Jack Edmond Bonner Sr., 80, passed away September 27, 2011 in Boise. He was born on September 9, 1931, in Pocatello, ID., and was the only child of John and Julia Bonner. He was preceded in death by his parents and stepdaughter Sherry McLaughlin. Jack is survived by his children Jack Bonner Jr., Colin (Valerie) Bonner, Julie (Thomas) Behm, grandchildren...

Brenna Deshawn Dowd blessed the lives of her parents, Pamela Dowd of Boise and the late Carrol Dowd, on January 15, 1983. With her mother’s encouragement for the journey, Brenna took the hands of Jesus on October 1, 2011, with her mother at her side. Upon Brenna’s first Sunday at the Twin Falls Presbyterian Church, Brenna gained the title of...

Husband, Dad, brother, Grandpa, GGPa, Uncle, friend, Joe Helterbran arrived on this earth October 6, 1919 in Kalous, Colorado and was promptly cradled in a dresser drawer by his parents Blanche and Rex.  He grew up helping his siblings, Lucille, Verle, Inez and Wayne, herd sheep and farm in the northeast corner of Colorado, near the small town of Keota.   ...

Laura Renee Huffaker passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 in Boise. She was born in Greensboro, NC on September 27, 1948 to a career USN aviator family.  They were stationed at numerous east and gulf coast bases and Pearl Harbor.  She met Micheal W. Huffaker in Boise and they were married in Reno on December 29, 1982.  Laura worked as...

Brooklyn Marie Kambe, infant daughter of Samantha J. Thompson and Eliot Kambe of Boise, entered into rest on September 22, 2011. Maternal grandparents are Bobby and Paula Thompson and Michael Thompson of Boise. Great-grandparents Albert and Charlotte Holmes of Caldwell, ID, and Bill and Nancy Thompson of Ogden, UT. Paternal grandparents are Roy Teseo and Miyuki Bailey of Boise, and...

Charles Edward Brain passed away Sept. 2 nd , 2011, just three days before his 84 th birthday. He was born to Charles R. and Nellie (Dolan) Brain at Sedgwick, Colorado, Sept 5 th , 1927. After several moves they finally settled in Boise where Chuck attended middle school and graduated from Boise High School. He was inducted in to...

Cliff was born on December 26, 1925 in Gooding, Idaho and he died on September 14, 2011 in Boise. He was the youngest of five children born to Clyde Eugene Bissell and Lizzie Carswell Bissell. He had four older sisters: Mary, Edna, Vera, and Maudie. The family lived on a farm east of Wendell, Idaho for a time, and then...

Lorraine Bluford Bowman “Boots” Strong, passed away Sunday evening, September 4, 2011 in Boise, ID. She was born October 3, 1924 in Berea, KY, as the third daughter of Bess Allen McGuire Bowman and George Owen Bowman. Two sisters had preceded her birth, Carolyn and Betty Bowman, and her brother, Don Bowman, was the fourth and final child. By the...

Barbara Theophilus O’Connor was born September 16, 1925 at Bowling Green, Kentucky, the daughter of Donald R. and Cora Schild Theophilus.  She moved as a child with her parents to Moscow, Idaho where she received her education in the public schools and the University of Idaho where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Education in 1948. On August 27, 1947...

Ferne Holcomb, 95, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 in a Milwaukie, Oregon assisted living center. Ferne was born to Augusta and Burt Patterson, November 21, 1915 in Ustick, Idaho.   She graduated from Boise High School in 1933. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Arthur, sisters, Mildred Newman, Lois Beaman and Nelma Patterson. She is survived by her...

Gary Allan Roth, 55, of Eagle, Idaho, died August 31, 2011 in a Meridian hospital. A memorial mass will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, September 10, 2011 at St. John’s Cathedral. Gary was born September 18, 1955 in South Bend, Indiana to Richard Charles and Jacqueline Joan (Marlowe) Roth. He graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA...

Hunter John Lindholm (1990 – 2011) Hunter John Lindholm born March 20 1990 to parents Cammy O’Meara and William Lindholm passed away peacefully September 20, 2011 in Boise, Idaho with his family by his side. Hunter was not one to follow anybody else’s style he was proud of the fact that he created his own style. Hunter was creative and...

Ida B Fish, 92 of Eagle, passed away on Saturday September 17, 2011, at home with her son Phillip by her bedside. A viewing will be held on Thursday September 22 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be held at graveside on Friday September 23, at the Marsing/Homedale Cemetery at 11:00...

Jack G. Edwards, 86, of Nampa, died on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at the Veterans Community Living Center in Boise. He was born on November 24, 1924, to Nancy Margarette Wardrop and John L. Edwards in Fairfield, Idaho. Jack attended grade and high school in Fairfield, and went on to Link’s School of Business and Boise Junior College in Boise,...

John Kevin Orr, 45, of Kuna, Idaho, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 as a result of a car accident.  Kevin was born on December 30, 1965 in Cairo, Egypt to John and Marie Orr. Kevin’s greatest passion in life was his family and his church.  Coaching his kids soccer teams was one of Kevin’s greatest joys in life.  He could...

Paul West, Boise, passed away Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. He died at home after battling a lengthy respiratory illness. Paul was born in Parma, ID on Feb. 24, 1928 to Herman & Katherine West. He was the youngest of three children. While growing up he lived in the Marsing and Caldwell areas. He graduated from Caldwell High School in 1947....

Audrey J. Jones, 85, of Boise, Idaho, died on August 26, 2011. She endured many years of battling Multiple Sclerosis and Post Polio. As Audrey requested, a private service and burial will be held at the Morris Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Audrey was born on January 26,1926, near Rockville, Nebraska. She was the...

Bessie M. Kacena, 92, of Boise, died Friday, August 26, 2011, in a Boise hospital. Bessie was born on November 18, 1918, in Lamoni, Iowa, to Lennie Hortense and Hanna Ann Jackson Moyers. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from High School there. On June 15, 1941 she married William Joseph Kacena, Jr. He passed away on July 21,...

Darwin Elmer Edwards was born to Ruby Claggett and Elmer Edwards on December 23, 1923, in Wood County, Milton Township, Ohio. He was the fourth child of seven. During World War II, he enlisted in the tank division of the US Army. He loved to tell of his sleeping in the general's bed. One snowy night in Germany, he was...

Wilbur Oliver, 87, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011, at his home in Boise. Wilbur was a lifelong resident of Boise and was born on November 20, 1923, the 6th of 8 children born to Joseph Oliver and Minnie Belle Houde Oliver. He graduated from Boise High School receiving his diploma in 1941 and was drafted into the US...