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William Lenox (Wild Bill) Crookham, 86, of Caldwell, died Monday, January 20, 2020 at a local hospital of natural causes. There will be a private funeral and graveside for direct family members under the care of Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. A Celebration of Life will be held at a future date, to be determined, for all family and friends. The full obituary is pending at this time...

Katherine “Katie Jo” Marchbanks, 40, of Caldwell, died January 19, 2020. Katie was born in Caldwell, grew up in Notus, and graduated from Caldwell High School in 1997. She attended the University of Idaho and was a member of Kappa Delta sorority.  Katie was proud of being a country girl who grew up on a farm. Her greatest joy was being a mother to her two boys, Jaden and Tristen. She was a fiesty and free spirit with a fiery personality who wasn't afraid to speak her mind. She felt at...

Jerry Lee Fenn passed away peacefully at home January 19, 2020, in the arms of his beloved wife and surrounded by his deeply loved children. He was born in Pomerene Arizona, in 1938 to Arthur Brown Fenn and Mary Roberts Fenn, the 7th of 13 children. Jerry attended school in Pomerene Arizona and Utah. He and his family moved to Idaho in 1956, where he began working for the JR Simplot Food Group. He worked there for over 45 years, interrupted by service in The United States Army,...

Robert Warren Harrison, always known as Bob, was born January 17, 1933, at the home of his parents, Melvin Arthur Harrison and Bessie Downey Harrison, near Castleford, Idaho. He passed just shy of his 87th birthday on January 14, 2020, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Meridian, Idaho. Bob spent his early years in Castleford on his parents’ farm assisting with the farm chores and fishing and camping with the family. His sister, Barbara, was born in 1940. He attended school in Castleford...

Norman Leon Vermeer, 83 of Nampa, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 of natural causes. Norman was born May 26, 1936 in Strasburg Township, North Dakota, to Annie and Henry Vermeer. Norm was the second of four children, older brother Evert, younger sister Jean, and younger brother Calvin. When Norm was 2 years old, the Vermeer family moved to Rupert, Idaho. There was no work in North Dakota during the depression. Over time, Norm’s father, Henry, found work as a laborer building dams....

Larry W. Howard, 77, of caldwell. passed away peacefully on January 11th 2020.

Phyllis J. Davis 87, Nampa, entered into rest January 8, 2020. In the care of Dakan Funeral Chapel A full obituary is pending at this time.

George Merlyn Walker was born on November 19, 1927, in Wessington Springs, South Dakota to Ghather and Iva Walker.   When George was six, the Walker family moved to rural Caldwell where they farmed.  George graduated from Marsing High School where he lettered in several sports.  Shortly after his 17th birthday, George enlisted in the US Navy, where he served as a radar man first class in WW2 and the Korean conflict. A highlight of George’s later years was being...

Larry David Roberts was born the seventh of eight children at Mercy Hospital in Nampa, Idaho on December 5th 1953. He passed in Caldwell Idaho on December 24th 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, Orban Roberts and Madeline DeArmond, his sister Shirley Shaw and his first great grandchild Annavey Cox. He is survived by his six siblings, his children Jennifer Villasana, her Husband Michael Ricketts of Oak Harbor Washington, Jaime Cox, her Husband Steve Taylor of Nampa, Idaho, Jeremy...

William Randall Zechmann, “Bill”, age 53, died peacefully on December 24, 2019. Bill is survived by his mother, Cynthia Zechmann Horton; brother, James Zechmann and his wife Andrea Zechmann; nephew, Aidan Zechmann; niece, Adelie Zechmann; and caregivers, Cinnamon and Ronica Anderson. He is preceded in death by his father, William James Zechmann. Bill was born on October 10, 1966 in Caldwell Idaho to William and Cynthia Zechmann. He graduated from Caldwell High School in...