OBITUARIES

James Holcomb

James Holcomb

Dec 28, 2015

Life Story for James Richard Holcomb Jim was born September 12, 1954 to Clement and Carol Holcomb in Detroit, Michigan, where he spent his childhood. After graduation from the University of Michigan with a degree in Forestry, he traveled across Canada. On his way home, he took a spin through Idaho. The Sawtooth Mountains stopped him in his tracks. There...

Charles Lee

Charles Lee

Dec 27, 2015

Life Story for Charles David Lee

Arthur Rodriguez

Arthur Rodriguez

Dec 26, 2015

Life Story for Arthur Edward Rodriguez Arthur Edward Rodriguez, born April 8, 1927, passed at his home in Meridian, Idaho, on December 26, 2015, surrounded by his family after a long battle with dementia. Fondly known as “Art” or “Rod”, Art was born in New York City. A child of the Great Depression, he joined the United States Navy at...

Robert Dargatz

Robert Dargatz

Dec 26, 2015

Life Story for Robert Raymond Dargatz Robert “Bob” Raymond Dargatz died Dec. 26 at St. Luke’s hospital in Ketchum from pneumonia after a fall. He was 91. Bob was born May 13, 1924, to Raymond and Marjorie Dargatz in Wheaton, Ill. He attended Iowa State University until enlisting in the Army, where he served in the occupying forces in Japan....

Marc Mickelson

Marc Mickelson

Dec 22, 2015

Life Story for Marc Lee Mickelson Marc Lee Mickelson died December 22, 2015 in the cabin where he lived North of Ketchum. He was born March 24, 1954 to Bob and Mary Lou Mickelson in Tacoma, WA. He was raised on Steilacoom Lake in Lakewood, WA and graduated from Charles Wright Academy in 1973, where he starred in both football...

Walter Hofstetter

Walter Hofstetter

Dec 20, 2015

Life Story for Walter Josef Hofstetter Walter Hofstetter died peacefully at home on Sunday, December 20, 2015 with his wife of 62 years and family present. Nearly 95 years old, Walter was born February 18, 1921 in Switzerland. He served in the Swiss Army during World War II, after which he immigrated to Canada and then to the United States,...

Sally Marshall Cox

Sally Marshall Cox

Dec 20, 2015

Life Story for Sally Marshall Cox Sally Marshall Cox, 89, of Picabo, Idaho passed away December 20, 2015, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Maureen and Robert “Bob” Turzian in Picabo. Sally was born in Flint, Michigan on September 16, 1926. Sally was the third daughter of Dallas William and Edith Harden Marshall. In 1938, the family moved...

Carl Hoffman

Carl Hoffman

Dec 7, 2015

Life Story for Carl Jay Hoffman It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Bellevue resident Carl Hoffman. A beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend, Carl passed away at home after a brief illness. For the past 25 years, Carl resided in the Sun Valley area, where he owned and operated Ultra Shine Car Care and Alpine...

Thomas Schauwecker

Thomas Schauwecker

Dec 7, 2015

Life Story for Thomas Gould Schauwecker Born in Pittsburgh PA in 1933 to Harriet and John Robert Schauwecker, Thomas spent his first thirteen years living in Fairmont, West Virginia. Brother Robert was the firstborn, with Lee born four years after Thomas. In 1946, the entire family relocated to El Centro CA, where Dr. Schauwecker took the opportunity to move west...

Dorothy Lee ""Dottie"" Barto

Dorothy Lee ""Dottie"" Barto

Dec 7, 2015

Life Story for Dorothy Lee ""Dottie"" Barto Dorothy Barto (Dottie) passed peacefully at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Pat Barto, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Born Dorothy Lee Mick in Gassaway, W.V., on Oct. 24, 1924, Dottie is now free from her battle with Alzheimer’s disease to join her loved ones who have preceded her in...

John Slimp

John Slimp

Dec 5, 2015

Life Story for John Eugene Slimp John Slimp entered this world as a proud Comanche Indian on December 5, 1949 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He passed away Saturday at his home in West Magic, Idaho. John was an avid fisherman and river rafter; he spent many years as a guide in Alaska. He enjoyed the outdoors, tying flies, appreciated a good...

Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith

Dec 4, 2015

Life Story for Christopher Arthur Clinton Smith Christopher Arthur Clinton Smith of Salmon, Idaho, passed away unexpectedly on December 4th, 2015, at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, aged 59 years. Memorial services will be scheduled in Ketchum in January, and Salmon in May

Mary Esther Fox

Mary Esther Fox

Dec 1, 2015

Life Story for Mary Esther Fox “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.” Psalm 116:15 (KJV) Early in childhood Mary Esther Kingsbury spoke in the doggerell with which she expressed her closest emotions, “A little girl planted she flowers. She mother told she not to, but she did it anyway,” Mary Esther's mother Mary...