Vernon Birket
Vernon Lyle Birket, 87, Nampa, died Friday, April 9, 1999, at a care center in Nampa. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, 1999, at the Nampa First Congregational Church, 1007 Central Midland Blvd. Nampa, with the Rev. Paula Martin officiating. After the service, there will be a reception at the church.
Mr. Birket was born Dec. 3, 1911, at Abbyville, Kan., to Frank and Sina Rose (Boody) Birket. He was married to Annagrace Callen, Nov. 26, 1938, in Garden City, Kan.
Mr. Birket grew up in Arlington, Kan., and worked in a small grocery store while attending high school.
After graduating from high school, he moved to Garden City, Kan., where he worked as a mechanic.
In 1941, he moved to Hawthorne, Calif., where he worked at Northrup Aircraft. He moved to Nampa in 1945 and worked as a mechanic at the Ford car and tractor dealerships. Mr. Birket was a charter member of the Nampa First Congregational Church, where he served as Sunday School superintendent for many years.
He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Barbara Fairchild, Mexico, Mo., and Judith Titus, McCall; two sons-in-law, William Fairchild and Gordon Titus; five grandchildren, Andrew Fairchild, Benton City, Mo., Callen Zind, Prairie Village, Kan., Steven Fairchild, Mexico, Mo., Gordon E. Titus, Nampa, and Nathan Titus, Boise; and three great-grandchildren, Adam, Aaron and Anthony Fairchild. Other survivors include two sisters, Frances Paepke, Halstead, Kan., Glennis Godard, Texas City, Texas; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Scoville, and a sister, Esther Love.
April 12, 1999 | Idaho Press (Nampa, ID)
Vernon Birket
Vernon Lyle Birket, 87, Nampa, died Friday, April 9, 1999, at a care center in Nampa. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, 1999, at the Nampa First Congregational Church, 1007 Central Midland Blvd. Nampa, with the Rev. Paula Martin officiating. After the service, there will be a reception at the church.
Mr. Birket was born Dec. 3, 1911, at Abbyville, Kan., to Frank and Sina Rose (Boody) Birket. He was married to Annagrace Callen, Nov. 26, 1938, in Garden City, Kan.
Mr. Birket grew up in Arlington, Kan., and worked in a small grocery store while attending high school.
After graduating from high school, he moved to Garden City, Kan., where he worked as a mechanic.
In 1941, he moved to Hawthorne, Calif., where he worked at Northrup Aircraft. He moved to Nampa in 1945 and worked as a mechanic at the Ford car and tractor dealerships. Mr. Birket was a charter member of the Nampa First Congregational Church, where he served as Sunday School superintendent for many years.
He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Barbara Fairchild, Mexico, Mo., and Judith Titus, McCall; two sons-in-law, William Fairchild and Gordon Titus; five grandchildren, Andrew Fairchild, Benton City, Mo., Callen Zind, Prairie Village, Kan., Steven Fairchild, Mexico, Mo., Gordon E. Titus, Nampa, and Nathan Titus, Boise; and three great-grandchildren, Adam, Aaron and Anthony Fairchild. Other survivors include two sisters, Frances Paepke, Halstead, Kan., Glennis Godard, Texas City, Texas; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Scoville, and a sister, Esther Love.
April 12, 1999 | Idaho Press (Nampa, ID)
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