OBITUARIES
Kenneth 'Ken' Lee Borbe
Dec 23, 2021
Kenneth 'Ken' Borbe Obituary Kenneth (Ken) Lee Borbe, 68, of Caldwell, passed away on December 23rd, 2021 in a Boise hospital. He was a loving husband, father, brother and friend to all. There will be a celebration of life service for Kenneth on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 2 PM in the gym at Nampa First Church of the Nazarene,...
Mary Veronica Murach
Dec 21, 2021
Mary Murach Obituary Mary Veronica Murach, 94, of Nampa, Idaho, went home to be with the Lord on December 21, 2021. Mary was born to Stephen and Anne Pjura on May 13, 1927, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. At the age of two, Mary lost her mother to Influenza. Her father remarried Mary Tobias, the only mother she knew, and her stepbrother...
Shirley 'Sus' Helpenstell
Dec 20, 2021
Shirley 'Sus' Helpenstell Obituary 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...
Lail Joyce Bergland
Dec 13, 2021
Lail Bergland Obituary Lail Joyce Bergland, 86, of Nampa ID, passed away on December 13th at Grace Memory Care in Caldwell. Lail was born on October 5,1935 in Villisca, Iowa, she was the daughter of Dean and Alvah Brownlee. In 1940 her family moved to Cheyenne WY, where she married Arlen Bergland on June 20, 1954. They enjoyed 68 years...
Irene Nell Lee
Dec 12, 2021
Irene Lee Obituary Irene Nell Lee, 99, of Nampa, passed away peacefully at home December 12, 2021. Irene was born January 17, 1922, in a little log cabin by the Missouri River near Pollock, South Dakota. The eldest of five children, her family lived in South Dakota including a Sioux Indian Reservation, Yates, Chamberlin, and the Black Hills. At age13...
Donald Lewis Hennessey
Dec 10, 2021
Donald Hennessey Obituary Donald Lewis Hennessey, 74, of Weiser and formerly of Boise, passed away on December 10, 2021. Don was born in Nampa on January 26, 1947 to Tom and Gladys Hennessey. He died on December 10 following a devastating heart attack. Don was the fourth of the Hennessey boys, spread out over sixteen years, and he was devoted...
Robert Arland 'Bob' Foreman
Dec 8, 2021
Robert Foreman Obituary Robert "Bob" Arland Foreman, a retired mechanic and life-long resident and native of Idaho passed away on December 8, 2021 at the age of 81. He passed peacefully at Luna House of Nampa with loved ones by his side. He is now at peace and in paradise for eternity. Bob is survived by three children: Krisene &...
Mary Willeta Richardson
Dec 6, 2021
Mary Richardson Obituary Mary Willeta Richardson,93 passed away on December 6, 2021 Born in San Gabriel, California on October 8, 1928, to William and Laura Beissel, Mary was one of thirteen children. She met her husband Ed when she was a teenager. After Ed got out of the Navy in 1946, he married Mary and they raised the children in...
Dion Patrick Battles
Dec 3, 2021
Dion Battles Obituary Dion Patrick Battles, age 48, of Boise, Idaho was taken away from us far too soon on Friday evening, December 3, 2021. Dion was born on February 16, 1973, to Pat and Virginia Battles. Dion was raised in Nampa, played football for the Bulldogs, and graduated from Nampa High School in 1991. It was during his high...
Michael 'Albert' Valenzuela
Dec 3, 2021
Michael Valenzuela Obituary Michael "Albert" Valenzuela, age 72 of Harper, Oregon passed away on December 3, 2021, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Albert was born, the third of twelve children, to Tony & Clara Valenzuela on November 20, 1949, in Lindsay, California. He attended schools in Lindsay, College of the Sequoias, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Albert worked...
