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Under His Wing

by Preston Crompton Growing up I always read my father’s columns in the paper. Coming from a newspaper family I was probably a little rebellious by not reading through the whole thing but just going straight to his columns. I…

Paul Tod Woods

Paul Tod Woods, 72, of Springfield Idaho, passed away Friday, May 2, 2014, due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. He peacefully passed away while surrounded by his family. Paul was born September 21, 1941, in Fremont, MI, to Melville Tod…

Richard H. Brucks

Richard H. Brucks, 73, of Bellevue, WA, went home to be with Jesus after a long battle with cancer on Monday, April 28, 2014, surrounded by his family at his home. Richard was born January 22, 1941, to Emmanuel and…

Orlando M. Dalke

Orlando M. Dalke, 90, died Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Meridian. He was born Oct. 28, 1923 in Aberdeen to Henry and Anna Dalke. Memorial services were held Tuesday, April 29, at 1 p.m. at Idaho State Veteran’s Cemetery, Horseshoe…

Sydney Collings Peterson

Sydney Collings Peterson was born to J.R. (Russ) and Myrom Collings in American Falls, ID, on July 2, 1942, and passed away in Bozeman, MT, on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Her life was full of laughs and her million dollar…

Floraine Nielsen

Floraine Nielsen was called home to her Lord and family on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. She was the last living member of the Charles and Lydia Nielsen family. The third of six children, she was born Nov. 22, 1922 at…

J. F. Foster

J. F. Foster was born to James Fern Foster and Margaret Joy Rathjens Foster on April 21, 1950. Due to a farming accident in December of 1949, J never met his father. Lynn Freeman later married Joy and became J’s…

Douglas Lee Adams

American Falls – Douglas Lee Adams, 64, passed away on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Doug was born on Jan. 7, 1950, to Donald and Shirley Adams in Grundy, WV. On June 10, 1993 Doug married Kathleen (Hensley) Adams in Las…

Stealin’ rocks, and doin’ time

A Nampa man may be breaking rocks instead of stealing them after being sentenced to nine months in prison in U.S. District Court on Monday for stealing rocks from Bureau of Land Management ground. Following his release from prison he’ll…

Ilene Lake Reis memorial

Ilene Lake Reis passed away on Nov. 25, 2013. There will be a memorial luncheon in memory of her on Friday, April 25, at 3 p.m. at the Aberdeen American Legion Hall. A full obituary appeared the the Dec. 11,…