On Thursday January 28th, we lost the most loving and wonderful person when Kim Helmandollar-Colaianni (66) passed away Thursday January 28 on a gloomy, cloudy morning in Meridian Idaho, of multiple organ failure. Kim was born August 3, 1954, in Pocatello Idaho to Herman Joseph and Wilma (Carlson) Helmandollar. He grew up in Inkom, Idaho, and was the youngest of 4 children. Growing up, Kim liked working in the family flower gardens, riding his father's horses, and had a hobby of coin collecting. He attended Inkom Grammar school and later attended and graduated from Marsh Valley High School. The thing he loved most as a child and a teen was scouting. He would attain the level of Eagle...

Marjorie A McNarie, 78 died and went to Jesus on Wednesday, Jan 27th, 2021 after having complications from a heart attack. She was surrounded by her family. Marjie was born on March 29th, 1942 in Prescott, Arizona to Elbert & Virginia Bochat and she was one of 4 children. She grew up in Prescott, AZ, where she attended and graduated in 1960 from Prescott High School. This is where she met and married her High School sweetheart, Don McNarie on August 26, 1961. In 1966, they moved to Orofino, Idaho and in 1967 they were blessed with their first son, Mike. In 1969, they welcomed their second child, Karen. In 1976, they moved to Boise, ID and in 1978, they welcomed their 3rd child...

On December 7, 2020, a beautiful sunny afternoon, Michele "Micki" Briggs, a true angel on Earth, was called home by her Lord Jesus Christ. She was 78 at the time of her death, following a courageous battle against Alzheimer's-type Dementia. She was in the company of her children. She was one of those rare people who are truly genuine in their loving and caring nature. She loved her children above all else. Micki was born in Pocatello, Idaho on November 18, 1942. She was the fourth of five children born to John R. and Dorothy Black. Micki attended school in Pocatello, graduating from Pocatello High School in 1960. She enrolled at Idaho State College (now Idaho State University)...

Barbara McIntosh Schmidt, 94, of Boise, died Saturday, August 15, 2020 at home of natural causes. She had a gentle, loving spirit that endeared her to everyone she met. Barbara was born on July 4, 1926 in Boise, Idaho, the daughter of R.A. McIntosh and Marie (Miller) McIntosh. She was proud to be a 4th generation Boisean. Her great grandparents came to Boise in a covered wagon in the 1800's and settled in the area of what is now Gary Lane. She attended Pierce Park Grade School and then St. Theresa Academy, which was run by the sisters of the Holy Cross who also ran St. Alphonsus Hospital. She then went on to attend and graduate from St. Alphonsus School of Nursing with a degree as a...

Laurence Burrell "Skip" Oldham died June 24, 2020 in Boise, age 88. He was firstborn of Volney Lee and Elda Mary Burrell Oldham, in Rexburg, Idaho on Nov. 18, 1931. His sister, Mary Lee Oldham followed. Owing to his abundant energy, his father began calling him "Skippy" very early and the sobriquet stuck; nobody ever knew him by anything but Skip. His chronically ill mother's health forced a family relocation to Hollister, California, where Skip made pharmacy bicycle deliveries and played baseball. With Elda's subsequent passing, young widower Volney moved Skip and Mary Lee back home to Rexburg. Volney soon married prominent Rexburg attorney, Mary Smith, who raised the two. Volney and Mary...

Ruth was born June 1, 1934, in Portland Oregon. She was the oldest of Thomas and Irene (Hill) Martin's three children. Ruth recalled fond childhood memories of Portland, like listening to the rain on her umbrella, spending time with her mother's family, and occasional getaways to the dime store for ice cream and candy courtesy of her uncle JJ. The Martin family settled in Boise, Idaho, where Ruth, her brother Frank ("Duffy") and sister Helen ("Jodi") spent their formative years. As a teen, Ruth worked as a live-in nanny for a neighborhood family, where she developed a passion for children and education. On June 10, 1956, Ruth married Lawrence ("Larry") Ball in Boise, Idaho. Later that...

