Alsip's Funeral Chapel
Title
Alsip's Funeral Chapel
Description
S.B. Shellabarger established Nampa's first funeral chapel in 1907. April 8, 1911, F.K. Robinson bought the Funeral Chapel from Shellabarger, naming it Robinson's Funeral Chapel.
In 1945, John F. Alsip, Jr., who had been running a mortuaries in Washington since 1929, came to Nampa to buy an interest in the Robinson Chapel. Alsip bought out the remaining shares in the business in 1968 and renamed the business.
On October 15, 2000 Alsip Funeral Chapel and Persons Funeral Chapel (located at 12th Ave. South and 5th St. South, and owned and operated by Howard and Norine Persons), merged together to form Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel. [https://www.alsippersons.com/]
In 1945, John F. Alsip, Jr., who had been running a mortuaries in Washington since 1929, came to Nampa to buy an interest in the Robinson Chapel. Alsip bought out the remaining shares in the business in 1968 and renamed the business.
On October 15, 2000 Alsip Funeral Chapel and Persons Funeral Chapel (located at 12th Ave. South and 5th St. South, and owned and operated by Howard and Norine Persons), merged together to form Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel. [https://www.alsippersons.com/]
Date
1940
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Citation
“Alsip's Funeral Chapel,” Nampa Public Library, accessed December 16, 2025, https://nampalibrary.omeka.net/items/show/842.
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