Nancy Jo Cahill

She was born to Kenneth and Emily Chapman on July 2, 1957, in Orofino. She was a graduate of Timberline High School in 1975 and married her high school sweetheart, John Cahill, on Jan. 1, 1977. They made their home in Weippe to be near family and friends and to soon start a family of their own, first with Annie and then Jacob.

While Annie and Jake were growing up, her house was always open to all of their friends. The home was somewhere anyone could go to be cared for, fed, given a cup of coffee, or just to visit. One of her great sources of pride was the talents and accomplishments of her grandchildren. Grandma Nancy was their biggest fan! She loved spoiling them and enjoyed throwing tea parties for them whenever they were around. She was also an avid gardener. The things in life she enjoyed the most were picking huckleberries, scrapbooking and quilting with friends, camping, creek fishing with her father, mushroom hunting and spending time with family - which included long conversations on the phone with her sisters.

Nancy's careers included homemaker, Weippe Public Library librarian and hair stylist. She not only enjoyed doing this work, but loved the opportunity it gave her to interact with the members of the community she loved so much.

Nancy leaves behind a loving family, including her husband, John Cahill; father Kenneth Chapman; her daughter, Annie Cahill and future son-in-law, Chris Jammerman; her son, Jacob Cahill and daughter-in-law Christina; grandchildren Leighton, Landon, Raegan and Bridger; sister Jane Brown and husband Larry; brother-in-law Robert Goodall; 11 nieces and nephews; and many great-nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Emily Chapman; sister Margie Goodall; and brother Roger Chapman.

There will be a graveside service at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Weippe Cemetery. A celebration of life dinner at the Rebekah Lodge in Weippe will immediately follow.