Recent Obituaries

May 18, 2021

Juanita Garza

Juanita Garza passed away in her home on May 18th, 2021 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Born in Donna, Texas on February 14th, 1949 she spent much of her life making things better for those around her. She raised not one, but two generations of the Garza family, a testament to her...

May 16, 2021

James Leonard “Lennie” Cooper, of Boise, passed away on Sunday, May 16 2021 at the age of 64. Lennie was born i n Idaho to James Givert “Jimmy” Cooper and Beverley Grace (Owens) Cooper on Dec. 22 1956 and was the oldest of two children. He graduated from Middleton High School and then went to BSU for his Sheet...

May 16, 2021

Pamela Joan Benvenuti Flora

Pamela Joan Benvenuti Flora, age 69, of Eagle, passed away on May 16, 2021.

She passed away quietly at home surrounded by family and fur baby Loomis.  She was born in Detroit, Michigan, daughter of Nancy and Ado Benvenuti on June 24, 1951 and found her way to Idaho via Arizona...

May 14, 2021

Paulette Smith Daily lost her battle to cancer on May 14, 2021. She was born April 18, 1944 in Brigham City, Utah to Richard W. Smith & Arzella Dye Smith. Her family moved seven times from Utah to Idaho and back to Utah. They finally headed to Sacramento, California to stay.  Paulette was very outgoing and made friends easily,...

May 14, 2021

Lauoi Ma

Lauoi Ma, 76, of Boise, passed away May 14, 2021.

She was born February 9, 1945 in Enping, China to parents, Dizhong Wu and Mei Chiu Sum.

Lauoi married Kwei Wing in Tai Shaun, China in 1968. Together the couple had 4 children. During her lifetime Lauoi faced many hardships, surviving...

May 12, 2021

“He was a good man”, would be the simple epitaph for his life. That goodness manifested itself in a hundred different ways that left a lasting imprint on the lives of those who loved him and knew him as a friend.

George was born October 3, 1936 in Gooding, Idaho to Frank L. and Edith C. (Prince)...

May 11, 2021

Robert Lee Hutchinson

Robert Lee Hutchinson (Bob), passed peacefully in his eightieth year, in Boise, Idaho on May 11, 2021.  He was born on September 24,1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Robert F. and Clara E. Hutchinson. His father, after divorcing Clara, married Evelyn Girman and they bore his half-brother, Ray Allen. Bob’s favorite memories were living with...

May 11, 2021

Torrey S. Chadwick, 47, of Boise passed away at home on May 11, 2021.

May 11, 2021

William R. Dow

“Bill”

Bill passed away on May 11, 2021, at his home in Eagle, ID after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease, with his wife Karen by his side.

Bill, and his twin sister, were born on February 21, 1943 in New Haven, CT.  They were adopted, shortly after birth, by...

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)...

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...