OBITUARIES

Ricardo Tellez Vargas

Ricardo Tellez Vargas

Jun 7, 2012

Life Story for Ricardo Tellez Vargas

Ruthann Saphier

Ruthann Saphier

Jun 2, 2012

Life Story for Ruthann Elizabeth Saphier (Ringwald) Ruthann Saphier passed away at home during the late evening of June 2, 2012 after a three year battle with an aggressive strain of uterine cancer. She is survived by her sister Brenda, her husband Michael, her sons David (Amy) and Adam (Jenny) and her grandchildren Taylor, Ava and Aidan. Ruthann was born...

Thelma Crutchley

Thelma Crutchley

May 28, 2012

Life Story for Thelma E. Crutchley

Mary Cathern Kohler

Mary Cathern Kohler

May 23, 2012

Life Story for Mary Cathern Kohler Mary Cathern (Bishop) Kohler, 95, of Boise and Bellevue died Wednesday, May 23 at the Lincoln County Care Center in Shoshone of natural causes. Mary was born July 24, 1916 in Boise. She grew up in Boise and attended the Boise schools. She married Walter J. Kohler September 24, 1935 in Hailey. She moved...

Kenneth Tucker

Kenneth Tucker

May 11, 2012

Life Story for Kenneth Lane Tucker

Joanne Hooper

Joanne Hooper

May 6, 2012

Obituary for Joanne Hooper Joanne Hooper,76 of Pine, Idaho was in the arms of her husband, daughter and son in-law when she peacefully passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2012 in her daughter’s home in Hailey,Idaho. Shirley Joan Zinn was born March 9,1936 to Charles O. and Margaret Kyle Zinn in Meridian, Idaho. When Joanne was a child, her parents...

R. Mardene Weston

R. Mardene Weston

May 5, 2012

Obituary for R. Mardene Weston R. Mardene Weston died peacefully on her ranch in the Wood River Valley on May 5, 2012 surrounded by loved ones. She was born April 24, 1926 in Heyburn, Idaho to Walter and Ethel Nelson. She graduated from Pocatello High School and entered nursing school under the Cadet Nursing program at Columbus Hospital in Seattle,...

Kathleen Bradford

Kathleen Bradford

May 1, 2012

Obituary for Kathleen "Casey" Bradford Kathleen "Casey" Bradford passed away peacefully at her Maui, Hawaii home with hospice care and loving caregivers on May Day, 2012. She was born October 12, 1951 to Ernest & Mary Ellen Scioneaux in Reserve, Louisiana. She is survived by her husband, Jeffery Bradford; brothers Ernest Scioneaux, Jr. and Randy Scioneaux; sisters Linda Deroche, Madeline...

Fern Jones

Fern Jones

Apr 23, 2012

Obituary for Fern Gertrude Jones Fern passed away Monday, April 23, 2012 in Hailey. Fern was born in Fairfield, Indiana, on April 10, 1916. She moved with her family to Hailey, Idaho in 1926. She graduated from Hailey High School, went to Link’s Business College in Boise and raised a huge family of seven boys. Fern enjoyed the wild outdoors,...

Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Apr 18, 2012

Obituary for Robert Earl "Bob" Smith Dr. Robert Earl "Bob" Smith died April 18, 2012. Born May 12, 1933, in San Carlos, Calif., Bob attended Redwood High, Stanford University and San Francisco College of Dentistry. In 1957-58, after becoming an orthodontist, he worked in dentistry for the U.S. Army in Weisbaden, Germany. It was from there that he traveled to...

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Apr 14, 2012

Obituary for Rick "Ranger" Perry Rick Perry, or as many knew him, “Ranger” died in Sun Valley, Idaho on April 14th 2012. Born in Delaware, in 1951, to Robert and Barbara, his family moved all over the country while his father was working as a chemical engineering professor and consultant for the United Nations. They eventually settled in Rochester, New...

Frank Moore

Frank Moore

Apr 6, 2012

Obituary for Frank Donald Moore Frank Moore, a life-long resident of the Wood River Valley, passed away on Friday, April 6. Frank was born on December 25, 1920 in a small cabin at Triumph mine where his father worked. After living for a short time in Mackay, Frank’s family moved to a home on Broadford Road south of Hailey, across...

Peter Ripsom

Peter Ripsom

Mar 30, 2012

Obituary for Peter Ives Ripsom Peter Ives Ripsom, 61, died March 30, 2012, after a valiant 14-year battle with colon cancer. He is survived by his wife, Fran, and son, Tobias; brothers, David (Pat) and Jonathan (Marj) and sister, Pamela (Chris); nieces, a nephew and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and youngest son, Aaron. He...

Alberto Enourato

Alberto Enourato

Mar 30, 2012

Obituary for Alberto Enourato Alberto Enourato, 90, died on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Blaine Manor in Hailey. He was born on May 23, 1921 in Trenton, New Jersey, son of Leonardo and Maria Rega Enourato. He grow up in Trenton, New Jersey. He was one of eleven brothers and sisters. Alberto joined the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) at...

Gail Freund

Gail Freund

Mar 28, 2012

Obituary for Gail S. Freund Ketchum — Gail Stiles Freund, 95, died on March 28, 2012 at the River Ridge Care and Rehab Center in Twin Falls. She was born July 30, 1916 in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Joseph and Marie Stiles. She grew up in southern California and married Robert Freund in Santa Barbara in 1950. In the...

Thomas Nichols

Thomas Nichols

Mar 19, 2012

Life Story for Thomas Elmer Nichols

Mary Jefferson

Mary Jefferson

Mar 18, 2012

Obituary for Mary C. Jefferson Mary Alice Means Jefferson was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on April 2, 1916, She was the daughter of Foster and Faye L. Means. Her father was a victim of the epidemic which killed so many and he died when Mary was a very young girl. Her mother worked for a small railroad company and...

Clifford Timmons

Clifford Timmons

Mar 15, 2012

Obituary for Clifford E. "Gene" Timmons Gene Timmons jumped on the last chairlift searching for eternal skiing on March 15th, 2012. Born on December 11, 1944 in Indio, California to John Junior Timmons and Edna Fern Parker, Gene grew up with a passion for the mountains from a young age. Spending his days at Mt. Waterman and Mammoth Mountain, he...

Margaret Stastny

Margaret Stastny

Mar 10, 2012

Life Story for Margaret E. "Midge" Stastny

Edith Smith

Edith Smith

Mar 2, 2012

Obituary for Edith Beeson Smith Edie Beeson Smith, 89, passed away peacefully Friday, March 2, at Blaine Manor in Hailey, Idaho. After spending the day with friends and family, draped in leopard print blankets and listening to Frank Sinatra, she made her transition and is now frolicking with those near and dear to her in her new life. Edie was...