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Margaret Q. Vasquez

Margaret Q. Vasquez

Jan 3, 2018

Margaret Q. Vasquez February 19, 1920 - January 3, 2018 On January 3, 2018 our beloved mother, grandmother and nana, passed away peacefully with loving family at her side. Margaret 'Maggie' was born on February 19, 1920 in Cananea, Sonora Mexico to Santos and Rosario Quiroz. When Maggie was 4 her family immigrated to Superior, Arizona when her father was...

Paul Michael Emerson

Paul Michael Emerson

Dec 30, 2017

Paul Michael Emerson was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on July 28, 1960, to Dr. Robert and Marilyn Emerson. The family moved to Nampa, Idaho in 1970, where he attended Sunnyridge Elementary, South Junior High, and graduated from Nampa High School. He attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon as a freshman, and then transferred to Northwest Nazarene College, graduating with a...

Welton Lowell Stanley

Welton Lowell Stanley

Dec 17, 2017

Welton Lowell Stanley, 84, of Middleton, passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2017 at his home from complications of metastatic bone cancer. He was born at the family farm in Big Springs, Nebraska on June 13, 1933. His father Cecil, a farmer, used to joke that Welton was the only thing raised during that drought year of 1933. Weltons parents,...

Twila Claire Whitinger

Twila Claire Whitinger

Dec 15, 2017

Twila Claire Whitinger "Nans", 62, of Nampa, Idaho passed away December 15, 2017 after an arduous but brave fight with cancer. A Memorial Service to honor and celebrate her life will be held at the Nampa First United Methodist Church, 2717 12th Ave. Rd in Nampa, Idaho on Friday December 22, 2017 at 10:00am. A private burial will follow in...

Alfred M. Noyes

Alfred M. Noyes

Dec 12, 2017

Alfred M. Noyes, 77, of Cascade and Boise, Idaho went to be with his eternal heavenly family on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, after cancer robbed him of time with his earthly family. A memorial service will be held at 10 AM on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, 10100 N. Horseshoe Bend Rd., Boise where he...

Michael Anthony Benton

Michael Anthony Benton

Dec 12, 2017

Michael A. Benton June 19, 1958 Dec. 12, 2017 Michael Benton died Dec. 12, 2017, at his home surrounded by family and friends. Mike was steadfast in his faith, always leading with love even in the midst of medical issues. We celebrate that Mike is at peace now and resting with his God. Mike learned of love and his Catholic...

Margaret Jeanette Butterfield

Margaret Jeanette Butterfield

Dec 11, 2017

Margaret Jeanette Biggs Butterfield went to be with her Lord on December 11, 2017, at the age of 97. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 25, 1920 to Walter and Agnes Biggs. She lived much of her early childhood in Minneapolis and spent summers on her grandfathers farm in the country, where she attended East Union Evangelical Lutheran church....

Ruth Isabel Solomon

Ruth Isabel Solomon

Dec 11, 2017

Ruth Solomon 90, of Nampa, Idaho, died on Monday, December 11 surrounded by her loving family. A memorial service to honor and celebrate her life will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, Dec. 30th at the Nampa United Presbyterian Church, 400 E. Lake Lowell Ave. Arrangements are under the direction of the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel where an...

Carolyn Kay Coleman

Carolyn Kay Coleman

Dec 10, 2017

Carolyn Kay Coleman, 72, of Nampa, Idaho passed away on December 10, 2017 at Southwest Advanced Care Hospital, Boise, Idaho. Carolyn was being treated there after several surgeries for heart problems. She was a strong lady with a will to live and wanted to come home for Christmas. After all the problems she had with different complications, her heart finally...

Roger A. Wright

Roger A. Wright

Dec 6, 2017

Roger A. Wright, 94, of Nampa, moved to Heaven on December 6, 2017, having passed away at a local retirement center in Nampa. A Memorial Service to honor and celebrate his life will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 at the Nampa First Church of the Nazarene Chapel, 601 16th Ave. So. with military honors by...

