Sally Joan Sullivan Needs

Obituary from Jan. 12, 1997 Argus-Observer; Ontario, Oregon  

Convicted murderer dies

Former Payette Resident Taken Off Life Support - Pocatello (AP)  Convicted murderer Sally Joanne Needs of Payette was removed from artificial life support and died Saturday, three days after hanging herself at the state women's prison.  Needs, 52, died at 2:12 p.m. at Bannock Regional Medical Center.  Idaho Department of Correction spokesman Mark Carnopis said her death came shortly after her family, on the recommendation of the attending physician, decided not to keep her on life support.  "She apparently had a living will notarized several days before this incident" Carnopsis said.  "But nobody, not even her lawyer, can find a copy of it."  Needs was found in her cell shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday after using parts of her clothing and a small laundry bag issued to inmates to hang herself.  She was serving a life prison sentence for a 1977 first-degree murder conviction.  She was found guilty of murdering her husband of two months, Ron Needs, whose partially burned body was found with its head and hands missing just inside the Ada County line.  She previously was convicted in California on charges of involuntary manslaughter, escape from prison and robbery.  Needs' body will be cremated and interred in Payette.  Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette.

Death Notice from Jan. 15, 1997 Independent-Enterprise; Payette, Idaho - Sally Joan Needs, 52, Pocatello, formerly of Payette, died Jan. 11 at a Pocatello hospital as a result of self-inflicted injuries.  Memorial services were 11 a.m. Jan. 14 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette.  Cremation preceded services and burial of cremated remains will occur at a later date at Riverside Cemetery, Payette.  Services are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette.

Idaho Statesman Obituary: Sally Joan Needs

   Sally Joan Needs, 52, of Pocatello, formerly of Payette, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 1997, at a Pocatello hospital as a result of self-inflicted injuries.

   Memorial funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette, with Father Ray Jarboe of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Ontario, Ore., presiding. Cremation preceded services, and burial of cremated remains will occur at a later date at Riverside Cemetery, Payette.

   Sally was born Aug. 13, 1944, at Emmett, a daughter of Marvin and Marie Stone. She was reared and educated in Payette. She left Payette at age 16.

   She is survived by her mother, Marie Sullivan of Payette; her stepfather, Harley Sullivan of Payette; two brothers Patrick Sullivan of Caldwell, and Timothy Sullivan of Salem, Ore.; and her sister, Kelly Sullivan of Payette.

   Memorials may be made to one's favorite charity, c/o Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette 83661.