Obituaries from January 2017

Gloria J. Baker, 68, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at her home after a valiant fight against cancer. Per her request, no services will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Joey L. Charles, 47, of Owyhee, Nev., passed away on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Sue Ann Harrison passed away on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, after an eight-year battle with dementia. Sue was born in April 1941 to Lester and Eldrey DeBoer in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Sue met her husband of 50 years through their involvement in the First Presbyterian Church Youth Group in Wausau, Wis. After graduating from Wausau High School in 1959, she and Howard were married in August of that year...

Stephanie Andrea Frye was born on Sept. 13, 1977, in Westminster, Calif., to Clinton Allen Rainwater and Linda Lou Loll Orton. She attended Mountain Home High School in Mountain Home, Idaho, and graduated in 1995. Stephanie and Shawn were married Sept. 30, 2000, and had just celebrated 16 beautiful years of marriage...

Salvador Sanchez-Medrano, 94, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

June Marie (Moniz) Tulloch, 80, a long-time resident of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully on Jan. 9, 2017, at the Boise Veterans Administration Medical Center Community Living Center in Boise. Born June 23, 1936, in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, June graduated from St. Anthony High in Maui before joining the U.S. Air Force in January 1958 through May 1959. During this time, she met her beloved husband, love of her life and career Airman, Walter Tulloch. They were married March 14, 1958, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

On Jan. 9, 2017, Barbara Jean Handy McMahan, at the age of 89, passed away quietly due to complications with COPD. She was surrounded by family in her home in Mountain Home. Barbara was born March 10, 1928, in Browns Valley, Calif., and lived out her childhood on the family dairy farm with her parents and six brothers and four sisters. She graduated from Marysville High School and later from beauty school, which lead her to Nevada City, Calif., where she worked as a beauty operator.

Donald B. Heckel, 68, of Mountain Home, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

David Kenneth Alley, 70, of Prairie, passed away in Prairie on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, located at 500 North 18th East St. in Mountain Home.

Pedro "Pete" Perez, 99, of Mountain Home, passed away on Jan. 12, 2017, at St. Luke's Elmore. A Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at Our Lady of Good Counsel, and burial with military honors will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Angelica Orozco Hurtado passed away on Jan. 13, 2017, at St. Luke's Elmore at the age of 52. Services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, with a viewing from 10 a.m. until the 1 p.m. funeral service, all at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Anthony Jones, 62, of Owyhee, Nev., passed away at Ashley Manor Care Center in Mountain Home on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Lois Bel Bastida, 94, a long-time resident of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2016, at The Cottages in Mountain Home. Services will be held on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Robert Aaron Gilmore of Mountain Home went on to Heaven to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 18, 2017. He was a beloved husband, father, papa, great papa, brother, uncle, friend, and mentor. He had a wonderful smile, a twinkle in his blue eyes, an infections humor, a gentle heart and a strength that will be remembered and missed by all of us who knew and loved him!...

May 13, 1914 - Jan. 21, 2017 Our family lost a beautiful soul today at 102 years of age. Viola Fern Morgan Davy, the oldest living resident in Glenns Ferry, Idaho, passed away at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, on Jan. 21, 2017. Vi was born to Main and Hazel Morgan on May 13, 1914, in Stultz, Mo. Vi had four brothers and two sisters...

Dorothy Marie Ickes, 86, of Boise and formerly of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, at a care center in Boise. A graveside inurnment at Glenn Rest Cemetery will be scheduled in March 2017. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, located at 500 North 18th East St., in Mountain Home...

Richard LeRoy Mecham, 101, of Shelley, Idaho passed away Jan. 23, 2017 of complications from a recent fall at his home. Rich was born in Park Valley, Utah on Mar. 7, 1915 to John Hyrum & Annie Miller Mecham. He attended school there and grew up in Park Valley...

Donna Mae Carter, 83, of Boise and formerly of Mountain Home, passed away of natural causes at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center on Jan. 26, 2017, at 1:13 p.m. with her daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughters by her side. Donna was born Jan 13, 1934, in Bellingham, Wash., to George Thomas and Hazel Marie (Hickok) Blake. In 1952, she met the love of her life, James Thomas Carter Sr., who was stationed in Blaine, Wash. They were married on May 23, 1952...

James R. "Jim" Alexander, 79, of Glenns Ferry, passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, located at 500 North 18th East St., in Mountain Home.

Guadalupe Garza, 73, of Mountain Home, passed away on Jan. 29, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.

Elia Mejia Sandoval, 93, of Glenns Ferry, passed away at her home on Jan. 29, 2017. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.