Funeral, Cremation & Celebration of Life Services

Clarke V. Thomson

Managing Partner, Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer

Clarke is originally of Magrath, Alberta, Canada. He began his career in the funeral profession in 2000  in the San Francisco Bay Area after completing a two year degree at Ricks College. He attended San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and later went on to receive his bachelor’s at San Francisco State University. In 2007, Clarke, and his wife, Sarah, relocated to Washington State where they raised their family for 13 years.

Clarke has been blessed with a beautiful family. He values the time with his wife  and their four children. While an introvert at heart, Clarke loves the one on one connections that are made from meeting people, and loves to discover the connections that bind a community. He is active in his church and loves the time spent with his family and supporting the interests of his children.

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John Michael Noorda

Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer

John was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho and is a graduate of Pocatello High School. As a youth he had a passion for playing football and skiing.

Upon high school graduation, he served a church mission, then pursued his studies at Brigham Young University-Idaho where he received an Associate of General Studies. He then enrolled at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science where he received a Bachelors of Mortuary Science.

After graduating, John began his apprenticeship with a well-respected funeral home in his hometown of Pocatello. In 2017, John joined Alsip and Persons Funeral Chapel and has greatly enjoyed serving the Treasure Valley community through providing unique and personalized services tailored to those whom he serves. In his spare time he is out creating adventures and memories with his wife and kids, exploring all that the area has to offer. He also finds joy in being active with his church and community.

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Seth Nettleton

Family Service Advisor

Telephone: 1-208-880-9841

Chuck Hagemeier

Chaplain/Ambassador

Chuck has been an integral part of our team since 2014. He serves as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene, and has served as a senior pastor in both the southwest and the northwest. Since retiring, Chuck has served as Associate Pastor of College Church of the Nazarene in the area of Adult Ministries.

Chuck has also served in the role of a Police Chaplain; while serving the community of Longmont, Colorado before relocating to Nampa where he was also a Chaplain with the Nampa Police Department for 20 years.

John Rybarczyk (JR)

Ambassador

JR was born and raised in Chicago, IL, graduating from Carl Schurz High School before attending Wright Jr. College for two years.  After that time, JR took Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go west young man, go west!” and came to visit his brother, Paul, who was working at the time for Alsip Funeral Chapel and John Alsip. 

After serving for two years in the Army in France and Germany, JR returned to Nampa and then to Bend, Oregon to start in the newspaper advertising business. After thirty-three years working in California, Oregon, and finishing 13 years as the Advertising Director here in Nampa for the Idaho Press Tribune, he retired.

JR and his wife DyAnn have raised six children and now have 18 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He’s been a lifelong Cubs fan. His claim to fame is his nephew, John Garland, who pitched for the L.A. Angels after eight years and a World Series win with the Chicago White Sox.

JR is an avid golf player and a member of the Purple Sage Golf Course in Caldwell. He has been a part of  the Alsip’s Team since 1999.

Sarah Thomson

Administrative Assistant

Originally from Lomita, CA, Sarah earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of CA at Berkeley. Her husband Clarke introduced her to the funeral profession, and Sarah followed him from a small apartment above Grant Miller Mortuary in California, to Washington state and, finally, to Nampa, Idaho.

The mother of four amazing children ranging in ages 6 to 19, Sarah enjoys volunteering in elementary school classrooms, leading Girl Scout troops, driving vanloads of teenagers to activities, and ministering to her church sisters. Almost every Fall, you can find her helping high school seniors write and edit college admissions essays. Formally re-entering the workforce has been a fun challenge, and Sarah enjoys being able to work in the office with her husband, supporting him and the other staff to provide the highest level of service possible to the families we serve. 

Mahayla Robarge

Receptionist

Mahayla Robarge was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. She graduated from Lawrence Virtual High School in 2021, one semester early. She attended the University of Kansas for one year, before deciding to move to Idaho alone in September of 2022 in pursuit of career opportunities. Mahayla is a strong advocate for mental health, and participates in peer support in her free time. She is proud to have Hispanic roots. She loves any kind of warm weather, animals of all kinds, traveling, cooking, and painting. She plans to continue her education to obtain her degree in mortuary science.