Recent Obituaries

James Lee Dowdy

May 10, 2021

James Lee Dowdy (Jim), 82 years, peacefully passed away on May 10, 2021 at his home in Eagle, Idaho under the care of his wife and Hospice. He was born on November 20, 1938 at his home in Bloomfield, Missouri to his parents Berlie Jack Dowdy and Ruth Elizabeth Green. He is survived by his wife Sandra Diana (Larsen)...

Roger Aldo Perotto

May 10, 2021

Roger Aldo Perotto

May 16, 1944-May 10, 2021

Roger peacefully passed away on May 10, 2021, surrounded by family after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.

Roger was born and raised in Rupert, Idaho on May 16, 1944 to Dora C. Paoli and Aldo Perotto. He grew up in a hard working, nothing for...

Cliff Jay Grossman

May 10, 2021

Cliff Jay Grossman, 76, of Meridian, passed away May 10, 2021. Cliff was born April 12, 1945 in Lusk, Wyoming to parents Thomas and Betty Ruth (McKibben) Grossman.

Cliff met and married the love of his life, Carrie Alice (Brown) on April 2, 1965 in Elizabethtown, Illinois. Together the two had two daughters, Ronda, and Christi.

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George (Rusty) I. Larsen

May 10, 2021

George “Rusty” I. Larsen, 81, of Boise, Idaho, formerly of Hungry Horse, Montana, passed away May 10. 2021. Arrangements under the direction of Bowman Funeral Parlor, Garden City, Idaho. www.bowmanfuneral.com 208-853-3131

Renae Lee

May 9, 2021

Renae Lee, 74, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2021. She was surrounded by her loving and devoted family.

Renae was born on February 20, 1947 in Boise Idaho. She was the second of three children of Wendell and Wilda Worthington. She lived most of her life in Idaho except for the years where she lived in...

Dennis Lloyd Nott

May 9, 2021

Dennis Lloyd Nott, 70, of Boise Idaho took his last train ride on Sunday May 9, 2021.

Dennis was born March 26, 1951 in Charles City Iowa, to Edna and Lloyd Nott (brother Lyle born in 1944).  The family lived above the Briggs Trucking Company Depot across from the Illinois Central/Milwaukee Road tracks–he caught the train bug...

Paul Young

May 6, 2021

Paul Young passed away at his home in Boise, ID on May 7, 2021.

He was born Christmas Day, 1930 on a farm outside Broken Bow, Nebraska.  He spent his youth on various farms with his family including a 5 year period in Wyoming homesteading.  After graduating from Callaway, Nebraska high school in 1948, he worked for...

Ra Nae Draper Callahan Larson

May 5, 2021

Ra Nae died peacefully at home May 5, 2021. She was 86 years old.  Ra Nae was the first born of four children to Golden Thomas Draper and Ruth Sharp Draper in Ogden Utah April 15, 1935. Ra Nae loved the life on the farm and with her three siblings, Raymond, J, and Brenda. Ra Nae enrolled in the...

Robert Allen Morris

May 4, 2021

Robert Allen Morris

Robert Allen Morris, 78, a resident of Boise, formerly of Jerome, passed away May 4, 2021 in Boise.

Arrangements are under the direction of Bowman Funeral Parlor of Garden City.

Thurman (Warren) Wardlow

May 4, 2021

Thurman “Warren” Wardlow

1935 – 2021

Thurman “Warren” Wardlow, 86, passed away peacefully May 4, 2021, after a long struggle with dementia.  After the passing of Annemarie, his wife of 55 years, Warren was warmly welcomed into the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Renee and Robin Pearl.  There he lived out his remaining years...

Duane Edwin Allen

May 4, 2021

Duane E Allen (CW4-retired Army), gained his blue & orange angel wings on May 4 th , 2021.

Born July 25 th , 1933, to Orville and Vera Allen in Armel, Colorado.

The Dust Bowl drove the family off of the farm and they relocated to Kimberly, Idaho to start over.

Duane milked...

Ruth Darlene Warner

May 2, 2021

Ruth D. Warner, 85, passed away May 2, 2021 at an assisted living facility in San Jose, CA.

A public viewing will be May 20, 2021 at 11am at Bowman Funeral Chapel.  A service will follow at 12 pm.  A committal will be held at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at 2 pm.  The link for livestream of...

Dora Clement Durham Holbrook

May 1, 2021

Dora Clement Durham Holbrook passed away May 1, 2021 in Meridian, Idaho. Dora was born April 17, 1928 in Mesa, Arizona and was the eighth of eleven children of Lester Elden and Emily Maud (Johnson) Clement. She grew up on the 20 acre farm that her father operated in Mesa. She attended 1st thru 8th grade at Alma School,...

Connie E. Lantz

Apr 30, 2021

Mom, Grama, Great Grama, Great-Great Grama, Aunt Connie, passed away peacefully in Boise Friday, April 30, 2021 at the age of 93 years.

Born 1928 and raised in Mapleton, Minnesota she lived there with her parents Richard and Neva Shuck and 11 brothers and sisters. She would leave her family in Minnesota to join an Aunt and...

The Rev. James Delano Thibodeaux

Apr 30, 2021

The Rev. James Delano Thibodeaux

The Rev. James Delano Thibodeaux died on Apr 30, 2021 at the age of 73 after a 9yr battle with cancer.

Born in Sacramento in 1948, Jim grew up in Amador Co., CA with parents L. LoRene (nee Gonterman) & Jim R. and siblings Estella Funkhouser (Bill), and Gary (Sharon)....

Sydni Michelle Colt

Apr 30, 2021

Sydni Michelle Colt passed away at home April 30, 2021, leaving a huge hole in the hearts of those who loved and cared for her.  She had just celebrated her 21 st birthday.

Sydni was born April 2, 2000, to her parents Bret Colt and Michelle (Hillman) Swigart.  Finding out on ultrasound she was a baby girl...

Robert Doyal Helton

Apr 30, 2021

Robert D. Helton passed away April 30 th 2021. He was born to Owen H. Helton of Arkansas and Hazel I. Craig of Oklahoma on October 28 th 1941.

Robert’s school years, through junior college were spent in Carlsbad California. He was a proud alum of the Class of ’59 and thoroughly enjoyed the lifelong friendship of...

Debra Sue Wiker

Apr 28, 2021

Debra Sue Wiker passed away peacefully April 28, 2021

Debbie was born to Gordon and Patricia Haustveit December 29, 1964 in Boise Idaho. She attended Whitney Elementary, South Jr High and Borah High School.  She is the sixth child of eight and always Daddy’s favorite. (as she would always say)

She was surrounded by her...

Janet Gunter

Apr 27, 2021

Janet Gunter

When Janet Gunter passed away at her home on April 27th, 2021, she left behind many things. Family and friends who will miss her every day, chests full of toys for the many children she loved and spoiled, stacks of mystery novels, and sewing rooms packed with material and needles and dozens of unfinished quilt...

Sarah Caroline Shanafelt

Apr 26, 2021

Sally was born in Spokane, Washington on November 27, 1942 and passed on April 26, 2021 in Boise after a long battle with dementia.

She grew up in Spokane and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1961. Sally attended the University of Idaho and graduated in 1965 with a degree in Education. She later earned...