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Services for Vera
D. Long, 84, of 404 20th Ave. S.,
Nampa, who died Monday, Jan. 16, at
a Nampa nursing home, will be
conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Alsip Funeral
Chapel, Nampa.
The Rev. Leo W.
Reed, pastor of the Nampa
First
Baptist
Church, will officiate.
Private family
interment will follow in Kohlerlawn Cemetery,
Nampa.
Mrs. Long was
born Feb. 21, 1899, at Arkansas City,
Kan., to Jesse and Anna Long.
At an early age she
moved to New York
with her family. After
living in several states, she continued her education and
moved to Nampa in 1923.
She worked for the Bon Ton Bakery in Nampa for several years and
also was a clerk at the Falks I.D. Store.
She later went to
work at the Nampa Public Library, where she was librarian
for 32 years. After
her retirement she made her home in Nampa and also traveled
throughout the country. She
had been a member of the Nampa Women's Century Club and the
National Librarian Association.
She is survived
by one sister, Mrs. Clinton (Thelma) Bentley,
Nampa; and one sister-in-law, Helen Long,
Nampa.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Nampa Public Library, a
favorite charity, or flowers may be sent.
Friends may call
at the Alsip Funeral Chapel Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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