All Obituaries

Joseph Marinus Yraguen was born to Joe Yraguen and Wilhelmina (Babe Smit) Yraguen on May 21, 1948 in Ontario, Oregon, the eldest of six boys. Joe was very proud of his Basque/Dutch heritage. He passed away at his home on November 6, 2019 after a courageous fight with ALS. Joe, during the summer of his freshman year of high school, asked Susan Ego if he could walk her home from a Grange dance. This ignited a partnership that was to last through 7 years of courtship and over 49 loving years...

Rene Garza Flores, 73, of Nampa, ID, passed away at home on Friday, November 8, 2019, of natural causes.   Rene was born October 23, 1946, in Pharr, Texas, to Amado and Elida Flores.  He left home at the age of 14 and traveled on his own as a migrant worker.  In 1963 he met Anita Lopez at the Caldwell 4th of July celebration. They began a courtship that lasted 5 years.  They married 1968 and celebrated their 50th anniversary last year.  He worked for Boise...

Nadine Evelyn Trovillion Clark Evans died Sunday November 10th, in Nampa, Idaho. She was 91.   Nadine was born July 9, 1928 in Kansas City, Kansas to Leonard and Thelma Reed Trovilion, the eldest of three daughters. Her early years were marked by significant economic hardship as the family made numerous moves across Texas, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado while Leonard searched for work. When Nadine was 9, her father abandoned them, leaving Nadine to walk home from the post office, while...

Lidya Meseret Ostyn was born September 11th, 1995 in Harar, Ethiopia. She was the much loved daughter of Meseret and Yallo. The birth of her sister Zeytuna in 1998 began a lifelong friendship. Lidya's dad would take them to his work at the police station and proudly show them off to work associates. Birthdays were celebrated with pictures and cakes. After the death of their first parents, the girls were adopted by John and Mary Ostyn in 2007 and were instantly engulfed by a happy pack...

Bonnie Marie Perkins Rodwell, 95, passed away November 13, 2019. Bonnie was born May 21, 1924 in Sutherland, Nebraska to E.V. Perkins and Grace Hayden Perkins, the ninth of ten children. In 1930 the family moved to California looking for work and finally settled in Nampa, Idaho. Bonnie attended Lakeview Grade School, Central Junior High and Nampa High School graduating in 1943. She was an accomplished vocalist and was later a member of the Majors and Minors as a soprano. On December 11,...

George Joey Pascua passed away on November 2, 2019 at the age of 74 after a courageous battle with cancer. He passed surrounded by his loving wife Linda of 54 years and their three children. George was born in Billings Montana on November 12, 1944 to Francisco and Elvira Pascua. George’s family moved to Nampa, Idaho in 1946. George graduated from Nampa High School in 1963 and attended Boise Junior College for two years. In May 1973, George joined the Nampa Fire Department and worked...

Julia Jane Swayne Hyslop, 96, was born in Melba, Idaho, on September 6, 1923, the third of five daughters born to Samuel Arthur and Bertha Valerie Swayne. The young family moved from Melba to Nampa, Idaho, in 1924. Bertha died when Julie was four years old. Samuel’s mother and sister aided Samuel in raising his daughters. Samuel’s love for his daughters now transcends four generations. Julie told us, “any love I have been able to assure my family originated within me from...

Jack “Grampy” Printz of Nampa, Idaho passed away peacefully at home, Monday Oct. 21, 2019. Jack was born on May 17, 1932 in Bend, Or. To Helen Harala and George E. Diggs.  Jack grew up on the Harala Ranch in Donnelley, Id. before moving to Boise, graduating from Boise High School in 1950.  He was a Life member of the Nampa Elks Lodge 1389 serving as Past Exalted Ruler, Past Chairman of the Board, and Past Elk of the Year just to name a few.  The Elks was his...

After battling breast cancer for nearly three years, Vicki Diane Martineau passed away on October 27th, 2019. She fought a courageous fight to the end. Vicki’s life began on March 13, 1952 in Nampa, ID.; she was the fifth of six children born to Willard & Vivienne Shroll. She grew up in the Nampa area, where she attended the Southside and Scism grade schools and graduated from Nampa High School in 1970. Her first job was as a telephone operator which she held until the spring of...

Deborah (Debbye) Lynn Hughes, 45, of Nampa, passed away on November 5, 2019. Deborah was born to the late Arturo Delgado and Clemencia Pamela Molina, on July 23, 1974, in El Paso, Texas. She graduated from Austin High School in 1992 and married the love of her life of 22 years, Donald Shayne Hughes, on October 17, 1997. Deborah and her family have resided in Nampa, Idaho since 2006. Deborah was a witty, passionate, and fiercely independent mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Ever...