Lionel Everett Lowe

Lionel Everett Lowe Services for Lionel Everett Lowe 73 of Emmett, formerly of Kuna, who died Thursday January 22nd at an Emmett hospital, will be held 2 p.m. Sunday (today) January 25th at the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett. The viewing will be from noon until service time. Interment will be at the Ft. Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas. Lionel was born on Feb. 15, 1935 at Nampa to Lewis and Molly Logston Lowe. He was reared and educated in Kuna, and graduated from Kuna High School in 1952. He married Lavena Doramus in 1952. They had three children and later divorced. Lionel joined the United States Army and served his country for 20 years, retiring in 1974. While in the service he married Judy White in 1965, and added three step children to his family and they had one child. Judy passed away in 1971. He married Mona Prejean in 1972 at Fr. Bliss and became the father of four more step children. After retirement from the Army in 1974 they moved to Kuna where he farmed until 1981. Then they moved to El Paso, Texas where he worked for the civil service at Ft. Bliss. He retired in 1997 and Mona passed away that same year. In 1998 he moved to Jackson, Tenn. where he lived until December of 2008 when he moved to Emmett. He was a member of the NRA, and was active in the Rod and Gun Club in Kuna, El Paso, and Jackson, Tenn. Lionel was a gun smith and enjoyed competitive shooting. He also was one who loved to tinker. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, and six step children, a sister, and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and step grandchildren and his significant other Rebecca South. He was preceded in death by his parents and step son. Memorial may be made to the National Rifle Association.