OBITUARIES
Karen Ann Fleming
Aug 6, 2015
Our beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, Karen Ann Fleming, 64, passed away at home on Thursday, August 6, 2015. Karen was born April 24, 1951 in Nampa, ID to Gerald and Lorene Guentz. She arrived six weeks early, weighing 4.8 pounds, full of will and determination - defining attributes that served her well throughout life. Karens early years...
Frances Jane Foreman
Aug 6, 2015
Frances Jane Foreman was born January 29, 1935 to Jesus and Elena Serratos in St. Paul, Minnesota. She passed away on August 6, 2015. Frances graduated from high school in 1953. She married Kirby Foreman on December 28, 1957. During her lifetime she worked at Nampa High School in Idaho and St. Lukes Hospital in Colorado. She is survived by...
Mike Jesse Medellin
Aug 4, 2015
Mike Jesse Medellin joined his Heavenly Father on the 4th of August, 2015. Mike was born on March 14, 1951. 64 years spent on this Earth as a loving Son, Brother, Uncle, Father, Grandfather and Friend. He grew up quickly and joined the United States Marine Corp in 1968. While stationed over seas, he met his wife and they moved...
Larry Mckee
Aug 2, 2015
Larry McKee, 70, of Kuna, died Sunday August 2nd at home, surrounded by his family, following a brief illness. Larry was born January 4, 1945 in Nampa to Edward and Lydia Mautz McKee. Larry attended Nampa schools, graduating from NHS in 1964. He married the love of his life, Vicki Hillyard on Aug. 20, 1965. They were blessed with two...
J.R. Scott
Jul 31, 2015
J. R. (Jimmie) Scott sailed into Heaven Friday, July 31, 2015 and now resides with his Heavenly Father. Jimmie was born October 5, 1955, in Twin Falls, Idaho. The family relocated to Caldwell, where he attended and graduated from school. After a short military experience, he entered the pipe trades, where he was to have a long and successful career...
Jeanette Jean Frazier
Jul 23, 2015
Jeanette Jean Frazier of Nampa Idaho passed away Thursday July 23, 2015 of natural causes. Jeanette was born June 29, 1940 in Strathmore California to L.D. & Berniece Mayfield. She graduated from Grady High School in Grady New Mexico in 1957. Married Arnold Cross in 1959. Their daughter Dayna was born in 1966; Son Shannon was born in 1969. The...
George Anthony Wolf
Jul 21, 2015
George Anthony (Tony) Wolff, 71, of Nampa, died on July 21, 2015 and went to Heaven to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He had struggled many years with Parkinsons disease. A Funeral Service to honor and celebrate Tonys life will be held at 11 AM on Friday, July 24, 2015 at the Lakeview Bible Church, 1010 W....
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...
