All Obituaries

DIANE KIKUEYE (TANI) SHIGETA (1924 – 2022) Diane Kikueye Shigeta, age 97, of Nampa, Idaho, passed away peacefully at home on June 6, 2022. Diane was born on September 23, 1924 in Los Angeles, Calif., to parents Yasuemon and Aki Tani. She was raised in Venice, Calif., and was the seventh of eight children. Her childhood was filled with adventures. Her family operated a small produce farm which kept her busy with gardening and farm life. During this time, citrus groves were a large...

Martha Rau Weymouth, left this world peacefully on June 7, 2022 at the age of 99 years and 8 months. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt. Martha was born in Payette, Idaho on October 10, 1922, the eighth and youngest child of Friedrich and Maria Rau. Her parents immigrated in 1912 from a German Colony in Russia. They moved to Nampa when she was 3, where she attended school, graduating from Nampa High School. Martha was a lifelong member of the Lutheran...

Donna Jo Fitzgerald, 91, of Nampa, Idaho and formerly of La Grande, Oregon passed away on June 27, 2022, in Nampa. She was born January 5, 1931, in Colfax, Washington, the second child of Thomas Rex and Carol (Olsen) Walenta. Donna Jo spent her childhood, elementary and junior high school years in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado while her father completed his doctorate and practiced law. Her family ultimately moved to Moscow, Idaho where her father taught at the University of...

Shirley “Sus” Helpenstell Born Shirley “Sus” Haegele, in 1930 on a farm in Iowa, without plumbing or electricity, her life ended on December 20th, 2021, with an electric wine opener and a Roomba. What progress!! Along the journey she spent time in Independence, Iowa, and Grinnell, Iowa, where she met her husband, Fred Helpenstell. The following ten years were spent in Illinois and Wisconsin. While he was in orthopedic training, she began her long and successful...

Lorraine Sayers, 78 of Nampa, passed away on June 11, 2022. A Graveside Service to honor and celebrate her life will be held on Friday, June 17, 2022 at 11 AM at the Melba Cemetery followed by a lunch and celebration of life at the Melba Senior Center. Services are under the direction of the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel, 415 12th Ave. So., Nampa – 208-442-8171. Lorraine was born on June 18, 1943 in Nampa to Chester and Evelyn Kugler. She married Dale Sayers in Nampa on August 8,...

John Edward Pywell, Sr. died May 25,2022 in a convalescent center in Nampa, Idaho from complications from a fall in his home. John was born March 24, 1936, to Elmer and Virginia Pywell on a farm on the southwest edge of Nampa. John attended grade school at Melmont and Bennett grade schools. He attended and graduated from Nampa Senior High School in 1954, where he participated in football and mechanical classes. It was here where he developed a lifelong interest in mechanics, specializing in...

    Colleen “Lollee” Gordon went to be with the Lord on Saturday June 11th, surrounded by her loved ones.  She is reunited eternally in heaven with her father Bill Russell and her brother Ricky Russell. At this time there will be no service for Colleen. Colleen was born on April 7,, 1953 in Bend Oregon, to Bill and Connie Russell. She was the second oldest of five children. Colleen loved her family and the Lord and was always encouraging those around her....

On June 09, 2022, Lois Faye (Acree) Brooks, loving wife and mother of three, passed away at 67 years of age from Dementia/Alzheimer's after being diagnosed with the disease in January 2017. Lois remained at home and was cared for by her family until her death. Lois died at home surrounded by her husband of 50 years and two of her children that still live in Nampa. Lois was born October 01, 1954, to Ernest M. and Vivian R. Acree at Mercy Hospital in Nampa and was the second of two...

Doris Jean Thurman of Nampa, ID, peacefully passed away on Friday, June 3, 2022 at age 92. Doris was born to Wayne and Grace Romph in her grandparents’ house in Ontario OR on March 24, 1930.  She was raised in Nampa, Idaho, attending schools in the local school district and graduating from Nampa High School in 1948.   Also in 1948, Doris met Fred Thurman of Meridian, Idaho at a local hotspot for teens in downtown Boise....

Duane Eldon Buhler, passed away on June 1st, 2022, in his home surrounded by his loving wife and family. Duane was born on June 15, 1930, near Trenton Nebraska, to Mabel and Andrew Buhler. He was the third born to a family of 5 children. During the Dust Bowl, at age 5, the family moved to Powell WY then on to Kelso WA to be near family. He was raised in the woods on Mount Brynion. At age 11 he was preceded in death by his father which caused great financial hardship for his family. Shortly...