Delores M. Osborn

Delores Mae Huber Osborn, age 80, passed away on July 21, 2023. She spent her last days at home, peacefully sitting in her recliner, surrounded by those that love her, each one squeezing in for a chance to hold one of her hands.

Delores was born May 25, 1943 to Fredrick and Lydia Huber in Rupert, Idaho. She graduated from Minico High School in 1961. Delores married Lewis Dean Osborn in 1963 and together they had four children, Denise, Katrina, Tony and Terry. They later divorced. Delores worked at Simplot for several years, and later at the Minidoka County Court House up until her retirement in 2009. At that time Delores dove into her passions, and started really enjoying her free time, taking more trips and visiting more places, going out to lunches with friends, becoming a Master Gardener, and joining a gang of Red Hatters, participating in all of their shenanigans. Delores was small but mighty, and if you asked her grandkids they would definitely tell you that she had boss energy. She was a powerhouse for most of her years, always doing a project, and always getting things done. You could often find her in her yard, wearing crocs, pulling weeds, tending flowers, and picking cucumbers. If you knew Dee, you knew that she made the best pickles, and holiday gatherings were spent fighting over the pickle bowl. Many years and holidays were spent at “Grandma Dee’s” Lots of our memories were made playing card games around her dining room table. In her later years she rekindled this passion and met with her friends often to play pinochle. Though she will be sorely missed, the love and memories that she shared will last with all that knew her.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Fredrick and Lydia Huber, sister Clara Gehring & brother Wally Huber.

She is survived by her siblings Leonard (Sylvia) Huber and Marie Pierce, her children: Denise Osborn, Katrina Black (Darren Onishi), Tony (Judy) Osborn, Terry Osborn. By grandchildren: Tara Banda, Kneika Osborn, Tyler (Cherrie) Black, Bailey Black, Destiny Osborn, Dylan Osborn & Kolby Osborn. Great grandchildren: Aiden (Courtney) Banda, Jacinda Banda, Kaitlyn Banda, Hadelei Banda & Adalynn Rawson. Great great grandchildren: Elle Banda-McClain, Rev McClain & Skye Tamcke.

Services will be held on Friday, August 4th at 11:00am with a burial at the Rupert Cemetery following, and then a luncheon at the Rupert Senior Center. A viewing will be held on Thursday, August 3rd, from 6-8pm and one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Hansen Mortuary.