Rosary for Ida A. Riordan, 92, 247
Rowena, Nampa, who died Wednesday, Oct. 5, at home, will be
recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.
Monday at S. Paul's Catholic Church by the Rev. Merle J.
Fisher, S.M. Interment will be in Mt.
Calvary Cemetery. She was born Jan. 13,
891, in Pembina County, Midland Township, N.D., the daughter
of Samuel and Emily Childerhose Hurst. She attended
school in St. Thomas and graduated from Valley City State
College. She taught school in North Dakota and at
Shelley, Idaho. She married Benjamin R.
Riordan of Plymouth, Wis., on Nov. 15, 1915, and was a
resident of the state of Idaho for more than 68 years, moving
to Nampa from Silver City in 1929. Judge Ben R. Riordan
died Jan. 4, 1972. She is survived by
two sons Richard L. Riordan and Dr. Ben R. Riordan, both of
Nampa; three daughters, Marguerite E. Schweizer, and Mrs. John
R. (Mary C.) Niland, both of Nampa, and Mrs. George D.
(Kathleen R.) Rosandick, Caldwell; 22 grandchildren; and 10
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by eight brothers and sister and one grandson, Kevin
Patrick Niland, in 1956. Pallbearers
will be her grandsons, Mike Niland, Pat Niland, Tim Rosandick,
Dan Riordan, Frank Riordan and Richard L. Riordan Jr.
Friends may call at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa Saturday
from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. until time of
the Rosary. |