Information for Joseph D. Solo
21 February 1894 - 9 October 1983
From The Press-Tribune
October 1983
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo



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Joe Solo

     Rosary for Joe D. Solo (Solosabal), 89, of 1921 East Sherman Avenue, Nampa, who died Sunday, Oct. 9, at a Nampa hospital, will be recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa.
    Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Catholic Church by the Rev. Thomas Halpin.  Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
    He was born Feb. 22, 1894, at Ceniga, Viscaya, Spain, the son of Juan Domingoez and Josefa Antonia Ugartehuru, and was reared there.  He came to the United States in 1911 and lived at Mountain Home and later Boise and worked as a sheepherder.  He then moved to Mullan, Idaho, and worked in the mines in the Coeur d'Alene district for 26 years.  He married Juana Gamcho Urizar March 22, 1940, at Saltese, Mont., and they lived in Mullan.  They moved to Nam-pa in 1945 and farmed east of town.  He retired in 1970.
    He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church.
    He is survived by his wife of Nampa; three daughters, Mrs. William B. (Marie) Wells, Mountlake Terrace, Wash., Mrs. Eugene (Frances) Gericke, Victorville, Calif., and Mrs. Harold V. (Louise) Croy, Nampa; 11 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
    He was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
    Friends may call at Flahiff Funeral Chapel of Nampa until 9 p.m. Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and until 10 a.m. Thursday.


 

 

 

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