OBITUARIES
Mamie Anna Sedlacek
Nov 15, 2017
Mamie Anna Sedlacek, 101 of Nampa, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at a Nampa hospital. She was born on October 21, 1916 in La Crosse, Wisconsin to Vaclav and Anna Florian. The family moved to Nampa to find a nice Czech community when she was just a year old and stayed in the old Dewey Palace for a...
Judith Ann Kimbrough
Nov 14, 2017
On November 14, 2017, Judith Ann Kimbrough passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. Born in Columbus, Ohio to Joseph and Margaret Priore, she was the youngest of 11 children. Judith studied at St. Louis University and graduated from Ohio State University. She attained a post graduate CPCU degree, became president of the Los Angeles CPCU chapter and...
Robert 'Bob' L. Clair
Nov 7, 2017
Robert "Bob" L. Clair, 90, of Nampa, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 at a Caldwell care center. A Memorial Service to honor and celebrate his life will be held at 11 AM on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 at the Nampa First Christian Church, 619 12th Ave. So. in Nampa with military honors by personnel from the US Navy....
Shirley Eileen Hunt
Nov 6, 2017
Shirley Eileen (Gomer) Hunt was born April 5, 1930 in Redmond, Oregon. She was the second child of seven children (Marjorie, Shirley, Lenta, Howard, Gracie, and the twins; Gloria and Gladys) born to Emanuel and Lillie Gomer. In the second grade, Shirley moved to Idaho with her family and grew up on a 40 acre dairy farm on Ustick Road....
Maria Francisca Alfaro Barrios
Nov 5, 2017
Maria Francisca Alfaro Barrios, 85, of Nampa, passed away peacefully at a Meridian Hospital. A visitation and viewing will be held on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel with a recitation of the Rosary at 6:00 P.M. Maria will be going home to Mexico and buried in her home town of Villanueva, Zac., Mexico
George Newell Stoops
Nov 3, 2017
George Newell Stoops, 95, of Nampa, passed away on November 3, 2017 in Boise. A Funeral Service to honor and celebrate his life will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 at the Bethel Church of the Nazarene, 3001 12th Ave. Rd. with military honors by personnel from the Idaho Army National Guard. Burial will follow at...
Kenneth Richard 'Dick' Hazen
Nov 1, 2017
Kenneth Richard (Dick) Hazen, 70, passed away on 11/1/2017 while surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Nampa, ID on February 5, 1947 to Kenneth and Evelyn Hazen. Richard attended Lincoln Elementary, West Junior High, and graduated from Nampa High School in 1965. While at Nampa High School he was on the track team, where he held several...
Melvin Vern Laws
Oct 28, 2017
On Saturday, October 28, 2017, while waiting for his beloved Boise State football game to start, the Reverend Doctor Melvin Vern Laws, known to everyone as Mel, left this life and entered heaven. He was 94 years old. Mel was born near Rogue River, Oregon, in August, 1923. He was born prematurely in a tent in the woods when his...
Donna Welker
Oct 24, 2017
Donna Welker, 76, went to Heaven the morning of October 24, 2017, thirty-four years to the day after her fathers passing. Donna was born in Nampa to James Alfred and Loretta Stewart on July 31, 1941. Donna lived in Hawaii after graduating from Kuna High School and then moved back to Nampa. She loved the warmth and the beaches. In...
Mary Monte Chamberlain
Oct 24, 2017
Mary (Monte) Chamberlain passed peacefully on October 24 in Whitefish Montana with her family and loving friends from The Springs at age 90. Mary was born on November 8, 1926 and died October 24, 2017. Mary was born in Silver City ID to Manuel and Laurianna Monte the youngest of three children. The family moved to Nampa ID when she...
Dan E. King
Oct 22, 2017
Dan E. King, 65, of Nampa, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at a Meridian hospital. A Memorial Service to honor and celebrate the life of Dan will be held at 3 PM on Sunday, October 29, 2017 at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel, 415 12th Ave. So. - 208-442-8171. An online guest book is aviable at www.nampafuneralhome.com...
Lillian N. Joffer
Oct 21, 2017
Lillian Nadine (Beazley) Joffer October 3, 1923 - October 21, 2017 Lillian N. Joffer went home to be with the Lord and Savior on October 21st at the age of 94 at her home in Nampa, Idaho. She was born in Long Beach, California to Raymond and Beatrice (Boyd) Beazley. She had a late younger brother, Laurence, and survived by...
Arnelda A. Avelsgaard
Oct 14, 2017
Arnelda A. Avelsgaard, 85, our beautiful mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away at home on Saturday, October 14, with loving family at her side. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 AM on Monday, October 23, 2017 at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel, 415 12th Ave. So. 208-442-8171. Burial will be at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery...
Joyce Estelle Troyer
Oct 14, 2017
Joyce Estelle Troyer, age 60 of Nampa, went to be with her Lord Saturday, October 14, 2017, surrounded by her family. Joyce was born in Starbuck, WA on May 11,1957 to William and Carol Stockton. She was the 3rd of six children. Her growing up years were spent moving between Idaho and California while her dad was a pastor. In...
Parke Butcher
Oct 12, 2017
Parke Butcher, 81, of Nampa, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017 at his home. A celebration of Life Service will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday October 23, 2017 at the Christian Faith Center, 31 S. Midland Blvd in Nampa. Arrangements are under the direction of the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel where an online guestbook is available at www.nampafuneralhome.com...
Richard 'Dick' Delbert Claiborne
Oct 9, 2017
Richard "Dick" Delbert Claiborne was born on October 16, 1931 in Jerome, Idaho. He attended several grade schools until his family moved to Boise when he was 13yo. He attended Franklin School (an all grade school) and graduated from Boise High in 1949. He attended BJC and then joined the Air Force where he served three years as a Postal...
Lorraine Frances Boehlke
Oct 9, 2017
Lorraine Frances Schmidt, Grandma B as she was affectionately called, was born December 23, 1920, in Eustis Nebraska to Samuel Gottlieb Schmidt and Wilhelmina Frederica 'Minnie' Kaes Schmidt. She was the oldest of three girls. Lorraine graduated from Eustis High School as valedictorian of her class. The Schmidt family had to leave Nebraska because of the drought and Lorraine stayed...
Gary Carlton Hawk
Oct 9, 2017
Gary Carlton Hawk died of a heart attack on October 9, 2017 at the age of 82. Gary was born in Paducah, Texas, on March 28, 1935, the second child of Alma Maye Sosebee and Cecil Miller Hawk. He was welcomed into the family by his older sister Shirley Cecile Hawk Jackson. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Leo Ellis Axtell
Oct 7, 2017
Leo Ellis Axtell, 89 of Nampa, Idaho left us peacefully Sat, Oct. 7 2017, after a courageous battle with COPD. Leo was born Dec. 11, 1927 in Wewela, South Dakota to George W. & Myrtle Rose Axtell. He was the youngest of 8 children. Leo graduated from Keya Paha High School in Springview, NE in 1946. After graduation he and...
Sandra Ellen Brown
Oct 6, 2017
Sandra Ellen Brown, 79, passed away peacefully in a nursing home in Nampa, Idaho, on October 6, 2017, after sustaining traumatic brain injury and paralysis as a result of being hit by a car during the 2014 Nampa Fun Run. She was sadly preceded in death in June by her husband Kenneth, who never recovered from her accident. Sandra was...
