Kuala Jan (Gonzales) Dúmé

RUPERT – Kuala Jan (Gonzales) Dúmé, a 65-year-old resident of Rupert, passed away suddenly Monday morning, July 29, 2024, at her home in Rupert.

Kuala was born October 7, 1958, in Rupert, Idaho, the first of three children born to Beni and Dorothy Gonzales. She grew up in the Mini-Cassia area and attended school in Heyburn and Rupert. Kuala graduated from Minico High School in 1977. She later attended College of Southern Idaho where she received her certificates in healthcare.

Throughout her life, Kuala worked at numerous places including Ace Hardware and as an in-home caregiver for the Spelius family, caring for Carol Spelius, whom she loved dearly until her final day. She later worked and retired from Super Suds Laundromat and Storage.

Kuala absolutely adored her family! She would spend months and months working on projects to give her family and friends as Christmas gifts including photo albums and recipe books with each recipe card personally written by herself. She loved to cook and bake–which usually ended up being enough to feed a small army rather than three or four people! In her spare time, Kuala enjoyed working on home projects and genealogy. Kuala was very, very strong in her Christian faith. She played guitar in church using many of her own songs to glorify God. She would often watch Christian artists on her tablet with her earbuds in, not realizing how loud she was actually singing! Her heart overflowed with love and happiness when she would get to spend time and talk with her family and friends.

Kuala was so very loved by her family and friends. She leaves behind her mother, Dorothy Gonzales of Rupert; her son, Dan (Trina) Martinez of Rupert; her sister, Karlynn Gonzales of Burley; her brothers, Kris Gonzales of Oregon, and Mike Farmer of Rupert; her granddaughters, Shantell, Sierra, Briseis, and Halie all of Rupert; her nieces, Masina (Skip) Garza of Rupert, and Shaleena (JJ) Gonzales of Burley; her nephew, Jake Neiwert of Burley; and many great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Beni Gonzales; her sister, Melanie Alaina Farmer; her nephew, Atreüs Dayne Denton; and her niece, Melinda Rose Gonzales.

A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, August 9, at Grace Community Church, located at 100 N. Meridian, in Rupert, with Pastor Javi Lopez officiating.

A live webcast of the service will be available at graceid.org.

In addition to flowers, memorial contributions will also be accepted in Kuala’s name to: Extinguishers (a burnout fund organized by the East End Fire Department to assist families who have been impacted by fires, accidents, and to help families in need during the holidays) at 201-275 E. 8th Street South Rupert, Idaho 83350.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.