Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

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

Dollie M. Byrd

Dollie M. Byrd

Dollie Byrd, 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 13, 2012 at her home in Boise of natural causes. She was born November 8, 1920, in Clarksburg, West Virginia to Martha (Sprouse) and Seibert Elliott. Dollie married Bruce Byrd on September 12, 1936 and moved to Idaho in the late 1940’s. She loved to go fishing with her family. Many...

Donald R. “Don” Willis

Donald R. “Don” Willis

Donald R. “Don” Willis passed away peacefully on April 15, 2012, at the age of 72. Don was born on October 27, 1939, in McCall, Idaho, to Charles E. “Gene” and Marjorie V. Willis. As a child, Don and his older brother Archie enjoyed camping, hunting, and fishing with their parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. The family moved to Riggins...

Edna Schultz

Edna Schultz

Edna Schultz passed away Saturday April 14, 2012 at a local care facility. She was born at home August 20, 1919 to Rosa and Henry Barker on the family farm on Mann Creek, several miles from Weiser Idaho. In 1920 her parents sold their Mann Creek farm and purchased a farm near Fruit-land.  Edna helped with household chores but was...

Michael Thomas Mahoney

Michael Thomas Mahoney

Michael Thomas Mahoney, 69, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 14, 2012, after fighting a long, courageous battle with cancer, with his family by his side. Mike was born on May 17, 1942, in Coeur d’ Alene, to Thomas and Eileen Mahoney. They were a proud Irish family. Mike had 3 sisters, Colleen, Dani and Mary. The...

Lavell “Betty” Missman

Lavell “Betty” Missman

LaVell “Betty” Missman 1928 - 2012 LaVell Missman, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away suddenly on April 16, 2012 at the age of 84, surrounded by her family after suffering a stroke. LaVell was born in Boise on February 26, 1928 to Edward R. and Lillie Barker.  She attended the old Franklin School from elementary through high school.  In...

Dorothy Lavella Dec

Dorothy Lavella Dec

Dorothy La V e ll a D ec , age 8 7 , h omema k e r , d i e d a t St. L u ke ' s Me d ical Cente r o n T u es d a y April 3 , 2012 . She was born Ma y 28 , 19 2 4 in...

Jeannie Wyler

Jeannie Wyler

July 26 th , 1981 – April 7 th , 2012 Jeannie Wyler, 30, beloved mother, daughter, and sister, passed away in her sleep at her home in Boise, Idaho, to be with her Heavenly Father on April 7 th , 2012. Jeannie was born on July 26 1981, in Elgin, Illinois. Her family moved to Portland, Oregon and later...

Virgil S. Naser

Virgil S. Naser

Graveside services for Virgil S. Naser of Boise, who died Sunday, April 8, 2012, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Dry Creek Cemetery under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. He was born April 1 , 1917 to Rudolph C. and Blanche V. Jenkins Naser at Springdale, Idaho.  At the age of three he moved...

Marian M. Kuykendall

Marian M. Kuykendall

Marian M. Kuykendall, 62, of Meridian, died Saturday, April 7, 2012 in a Meridian hospital of natural causes. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Marian was born on November 12, 1949 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the daughter of Lala Vigil.  She grew up in Santa Fe and...

Margaret Ann (Fritz) Massengill Smull

Margaret Ann (Fritz) Massengill Smull

Margaret Ann (Fritz) Massengill Smull, age 89, of Boise, died March 10, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Memorial services will be held at 10.30am, Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church Cathedral of the Rockies of Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Fritz was born May 15, 1922 in St. Francis, Kansas, a...

Neil Harrison Smull

Neil Harrison Smull

Neil Harrison Smull, age 90, of  Boise, died March 18, 2012, in Boise, Idaho. Memorial services will be held at 10.30am, Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church Cathedral of the Rockies of Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Neil was born in St. Francis, Kansas, January 26, 1922, a son of...

Carolyn J. Price Schafer

Carolyn J. Price Schafer

Carolyn J. Price Schafer left us the morning of April 3, 2012, after a brief and unexpected illness. She was born on October 31, 1945, to Garth D. and Donna J. Staley Price.  Carolyn grew up in Twin Falls and graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1965.  She married Gene Schafer of Rupert in 1969.   Although they later divorced,...

Charles Eugene Roper

Charles Eugene Roper

Charles Eugene Roper passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 23, 2012 at a local hospital after a long illness.  He was born November 25, 1933 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma to Joseph and Vina Roper.  Charles moved to Emmett, Idaho in 1953 where he met the love of his life, Bonnie Holbrook.  They were married on October...

Marguerite L. Diffendaffer

Marguerite L. Diffendaffer

Marguerite L. Diffendaffer, 88, of Blaine, WA, passed away February 29 , 2012. Marguerite was born May 16, 1923 to Alfred Grant Moore and Dora Eunetha Johnson Moore at Council, Idaho.  She grew up in Council, and New Plymouth, Idaho and graduated from New Plymouth High School.  In New Plymouth she met James “Jim” M. Diffendaffer, the boy next door....

Marjorie E. Reimers

Marjorie E. Reimers

Marjorie E. Reimers, 78, of Eagle, passed away peacefully Friday morning March 16, 2012 surrounded by her family. Marge was born April 8, 1933 in Caldwell, Idaho to Louie and Ruth Packer, and was the second eldest daughter of four children. She graduated from Boise High School in 1951, and met her only love Melvin Reimers. They shared a wonderful ...

Marjorie Wilson Wall Pratt

Marjorie Wilson Wall Pratt

Marjorie Wilson Wall Pratt, The only child of Louise and Grover Wilson, was Grandmother, Mother, Best friend; passed away on March 18, 2012 at 2 p.m., at home, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was a third generation Idahoan, where her early childhood was spent in Silver City where her grandparents owned The Idaho Hotel. They later purchased...

Martha M. (Wilcox) Allen

Martha M. (Wilcox) Allen

Martha Mary Wilcox Allen, 94, died March 2, 2012, in a local assisted living home. A memorial service will be held on , at , at Eagle United Methodist Church, Eagle, Idaho. Private burial will be at Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise. Burial arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise. Mrs. Allen was born March 26, 1917 in...

Marvin Glen Bean

Marvin Glen Bean

Marvin Glen Bean, 82, of Boise, died on March 27, 2012, and went home to his Lord and Savior and to be with his wife and son. Glen was born in Stockton, Missouri on April 14, 1929, to Fred and Ollie (Anderson) Bean. The family moved to Idaho in 1935 when Glen was only six years old. He graduated from...

Guerdon Donald Tormohlen

Guerdon Donald Tormohlen

On the morning of March 28, 2012, Guerdon D. Tormohlen (better known to family and friends as Gus) passed away nearly one month after celebrating his 90th birthday. On February 23, 1922, Guerdon was born to parents William F. Tormohlen and Rosena Steinhoff in Ft. Morgan, CO as the second of their four children (Leora Sharp, Russell Tormohlen and Milton...

Helen M. Alexander

Helen M. Alexander

Helen M. Alexander, 94, of Boise, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in a local care center of natural causes. Helen was a devoted and loving daughter, sister, and friend.  Having been born and lived her whole life in Boise, she was a member of Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, as well as Philo Ptochos, “Friends of the Poor”....

Share by: