Nina Madora Kinghorn Hamilton

Today, 3 September 2010, the heart of our family quietly departed this life to re-join its
head, from whom, due to his death on 3 May 2009, she was briefly separated, for the only
time during their marriage of 69 years. Mother died while in the loving care of her five
daughters in Logan, Utah, of causes incident to a brief final illness. She was happily and
gratefully able to live independently until the last few weeks of her mortal life, in a home
in Twin Falls which she very much cherished and loved. Nina Madora Kinghorn was born 14 January 1918 to Thomas Brian and Laura Eakle
Kinghorn in Menan, Idaho, the third of four siblings. Her childhood years were spent
in Sugar City, where her father was a station agent and telegrapher for the Union Pacific
Railroad. Mother studied piano beginning at an early age. Many perform music. She
owned it. She became acquainted with our father in her high school years, but was pri-
marily interested in pursuing musical training to become a concert pianist. While she
was engaged in that training in Baltimore, she experienced one of the defining moments
of her life when she decided that a marriage to Lloyd A. Hamilton was more important to
her than the life of a performing artist. Our father, our family, and our community have
been immeasurably blessed by that decision. 'Mother and Dad were married 2 April 1941 in the Salt Lake Temple. For a brief time
before and subsequent to their marriage, Mother sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Not long after that, they returned to Sugar City to work in the family sheep business. In
1946 Dad began selling insurance, and in 1955, after two years in Preston, they moved to
Twin Falls, where they established the Lloyd Hamilton Insurance Agency, which they
sold in 1981. For the first few years in Twin Falls, Mother's piano teaching was a major
help to the sustenance of our family, while Dad was getting the insurance business
established. Mother continued teaching for many years, and many have experienced her
saintly influence. Like our father, Mother always did her utmost to love and serve her family, her fellow
men, and our God. For a time, while all seven children were at home, she baked a
dozen loaves of bread twice a week. Our clothing was always neat, clean, and impec-
cably ironed; our home always nearly spotless. She quietly went about doing good
whenever and wherever she saw a need. Perhaps no one will ever know of all the meals
she took to shut-ins, or families where illness or death had visited. And she always
served faithfully and well in whatever she was asked to do in the church.
She was at Dad's side as the Matron of the Boise Temple, and on missions to the Atlanta
Temple, India, and Sri Lanka. While Dad was as involved as he was in his business, the
community, and his years as a stake president in the church, our home life, due to
Mother's influence, was always a haven of love, peace, and joy. In addition to being the
wonderful mother she was to all of us, she was a superb hostess to some of the most
distinguished leadership of the church who stayed in our home while visiting for stake
conferences. Ezra Taft Benson, Boyd K. Packer, Thomas S Monson, Joseph Fielding
Smith, Spencer W. Kimball, Gordon B. Hinckley, and others experienced her hospitality
and dined at her table. Both Dad and Mother loved the temples and everything for which they stand. It was a
blessing in their lives when the temple was built in Twin Falls, because their health had
declined to the point where traveling to Boise was difficult. Dad faithfully participated
until his death, and Mother was at the temple regularly, right up to a few days before her
final illness. The beauty of her music and her life, now stilled from among us, will be sorely missed.
But her exemplary goodness and the memories with which we are blessed will be
eternally treasured. Paraphrasing one of the great men of our country's history, we would observe, "All we
are or ever hope to be, we owe our angel mother."
Mother was preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings, and her husband.
Survivors include seven children; Sylvia Lynne Brown (Ross), Jeanne Nielson, Barry K.
(Jacque), David L. (Bonnie), Camille Holladay (Lance), Lesli Bucher (Frank) and
Melanie Hamilton (Robyn Gonzalez); 32 grandchildren, and 48 great-grandchildren. We thank Allen Mortuary in Logan, Utah and White Mortuary for their kindly and caring
service to our Mother. The service, conducted by White Mortuary and under the
direction of Bishop Adam Hodges, will be held at the Twin Falls Stake Center, adjacent
to the Temple on Eastland Drive at 11 :00 A. M. Friday, September 10,2010. Visitation
for family and friends will begin at 9:30 A. M. Interment will be at 1:00 P. M. Saturday,
September 11, at the Sugar City Cemetery. Services are under the direction of White Mortuary,
Chapel by the Park, Twin Falls. Condolences may be left for the family by visiting
www.whitemortuary.com.

Service Details.

Service

When: Friday, September 10th, 2010
Location: Funeral Home
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