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Richard
R. Shimmin, 62, of Caldwell, died Tuesday, November 5, 1996,
at the Caldwell hospital. Graveside services will be
held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 8, 1996, at the Middleton
Cemetery, Middleton, Idaho. Reverend Don Brown of the
Star Friends Church will officiate under the direction of
Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Family and friends are
asked to meet at the cemetery.
Mr.
Shimmin was born December 24, 19331 in Hooker County,
Nebraska, a son of Roy and Hattie Cox Shimmin. He
moved to Nampa as a young boy where he was reared and
educated. Richard married Katherine Sanders on
January 17, 1995, at Yuma, Arizona, and the couple resided in
Nampa. He worked for Morrison Knudsen on the
Oxbow, Brownlee and Hells Canyon Dams. He was also a
truck driver for many years, Richard enjoyed fishing,
hunting, traveling and visiting the Washington Coast.
He was a member of the Operating Engineers and Teamsters
Unions.
Survivors include his wife,
Katherine of Caldwell; two sons, Russell Shimmin of Rapid
City, South Dakota, and Tony Shimmin of Bell Garden,
California; three daughters, Yolonda VanMaanen of Caldwell,
Rhonda Sheldon of Boise, and Shayne Shimmin of Winter Haven,
California: one sister Mildred Barrie of Nampa; two grandsons
Richard Parcel and Kasey Chadwick; two granddaughters,
Kristina Parcel and Jennifer Rosenlund and several nieces and
nephews.
The family suggests that
memorials be given to the Idaho Heart Association or the Idaho
Diabetes Association..
Firends may call
today from 3 until 8 p.m. at the Flahiff Funeral Chapel,
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