Blaine Arthur Bird, 90, of Jerome, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2008, in Twin Falls.
He was born May 3, 1918, in Salina, Utah, the son of Brigham Abraham Bird and Erma Rasmussen Bird.
He graduated from Salina High School in 1937 and joined the Soil Conservation Corps in 1938.
On Nov. 12, 1941, he joined the United States Army and served his country in World War II. He trained at Fort Bliss, Texas, and joined the medical corps. He spent 58 days on the ocean traveling around the Cape of Africa to Karchia, India, where he served 31 months in the India-Burma Theater. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 11, 1945, at Bushnell Hospital in Utah.
On June 25, 1945, he married Lenore Lester. He worked at Hill Air Force Base from 1950 to 1963. Blaine and Lenore settled in Idaho, where Blaine worked for Triple C Concrete from 1963 until retiring in 1979. He loved to play baseball and go deer hunting. In his later years, he enjoyed his cattle, farming, auctions and helping his neighbors.
Blaine is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lenore Bird of Jerome; their daughter, Eva Covey of Hoquiam, Wash.; and his grandson, Cole Covey. He is also survived by two brothers, Elwood Bliss Bird and his wife, Barbara of Elsinore, Utah, and Lorn Lee Bird of Sunset, Utah; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, July 29, 2008
He was born May 3, 1918, in Salina, Utah, the son of Brigham Abraham Bird and Erma Rasmussen Bird.
He graduated from Salina High School in 1937 and joined the Soil Conservation Corps in 1938.
On Nov. 12, 1941, he joined the United States Army and served his country in World War II. He trained at Fort Bliss, Texas, and joined the medical corps. He spent 58 days on the ocean traveling around the Cape of Africa to Karchia, India, where he served 31 months in the India-Burma Theater. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 11, 1945, at Bushnell Hospital in Utah.
On June 25, 1945, he married Lenore Lester. He worked at Hill Air Force Base from 1950 to 1963. Blaine and Lenore settled in Idaho, where Blaine worked for Triple C Concrete from 1963 until retiring in 1979. He loved to play baseball and go deer hunting. In his later years, he enjoyed his cattle, farming, auctions and helping his neighbors.
Blaine is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lenore Bird of Jerome; their daughter, Eva Covey of Hoquiam, Wash.; and his grandson, Cole Covey. He is also survived by two brothers, Elwood Bliss Bird and his wife, Barbara of Elsinore, Utah, and Lorn Lee Bird of Sunset, Utah; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Blaine Arthur Bird, 90, of Jerome, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2008, in Twin Falls.
He was born May 3, 1918, in Salina, Utah, the son of Brigham Abraham Bird and Erma Rasmussen Bird.
He graduated from Salina High School in 1937 and joined the Soil Conservation Corps in 1938.
On Nov. 12, 1941, he joined the United States Army and served his country in World War II. He trained at Fort Bliss, Texas, and joined the medical corps. He spent 58 days on the ocean traveling around the Cape of Africa to Karchia, India, where he served 31 months in the India-Burma Theater. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 11, 1945, at Bushnell Hospital in Utah.
On June 25, 1945, he married Lenore Lester. He worked at Hill Air Force Base from 1950 to 1963. Blaine and Lenore settled in Idaho, where Blaine worked for Triple C Concrete from 1963 until retiring in 1979. He loved to play baseball and go deer hunting. In his later years, he enjoyed his cattle, farming, auctions and helping his neighbors.
Blaine is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lenore Bird of Jerome; their daughter, Eva Covey of Hoquiam, Wash.; and his grandson, Cole Covey. He is also survived by two brothers, Elwood Bliss Bird and his wife, Barbara of Elsinore, Utah, and Lorn Lee Bird of Sunset, Utah; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, July 29, 2008
He was born May 3, 1918, in Salina, Utah, the son of Brigham Abraham Bird and Erma Rasmussen Bird.
He graduated from Salina High School in 1937 and joined the Soil Conservation Corps in 1938.
On Nov. 12, 1941, he joined the United States Army and served his country in World War II. He trained at Fort Bliss, Texas, and joined the medical corps. He spent 58 days on the ocean traveling around the Cape of Africa to Karchia, India, where he served 31 months in the India-Burma Theater. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 11, 1945, at Bushnell Hospital in Utah.
On June 25, 1945, he married Lenore Lester. He worked at Hill Air Force Base from 1950 to 1963. Blaine and Lenore settled in Idaho, where Blaine worked for Triple C Concrete from 1963 until retiring in 1979. He loved to play baseball and go deer hunting. In his later years, he enjoyed his cattle, farming, auctions and helping his neighbors.
Blaine is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lenore Bird of Jerome; their daughter, Eva Covey of Hoquiam, Wash.; and his grandson, Cole Covey. He is also survived by two brothers, Elwood Bliss Bird and his wife, Barbara of Elsinore, Utah, and Lorn Lee Bird of Sunset, Utah; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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