Nampa Idaho

Graven, Terry Evan – Obituary

Terry Evan Graven, 58, of Nampa, Idaho, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, after a brave and valiant 21-month battle with cancer. His funeral was held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, in the Nampa 10th Ward Chapel, 7908 Deer Flat Road. Terry was honored by police color guard and the military. A viewing was held on Tuesday at the church from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. prior to the service. Interment was at the Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Terry died peacefully at his home in Nampa, with his family at his side. He died with the same calm collected nature … Read more

Webb, Herman Chutes – Obituary

Herman Chutes Webb, 98, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Sept. 9, 2007, at his home in Nampa, Idaho. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Juanita Bergacker will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family after the service for a dinner at the church. Herman was born at Baker City on Sept. 25, 1908, to William Martin and Caroline Marie … Read more

Pitman, Metta D. Perry Sater Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Metta D. Pitman, 85, a longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 8, 2004, at Haines. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family for a luncheon at the Baker City Christian Church, 2998 Eighth St., after the service. Metta was born on June 8, 1919, to Elva Carl and Rosella Lewis Perry at Nampa, Idaho. She graduated from Meridian High School at Meridian, Idaho, and went on to … Read more

Miller, Vera I. – Obituary

Union, Oregon Vera I. Miller, 71, of Union, died July 30 at her home with her family by her side. A memorial service began today at 11 a.m. at the Union Baptist Church on Main Street in Union. Vera was born on July 12, 1936, to German immigrants who came to the United States in 1907. She grew up in Nampa, Idaho, where she graduated in 1954 from Nampa High School and then Nampa Business College as a full-charge bookkeeper. She was well respected in the business community and was a former member of the Credit Women’s Association in La … Read more

Ormsby, George William – Obituary

Services for George W. Ormsby, 85, formerly of Nampa, who died Tuesday, June 10 [1986], in Olympia, Wash., will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Fissel Chapel of the Brown Mortuary Service, Chehalis, Wash. Burial will follow at the Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis. Mr. Ormsby was born Sept. 30, 1900, at Sams Springs, Iowa. He married Edith Roberts Oct. 8, 1924, in Mountain Home. They moved to Nampa, where he worked for the Pacific Fruit Express, retiring after 20 years service in 1945. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers in Idaho. He then operated a … Read more

Pitcher, Carl Allen – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Carl Allen Pitcher, 70, of Nampa, Idaho, died Jan. 12 at home after a battle with cancer. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kings Grace Church, 48 E. 18th St. in Junction City with the Rev. Gordon Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Gates Cemetery in Crow. A viewing will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Kings Grace Church in Junction City. Zeyer Funeral Chapel, 83 N. Midland Blvd. in Nampa is in charge of arrangements. Carl A. Pitcher was born on April 2, 1937, to Paul Franklin and … Read more

Biography of Hon. James J. McDonald

The subject of this sketch, one of the leading general contractors of Idaho and a man of public spirit, is a native of Ireland, his birth having occurred in the city of Dublin, July 12, 1862. In his native city he acquired a liberal education, and in 1880 emigrated to the United States, locating in Denver, Colorado, where he remained for two years. From 1882 to 1890 he was engaged in railway construction, in several states, and during the last named year came to Idaho, settling at Nampa, where he has since resided. During his residence in this state Mr. … Read more

Gasset, William B. – Obituary

Funeral services were held at Union Dec. 11 at 10 o’clock for William B. Gasset, aged 56, who passed away at Nampa, Ida., Dec. 6. He was buried in the family plot at Lower Cove. Pneumonia was the cause of his death. He had been a resident of Cove and Union until the past few years. He is survived by a widow and two daughters besides numerous other relatives. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Saturday, December 17, 1927

Pearce, Charles R. – Obituary

Charles R. Pearce, 89, of Nampa, Idaho, died at his home with his family by his side on April 4, 2003. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. at the McEwen Bible Fellowship Hall at 15403 Sumpter Stage Highway near Sumpter. Pastor Bill Cox will perform the service at the Fellowship Hall. Charles and his wife Jeanette were members of this church when they lived in Sumpter. Arrangements are under the direction of Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel, 404 10th Ave. S. at Nampa. Charles was born to Clara and David Penn Pearce at Belton, Texas, on Sept. 5, … Read more

Walker, Roland Gilbert “Gib” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Roland Gilbert “Gib” Walker, 77, of Nampa, Idaho, died Feb. 14, 2004, at his home after battling multiple myeloma cancer for two years. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Meridian United Methodist Church. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Finnish Cemetery near Lake Fork, Idaho. The Heikkila Funeral Chapel of McCall, Idaho, is in charge of arrangements. Gib was born on Jan. 8, 1927, on a 30-degree day at Winthrop, Wash., to Clarence and Goldie Walker. He was the middle child in a rambunctious family of five boys and one … Read more

