George Melvin Vickery
EMMETT — George Melvin Vickery, 80, of Emmett, died Friday, March 16, 1990. at home of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the Emmett, LDS Stake Center, U.A. and Central Avenue, Bishop A. Max Alder of the Emmett First Ward will officiate. Burial will follow in the Emmett Cemetery.
Mr. Vickery was born June 24, 1909, at Caldwell, Alberta, Canada, a son of George Arthur and Mary Woodruff Vickery. He lived in Canada until he was five and one-half years old, and had Lived in Emmett since he was 15. He married Helen Viola Whiteley on Sept. 24, 1930. She died Feb. 22, 1967, leaving behind six children. He later married Lorraine Garner, a widow with five children. Following their marriage, two more children were born. He farmed in the Emmett Valley until 1957, when they purchased the Letha store. He was appointed postmaster in 1958, and also received his real estate and insurance licenses in 1958.
He was active in the LDS Church, serving in the Bishopric and the High Council. He served on school boards, and three terms as a Gem County commissioner.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine of Emmett; seven sons and six daughters, Phyllis Whitsell of Missoula, Mont., Wenona Jensen, Duane Vickery, Renae Walker and Jim Garner, all of Emmett, Donald Vickery of St. George, Utah, Ronald Vickery and Wayne Garner, both of Boise, Mark Vickery of La Barge, Wyo., Mary Walker of Cambridge, Kay Newell of Portland, Ore., Jerry Garner of Everett, Wash., and Julia Noorda of Tempe, Ariz.; three brothers, Keith and Don Vickery, both of Payette, and Lawrence Vickery of New Plymouth; two sisters, Erma Hunter of Sandy, Utah, and Pearl Meacham of Provo, Utah; 42 grandchildren; and and 48 great-grandchildren.
The family will greet friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett LDS Stake Center.
The Idaho Statesman, March 18, 1990 page 2C
EMMETT — George Melvin Vickery, 80, of Emmett, died Friday, March 16, 1990. at home of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the Emmett, LDS Stake Center, U.A. and Central Avenue, Bishop A. Max Alder of the Emmett First Ward will officiate. Burial will follow in the Emmett Cemetery.
Mr. Vickery was born June 24, 1909, at Caldwell, Alberta, Canada, a son of George Arthur and Mary Woodruff Vickery. He lived in Canada until he was five and one-half years old, and had Lived in Emmett since he was 15. He married Helen Viola Whiteley on Sept. 24, 1930. She died Feb. 22, 1967, leaving behind six children. He later married Lorraine Garner, a widow with five children. Following their marriage, two more children were born. He farmed in the Emmett Valley until 1957, when they purchased the Letha store. He was appointed postmaster in 1958, and also received his real estate and insurance licenses in 1958.
He was active in the LDS Church, serving in the Bishopric and the High Council. He served on school boards, and three terms as a Gem County commissioner.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine of Emmett; seven sons and six daughters, Phyllis Whitsell of Missoula, Mont., Wenona Jensen, Duane Vickery, Renae Walker and Jim Garner, all of Emmett, Donald Vickery of St. George, Utah, Ronald Vickery and Wayne Garner, both of Boise, Mark Vickery of La Barge, Wyo., Mary Walker of Cambridge, Kay Newell of Portland, Ore., Jerry Garner of Everett, Wash., and Julia Noorda of Tempe, Ariz.; three brothers, Keith and Don Vickery, both of Payette, and Lawrence Vickery of New Plymouth; two sisters, Erma Hunter of Sandy, Utah, and Pearl Meacham of Provo, Utah; 42 grandchildren; and and 48 great-grandchildren.
The family will greet friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett LDS Stake Center.
The Idaho Statesman, March 18, 1990 page 2C
George Melvin Vickery
EMMETT — George Melvin Vickery, 80, of Emmett, died Friday, March 16, 1990. at home of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the Emmett, LDS Stake Center, U.A. and Central Avenue, Bishop A. Max Alder of the Emmett First Ward will officiate. Burial will follow in the Emmett Cemetery.
Mr. Vickery was born June 24, 1909, at Caldwell, Alberta, Canada, a son of George Arthur and Mary Woodruff Vickery. He lived in Canada until he was five and one-half years old, and had Lived in Emmett since he was 15. He married Helen Viola Whiteley on Sept. 24, 1930. She died Feb. 22, 1967, leaving behind six children. He later married Lorraine Garner, a widow with five children. Following their marriage, two more children were born. He farmed in the Emmett Valley until 1957, when they purchased the Letha store. He was appointed postmaster in 1958, and also received his real estate and insurance licenses in 1958.
He was active in the LDS Church, serving in the Bishopric and the High Council. He served on school boards, and three terms as a Gem County commissioner.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine of Emmett; seven sons and six daughters, Phyllis Whitsell of Missoula, Mont., Wenona Jensen, Duane Vickery, Renae Walker and Jim Garner, all of Emmett, Donald Vickery of St. George, Utah, Ronald Vickery and Wayne Garner, both of Boise, Mark Vickery of La Barge, Wyo., Mary Walker of Cambridge, Kay Newell of Portland, Ore., Jerry Garner of Everett, Wash., and Julia Noorda of Tempe, Ariz.; three brothers, Keith and Don Vickery, both of Payette, and Lawrence Vickery of New Plymouth; two sisters, Erma Hunter of Sandy, Utah, and Pearl Meacham of Provo, Utah; 42 grandchildren; and and 48 great-grandchildren.
The family will greet friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett LDS Stake Center.
The Idaho Statesman, March 18, 1990 page 2C
EMMETT — George Melvin Vickery, 80, of Emmett, died Friday, March 16, 1990. at home of natural causes.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the Emmett, LDS Stake Center, U.A. and Central Avenue, Bishop A. Max Alder of the Emmett First Ward will officiate. Burial will follow in the Emmett Cemetery.
Mr. Vickery was born June 24, 1909, at Caldwell, Alberta, Canada, a son of George Arthur and Mary Woodruff Vickery. He lived in Canada until he was five and one-half years old, and had Lived in Emmett since he was 15. He married Helen Viola Whiteley on Sept. 24, 1930. She died Feb. 22, 1967, leaving behind six children. He later married Lorraine Garner, a widow with five children. Following their marriage, two more children were born. He farmed in the Emmett Valley until 1957, when they purchased the Letha store. He was appointed postmaster in 1958, and also received his real estate and insurance licenses in 1958.
He was active in the LDS Church, serving in the Bishopric and the High Council. He served on school boards, and three terms as a Gem County commissioner.
Survivors include his wife, Lorraine of Emmett; seven sons and six daughters, Phyllis Whitsell of Missoula, Mont., Wenona Jensen, Duane Vickery, Renae Walker and Jim Garner, all of Emmett, Donald Vickery of St. George, Utah, Ronald Vickery and Wayne Garner, both of Boise, Mark Vickery of La Barge, Wyo., Mary Walker of Cambridge, Kay Newell of Portland, Ore., Jerry Garner of Everett, Wash., and Julia Noorda of Tempe, Ariz.; three brothers, Keith and Don Vickery, both of Payette, and Lawrence Vickery of New Plymouth; two sisters, Erma Hunter of Sandy, Utah, and Pearl Meacham of Provo, Utah; 42 grandchildren; and and 48 great-grandchildren.
The family will greet friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett LDS Stake Center.
The Idaho Statesman, March 18, 1990 page 2C
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