Stories from Monday, July 1, 2013

Shirley (Kopsa) Reed, 73, of Boise, Idaho, passed away peacefully at her home on June 24, 2013. Her services were held Friday, June 28, at Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 4950 Bradley, in Boise. Shirley was born to Elsie and Louis Ferganchick of Austin, Colo., on Sept. 18, 1939, on the homestead ranch. She was the 11th of 12 children. Shirley was raised in a Christian home and came to know the Lord Jesus as her personal Savior at a young age...

Orva Eugene "Gene"Botts, 86, of Glenns Ferry, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at a care center in Glenns Ferry. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.

The city of Mountain Home will lower its flags to half staff during the Fourth of July holiday in honor of the 19 members of the Prescott, Ariz., hostshot crew who lost their lives Sunday fighting a rangefire northwest of Phoenix. The action will be taken on behalf of all Mountain Home area firefighters in solidarity with their fallen comrades...