Charles D.
Laughlin Sr., 91, of Melba, died Monday, June 23, 1997, at a
Nampa
care center. Services
will be conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 26, at the Alsip
Funeral Chapel, Nampa. Burial will follow in the Melba
Cemetery.
Charles was born
Feb. 12, 1906, in Indiana Territory,
Okla., to James I. and George Etta
Simpkins Laughlin. He
was reared and educated in Oklahoma.
He worked in the
naval shipyards, the merchant marines and in a tire store
before moving to Idaho to work for a short time as a
sheepherder.
On May 25, 1945, he married Joy Brannon at
Yuma, Ariz., and
returned to Idaho where
they made their home on their own island in the
Snake River
near Melba. Charles
farmed until 1980 when he retired.
Joy passed away
in 1990, and he married Nettie Black on Feb. 21, 1993, at
Elko,
Nev.
Charles was an
avid rock hound and was a member of the Owyhee Gem and
Mineral Society. He
was also a member of the Melba Odd Fellows and the Melba
Valley Senior Citizens.
He is survived by his wife, Nettie of Melba; a
daughter and son-in-law, Wynona and Steve Glauner of
Hagerman; a son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Nancy
Laughlin of Caldwell; a
brother, William Laughlin of Ada, Okla.; two sisters, Cleo Emerson of
Oklahoma City, Okla.,
and Wilma Turner of San Gabriel,
Calif.; five grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Besides his wife Joy, he was preceded in death by two
sisters.
Memorials may be made to the Melba Valley Senior Citizens,
115 Base Line Road, Melba 83641.
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