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Local Obituaries for Boise, ID, Ada County & Surrounding Areas

Roger Gerald Stano

Roger Gerald Stano

Mar 24, 2024

The world said a sad goodbye to Roger Gerald Stano of Boise, Idaho, on March 24, 2024. Roger was a loving husband, father, son, brother and uncle, as well as an outstanding colleague and friend to many in the field of medical physics. Although his life of 80 years seems short to those he leaves behind, his impact was profound,...

Odo Siahaya

Odo Siahaya

Mar 23, 2024

Odo Siahaya was born on May 15, 1937, in Bandung, Indonesia.  He went to be with his Savior on March 23, 2024, in Nampa, Idaho, after eight months of battling leukemia.

Odo spent his childhood in Indonesia, including two years in a Japanese-run concentration camp for Dutch-Indonesians during World War II.  He was orphaned during the war and raised by his...

Carole Ruth Eklund

Carole Ruth Eklund

Mar 22, 2024

Carole Ruth Eklund passed away on Friday, March 22, 2024, in Calgary, AB, at the age of 82 years. Carole was born on October 12, 1941, in Glendale, California. She spent her early years in California until the age of fourteen, when the family moved to a farm in Boise, Idaho. It was there that Carole and her sister discovered their...

Diane Eckhart

Diane Eckhart

Mar 20, 2024

Diane Pearl (Clausen) Eckhart, 66, of Boise, Idaho, passed away peacefully in her home on March 20, 2024 after a strong and courageous battle with Glioblastoma. Diane was born on Sept. 13, 1957, in Winnemucca, Nevada, to Ruth and Raymond Clausen. She is the oldest of three sisters, Darlene and Debbie, who she kept in close contact with her entire...

Eula Gean Ward

Eula Gean Ward

Mar 11, 2024

Eula Gean Ward, 95, of Wilder, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024. She was born on August 4, 1928, in Danville, Arkansas to Willie Tharp and Louvenia Copher Tharp. She married Barney C. Ward in August of 1943. Barney died in August of 2006. Gean attended Caldwell First Assembly of God “the domes” for over 20 years. Gean is...

Myrtle Drorbaugh

Myrtle Drorbaugh

Mar 9, 2024

Myrtle (Mert) Helen Meier Drorbaugh was born in Salem Oregon at the Deaconess Hospital on  August 21, 1923 to George and Lena Meier.  Both parents were emigrants from Switzerland.  Mert grew up during the Great Depression and family was the central focus of her upbringing. She attended schools in the Salem area and it became evident at an early age...

Bonnie Quinn

Bonnie Quinn

Mar 9, 2024

Bonnie Quinn died Saturday, March 9 at home, a few weeks after turning 103 and just five days after she played and won her last bridge game.Bonnie was born in Boise, Idaho on February 17, 1921 to Thomas and Della Jennings. She attended Longfellow Elementary, Boise High School and the University of Idaho, where she was a member of Alpha...

Carolyn Sue Bowler

Carolyn Sue Bowler

Mar 7, 2024

Carolyn Sue Bowler passed away the morning of March 7, 2024, at the age of 81 due to complications related to Alzheimer's disease.Carolyn was born on October 16, 1942, to E.L. "Kelly" Vest and Dorothy Vest (nee Pebley) in Fullerton, California. In 1944, the family relocated to Glenns Ferry, Idaho, for a more rural life for their growing family, and...

JeanMarie Reeves Stevens

JeanMarie Reeves Stevens

Feb 28, 2024

Jeanie Stevens of Meridian, Idaho, passed away on February 28, 2024.Jeanie was born March 6, 1940, in Greybull, Wyoming to Elton Frank and Vivian Pearl Reeves. She married David Gene Barnbrook, her high school sweetheart in 1959. They had one daughter, Michelle Marie, in Long Beach, California, where Dave was stationed in the U.S. Navy. They divorced in 1964. Jeanie...

Kenneth Roy Thornock

Kenneth Roy Thornock

Feb 28, 2024

It breaks my heart to announce the passing of a great man, Kenneth Roy Thornock. He was born August 16, 1928 in Emmett, Idaho to Roy and Daisey Thornock.Ken gained his wings peacefully February 28, 2024 at home with family by his side at the age of 95.He is loved by so many.Ken is survived by his wife, Noreen, of...

