All Obituaries

David O. Mathis, January 24th, 1940 – June 17th, 2022 - 82 years old, passed away at his home in McCall with his loving wife by his side from a sudden heart attack; a resident of McCall for the past 51 years. Dave was born in Tacoma, Washington and at age 5 his family moved to the small town of Gibbonsville, Idaho. He was the only child of Charley and Ida Mathis, however he was like a brother to all the kids in this small town where he went to grade school in a one room schoolhouse...

Douglas (Digger) Lee Elliott 3/13/39-6/9/22 The lights have gotten dimmer as we announce the passing of Digger Elliott. He left this world on June 9th while on his way to his summer home in McCall, ID, where he’d spent a lifetime of summers. Digger was born in Nampa, Idaho on March 13, 1939 to Dick & Zoe Elliott. He was raised in Boise, graduated from Boise High in 1957 and joined the United States Navy that year. Digger attended the University of Idaho and was a proud member of...

Jim Crawford May 10, 1952  -  May 21, 2022 Jim was born on May 10, 1952, to Jack and Eileen Crawford in Grand Island, Nebraska. Anybody growing up in that era can probably remember that as long as you checked in by suppertime, the rest of the day was yours to run free.  Jim’s dad worked for United Airlines with the family living right outside the airport.  This allowed four or five year old Jim, followed by his trusty mutt Dinger, to daily visit all his grownup...

LeMoyne “Butch” Lewis Titus, 82, of Cascade, Idaho passed away peacefully at home on April 25, 2022. He was born Dec. 25, 1939 in Nampa, Idaho to Cedric & Retta Titus. For a time, he lived in Marsing, Idaho where he attended Edison School. As a teen he lived several years with George & Leora Chadwick (foster parents) on their Ranch at Muddy Creek in Oregon. He then moved to Texas and worked on ranches. There his daughter and son were born. Missing Idaho, he moved back...

   James ‘Jim’ Craig Pfeifer, 70, of McCall, Idaho passed away on April 20, 2022 of natural causes. Jim was born in Piedmont, California on June 2, 1951. He played football, baseball, and basketball in high school, graduating in 1969, and was an Eagle Scout. After beginning his college education at the University of California, Davis, he went on to receive masters’ degrees in both forestry and business from the University of California, Berkeley. After finishing...

Conrad Oscar Schade, 83, of McCall, Idaho died Sunday, April 3, 2022 in McCall Rehabilitation and Care Center. Conrad was born October 24, 1938 in Bastrop County, Texas to Alice (Wilde) and Alvin Schade. He worked as a manager in lumber sales. He is survived by his beloved niece and nephew Fredlyn and Carl Wideman of Camp Wood, Texas. Online condolences may be left at www.mccallfunerals.com Arrangements in care of McCall Funeral Home.

Lawrence Victor ‘Vic’ Armacost aged 85 of New Meadows Idaho passed away peacefully after a brief illness on March 24, 2022.  The funeral service will be held on April 9th at 2:00pm at New Meadows Methodist Church, Joe Eisenbrandt will be officiating.  Burial will follow at the Meadows Valley Cemetery at 4:00pm.  Funeral arrangements are being handled by the McCall Funeral Home. Vic was born in Council Idaho on June 17th 1936.  Victor earned a Master’s...

Arliss Jean Kelly passed away peacefully March 14, 2022, at McCall Rehabilitation Center. Since February 2022, she had been in the great care of their wonderful and caring staff.  Arliss was born February 19, 1943, in Minnesota. At a young age she moved to California.  In 1993, she and her late husband, Cedric Kelly moved to McCall, Idaho from San Jose, CA.  Shortly after moving to McCall, Arlliss’s husband passed suddenly in 1999.  She found her way to a...

   Christopher St. Martin, 54, a resident of Atlantic Mine, passed away Sunday morning, March 13, 2022, in McCall, Idaho. He was born on July 11th, 1967, in Northampton, MA, the son of Caroline Ann Lazarz and the late Joseph Richard St. Martin.    He grew up in Eastern Massachusetts. Christopher was a graduate of South Hadley High School with the class of 1985 and attended UMass. He worked as a tow truck driver prior to enlisting in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1988. His...

JANET K. DURAN       Janet Kathleen Duran, passed away on March 4, 2022 in McCall, Idaho from a sudden heart attack.      Janet was born July 28, 1944 in Minneapolis, MN to Carlene and USN CDR John Thompson.  As part of a naval family, Jan spent her youth being able to experience living many places including Georgia, California, Virginia, and Japan.  After graduating high school, Janet attended Western State College in Gunnison, CO.  There...