OBITUARIES
James A. Watson, Sr.
Feb 8, 2015
James A. Watson Sr. 76, of Nampa, Idaho passed away in Boise hospital on Sunday, February 8, 2015 surrounded by family. He was born July 28, 1938 to Arvil and Gretchen Watson in Hagerman, Idaho. James is survived by his daughter, Nedra Reyna of Nampa and his son, James A Watson Jr. (Julie) of Casper, Wyoming. He was preceded in...
Randy Johnson
Feb 2, 2015
Randy Johnson was born in Gooding, Idaho on March 27, 1926 to Edna E. (Yates) Johnson and Milton Winslow Johnson. He worked on his grandparents farm from a young age and also sold The Saturday Evening Post on street corners to augment the familys income. During these years he attended a one room school that was quite a distance from...
Kenneth Lester Boughton
Feb 2, 2015
Kenneth Lester Boughton, 87, of Caldwell, died in his sleep on Monday, February 2, 2015. He was born July 10, 1927 in Middletown, Ohio to Roy and Ruth Boughton. Kenneth, a World War II veteran, served in the Army in Germany, near the end of the war. Kenneth married Lucy Marie Gatliff in October 1952. They left Ohio in the...
Jeanette Toolson
Feb 2, 2015
Marie Jeanette Toolson, 89, of Nampa, died Monday, February 2, 2015 at Meadow Lake Village in Meridian, Idaho. She was born December 15, 1925 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to William and Elanora Powell. Jeanette attended schools in Idaho Falls leaving after her junior year to attend college. She graduated from Idaho State University with a B.S. in Pharmacy. She married...
Robert "Bob" Laible
Jan 31, 2015
Robert Bob Laible, 78, of Nampa, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 at his home in Nampa. He was born March 10, 1936, in Nampa, Idaho to Karl J and Adeline (Schwarze) Laible. He graduated from Nampa High School in 1954 where he played basketball, intramural sports and was in band. He met our mother, Virginia Amelia Brittin at...
James Franklin "Jimmy" Bridwell
Jan 31, 2015
Jimmy Bridwell (James F. Bridwell, Jr.) was born on March 24, 1963 in Hawthorne, Nevada. He was the 2nd of four children born to James Sr. and Fontella R. Huddleston, their only son. On January 31, 2015 he passed away at his home in Nampa, Idaho. In his lifetime he was able to overcome many obstacles and at the time...
William Sherman "Bill" Walburn
Jan 30, 2015
William Sherman Bill Walburn 72, of Nampa, passed away on Friday January 30, 2015. He was born January 4, 1943 to John and Lois Walburn in Twin Falls, ID. In 1983 he married Verla Mae and they were together until her passing in 2013. They shared a love of Lapidary (working with rocks), their flower gardens, and their dog Zoey....
Opal Belle Dillon Powell
Jan 29, 2015
Opal Belle Dillon Powell was born January 26, 1921 in Burr Oak Kansas. She graduated from Burr Oak High School. She married Dave Powell December 24, 1940 in Nampa, Idaho. They made their home in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, but of course not all at the same time. Over the years Opal did secretarial work for schools and churches....
Dolores U Wright
Jan 28, 2015
Dolores U Higel Wright passed away quietly at home on January 28, 2015. She was 94. Dolores was born at home on August 30, 1920, the oldest of three children. A native of Bruning, Nebraska, Dolores married Burdette Wright in August 1938 and relocated to Nampa, Idaho, where they farmed for over 50 years. Dolores worked for Idaho Potato Processors,...
Betty Louise Booth
Jan 27, 2015
Betty Louise Booth, 84, of Boise, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at her home. She was born on February 12, 1930 in Clinton, Oklahoma to Wilmer Dade Smokey and Rilla Robbins Copes. She was the second of two daughters. Their mother passed away when Betty was just two years of age. Smokey married Gaye Hill in 1935 and a son...
Mark I. Lawrence
Jan 27, 2015
Mark I Lawrence passed away at his home in Nampa, Idaho on 27 January 2015 of natural causes at the age of 63. Mark was born in Council, Idaho on 20 October 1951. After his schooling, he embarked on a career doing construction work throughout the northwest. Mark loved music and moonlighted as a guitar player in the Sunshine Band....
Michael James Wade
Jan 21, 2015
Mike was born to Bert and Charlene Wade on Valentine's Day 1947 in Evanston IL. He grew up in the Chicago area with his parents and two older siblings. After completing high school he attended Northern Illinois University for one year then enlisted in the US Army. He served one year in Viet Nam, afterward he was assigned to Ft....
Gail Orville Miller
Jan 20, 2015
Gail Orville Miller, 65, Meridian, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at a Boise hospital. He was born on June 24, 1949 in Wendell, Idaho to Leslie and Faye Miller. He was raised and educated in the Gooding and Hagerman areas. Gail worked as a self employed welder in Oklahoma for several years. He married Kathleen Klepise on February 4,...
Colleen Marie Bayles
Jan 20, 2015
On January 20, after a short but intense battle with cancer, Colleen (Davlin) Bayles left us to join her mother and father for a cup of coffee and a long talk and for the first time to play with infant daughter Casie. Colleen passed away surrounded by family and spent her last evening engaging with a house full of family...
Timothi Nathan Karren
Jan 19, 2015
Timothi Nathan Tim Karren, 58, of Nampa, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015 in Nampa, Idaho after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on September 26, 1956 in Logan, Utah, to George Nathan "Nate" and Olivia Karren. Tim grew up in Utah enjoying the outdoors, riding his pony all through the summers and his snow mobile during...
Song "Debbie" Kim) Ryska
Jan 15, 2015
Song Pun Kim Debbie Ryska was born on May 4, 1933 in Yi Chun Yu-Chu Kyung Kido South Korea. Song was the only girl in the previous four generations. Song was treated as a princess. She fought a very courageous battle of stomach cancer. She passed away at 4:15 on January 15, 2015. Song owned and operated a laundry service...
Marilyn Jean Moore
Jan 15, 2015
Marilyn Jean Moore, 63, of Baker City, OR, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. Marilyn was born on September 18, 1951 in Hillsboro, Oregon to Alvin and Jean Ann Mohr. She was raised in Oregon attending school in West Union and graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1969. She then attended Oregon...
John Regis Nicholson
Jan 13, 2015
John Regis Nicholson Jr., 90, of Nampa Idaho passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. John was born in Philadelphia, PA on March 11, 1924 to John and Helen Nicholson. He had one brother, Thomas, and one sister, Mary. John graduated from Haverford High school in Philadelphia and then joined the U.S. Army Air Corp. (Air...
Montgomery Gene "Monty" Ellis
Jan 12, 2015
Montgomery Gene Monty Ellis of Meridian, beloved Brother, Son, Uncle, and Friend, passed away at a local hospital on Monday, January 12, 2015, at the age of 47. A service to honor his life will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at the Nampa First United Methodist Church, 2717 12th Ave. Rd., Nampa, ID. Monty was...
Terry L. Robinson
Jan 11, 2015
Terry L. Robinson, age 67, passed away unexpectedly on January 11, 2015 in Alamo, CA. Terry was born May 29, 1947 in Gooding, ID to Irving and Waunita Robinson. At the age of four Terry and his family moved to Nampa, ID. After graduating from Nampa High School in 1965, Terry attended the University of Idaho graduating with a degree...
