OBITUARIES
Andrew Louis Shepard
Apr 28, 2017
Andrew Shepard entered into Gods Loving Arms on April 28, 2017. He was born on April 19, 1983 to Merle and Monica Shepard in Caldwell, ID. He grew up in Nampa and attended Nampa schools. Andy enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He loved to go golfing fishing, and out to the movies. He enjoyed watching a good...
Wayne 'Red' Daniel Taylor, Sr.
Apr 18, 2017
Wayne 'Red' Daniel Taylor, Sr. was born at home in Hannibal, Missouri on November 27, 1929 to Raymond S. and L. Ruth Taylor. He slipped away peacefully due to complications from diabetes on April 18, 2017 in Nampa, Idaho. Wayne grew up in Hannibal, Missouri where he met his high school sweet heart, Billy Frances Stout. He was an outstanding...
Barbara Ann Miller
Apr 12, 2017
Barbara Ann Miller, 77, of Nampa, passed away on April 12, 2017 at a Nampa hospital from a sudden illness. There will be a time of visitation and a viewing at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel, 415 12th Ave. So. 442-8171 on Tuesday evening, April 18, 2017 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. A Funeral Service to honor and celebrate...
Thelma H. Kennedy
Apr 11, 2017
Thelma H. Kennedy, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the age of 101. Thelma was born in Spokane, Washington to parents John Harris and Ida Shook of Arkansas. "Kennedy" as she was known is survived by two Daughters, Gail Abbott and her husband Art of Portland, OR and Connie Hepner and her husband Bruce of Spokane WA. She was...
Rose Moore
Apr 11, 2017
Rose Moore was born on October 18, 1946 in Ontario, Oregon. She graduated from high school in Waldport, Oregon. While working as a dental assistant in Newburg, Oregon she met and married Charles Moore on April 30, 1971. Rose and Charles have lived in Oregon, Washington, Canada, Alaska, and Idaho. Rose was a diligent and faithful employee. She worked as...
George Laurence Nelson Mowry
Apr 9, 2017
George Laurence Nelson Mowry September 9, 1931 April 9, 2017 George Mowry was born September 9, 1931 in Minot, North Dakota, to George L. and Grace Nelson Mowry. He grew up in North Dakota and Minnesota in a Nazarene parsonage with two younger siblings, Jim Mowry and Joanne (Mowry) Simmons. He died on Palm Sunday, April 9, in a care...
Doris M. Weaver
Apr 9, 2017
Doris M. Weaver, 89 of Nampa passed away at Alexander Place in Caldwell on April 9, 2017. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday April 15, 2017 at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel, 415 12th Ave. So., Nampa. An online guest book is available at www.nampafuneralhome.com Doris was born on January...
Harold Vernon Fender
Apr 7, 2017
Harold Vernon Fender passed away peacefully to be with his Lord in Nampa, Idaho on April 7, 2017 at the age of 90. Harold was born in Kingsburg, South Dakota November 19, 1926 to Fred and Mabel Fender. Harold was the second of five children-two sisters and two brothers. He went to first and second grades at Kingsburg before moving...
Carl Bellamy
Apr 7, 2017
Carl "Tiny" Bellamy, 92, died on April 7, 2017, at Heron Place Senior Living in Nampa. Tiny was born on March 13, 1925, in his Aunt Minnies farm house in Holtville California, three weeks after his family arrived from Oklahoma. He was the fifth of eight children born to Carl and Glena Giles Bellamy. At the end of his fifth...
Garth Beesemyer Reece
Apr 5, 2017
Garth entered his Heavenly home on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at a Nampa care facility. He was born in Los Angeles, CA on March 9, 1932, to Gurney and Gertrude Reece and grew up in Southern California. He was the oldest of three children. He lived in Glendale, CA until 1946, at which time his family moved to LaHabra in...
Max Howard Fretz, Sr.
