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Don Sword, 75, of Nampa, died Monday, Feb. 24, 1997, at a
Boise care center of natural causes. Funeral services
will be conducted at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28, 1997, at the
Alsip Funeral Chapel, Nampa. Pastor Gordon Slyter of the
Treasure Valley Worship Center in Meridian will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Melba Cemetery.
Don was born on May 1, 1921, in Pike County, Ky., to Jerry and
Minnie Sword. He served in the U.S. Army in World War
II. He married Hazel Scott Sword on April 6, 1945, in
Pikeville, Ky., where they resided until moving to Nampa in
1960. Don worked as a body and repairman for Honstead
Motors until retiring in 1972.
He is
survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Bob
Henry of Lincoln City, Ore., Emily and Bob Westphal of
Welches, Ore., Patsy and Jack Tackett of Nampa, and Lois and
Harold Maylan Patchett, also of Nampa; one son and
daughter-in-law, Jerry and Romona Sword of Melba; 21
grandchildren; 13 great-grand-children; and a sister, Gaylene
Sword of Pikeville, Ky.
He was preceded
in death by his wife; parents, a granddaughter; and a brother.
The family will greet friends and
family at the Alsip Chapel on Thursday, February 27, from 6 to
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