Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Idaho

The Idaho Statesman - 21 Dec 1997

Naomi A. Lynn, 84, a longime resident of Boise, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 1997, in a Las Vegas, Nev., hospital following a long illness. Naomi moved to Las Vegas in April of this year to live with her daughter Joann.

Naomi was born May 4, 1913, at Carey, Idaho, the third child of Lee & Margaret Abbott, and moved to Boise at age 5. She married Roy Smith in 1935 and moved to Ohio where they had two daughters. Naomi and her daughters moved back to Boise when Roy died in 1940. She remarried in 1943 to James Lynn and had another daughter.

Naomi worked as a nurse at the Veterans Hospital, as well as Mercy and St. Alphonsus, but her real avocation ws her love of gardening. Her flower gardens and yards were works of art.

Naomi is survived by three daughters, Barbara Rasmussen of Boise, Joann Griffith of Las Vegas, Nev. and Billie Peterson of Saratoga, Wyo. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, as well as nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by brothers, Norman and Ted Abbott; sister Hazel Johns; and half sister, Leona Coates.

As per Naomi's request, no services will be held. She will be laid to rest beside her mother in Morris Hill Cemetery.