Parents:
Father: Robert J. Ord
Mother: Lillian Erma Ord
Spouse: Violet Ann Anderson
Mayor of Nampa, Idaho
from May 1937 to April 1939.
Succumbs
R. Lewis Ord, prominent Nampan who has been active in civic affairs and as an L.DS. church leader here for many years, who died early today at a Boise hospital after having been in poor health for some time.
R. Lewis Ord Passes After Long Illness
Former Mayor of Nampa Active Member of Local Community
R. Lewis Ord, 48, former Nampa mayor who has been prominent in civic affairs here for many years, died early today at a Boise hospital where he was taken two weeks ago for treatment. He had been in poor health for several months.
Mr. Ord was born March 6, 1898, in Nephi, Utah, and moved with his family to Idaho when he was a young child. The family homesteaded near the site of the present town of Kuna.
He was co-owner of the Johnson-Ord Coal company here until 1939, when he organized the Ord Transfer and Storage concern which he has operated since that time.
Mr. Ord was a member of the Lions club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and served one term as mayor of Nampa. He was an active member of the L.D.S. Second Ward church, serving as a member the Bishopric for the past 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Violet; four daughters, Mrs. Roberta Anderson of Provo, Utah; Mrs. Evona Buckley of Nampa; Ordella and Va Netta Ord, both of Nampa; six brothers, Arthur Ord of Nampa; Eldon, Whetzel, Marion, Lavell and Melvin Ord, all of California; three sisters, Ella Higginbothum, Nampa; Erma Snowberger, Eugene, Ore.; and Wanda Stebbins, Modesto, Calif. and two grandchildren.
Announcement of funeral services is pending word from relatives. The body is at Robinson's funeral home.
The Idaho Free Press, Nampa, Idaho, Saturday Evening, October 12, 1946
Father: Robert J. Ord
Mother: Lillian Erma Ord
Spouse: Violet Ann Anderson
Mayor of Nampa, Idaho
from May 1937 to April 1939.
Succumbs
R. Lewis Ord, prominent Nampan who has been active in civic affairs and as an L.DS. church leader here for many years, who died early today at a Boise hospital after having been in poor health for some time.
R. Lewis Ord Passes After Long Illness
Former Mayor of Nampa Active Member of Local Community
R. Lewis Ord, 48, former Nampa mayor who has been prominent in civic affairs here for many years, died early today at a Boise hospital where he was taken two weeks ago for treatment. He had been in poor health for several months.
Mr. Ord was born March 6, 1898, in Nephi, Utah, and moved with his family to Idaho when he was a young child. The family homesteaded near the site of the present town of Kuna.
He was co-owner of the Johnson-Ord Coal company here until 1939, when he organized the Ord Transfer and Storage concern which he has operated since that time.
Mr. Ord was a member of the Lions club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and served one term as mayor of Nampa. He was an active member of the L.D.S. Second Ward church, serving as a member the Bishopric for the past 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Violet; four daughters, Mrs. Roberta Anderson of Provo, Utah; Mrs. Evona Buckley of Nampa; Ordella and Va Netta Ord, both of Nampa; six brothers, Arthur Ord of Nampa; Eldon, Whetzel, Marion, Lavell and Melvin Ord, all of California; three sisters, Ella Higginbothum, Nampa; Erma Snowberger, Eugene, Ore.; and Wanda Stebbins, Modesto, Calif. and two grandchildren.
Announcement of funeral services is pending word from relatives. The body is at Robinson's funeral home.
The Idaho Free Press, Nampa, Idaho, Saturday Evening, October 12, 1946
Parents:
Father: Robert J. Ord
Mother: Lillian Erma Ord
Spouse: Violet Ann Anderson
Mayor of Nampa, Idaho
from May 1937 to April 1939.
Succumbs
R. Lewis Ord, prominent Nampan who has been active in civic affairs and as an L.DS. church leader here for many years, who died early today at a Boise hospital after having been in poor health for some time.
R. Lewis Ord Passes After Long Illness
Former Mayor of Nampa Active Member of Local Community
R. Lewis Ord, 48, former Nampa mayor who has been prominent in civic affairs here for many years, died early today at a Boise hospital where he was taken two weeks ago for treatment. He had been in poor health for several months.
Mr. Ord was born March 6, 1898, in Nephi, Utah, and moved with his family to Idaho when he was a young child. The family homesteaded near the site of the present town of Kuna.
He was co-owner of the Johnson-Ord Coal company here until 1939, when he organized the Ord Transfer and Storage concern which he has operated since that time.
Mr. Ord was a member of the Lions club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and served one term as mayor of Nampa. He was an active member of the L.D.S. Second Ward church, serving as a member the Bishopric for the past 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Violet; four daughters, Mrs. Roberta Anderson of Provo, Utah; Mrs. Evona Buckley of Nampa; Ordella and Va Netta Ord, both of Nampa; six brothers, Arthur Ord of Nampa; Eldon, Whetzel, Marion, Lavell and Melvin Ord, all of California; three sisters, Ella Higginbothum, Nampa; Erma Snowberger, Eugene, Ore.; and Wanda Stebbins, Modesto, Calif. and two grandchildren.
Announcement of funeral services is pending word from relatives. The body is at Robinson's funeral home.
The Idaho Free Press, Nampa, Idaho, Saturday Evening, October 12, 1946
Father: Robert J. Ord
Mother: Lillian Erma Ord
Spouse: Violet Ann Anderson
Mayor of Nampa, Idaho
from May 1937 to April 1939.
Succumbs
R. Lewis Ord, prominent Nampan who has been active in civic affairs and as an L.DS. church leader here for many years, who died early today at a Boise hospital after having been in poor health for some time.
R. Lewis Ord Passes After Long Illness
Former Mayor of Nampa Active Member of Local Community
R. Lewis Ord, 48, former Nampa mayor who has been prominent in civic affairs here for many years, died early today at a Boise hospital where he was taken two weeks ago for treatment. He had been in poor health for several months.
Mr. Ord was born March 6, 1898, in Nephi, Utah, and moved with his family to Idaho when he was a young child. The family homesteaded near the site of the present town of Kuna.
He was co-owner of the Johnson-Ord Coal company here until 1939, when he organized the Ord Transfer and Storage concern which he has operated since that time.
Mr. Ord was a member of the Lions club, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and served one term as mayor of Nampa. He was an active member of the L.D.S. Second Ward church, serving as a member the Bishopric for the past 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Violet; four daughters, Mrs. Roberta Anderson of Provo, Utah; Mrs. Evona Buckley of Nampa; Ordella and Va Netta Ord, both of Nampa; six brothers, Arthur Ord of Nampa; Eldon, Whetzel, Marion, Lavell and Melvin Ord, all of California; three sisters, Ella Higginbothum, Nampa; Erma Snowberger, Eugene, Ore.; and Wanda Stebbins, Modesto, Calif. and two grandchildren.
Announcement of funeral services is pending word from relatives. The body is at Robinson's funeral home.
The Idaho Free Press, Nampa, Idaho, Saturday Evening, October 12, 1946
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