Gregory Allen Crandall
Nov 22, 2021
Gregory Crandall Obituary Gregory Allen Crandall, 69, of Nampa Idaho, passed away Monday, November 22, 2021, in Nampa Idaho. Greg was born in Huron South Dakota on March 21, 1952, to Archie and Alice (Dahl) Crandall. He was the youngest of four children Judy, Gary, and Joyce. When he was only 2 months old the whole family packed up and...
William Walter 'Bill' Hood
Nov 22, 2021
William Hood Obituary William (Bill) Walter Hood 'How lucky we are to have someone in our lives that makes saying goodbye this hard'. William (Bill) Hood, 88, passed away on November 22, 2021, in Nampa, ID. Bill was born in Sartell, Minnesota on November 14, 1933, to Vincent and Evelyn Hood, the second of five children Vincent and Evelyn would...
Josephine Catherine 'Josile Rider
Nov 15, 2021
Josephine Rider Obituary Josephine Catherine "Josile" Rider of Nampa, Idaho passed away peacefully at her home Monday November 15, 2021, at the age of 89, with her loving family by her side. Josephine was a woman of faith, who loved the Lord and helping others. She was kind, generous and had a great sense of humor. She was born May...
Patricia Rae 'Pat' Cheney
Nov 14, 2021
Patricia Cheney Obituary Patricia Rae (Pat) Cheney, 67, of Nampa, ID, passed away at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Nampa, ID on November 14, 2021, due to the complications following a short and sudden unknown illness. Pat was born in Nampa, ID on March 23, 1954, to Orren Duane Frost and Julia Rae Webb Frost. She was the baby of the...
Ray Cook
Nov 13, 2021
Ray Cook Obituary Ray Cook passed away on November 13, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. A viewing and celebration of life will be held at 4:00 P.M. Sunday, November 28, 2021 at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel. An online guest book is available at www.nampafuneralhome.com The service will be live streamed and the link for the live stream is https://my.gather.app/remember/ray-cook-2021...
Elberta Kay Kinzler
Nov 3, 2021
Elberta Kinzler Obituary Elberta Kay Kinzler, 82, entered the arms of Jesus on November 3, 2021, having passed away at her home in Nampa. Kay arrived on the scene October 4, 1939 in Ottawa KS. Her parents, Edward T. and Mildred E. Jefferies were excited about their new baby girl. Kay attended Ottawa public schools throughout her childhood and teenage...
Alice Jean Patton
Nov 1, 2021
Alice Patton Obituary Alice Jean Patton, 74, passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2021. Born in Pasadena, California on March 31, 1947 to Glenn and Bettie Baldwin, Alice moved to Nampa 19 years ago with her husband Jim. She worked as a realtor for several years, and most recently did volunteer work at the Nampa Recreation Center. Alice loved interior...
Joan E. Pemble
Oct 31, 2021
Joan Pemble Obituary Joan Pemble passed away peacefully on October 31, 2021 in Caldwell, Idaho after a lengthy battle with glioblastoma at the age of 71. Joan was born into a traditional, wholesome and loving family in northwestern Montana where she was joined by a younger sister and brother. She was a good student and graduated with honors from Whitefish...
Ruben Belman-Moreno
Oct 31, 2021
Ruben Belman-Moreno Obituary Ruben Belman-Moreno, (77) de Nampa falleci el 31 de octubre del 2021, rodeado de su familia. Ruben naci el 24 de marzo del 1944 en Len, Gto. Mxico. Ruben fue hijo de Ramon Belman y Maria de Jess Moreno. Ruben formo parte del servicio militar mexicano a los 18 aos. Ruben se cas con Maria Del Carmen...
Junella Sue Hagood
Oct 30, 2021
Junella Hagood Obituary Junella Sue (Finkbeiner) Hagood passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2021 in her Nampa, Idaho home. Thus ended an earthly life filled with love for Jesus and her fellow human beings and challenged by the onset of neurological diseases over the past two decades and, thus began an unending, eternal life in the presence of Jesus and...
