Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - December 17, 2000. Obituary: Burley -- Nelma 'Sunnie' Rappleye. Nelma Rose 'Sunnie' Rappleye 72-year-old Burley resident, died Friday, December 15, 2000, at the Parke View Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was born on June 14, 1928, in Everton, Arkansas, the daughter of Dent and Anna Davis Turney Faught. She attended school in Heyburn and Burley. Following graduation, she went to beauty school in Boise. Upon completion of beauty college she returned to Burley, where she began her beautician career. Being employed in a busy shop, customers soon came to know her capable hands and skill, to appreciate her warm and cheerful disposition and to insist on her for personal beauty services. By 1954, her personal clientele had grown substantially. She was the most popular and wanted beautician in the area. At the encouragement of her customers, she opened a small independent shop in a portion of her residence. This venture grew and expanded until by 1958, she was employing four other operators and training up to 25 students in a small, modern beauty college. She took a leave of absence in 1964, due to the illness of her daughter Susan. Early in 1967, Sunnie again opened her own shop in Burley and later started the Purple Poodle Beauty Studio that was a successful school and beauty shop. Sunnie enjoyed traveling, loved to garden and do canning, and was an outstanding cook.
She is survived by her children, Jess Quinn of Kalispell, Montana, Tena Chappell of Fallon, Nevada, and Bill Sowers of Burley, Idaho; two brothers, Lowell Faught of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Waldo Faught of Shoshone, Idaho; ten grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Susan Sowers; and three brothers. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 East 16th Street, Burley, with Pastor Mike Gill officiating. Friends may call at the Rasmussen Funeral Home on Monday, December 18, 2000, from 6 until 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 until 1:45 p.m.
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She is survived by her children, Jess Quinn of Kalispell, Montana, Tena Chappell of Fallon, Nevada, and Bill Sowers of Burley, Idaho; two brothers, Lowell Faught of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Waldo Faught of Shoshone, Idaho; ten grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Susan Sowers; and three brothers. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 East 16th Street, Burley, with Pastor Mike Gill officiating. Friends may call at the Rasmussen Funeral Home on Monday, December 18, 2000, from 6 until 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 until 1:45 p.m.
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Rasmussen Funeral Home
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Burley, Idaho 83318
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Phone (208) 678-2100
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Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - December 17, 2000. Obituary: Burley -- Nelma 'Sunnie' Rappleye. Nelma Rose 'Sunnie' Rappleye 72-year-old Burley resident, died Friday, December 15, 2000, at the Parke View Care & Rehabilitation Center. She was born on June 14, 1928, in Everton, Arkansas, the daughter of Dent and Anna Davis Turney Faught. She attended school in Heyburn and Burley. Following graduation, she went to beauty school in Boise. Upon completion of beauty college she returned to Burley, where she began her beautician career. Being employed in a busy shop, customers soon came to know her capable hands and skill, to appreciate her warm and cheerful disposition and to insist on her for personal beauty services. By 1954, her personal clientele had grown substantially. She was the most popular and wanted beautician in the area. At the encouragement of her customers, she opened a small independent shop in a portion of her residence. This venture grew and expanded until by 1958, she was employing four other operators and training up to 25 students in a small, modern beauty college. She took a leave of absence in 1964, due to the illness of her daughter Susan. Early in 1967, Sunnie again opened her own shop in Burley and later started the Purple Poodle Beauty Studio that was a successful school and beauty shop. Sunnie enjoyed traveling, loved to garden and do canning, and was an outstanding cook.
She is survived by her children, Jess Quinn of Kalispell, Montana, Tena Chappell of Fallon, Nevada, and Bill Sowers of Burley, Idaho; two brothers, Lowell Faught of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Waldo Faught of Shoshone, Idaho; ten grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Susan Sowers; and three brothers. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 East 16th Street, Burley, with Pastor Mike Gill officiating. Friends may call at the Rasmussen Funeral Home on Monday, December 18, 2000, from 6 until 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 until 1:45 p.m.
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Rasmussen Funeral Home
1350 E 16th St.
Burley, Idaho 83318
Get Directions
Phone (208) 678-2100
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She is survived by her children, Jess Quinn of Kalispell, Montana, Tena Chappell of Fallon, Nevada, and Bill Sowers of Burley, Idaho; two brothers, Lowell Faught of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Waldo Faught of Shoshone, Idaho; ten grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Susan Sowers; and three brothers. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 East 16th Street, Burley, with Pastor Mike Gill officiating. Friends may call at the Rasmussen Funeral Home on Monday, December 18, 2000, from 6 until 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 1 until 1:45 p.m.
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Rasmussen Funeral Home
1350 E 16th St.
Burley, Idaho 83318
Get Directions
Phone (208) 678-2100
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