OBITUARIES
Bruce Hanna
Feb 15, 2015
Bruce Hanna, age 56 passed away February 15, 2015 in Nampa, Idaho. Bruce was born May 27, 1958, in Murray, Utah where he met and married his wife Nikki, they shared 35 wonderful years. Bruce moved his family to Nampa in 1995, where he continued his construction career of over 35 years. Bruce was an avid outdoorsman; he loved hunting...
Mary B. Bellamy
Feb 14, 2015
Mary Bellamy, 83, died peacefully on February 14, 2015, at Sunny Ridge Retirement Center in Nampa, sharing one last Valentines Day with her beloved husband, Carl (Tiny) Bellamy. A Funeral Service to honor and celebrate her life will be held at 10 AM on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 at the College Church of the Nazarene, 504 E. Dewey Ave., Nampa...
Mary Carol Niland
Feb 14, 2015
Mary Riordan Niland Mary Carol Riordan was born to Benjamin Raphael and Sarah Ida Hurst Riordan in Payette, Idaho on Christmas Day in 1919. Her mother promptly anointed her The Best Christmas Gift Ever. She passed away at home on Valentine's Day 2015. In 1920, the family moved to Boise. In 1924, her father was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Owyhee...
Virginia Ellen Sauer
Feb 13, 2015
Virginia Ellen Sauer, 93, died quietly February 13, 2015 at a local hospital. Virginia was born December 24, 1921 in rural Hardin County, Iowa to Lewis and Lela (Huffman) Voigt. She was an only child until her beloved brother, Carroll, was born nine years later. They were raised on a farm near Iowa Falls, Iowa where Virginia attended school and...
William Forest "Bill" Hackler
Feb 13, 2015
William Forest Hacklerhusband, father, ranch and farm hand, and outdoor enthusiastpassed away on February 13, 2015 in Nampa, Idaho. He was 34 years old. Bill was born on February 18, 1980 to Connie and Adrian Hackler, and attended and graduated from Melba High School. Bill met Sara Coriell in Boise Idaho in 2001 and was married in December of 2003....
Betty Mae Schafer
Feb 12, 2015
Betty Mae Schafer, 91, of Nampa, joined her Heavenly Father, family and friends awaiting her with open arms from those who made their journey prior to her. She was reunited Thursday, February 12, 2015 with her husband, Fred Fritz Schafer, her son, Melvin Dale Schafer, her parents Bernice and Freeman Gowen, her mother-in-law Frieda Schafer, two granddaughters and other family...
Dan Mccurley
Feb 11, 2015
Dan McCurley was born April 16th 1934 in Alva, Oklahoma and passed away February 11, 2015 with family by his side. He is survived by his wife Cindy, daughter Chris, son Tom and daughter-in-law Dena and their three children Jake, Alyssa, and Ashley; his sisters Mary (J.D.), Sylvia (Marv), Fontella (Elmer) and their families. A celebration of Dans life will...
Sandra Yvonne Trujillo
Feb 9, 2015
Sandra was born in Twin Falls, Idaho on September 2, 1954 and passed away on February 9, 2015. She graduated from Nampa High School in 1972. Sandra worked at the State School in Nampa where she loved her work with disabled children. There she met Bill Hopper and was married to him in 1980. A short stay in Washington State...
Marion Wright
Feb 9, 2015
Marion Wright, 89, died in her sleep Monday evening, February 9, 2015. Marion was born July 23, 1925 in Altrincham, England. She was the 3rd of 10 children born to Margaret and Samuel Walker. Marion graduated from St. Vincent's Catholic School and worked at several jobs before she and her older sister, Joan, worked in an ammunitions factory during World...
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....
