- Date Of Birth: January 30, 1937
- Date Of Death: July 16, 2016
- State: Idaho
Jorene Blanche Matthews age 79, died Saturday, July 16, 2016 at home of natural causes.
Josi was born in Alberta, Canada, January 30, 1937, and lived on a farm on Alberta Ave. outside of Nyssa, Oregon, through 8th grade. She attended schools in Parma and Caldwell, and graduated from Nyssa in 1954. She attended beauty school in Payette, and had a successful career as an instructor, and at one time she and her husband, Dick Matthews, owned eleven beauty schools throughout Oregon and Idaho.
Josi is survived by two children, Michelle Hiatt and her husband, Darrell of Nampa, and Mike Matthews and his wife, Pam of Boise; grandchildren, Samantha Sloan and her husband, Bryan of LaGrande, OR, Heather Yielding and her husband, Kris Davis, of Nampa, and Anna and Charlie Matthews of Boise; and her sister, Dana May Collord of Nampa.
She was preceded in death by her daughter Susan Quigley, grandson James Yielding, and her parents John and Lurline Stafford.
She was an outstanding artist and enjoyed painting all of her life, and had a talent for interior decorating. She loved animals and will be missed by her best friends, Gigi and Woody.
