Mountain Home News: Obituaries

Ruth Bailey
Ruth L. Bailey passed away at the age of 93 on May 16, 2013, at St. Luke's Elmore Hospital in Mountain Home. A graveside inurnment service will be held Monday, June 3, at noon at Mountain View Cemetery, in Mountain Home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Shane Foster
Shane Michael Foster, 44, of Mountain Home, died May 21, 2013, of injuries from an automobile crash near Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Letty Davis
Afton Letty Bronson Davis, of Bruneau, died on May 18, 2013, at the Cottages in Mountain Home, surrounded by her family. Services will be held Friday, May 24, with a viewing from10-10:45 a.m. and funeral services beginning at 11 a.m. at the Bruneau American Legion Hall. Internment will follow at the Bruneau Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Chris Luxford
Christopher Steven Luxford, 30, died May 15, 2013, in Mountain Home, Idaho. Memorial services will be held Friday, May 24, at 3 p.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. He was born on June 14, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nev., to Diana Lynn Luxford and Sidney Walter Luxford Jr. He was the first-born child and was looked up to by his younger siblings, Matthew and Jennifer Luxford...

Bob Benbough
Robert B. "Bob" Benbough, 76, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at his home. A memorial service, with military honors, will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the Christian and Baptist Church, located at 265 N. 4th East. Inurnment will be held at the Idaho State Veteran's Cemetery in Boise, at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Ruth Bailey
Ruth L. Bailey, 93, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at a Mountain Home hospital. A graveside inurnment will be held at noon, on Monday, June 3, 2013, at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Samuel John
Samuel Morgan John, 95, of Tipanuk, passed away at his home, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 25, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 790 S. Haskett St., with a viewing from 12:30-1:45 p.m. and funeral services beginning at 2 p.m. Dedication of the grave, with military honors, will be held on Tuesday, May 28, at 9 a.m., at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Robert Benbough
Robert B. Benbough, 76, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Christopher Luxford
Christopher S. Luxford, 30, of Mountain Home, died May 15, 2013. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Sharilyn Powell
Sharilyn Gaye Powell, 62, of Meridian, died on April 15, 2013, at a Meridian hospital. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., at the Idaho State Veteran's Cemetery, in Boise, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Harry Gilbert
Harry A. Gilbert, 82, of Mountain Home, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at a Boise care center. At his request, no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Harry was born on Nov. 3, 1930, in Kalispell, Mont., the son of Wellington Earl and Cloral Ellen Gilbert. As a young man he started out logging in Montana...

Henrietta Acarregui
Henrietta Ruth Acarregui, 60 of Bruneau, passed away quietly on Friday, April 26, 2013, at a Boise hospital. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., on Friday, May 3, 2013, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. The first of three children, Henrietta was born in Waco, Texas, on Nov. ...

Russell Holsinger
Russell A. Holsinger, 68, of Mountain Home, died at CJ Strike Reservoir. No services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Jeannine Andrews
Jeannine Andrews, wife of Alvin W. Andrews, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 in Mountain Home. They have lived for 40 plus years in Mountain Home, where they raised their five children. She was born Audrey Jeannine Martin, on Feb. 24, 1932, in White River, S.D., the third child of Leslie and Dorothy Martin. They moved to Lewiston, Idaho, when she was in her early teens and where she graduated in 1949 from Clarkston High School...

Dorothy Nichols
Dorothy Evelyn Nichols, 92, a resident of Glenns Ferry, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. Dorothy Evelyn Nichols was born on Jan. 26, 1921 to Harry E. and Clara (Skinrood) Bray in the little farming town of Kimball, South Dakota...

Harry Gilbert
Harry A. Gilbert, 82, of Mountain Home, died on April 23, 2013, at a Boise care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Audrey Andrews
Audrey J. Andrews, 81, of Mountain Home, died on April 20, 2013, at St. Luke's Elmore. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

Dorothy Bray Nichols
Dorothy Bray Nichols, 92, a resident of Glenns Ferry, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Poplar Grove Assisted Living in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are pending under the care and direction of Demaray Funeral Service -- Gooding Chapel.

Velda LaRae Rone
November 10, 1932 - April 11, 2013 LaRae was born in Oklahoma to Lillie and Walter Hubert. The family moved to Calipatria, California when she was six years old where they resided throughout her school years. She graduated from Calipatria High School in 1951. ...

Margaret Casey
Margaret A. Casey, 98, of Grand View, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. No services will be held per her request. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Margaret was born on June 29, 1914, in Calhoun County, Iowa, to Francis and Mary Sapp...

Mary Garbutt
Mary Elizabeth Garbutt, 91, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. Mary was a loving, caring daughter, sister, wife and mother. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., on Saturday, April 20, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Inurnment will be in Rawlins, Wyo., at a later date, next to her husband...

Barbara Johns
Barbara McRae Johns, of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully at the age of 88. Services will be held on Friday, April 19, 2013, with a viewing from 10-11:45 a.m. and services beginning at noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Old Mountain Home Idaho Stake Center, located at 1150 N. 8th East. St. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

Carol Wood
Carol Ann Wood passed away on April 11, 2013, at the age of 69, in Boise, with her family by her side. Carol was born June 24, 1943, in Watertown, N.Y., to John and Eileen Briggs. At an early age, Carol's mother died and she was adopted by grandparents George and Agnes Briggs of Watertown, N.Y. Carol attended, and graduated from Immaculate Heart Catholic School in Watertown, N.Y. Carol later attended business school in Clayton, N.Y., where she learned bookkeeping and secretarial skills...

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