Vernon Samuel Nafus

Vern passed away at home early Jan 10, 2019 from complications due to a fall in Sept. 2018.  He was the youngest child of Ross and Irene (Bowser) Nafus, born on a stump farm in Logan Township, Michigan, March 27, 1915. 
 
He was the last surviving member  of  his family.  His wife Martha (Marty Wallace),  parents,  three sisters and brother are deceased.  He is survived by his five children, David, (Elly); Stephen (Rachel); Donald (Ilse); Joanne (Mike) Deyo and Judy (Jim) Marr.  There are 12 grand children and 12 great grand children.  We would like to thank the Boise Bridge Coop for the visits this past 3 months, especially, Gretchen, Kay, Gary, Al and Phil for their visits.

He attended University of Missoula, specializing in Forestry, but decided that he wouldn't be able to get a job in that field easily.  He took a year  off from studying to ride the rails and work along the way to the San Diego Exposition in 1936.  He had many interesting stories to tell about that time.  He lived a long time and saw many changes in the world.  From the first three pedal cars to cars working on computers, to telephones worked by hand cranks and featuring operators to cellphones and much more.  
 He graduated from Montana State University in 1939, with a Bachelors Degree in Agronomy, and he and Marty married shortly after that.    He went to work for the Farmers Home Administration where he worked all his life.  He lived in Polson, Flathead Lake, and Bozeman before being posted to Boise, ID in 1957, where he ran the FHA department for all of Idaho. He was again promoted and posted to Washington, DC in 1960 and lived and worked there for 10 years.  He liked to say that he'd been retired longer than he worked for the Farmers Home Administration.
He and his wife, Marty, moved back to Boise, Idaho in 1973.  They enjoyed travelling, gardening, rock hunting and visiting with the kids in Washington, Montana, Oregon, Arizona and Guam.  Vern participated in silver smithing classes at BSU and made some very nice jewelry and stained glass items.  He also enjoyed cross country skiing and fishing.  He gained his Gold Masters in Duplicate Bridge recently.  At 75 he was given a computer and quickly mastering it, playing every spider solitaire game on it. He didn't quit each game until he had won. That's over 3000 plus games.  In his later years besides duplicate bridge, he enjoyed reading.  He added  science fantasy to his normal reading after he began reading on his tablet.  
He was a kind and far thinking gentleman with a great sense of humor,  and will be greatly missed by both his friends and family.
There will be a birthday Celebration of Life Mar 30, 2019 at Cloverdale Cemetery at 1 PM.  He will be interred with Marty on March 29, 2019.  In lieu of flowers, we suggest donations to either Simply Cats or the Ada County Humane Society.
We would like to thank Keystone Hospice for their caring and kind help.  We would especially like to thank Krista's team for the help and information they provided to the family for his care at home.