OBITUARIES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