John (Jan) Cusimano, 88, passed away, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at his apartment in Boise, Idaho of natural causes. Jan was born September 7, 1931 in Utica, New York to Ida R. Whipper. He met his wife, Shirley while stationed at Mtn. Home Airforce Base. They married October 5, 1952 and after 62 years of marriage he was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley. Jan and Shirley had three daughters, Leslie (Terry) Voyles, Jana Lee (Dan) Zillner and Melanie Braum. He had two grandsons, Bart (Mandi) Zillner and Alex Braum; and two great grandsons, Jackson and Cohen Zillner. Dad was a physicist at the INEL for 37 years. He was a proud veteran and president of the AEC Sportsman Club for many...

Kirby Scott Dawson Jr. passed away peacefully after a short illness, the evening of Friday, March 20, 2020, in Boise, Idaho, with his loving daughter, Christa, by his side. Born August 17, 1934 to Kirby Scott Dawson Sr. and Eleanor Jean Dawson. Kirby grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a child of the depression, and lived through rationing during World War II, experiences which informed his direction in life and his pursuit of solidity and security in his work. After graduating from East High School in Salt Lake City, Kirby studied mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, graduating in 1958. He moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho after college to work as a Nuclear Engineer for...

Kirby Scott Dawson Jr. passed away peacefully on March 20th, in Boise, Idaho. Born August 17, 1934 to Kirby Scott Dawson Sr. and Eleanor Jean Dawson. Kirby grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. After graduating from East High School, Kirby studied mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, graduating in 1958. He moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho after college to work as a Nuclear Engineer for the Idaho National Laboratory, where he worked until his retirement. Kirby was an accomplished skier and skydiver and a scratch golfer. He loved the outdoors most of all, whether skiing and hiking, mountain climbing, camping and fishing, golfing, tending his lush vegetable garden or his raspberry canes,...

Shirley May Pitsch was born on May 24, 1935 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. She and her two brothers, Kenneth Arden and Keith Allen were raised on a small dairy farm along the Chippewa River on land purchased by their great-grandfather in the 1860s. Growing up, they were loved and protected by their parents-Ben and Inga (Schulz) Pitsch-and a large extended family. Shirley loved being outdoors, helping her dad on the farm, bicycling, swimming, and reading. After attending a one-room country school and then high school in Chippewa Falls, she worked as a dental assistant in Eau Claire for five years. Seeking adventure, she moved to California and found work in another dental office. There she...

Marion Buzzell of Idaho Falls passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2019 in Boise, Idaho at the age of 74. Marion was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois the daughter of John and Jean Work. She married her high school sweetheart, John Buzzell, in 1966 and expanded her family and heart with the birth of their three children. Marion and her family packed up and moved from the windy city of Chicago to the windy town of Idaho Falls during the record snow storm of 1979. She was compassionate but tough as nails. She took any challenge with brilliant optimism. Marion retired professionally from the Idaho Falls school district in 2001 and expanded her work in volunteer service. With...

Teri (Therese) Marie Dawson passed away peacefully into the loving arms of her Savior on September 22, 2019, after a both unbearably long and unimaginably short, courageous battle with Alzheimers. Teri was born on January 16,1946 to Melba and Warren (Tommy) Thompson in Idaho Falls, ID where she was raised. Her son John was the apple of her eye and quickly became the center of her life at the tender age of 17. She loved watching him ski as they traveled together for his races. Her eyes always lit up at the sight of her boy. True to her determined and hard-working nature, she completed high school while working and caring for her son and graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1965....

Martha Rigby Pond Kuhn, age 92, died on September 2nd at her home in Boise surrounded by her family. She was born May 24, 1927 in Idaho Falls to Parley and Margaret Moseley Rigby. She attended Riverside Grade School, O.E. Bell Junior High, and graduated from Idaho Falls High in 1945. She attended the University of Idaho, graduating in 1949. She is a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and served as Chapter President her Senior year. Following graduation, she taught at Nampa Junior High for one year. She returned to Idaho Falls and worked in a local bank as a secretary and teller. On November 3, 1951 she married Robert Pond in Idaho Falls. They spent three years in Logan, Utah, where...

Paul Robert Oakes peacefully passed away at St. Alphonsus hospital in Boise, on June 29, 2019. A celebration of Paul's life will be held on Monday July 8, 10:30 a.m. at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel located at 5400 Fairview Ave., Boise, ID. Condolences may be made at www.aldenwaggoner.com