Darlene Carroll Gaddis

Darlene Carroll Gaddis, 93, passed away on August 1, 2025.  She was a longtime resident of Nampa.

She was born July 23, 1932 in Oberlin, Kansas to Ray and Opal Fortin.  She joined an older brother, Alvin.

In 1937 when she was five years old the family moved to McCall where she attended her first three grades in a one room country school and she always said “a great place to live five years of my life”. When she was ten years old the family moved to Nampa.

She graduated from Nampa High School in 1950.  For a year she attended business college to become a secretary.  She worked at Sunny Ridge Elementary for 25 years.  She always referred to the students as “My Kids”, all 500 of them.

On July 29, 1955 she married Dean Gaddis in Nampa.  They were married 38 years. 

Darlene’s hobbies were anything that would be fun, including: reading, traveling, yard sales and camping in her motorhome.  She was a Red Hat Lady and was a volunteer at the Nampa Civic Center.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dean; mother, Opal, and step-father, Frankie Franklin; father, Ray, and step-mother, Bessie Fortin and brother, Alvin.  She is survived by her two children: Susan Carlberg and Robert “Bob” Gaddis; four grandchildren: eight great grandchildren whom she loved lots. She was very proud of all of them and enjoyed all of their activities they were involved in, and hardly ever missed one.  She was thankful they lived nearby in their growing up years.

A graveside service will be held at 11 AM on Friday, August 15th at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Caldwell.  Services are under the care of Accent Funeral Home and Cremation, Meridian.