Richard J. Stockard, 65, a retired heavy equipment operator, died Monday morning at his home near Juliaetta of cancer.
He had been employed on the Potlatch Corp. log pond at Lewiston for 23 years, from 1955 until his retirement in 1978. For 19 years prior to that he worked for several logging and pole manufacturing companies at Weippe, Ahsahka and Potlatch. he also was a self-employed bulldozer operator for five years at Potlatch and Lewiston and spent some time in the construction industry.
Stockard was born Feb. 11, 1916, at Greer to Charles R. and Elsie M. Stockard. He attended schools at Frazier, Kamiah and Orofino, and according to his family, carried groceries from Greer to Orofino on his back to attend school there.
He married May L. Sargent Nov. 22, 1940, at Nez Perce. She died in April 1979, and he married Mildred J. Mabbot at Lewiston on Dec. 1 of that year. She survives him at their home at Juliaetta.
Other survivors include three daughters, Catherine McMillen of Enterprise, Ore., Laura Amos of Escada, Ore., and Neil Boesen of Lewiston; a son, Richard Stockard of Lewiston; a stepdaughter, Donna Miller of Weipe; three stepsons, Richard Mabbot of Juilaetta, Thomas Mabbot of Pendleton and Jack Mabbot of Medical Lake; a sister, Florence Grove of Lewiston; a brother Kenneth Stockard of Kamiah; a half-brother, Lester Teed of Cottonwood, and 21 grandchildren. A sister and a brother preceded him in death.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Malcom's Brower-Wann Memorial Chapel at Lewiston. The Rev. Robert L. Compton of Orchards Community Church will officiate. Burial will follow at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
The family has suggested that any memorials be made to the Kendrick-Juliaetta Ambulance Fund.
Nov 18, 1981, Lewiston Tribune
He had been employed on the Potlatch Corp. log pond at Lewiston for 23 years, from 1955 until his retirement in 1978. For 19 years prior to that he worked for several logging and pole manufacturing companies at Weippe, Ahsahka and Potlatch. he also was a self-employed bulldozer operator for five years at Potlatch and Lewiston and spent some time in the construction industry.
Stockard was born Feb. 11, 1916, at Greer to Charles R. and Elsie M. Stockard. He attended schools at Frazier, Kamiah and Orofino, and according to his family, carried groceries from Greer to Orofino on his back to attend school there.
He married May L. Sargent Nov. 22, 1940, at Nez Perce. She died in April 1979, and he married Mildred J. Mabbot at Lewiston on Dec. 1 of that year. She survives him at their home at Juliaetta.
Other survivors include three daughters, Catherine McMillen of Enterprise, Ore., Laura Amos of Escada, Ore., and Neil Boesen of Lewiston; a son, Richard Stockard of Lewiston; a stepdaughter, Donna Miller of Weipe; three stepsons, Richard Mabbot of Juilaetta, Thomas Mabbot of Pendleton and Jack Mabbot of Medical Lake; a sister, Florence Grove of Lewiston; a brother Kenneth Stockard of Kamiah; a half-brother, Lester Teed of Cottonwood, and 21 grandchildren. A sister and a brother preceded him in death.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Malcom's Brower-Wann Memorial Chapel at Lewiston. The Rev. Robert L. Compton of Orchards Community Church will officiate. Burial will follow at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
The family has suggested that any memorials be made to the Kendrick-Juliaetta Ambulance Fund.
Nov 18, 1981, Lewiston Tribune
Richard J. Stockard, 65, a retired heavy equipment operator, died Monday morning at his home near Juliaetta of cancer.
He had been employed on the Potlatch Corp. log pond at Lewiston for 23 years, from 1955 until his retirement in 1978. For 19 years prior to that he worked for several logging and pole manufacturing companies at Weippe, Ahsahka and Potlatch. he also was a self-employed bulldozer operator for five years at Potlatch and Lewiston and spent some time in the construction industry.
Stockard was born Feb. 11, 1916, at Greer to Charles R. and Elsie M. Stockard. He attended schools at Frazier, Kamiah and Orofino, and according to his family, carried groceries from Greer to Orofino on his back to attend school there.
He married May L. Sargent Nov. 22, 1940, at Nez Perce. She died in April 1979, and he married Mildred J. Mabbot at Lewiston on Dec. 1 of that year. She survives him at their home at Juliaetta.
Other survivors include three daughters, Catherine McMillen of Enterprise, Ore., Laura Amos of Escada, Ore., and Neil Boesen of Lewiston; a son, Richard Stockard of Lewiston; a stepdaughter, Donna Miller of Weipe; three stepsons, Richard Mabbot of Juilaetta, Thomas Mabbot of Pendleton and Jack Mabbot of Medical Lake; a sister, Florence Grove of Lewiston; a brother Kenneth Stockard of Kamiah; a half-brother, Lester Teed of Cottonwood, and 21 grandchildren. A sister and a brother preceded him in death.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Malcom's Brower-Wann Memorial Chapel at Lewiston. The Rev. Robert L. Compton of Orchards Community Church will officiate. Burial will follow at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
The family has suggested that any memorials be made to the Kendrick-Juliaetta Ambulance Fund.
Nov 18, 1981, Lewiston Tribune
He had been employed on the Potlatch Corp. log pond at Lewiston for 23 years, from 1955 until his retirement in 1978. For 19 years prior to that he worked for several logging and pole manufacturing companies at Weippe, Ahsahka and Potlatch. he also was a self-employed bulldozer operator for five years at Potlatch and Lewiston and spent some time in the construction industry.
Stockard was born Feb. 11, 1916, at Greer to Charles R. and Elsie M. Stockard. He attended schools at Frazier, Kamiah and Orofino, and according to his family, carried groceries from Greer to Orofino on his back to attend school there.
He married May L. Sargent Nov. 22, 1940, at Nez Perce. She died in April 1979, and he married Mildred J. Mabbot at Lewiston on Dec. 1 of that year. She survives him at their home at Juliaetta.
Other survivors include three daughters, Catherine McMillen of Enterprise, Ore., Laura Amos of Escada, Ore., and Neil Boesen of Lewiston; a son, Richard Stockard of Lewiston; a stepdaughter, Donna Miller of Weipe; three stepsons, Richard Mabbot of Juilaetta, Thomas Mabbot of Pendleton and Jack Mabbot of Medical Lake; a sister, Florence Grove of Lewiston; a brother Kenneth Stockard of Kamiah; a half-brother, Lester Teed of Cottonwood, and 21 grandchildren. A sister and a brother preceded him in death.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Malcom's Brower-Wann Memorial Chapel at Lewiston. The Rev. Robert L. Compton of Orchards Community Church will officiate. Burial will follow at Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.
The family has suggested that any memorials be made to the Kendrick-Juliaetta Ambulance Fund.
Nov 18, 1981, Lewiston Tribune
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