Apr 5, 2017
Max Howard Fretz, Sr., 82, of Nampa, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at the VA Community Living Center in Boise. Max was born December 1, 1934, in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was raised by his parents, Dorothy and Marvin Fretz, in Salem, Virginia. He attended local schools, then joined the U.S. Air Force in January 1954. He served ten years...
Clifford Milo Eichelberger
Apr 1, 2017
Clifford Milo Eichelberger, 88, of Nampa, Idaho, died April 1, 2017. Cliff was born at his home in Beemer, Nebraska on July 11, 1928 to parents Joseph and Sadie (Burky) Eichelberger. He graduated from Beemer High School in 1945 and then farmed with his father and older brother, Harold. On June 15, 1950, he married Lucille Kauffman from Glendive, Montana...
Gilberte Wright
Mar 31, 2017
Gilberte (Gill) Wright of Nampa, ID died March 31,2017 at a Nampa Care Facility, Gill was born October 10, 1925 in Algiers, North Africa. Daughter of Jules-Henry & Marguerite Gaudey. In 1943 she met the love of her life Olen while he was serving in the Army overseas. In 1947 she came to the United States and they were married...
Cindy Dorsey
Mar 29, 2017
Cindy Alberta Earlene Dorsey of Nampa, Idaho, passed away at home on Wednesday March 29, 2017. Cindy loved Jesus and would share his word with those around her. She loved to teach children in Sunday School and ladies bible study. When her mother became ill, she became her care giver for 4 years. Cindy was born on February 18, 1962...
Gary Charles 'Ozzie' Osburn
Mar 28, 2017
Gary Charles "Ozzie" Osburn was born December 28, 1941, to Gladys Alberta Roberts and Robert Derward Osburn in Missoula, Montana. The youngest of four children, Gary and his siblings Robert "Bud" LaVerne, Dixie Lee, and Irene Olivia grew up on an 80-acre ranch where they raised milk cows, sold eggs from their chickens, sold rabbits for meat, and harvested all...
Betty Jane Stoops
Mar 26, 2017
Betty Jane Stoops was born in Burr Oak, KS to Ruth Christine Dillon and Fred Dillon on May 20, 1923. She passed away peacefully March 26, 2017. She had 4 siblings; James Lloyd, Opal Belle, Juanita & Lyle. She was raised and attended school in Burr Oak until her mothers death in 1936 when her father moved the family to...
Janice Fay Schaefer
Mar 17, 2017
Janice Fay (Borchert) Schaefer, of Nampa, Idaho passed away Friday March 17, 2017 at the age of 66. Janice was the third child of Walter and Echo Borchert, born in Caldwell, Idaho. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Vallivue High School in 1968. She met Charles (Chuck) Schaefer in May of 1972 and were married August...
Robert Dale Kurz
Mar 15, 2017
Bobby Miller was born on April 3, 1950 to Les and Betty (Kurz) Miller at Mercy Hospital in Nampa. While still an infant, Bobs mother, Betty, was killed in an auto accident and Bob was subsequently adopted by his maternal grandparents, Albert and Mary Alice Kurz. He joined the family of three girls, Margaret, Martha, and Ruth, and his sister,...
Pauline Miller
Mar 12, 2017
Pauline (Rau) Miller passed away on March 12, 2017 after a brave and graceful struggle with colon cancer. She was born in American Falls, Idaho on May 10, 1920 to German Immigrants, Fredrick and Maria Rau. When she was five years old the family moved to Nampa, where she has since resided. She graduated from Nampa High School in 1938....
Anita Lucille Laveroni
Mar 12, 2017
Anita Lucille Johnson Laveroni, 76, of Belgrade, MT passed away on March 12, 2017. She was born on September 14, 1940 in Moscow, Idaho, the oldest child of Wayne D. Johnson and Lela Maxine Seeger. In 1944, the family relocated to Nampa, Idaho, after her father was drafted, but spent a short time in Chicago while her dad attended training....
