry and Mona Cline Allen.  He grew up in Pineville, West Virginia out side of the  small mountain town where he loved to run and cause mischief with...

Samuel Edwin Roeber, 95, of Atlanta, ID, died Thursday, May 8, 2014 in a local hospital. Sam was born on July 7, 1918 in Paonia, Colorado, the son of Mary and Frank Leonard Roeber.  He was brought north to Meridian Idaho in 1926.  On December 7, 1940 Sam married the late Dorothy Fern Bentzinger in Chehalis Washington.  Sam proudly served...

Richard (“Dick”) C. Fields, 83, passed away unexpectedly on April 23, 2014 while recovering from a fall suffered on March 19. Dick was born in Waterloo, Iowa on January 10, 1931, the son of George and Emily Fields.  When he was 9, his family moved to Boise with his sister, Ann (Kaufman), and, in 1948, he was graduated from Boise...

Kathleen Rachel (Thornock) “Katy” Dingeldein passed peacefully Friday, April 18, 2014 surrounded by her children and family. Services will be held May 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 1500 East Wright Street, Boise, Idaho. The third child of six, Katy was born to Harold and Cecilia Thornock on October 7, 1944 in Provo, Utah....

Irene G. Martin, matriarch of our family, of Caldwell Idaho passed away peacefully on April 19 th , her 93 rd birthday, surrounded by family. Irene was born in Baker County Oregon and grew up in the Baker City area. She was one of eight children born to James O. and Mabel M. Hall. She attended and graduated from Baker...

Ruth Irene Dunbar (nee Crofts) passed away April 11, 2014. Loving mother of Mark (Linda), Mike and Nicki (deceased). Proud grandmother of Evan Dunbar. Cherished sister of Ted, Terry, Nick and Kim (deceased). Born in Twin Falls to Merle and Ruth Vivian (nee House) and raised in the Hailey area. Served in the Women’s Army Corps. Art lover, photographer and...

Ken Frazee, 65 died in a Boise hospital of diabetes complications on April 14, 2014. Ken was born on May 25, 1948 in Salmon, ID to Mildred Hyden Frazee and Kenneth Frazee. Ken graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Civil Engineering. He helped design many of Idaho’s bridges, roads and parks while serving as a Civil...

Bruce Reager passed from this life and went home to be with Jesus on April 8, 2014 at 68 years of age, after a fairly short fight with liver cancer.  Bruce had lived 10 happy and relatively healthy years following a liver transplant in August 2003.    His newest diagnosis of liver cancer had come in December of 2013. Bruce was...

William Van McMillen Jr. (Butch), 60, of Boise, ID ,  passed away at home surrounded by loved ones, April 6th, 2014. Butch was born in Texarkana, AR on February 9th, 1954. Butch married his first love Elizabeth Kaye Dellinger on April 9th, 1976.  They lived in Texarkana, TX for 18 years before moving to Las Vegas, NV in 1996 where...

Pam Richmond 67 Wonderful Years Old Family was EVERYTHING to Pam. She was so proud of each of her and Jim’s four children: Wendy, Mark (Kim), Ryan (Kelly) and Jamie (Kevin): 10 grandkids; Jordan, Kevin, Kelsey, Anthony, Jessica, Chase, Dylan, Josh, Veronica and Audrey and her 2 great grandkids; Bella and Jamison. Following their marriage in 1966, Pam and Jim...

Alvera (Corky) Carlene Nichols, 77, of Boise, Idaho, passed away at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center March 22, 2014. She was welcomed into heaven with her family by her side. She began her life’s journey September 1, 1936, born to Alma Monson, delivered by her father, Clarence Monson in Priest River, Idaho. She grew up in Flasher, North Dakota and...

Katherine M. Thompson, 90, of Boise passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014. She was born August 8, 1923 to Susie and Henry Mende in Caldwell, Idaho. “Katy” graduated from Star High School in 1941, where she enjoyed playing basketball and baseball. High school reunions were a highlight of her summers through 2012. Upon graduation, she worked at McClure’s Bakery in...

Jack Archambeault, of Boise, passed away on March 31, 2014, at the age of 69. He was born July 12, 1944 in Argos, Indiana, the youngest of four children born to Tony and Pauline Archambeault. Jack’s early years were filled with lots of family and long summers spent swimming in Lake Maxinkuckee. When Jack was six, the family moved to...

Blanche Holland Young, 96 Former Tennessee resident living almost 60 years in Madison, Blanche H. Young died peacefully at 96 years of age, died Sunday, March 30, 2014, where she resided at Marquis-Shaw in Boise, Idaho. She previously lived for 8 years at Regency Columbia Village in East Boise. Blanche Holland Young was born in Haywood County, Stanton, Tennessee on...

Barbara I (Barb) Weitensteiner died March 27 th 2014 surrounded by her family. Barb was born October 1 st 1924 in Minneapolis, MN to William C. and Gladys I. Toben.  She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Barb enjoyed her varied life challenges in high school, college, Navy Hospital Corp., and as an auditor and reservation specialist...

Margaret Gunnell was born in Ogden, UT on June 19, 1943.  She was the youngest of five siblings born to Clarence William Gunnell and Katherine Shufflebarger Gunnell.  Daughter and Son, Patricia Ann Rich and David William Rich, Sisters Norma Gunnell Gray and Patricia Dean, and 8 Grandchildren survive her.  Margaret made homes in Germany, Oklahoma, Utah, California, and finally in...

On Friday, March 21 st we lost Boise’s best-ever radio broadcaster.  Some may know him as “Chris” from the “Spud brothers,” or “Mad Max”, or even “Uncle Max.”  Friends, family and listeners will more lovingly refer to him as “El Gato.” Chris was born in San Diego, CA on June 3 rd , 1962 to parents Gerald Brewer (Wilder, ID)...

Lydia Cummings, a woman with a great love of life and a wonderful sense of humor, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Lydia was born November 9, 1916, in Idaho. She was the eighth of nine children of Russian immigrants Jacob and Katie Keller. Jacob died when Lydia was two. Her mother supported and raised the family in Rupert, Idaho. Lydia...

Frank C. Eichelberger, 90, died Saturday, March 22, 2014 from complications of a stroke at his home of 56 years, attended by family. Frank was born in Boise, Idaho on December 26, 1923, the youngest son of Horace Carl Eichelberger and Frances Elizabeth Mock. Frank grew up on 26th street in Boise's North End. He attended Lowell Elementary and was...