OBITUARIES
Lawrence L. 'Larry' Schmitt, Jr.
Jul 18, 2015
Lawrence L. Schmitt, Jr., 82, CWO4 USN Retired was born on October 29, 1932 and joined the Lord on July 18, 2015. Lawrence was preceded in death by his wife, Helen D. Schmitt, who passed away in March of 1991. He is survived by his current wife, Catherine "Cat" M. Schmitt of Nampa, Idaho. He is also survived by his...
Louise Ellen Mckinney
Jul 13, 2015
Louise Ellen McKinney, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and beautiful friend, went to Heaven to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday July 13th 2015. A Memorial Service to honor and celebrate her life will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, July 17th, 2015 at Nampa First Church of the Nazarene, 601 16th Ave. South - 466-3549. Burial will...
Virgil Wayne Schwisow
Jul 13, 2015
Virgil Wayne Schwisow, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 13th 2015. A Funeral Service to honor and celebrate his life will be celebrated at 2 PM on Friday, July 17, 2015 at the Nampa Funeral Home, Yraguen Chapel, 415 12th. Ave. So. 442-8171.Burial will follow at the Lower Fairview...
Ara Jeanine 'Ginger' Paull
Jul 10, 2015
Ara Jeannine "Ginger" Paull passed away on July 10, 2015 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Nampa, ID on July 10, 2015. Ginger was born on June 9, 1945 in Pocatello, ID to Don C. and Jean (Gravely) Detton. She was the oldest of their five children. Being raised on the family ranch in southwestern Montana, she enjoyed the outdoor life...
John Marshall Shannon
Jul 10, 2015
John M. Shannon passed away on Friday July 10th, 2015 in Boise. John was born on November 11, 1948 to John and Dorothy (Nylander) Shannon. He attended St. Pauls Catholic School in Nampa and graduated from Nampa High School in 1967. He married Marilyn Scrivner in June 1969 and they moved to Pocatello where John attended ISU and worked for...
Gary E. Hodges
Jul 9, 2015
After a struggle with lung cancer, Gary E. Hodges, 77, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015, surrounded by his family, who loved him very much. He will be missed greatly! Gary was born October 8, 1937, in Preston, ID. He was the second son of George "Ed" and Alta Hodges. As a young man, he and his siblings grew...
Sharon M. Gillen
Jul 8, 2015
Sharon M. (Hendry) Gillen, 86, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday evening, July 8, 2015. Sharon is a native of Nampa, Idaho where she lived the majority of her life. In 1951 Sharon married Walter James "Jim" Gillen, also a native of Nampa. Sharon and Jim were married 50 years prior to Jims passing in 2000. She has three...
Robert H. Macdonald
Jul 8, 2015
Robert H. MacDonald, 59, of Nampa, joined our Father in Heaven on July 8, 2015. Robert was born to Robert G. MacDonald and Sharon S. MacDonald on July 4, 1956, in Riverside, California. He and his family relocated to Nampa in 1972. Robert attended Nampa High School, and graduated in 1974. After graduation, he worked as a forklift driver for...
Sharon S. Macdonald
Jul 8, 2015
Sharon S. MacDonald, 80, of Nampa, joined the Lord in Heaven on July 8, 2015. She departed the earth surrounded by her loving family. Sharon was born to Howard and Fern Torkelson on June 11, 1935, in Redlands, California. She attended Redlands High School in Redlands, CA, and graduated in 1953. After graduation, she worked as a switchboard operator for...
Mabel Ruth Sieber
Jul 7, 2015
Mabel Ruth (Grindstaff) Sieber passed peacefully into Heaven in the early morning hours of July 7, 2015, nearly 100 years after her birth. She was born in a tent house in Clover, ID (near Buhl), Dec. 22, 1915, to Avra and Charity (Hale) Grindstaff, the 4th of 5 children. Her mother died in the influenza epidemic of 1918, and her...
Merwyn B. Moore
Jun 26, 2015
Merwyn B. Moore, 78 of Nampa lost a battle with COPD on June 26, 2015. Merv was the only son born to Elsie and Boyd Moore October 20, 1936 in Stapleton, Nebraska. The family moved to Nampa in 1940, where his father went to work for the railroad. He attended East Side School and later Nampa High School where he...
Bernard Teunissen, Jr.
Jun 25, 2015
Bernard Teunissen Jr., 80, went to be with the Lord on June 25, 2015. He died peacefully at home of natural causes, in the company of his faithful loving family. He was born on October 12, 1934 in Sanborn, IA, to Bernard and Elizabeth Teunissen. He was the 6th of 7 siblings, William (deceased), Mina Meekhof (deceased), Theresa Vander Stelt...
Hugh W. Stringfield
Jun 22, 2015
Hugh W. Stringfield was born in Boise, Idaho on February 12, 1933 to Claire and Kenneth Stringfield, as he put it, "When St. Lukes was just a house". He passed peacefully with his sons at his side on Monday, June 22nd, 2015 in Nampa, Idaho. He was an avid outdoorsman, who spent much of his youth enjoying the wonders Idaho...
Ruth Louise Laws
Jun 14, 2015
On June 14th, 2015 Ruth Louise Knight Laws left this life and entered heaven. In 1927, Ruth was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She was the third of four children. Her mother died when she was age six, but God sent her an angel in the form of a housekeeper / nanny named Bertha Franklin who filled the void. During the...
Vivienne Shroll
Jun 6, 2015
Vivienne Shroll, daughter of Louis J. Adams and Cecil Jordan Adams, was born on May 16, 1924 in Coleridge, Nebraska. She passed to a better life on June 6, 2015 after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimers disease. Vivienne moved to Idaho in 1936 with her family, attended school in Kuna and graduated from Nampa High School in 1941. After high...
Byron 'Barney' Wilkerson
May 29, 2015
Byron Barney Wilkerson, 96, of Nampa, passed away Friday May 29, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. Barney was born September 10, 1918, in Caldwell, ID to O.B. and Mary Wilkerson. Barney was raised in Notus, Id., where he attended school and participated in baseball, football, and basketball and also met the love of his life, Doris Ode....
James B. 'Jim' Stark
May 28, 2015
James B. "Jim" Stark passed away peacefully May 28, 2015, after a relatively short, but valiant battle against cancer. He was born March 6, 1935, in Spokane, WA to Charles R. Stark, III and Ruth Pharr Stark. His father's job created opportunities for a great deal of travel. While growing up, he lived in several different cities including Nampa, Spokane,...
Alice D. Weller
May 28, 2015
Alice Weller peacefully passed away on the 28th of May 2015. Alice Ann Wiegert was born to William and Catherine Wiegert on July 28th, 1929 in Grand Island, Nebraska. She had an amazing time growing up with her sister and two brothers on the family farm. After graduating from high school Alice met Marvin Dickman and they were married in...
Maxine Hill
May 27, 2015
Maxine Hill was born August 21, 1940, in Gooding, Idaho, and she passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. She is the fourth daughter of Lawrence and Helen Novis. Maxine loved growing up on her folks dairy farm, helping with the birth of calves and other farm chores. She loved being active in 4-H, training her heifer for showing...
Cindi Kay Raney
May 26, 2015
Cindi Kay Raney, 57, passed away May 26, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on October 22, 1957 to Frank and Dorothy Raney in Caldwell, Idaho. She graduated from Caldwell High School and went on to receive her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Boise State University. She started working at Mercy Hospital. In 1983,...