Janice Kay Bopp

Janice Kay Bopp

Dec 5, 2017

Janice Kay Bopp, born and raised in Nampa, passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at a Nampa hospital. She was born on July 22, 1942 in Nampa to parents Kenneth P. and Marie Lantz. She attended Nampa schools until marrying and moving her family to Fresno, California. In August 1972 she brought her family back to Nampa. She raised...

Rowena M. Britt

Rowena M. Britt

Dec 5, 2017

Rowena M. Britt, 80, of Nampa, passed away on December 5, 2017, in the loving care of family. A Celebration of Rowenas Life will be held at 4 pm on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Nampa Church of the Brethren, 11030 West Orchard Avenue, Nampa, ID 83651. Born November 8, 1937 on a farm in Van Alstyne, Texas, Rowena...

M. Duane Deming

M. Duane Deming

Dec 1, 2017

M. Duane Deming, 77, of Caldwell, passed away at his home on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10 AM on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 at the Christian Faith Center, 31 S. Midland Blvd in Nampa. An online guest book is available at www.nampafuneralhome.com

Service Information Celebration of Life Friday December...

James Christopher 'Jim' Boehme

James Christopher 'Jim' Boehme

Nov 29, 2017

James Christopher "Jim" Boehme, 70, of Nampa passed away unexpectedly on November 29, 2017 of natural causes. He was born on May 24, 1947 in Willmar, MN to Vincent and Catherine Boehme. He graduated from St. Mary's School in Bird Island, MN. Jim joined the Army and served his country in Vietnam. After his honorable discharge, he moved to Nampa,...

Rev. Winfield 'Win' E. Swanson

Rev. Winfield 'Win' E. Swanson

Nov 28, 2017

Rev. Winfield 'Win' E. Swanson was born February 3, 1926, in Orrock, Minnesota, and passed to his eternal reward on November 28, 2017, in Nampa, Idaho. The middle child of five children born to Albert and Olga Swanson, he grew up on the farm and soon displayed an amazing aptitude for anything mechanical. Throughout his life he was known as...

Betty Jean Pearson

Betty Jean Pearson

Nov 27, 2017

Betty Jean Pearson, 93, of Nampa, passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 in a Nampa hospital. Betty was born on January 22, 1924 in Wooster, Ohio to Lester and Samantha Mellor Hamilton. She moved with her family as a small girl to Nampa. They also lived for a brief time in La Grande, OR but returned to Nampa where...

Grady Joe Hudson

Grady Joe Hudson

Nov 21, 2017

Grady Joe Hudson was born on May 19, 1941 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Joe and Geraldine Hudson and passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at his home in Nampa. Grady was raised and educated in Oklahoma and Northern California. He moved to Idaho and worked for may years for the City of Nampa in the Parks Department where he...

Dorothy Fillmore

Dorothy Fillmore

Nov 20, 2017

Dorothy Fillmore, 97, of Nampa, passed into the arms of Jesus on November 20, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Dorothy was born on July 24, 1920 in Avant, Oklahoma to Charles and Anna Goodman. She was their third daughter, of five children. Her father worked as an oilfield roustabout during her childhood and she spent time living in the...

Osa Shervik

Osa Shervik

Nov 18, 2017

Osa Waago Shervik, 93, of Nampa, passed into the loving arms of her Savior on November 18, 2017, at home, with her husband by her side. Osa was born on January 7, 1924, to Jens and Ragna Waago, on the island of Nord-Gjeslingan, located on the coast of Norway, in the harsh part of the Norwegian Sea. Life on the...

James Martin 'Jamie' Steelsmith

James Martin 'Jamie' Steelsmith

Nov 17, 2017

James Martin "Jamie" Steelsmith, 50, of Caldwell, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 in a Boise hospital from complications from diabetes. He was born on November 22, 1966 in Boise, Idaho to Ernest Martin and Ruth V. Anderson Steelsmith. He attended Nampa High School and received a Bachelors Degree in Accounting at Northwest Nazarene College. He was a member of...

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