Wandalene Payne McCurdy

Wandalene Payne McCurdy

Feb 27, 2024

Let me tell you about my mother, Wandalene Payne McCurdy. First off, you should know that Wanda was absolutely spectacular in every way. The BEST mother. The toughest negotiator. The fiercest advocate. Possessor of impeccable taste and style. Funny, charming, snarky, beautiful. A note taker and a list maker. A critical thinker and a strategist. Intuitive and perceptive about the...

Lucy Stephania Young

Lucy Stephania Young

Feb 27, 2024

Lucy Stephania Young passed peacefully to the arms of her heavenly father at 11:47 a.m. on February 27th 2024, with her loving son Dennis by her side. She was 95 years old, born in Boise, Idaho on September 9th 1928. She was the second daughter of James Arthur and Ethel Ferguson (Wilde) Etchison. She was preceded in death by her...

Vladimir Paul Omas

Vladimir Paul Omas

Feb 26, 2024

Heaven opened its gates to welcome Paul and he eagerly went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 26, 2024. He passed away peacefully with family by his side at home in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 92 from natural causes.  Paul was born at home on the Omas family farm in Bloomfield, Ohio on January 14,1932,...

Elmer R. Hancock

Elmer R. Hancock

Feb 18, 2024

Elmer Ray Hancock, age 90, died Sunday, February 18, 2024 with family by his side. Elmer was born July 28, 1933 in Redwater, Texas to Walter and Burnice Hancock. He was a twin to sister Velma Hancock Mathias. They were born at their country home at 7 months, weighing 2 ¼ and 3 ¼ pounds. Their mom was paralyzed afterwards...

Edna Gwendoline Siggelkow

Edna Gwendoline Siggelkow

Feb 17, 2024

Edna Gwendoline Siggelkow passed away February 17, 2024, with her family by her side.    She was 96.  

Born in Cardiff, Wales UK on June 30, 1927, to James and Mary Watts and had two brothers, Jimmy and Kenneth and two sisters Nancy and Mavis, all deceased.

Edna was raised and educated in Cardiff and met Barney (Evan) Siggelkow during World...

Jeffrey "Jeff" McClees

Jeffrey "Jeff" McClees

Feb 14, 2024

Jeffrey “Jeff” Harold McClees, a man who was cherished by many throughout the Boise community, passed away on February 14, 2024 at 63 years old in Meridian, Idaho. He was born on July 7th, 1960, in Longview, Washington to Harold James McClees and Dorothy Eileen Cusick McClees.During his childhood in Washington, Jeff lived in Kelso, Chehalis, and Centralia. He moved...

Michael Dean Krenning

Michael Dean Krenning

Feb 7, 2024

Michael Dean Krenning, age 70, passed away on February 7th in Boise, ID with his family by his side.

Son of Margaret E. Krenning (Sullivan) and Fred Krenning Jr., he was born on October 20th, 1953 in Loveland, CO. Michael moved to Boise in 1988 with his family where he began his 29-year career with City of Boise Parks and Recreation....

Dawn Lindsay Hohrein

Dawn Lindsay Hohrein

Feb 4, 2024

Dawn Lindsay HohreinFebruary 4th, 2024Dawn Hohrein, 56, was born on October 22nd, 1967. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by the ones she loved.Dawn spent most of her life in Idaho & Texas. Her home was in Kuna, Idaho with her husband Dan Hohrein of 36 years. She had 2 children, Jessica Treat, and Jeremy Hohrein. As well...

Donald Montgomery Clark

Donald Montgomery Clark

Jan 29, 2024

Donald Montgomery Clark, 91, Meridian and McCall, Idaho passed away peacefully on January29,2024, with family at his side.Don was born to Hassel and Nettie Clark on July 22, 1932 in Boise, Idaho.  His early years were spent on Whitney Bench. It was then that he met his future wife, Marcia, when they attended birthday parties of their classmates at Whitney...

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