Homedale High School

Class of 1965

    Parents of Tim Volk

Idaho Press-Tribune

January 25, 1994

            Frank Volk

            Frank Volk, 71, of Weiser, a former resident of Nampa, died Saturday Jan. 22, 1994, in a Boise hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at Persons-Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Nampa. The Rev. Russell M. Hendrickson of the Nampa First Baptist Church and the Rev. Father John Tivenan of Mercy Medical Center, Nampa, will be the officiants. Burial will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Nampa.

            Frank was born April 12, 1922, at Linton, North Dakota, a son of George F. and Barbara Miller Volk. As a small child, he moved with the family to Selfridge, North Dakota, where he grew up and attended school. He joined the CCCs at age seventeen, then was drafted into the U.S. Navy. He spent three years in the South Pacific Theater and one year on Okinawa. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to North Dakota. He had married Rebecca M. Weigel March 2, 1943, at Selfridge. They moved to Garden Valley, Idaho, in 1958 where he worked as a farm hand and as a carpenter in various trailer factories. Rebecca Volk died Dec. 19, 1988. He retired to enjoy woodworking, fishing and reading western novels. He married Carolyn A. Hendrickson Feb. 8, 1990, at Mullen, Neb., and they made their home in Nampa until moving to Weiser in November, 1993.

            Survivors include his wife, Carolyn, of Weiser; five sons and four daughters-in-law, Dawayne F. Volk of Weiser, Tim M. and Vicki K. Volk of Homedale, Keith and Karen Volk of Roseburg, Ore., Myron J. and Deon D. Volk of Caldwell, Leslie K. and Theresa Volk of Cheney, Wash.; two daughters and one son-in-law, Sandie M. and George Craig of Boise, Lucretia A. Lyon of Springdale, Wash., two stepsons and their wives, Leon P. and Jan Hendrickson of Weiser, Gordon and Jan Hendrickson of Wellton, Ariz.; three brothers and three sisters; twenty grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

            He was also preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and one granddaughter, Melissa.

            Friends may call until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. until service time on Thursday at Persons-Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Nampa.

Idaho Press-Tribune

December 21, 1988

      Rebecca Volk

      Christian wake services for Rebecca M. Volk, 63, of Nampa, who died Monday, Dec. 19, 1988, of natural causes at home, will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 23, at Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Nampa. The Rev. Merle J. Fisher, S.M., of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Nampa, will officiate. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

      Mrs. Volk was born July 21, 1925, to Mathias Jr. and Veronica Miller Weigel at St. Anthony, N.D., and was reared and educated there, completing her high school at Selfridge, N.D. After graduating, she helped her father on the farm. She married Frank Volk March 2, 1943, at Selfridge, where they made their home. They moved to Garden Valley in 1956, to Homedale in 1958 and in 1961 to Nampa, where they had since resided. Mrs. Volk was a cook at Broadmore Country Club for several years.

      She enjoyed sewing and fishing.

      She was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church.

      Survivors include her husband, Frank of Nampa; five sons and four daughters-in-law, Dawayne Volk of Portland, Ore., Tim and Vicky Volk of Homedale, Keith and Karen Volk of Roseburg, Ore., Myron and Deon Volk of Twin Falls, and Les and Theresa Volk of Nampa; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and George Craig of Boise and Lucretia and Larry Lyon of Springdale, Wash.; a brother, William Weigel of Selfridge; four sisters, Adeline Marchesine of Tacoma, Wash., Marie Lloyd and Margaret Hanna, both of Denver, Colo., and Elizabeth Engel of California; 13 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Her parents; a brother, Carl Weigel; and a granddaughter, Malisa, preceded her in death.