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Funeral services
for Theodore "Ted" Jacob Link, 75, of Nampa, who died
Monday, March 19, 1990, at his home of natural causes, will
be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at the Alsip
Funeral Chapel with Pastor David. H. Schmidt, pastor of the Zion Lutheran
Church, Nampa, officiating.
Interment will
follow in the Melba Cemetery
with Bishop Darrell Fullmer of the
Nampa
12th Ward, Latter-day Saints Church, officiating.
Mr. Link was born
June 11, 1914, at Tabor,
Idaho, to Theodore E. and Christina
Gohl Link. He was
reared and educated in Blackfoot, Antelope Creek and Nampa. In 1941 he and his brother, Ed, rented
a small place at
Long
Valley, near McCall, where
they hunted, logged and milked cows.
He served in the
U.S. Army during World War II in the ordinance department in
Alaska.
He met and married
Gloria Bown Feb. 9, 1945, at
Ely, Nev.
Following his honorable discharge from the Army he worked
for Geneva Steel in Utah.
In 1930 the family
moved to Nampa where they farmed and he worked at the
Amalgamated Sugar Co. as a mechanic until he retired.
Ted will always be
remembered as an honest, hardworking man who loved the
outdoors. He was an
avid fisherman and loved working in his garden.
Ted is survived
by his wife: Gloria Link, Nampa; two sons, Bill and Mark
Link, both of Nampa; two daughters, Carol Martinez,
Brighton, Colo., and Mary Breach, Melba; two brothers, Cecil
and Joseph "Bud" Link, both of Boise; four sisters, Cary
Rogers, Ester Hoover and Marlene Hobbs, all of Nampa, and
Edna Evans, Boise; 10 grandchildren; and a number of nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, a
sister and a granddaughter.
The family
suggest memorials be made to the American Heart Association
of Idaho, 3295 Elder St., Suite #140, Boise 83705; or flowers may
be sent.
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