Ormsby, William – Obituary

William Ormsby, 71, retired rancher who has been a resident of Nampa for 11 years, died last night [December 18, 1939] at his home at 215 Thirteenth Avenue North following a sudden illness. Surviving him in addition to his wife, Margaret, are three sons: George, Walter, and Samuel, all of Nampa; two daughters, Mrs. John Schribner of Jamison, Ore. and Mrs. Frank Weigle of Wallis, Idaho; 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Emma Harris of Lincoln, Neb. No definite funeral arrangements have been made pending word from relatives. The body is at Talley’s Funeral Home. The Idaho … Read more

Ormsby, Ada Katherine Roberts Barber – Obituary

Services for Ada K. Ormsby, 77, of Nampa, who died Tuesday, Feb 19 [1985], in a Nampa hospital, will be conducted at 3 p.m., Friday at the Alsip Funeral Chapel, Nampa. The Rev. Rand Sargent of the Fruitland Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will follow in the Kohlerlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Ormsby was born Feb. 18, 1908, in Pine, to Lewellyn and Cordelia Roberts. She was reared and educated in Pine and Featherville. She married Walter D. “Buck” Ormsby in 1933 at Mountain Home. They came to Nampa that same year where he went to work for the railroad. Mr. Ormsby … Read more

Wilson, Corlynn Elaine Trindle Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Corlynn Elaine (Trindle) Wilson, 31, a former Baker City resident now of Nampa, Idaho, died on Aug. 3, 2004 in Canyon County, Idaho. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, 2235 First St. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St., following the service. Corlynn Elaine was born on Nov. 6, 1972 in Portland. She was the oldest of Mike and Ann Trindle’s three children. Corey was raised in Baker … Read more

Biography of Frederick S. Kohler, M. D.

The wise system of industrial economics which has been brought to bear in the development of Nampa has challenged uniform admiration, for while there has been steady advancement in material lines there has been an entire absence of that inflation of values and that erratic “booming” which have in the past proved the eventual death knell to many of the localities in the west, where “mushroom towns” have one day smiled forth with “all modern improvements” and practically on the next have been shorn of their glories and of their possibilities of stable prosperity until the existing order of things … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Joseph W. Jaensch

Joseph William Jaensch

2nd Lt. Joseph W. Jaensch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jaensch Sr. of Alder Slope. He was born at Eatonville, Wash, on Sept 10, 1917 and attended grade school at Hurricane Creek, Alder, Reavis and Enterprise. He graduated from the senior high school at Nampa, Idaho in 1935. He took vocal lessons from Stephen Jenick for over three years and has done some singing on the radio. He worked for the Boeing Aircraft company in Seattle two years before he entered the service on April 12, 1943, receiving his first training at Santa Ana, Calif. From there … Read more

Flynn, Catherine Mrs. – Obituary

On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Catherine Flynn, 64, of Nampa, Idaho, was driving with Mr. Flynn returning to their home. In attempting to pass a car several miles east of Baker, the Flynn car ran into loose gravel, breaking one of the rear wheels turning the car completely over, killing Mrs. Flynn almost instantly. Mr. Flynn was slightly injured. The body was shipped to Boise for burial. North Powder News Saturday, June 27, 1925

Cameron, Gerald Jon – Obituary

Gerald Jon Cameron, 53, of Baker City, died June 10, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Jack Bynum and the Rev. Donald Brown will officiate. Visitations will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Gerald was born on Feb. 27, 1953, at Fairbanks, Alaska. He lived at Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Shungnak and Ambler, Alaska, in his youth. In his later teens he lived at Nampa, … Read more

Bell, Sumiko Mrs. – Obituary

Sumiko Bell, 74, died April 25, 2006, at SunBridge of Nampa, Idaho, with family by her side. Sumiko was born on March 18, 1932, at Nagoya, Japan. She grew up in Japan and in 1954 met Lewis Edwin Bell while he was stationed in Japan. They fell in love and later married in 1958 in Japan. Lewis and Sumiko moved back to Mountain Home, Idaho, Air Force base. They had two daughters and one son. After retiring from the service in 1974, the family moved to Baker City, where Sumiko lived until 2002 when she moved to Nampa to be … Read more

Biography of Alexander K. Stoddard

The subject of this review is a self-made man who, without any extraordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life, has battled earnestly and energetically, and by indomitable courage and integrity has achieved both character and fortune. By sheer force of will and untiring effort he has worked his way upward and is numbered among the leading business men of Nampa, Idaho. A native of Utah, he was born in Wellsville, November 3, 1860, and is of Scotch ancestry. His father, John Stoddard, was born in Scotland and during his boyhood emigrated to the United States, in company … Read more

Baggerly, Frances Rae Bamford Mrs. – Obituary

Frances Rae Baggerly, 95, a longtime Baker County resident, died February 12, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services after a short illness. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Baker City Christian Church, 2998 Eighth St. Pastor Roger Scovil and Bob Whiteman will officiate. There will be a reception afterward in the church fellowship hall. Visitation will be until 8 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Frances was born on Sept. 4, 1908, to Frank and Mary Bown Bamford of Junction City. The family moved to a homestead on Happy Valley … Read more