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Erwin Roberts McPheters

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Erwin Roberts McPheters

Birth
Ketchum, Blaine County, Idaho, USA
Death
27 Jan 1983 (aged 74)
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6066361, Longitude: -116.2322917
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Son of Laverne Powers McPheters and Bessie Eugenia Rumel

Husband of Thelma Harriet Worthington, married 9 Jan 1948 in Boise, Ada, Idaho USA

They have 3 children.


From Wood River Journal, 2-28-1983 pg 10A

Services for Erwin Roberts McPheters, 74, Boise and a Ketchum native, were conducted Jan. 29 at Relyea Funeral Chapel, followed by interment in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise. He died Jan. 27 in a Boise hospital.

McPheters was born Feb. 9, 1908, in Ketchum, the son of a pioneer family there. He was reared and had his early education in Ketchum. The family later moved to Salt Lake City and he graduated from Granite High School there.

He married Thelma Harriett Worthington in Boise on Jan 9, 1948.

He went into business for himself, operating a body and fender and auto repair shop and had one of the first wrecker services in the Salt Lake valley. Later, he closed his own shop and was employed for the Grany Hays Automobile Distributorship in Salt Lake.

He was an invitational representative of the Papoose Club of the Cub Scout program in Ketchum.

After some years, the family returned to Boise, where Mr. McPheters retired.

He was a member of the Boise 12th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Mr. McPheters is survived by his wife Thelma, of Boise; two sons, one daughter, three brothers; three sisters and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his twin brother.


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Son of Laverne Powers McPheters and Bessie Eugenia Rumel

Husband of Thelma Harriet Worthington, married 9 Jan 1948 in Boise, Ada, Idaho USA

They have 3 children.


From Wood River Journal, 2-28-1983 pg 10A

Services for Erwin Roberts McPheters, 74, Boise and a Ketchum native, were conducted Jan. 29 at Relyea Funeral Chapel, followed by interment in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise. He died Jan. 27 in a Boise hospital.

McPheters was born Feb. 9, 1908, in Ketchum, the son of a pioneer family there. He was reared and had his early education in Ketchum. The family later moved to Salt Lake City and he graduated from Granite High School there.

He married Thelma Harriett Worthington in Boise on Jan 9, 1948.

He went into business for himself, operating a body and fender and auto repair shop and had one of the first wrecker services in the Salt Lake valley. Later, he closed his own shop and was employed for the Grany Hays Automobile Distributorship in Salt Lake.

He was an invitational representative of the Papoose Club of the Cub Scout program in Ketchum.

After some years, the family returned to Boise, where Mr. McPheters retired.

He was a member of the Boise 12th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Mr. McPheters is survived by his wife Thelma, of Boise; two sons, one daughter, three brothers; three sisters and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his twin brother.


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