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Douglas M. “Nosh” Hitt, 95 of Cascade, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 27, 2024, at Edgewood Assisted Living in Eagle.

Doug was born August 3, 1929 in Mountain Home, the sixth of seven children born to Houston T. Sr and Elizabeth (Sproat) Hitt. His first 12 years were spent with the family at Indian Cove in Owyhee County. He attended first grade in a one room schoolhouse — eight rows of seats that accommodated eight grades, taught by one teacher. Grades two through five were at the Hammett School in Elmore County. In 1941 the family moved to Boise. He attended Central School, North Junior High and graduated from Boise High School in 1947. He was the Cadet Commander of the ROTC Unit his senior year. His three-year enlistment in the Army (1951-1954) was as an x-ray technician at Ft. Bragg Hospital in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He spent two years at Boise Junior College, then embarked on a career in Chiropractic attending Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa and Western States College of Chiropractic in Portland, Oregon. He began practice in Boise in 1956 serving his patients in his profession for 34 years. During this time, he served as President of the Idaho Association of Chiropractic Physicians and for 12 years was the Idaho Delegate to the American Chiropractic Association. He retired from active practice in 1990. After retirement, he spent 12 years as the prime mover in the restoration of the former UPRR Depot Building and Caboose. They are now relocated from downtown Cascade to the Bank of the Payette River West of the Cascade Airport. Those buildings are now used as a Christian Retreat and Learning Center known as “The Depot”. He was an active member of the Boise Bench Lions Club and the Cascade Lions Club and was honored as a Melvin Jones Fellow by Lions International for dedicated community service.

He married Virginia Oliason in September 1951. They shared two daughters (Helene and Barbara) and one son (Andrew), divorcing in 1972. He married Loeta Meadows Wilson in 1973 gaining another daughter (Teena). Doug and Lowie built a retirement home over a five-year period (with many helping hands of family and friends) on ten wooded acres overlooking Lake Cascade, eventually taking up full time residency in 1990. They spent 13 winters in the Desert Southwest at Fountain of Youth RV Park in California until Lowie passed away in 2007. Later in life, Doug and his dear friend Zell Ostermiller shared many happy years together before her passing in 2017.

He hunted and fished, was a master wood worker, loved playing his harmonica and restored old cars — his first project a 1929 Ford Coupe (gave to Andy), then a 1930 Ford Sedan (gave to Helene) and a 1941 Ford Coupe that he “traded in” on a new Ford pickup…! In 1962 he invited anyone owning or having an interest in Model A Ford’s to attend a meeting. That meeting materialized into the formation of the “Treasure Valley Model A Ford Club”, which is now a chapter of the “Model A Ford Club of America”. Hunting came to an end when building their retirement home as the many woodland creatures watched from a short distance and he lost the itch in his trigger finger. Another favorite hobby was his video camera. He was the main videographer of the Yellowpine Harmonica Festival for 19 years. The raw footage has been turned over to the Idaho Historical Archives. Videos of the annual Long Valley Pioneer Picnic featuring many of Long Valley’s historic characters and copies reside in the Cascade Public Library. He spent many hours teaching his kids, grandkids, and great grandkids the proper way to drop a pine tree, section it, split it and “stack it” precisely for his winter heat supply well into his 90’s. He was Katie’s huckleberry pickin’ buddy, the designated driver of his green machine, the Mayor of Osprey Ridge, and everyone’s favorite mountain man. He loved spending time in the valley joining in and supervising our many projects.

He is survived by his daughter, Helene (Dennis) Wolfgram, son Andrew (Karen) Hitt, step-daughter Teena Lewis and sister AJ O’Neal. Grandchildren Katie (Jay) Scott, Josh (Tiffney) Wolfgram, Caleb (Becky) Hitt and Jonathan (Kristen) Hitt; step grandchildren Melinda (Sam) Stafford and Amanda Lewis; great grandchildren Colson and Gracie Scott, Elijah, Eden and Evelyn Hitt, Keegen and Karson Miller; step great grandchildren Mdina and James Stafford, Michael Waller, Reata Hays and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and sisters and daughter Barbara Welter.

Special thanks to Bob and Lisa Bauer and Dan and Shelley Boss for their special meals and watchful eyes during his Douglas M. “Nosh” Hitt, 95 of Cascade, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 27, 2024, at Edgewood Assisted Living in Eagle.



Board of Directors Meeting.   Saturday  October 26, 2024. 9:30 AM. Home of Mark and Karen Dunkley, 1567 Pine Lakes Ranch Dr.  Cascade