Roy Edward Oaklund
Roy died. House for sale! I have always wanted to say that in my obituary! Cancer got me, but who wants to live forever?
I was born in my grandmother's house in Concordia, Kansas, to Bessie and Morris Oaklund. We lived on a farm in Nebraska, some of it during the Dust Bowl times. To help the family get by, I worked driving fuel and beer trucks before I was age 16 because size was how most people judged a person's age. After a stint of shoveling coal into boxcars in 100 degree heat, my brother, Ralph, and I decided to head out to Idaho and wound up getting jobs in an ice house.
In Nampa I met Dorothy Dominick and Ralph met Darlene, Dorothy's best friend, at the Rollerdrome. We eventually married the loves of our lives and went off on separate adventures.
Dorothy and I moved to Cornucopia, OR, where I worked in a gold mine. Then off to Longview, WA, working in lumber. I tried to join the Navy a couple of times, but Uncle Sam wouldn't let me...he needed boards more than he needed me.
After the war we moved back to Nampa where I tried farming and the railroad for a while. We eventually had four kids which forced us to move into town so the kids could attend school and I could find more civilized work. After spending some extra cold winters in Lowman and Bear Valley, I decided to work in insurance, first for Metropolitan Life, then highlighted my career spending 19 years with Grange Mutual Life, now United Heritage, retiring as Superintendent of Agencies. Dorothy and I had many great times on GML conventions. I've enjoyed 28 years of retirement.
Sadly, we lost Dorothy in 1987 after 46 cherished years. Eventually, Fay Jacobs came along and we melded our hearts and a new family of 11 children and a host of grandchildren. We loved wintering in Arizona at Towerpoint, and trucking around Washington and Idaho for graduations and birthdays.
Many thanks to my loving family, wonderful grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all my treasured friends for a very rich and rewarding life. My family is my most successful and fulfilling investment! I'm survived by my sweetheart, Fay, and whole passel of family, but you've got to expect that from a 94 year old.
Many thanks also to Harrison's Hope Hospice who made my last days much more comfortable.
I was so blessed to have two wonderful women in my life! I have no regrets and wouldn't change a thing!
Love to all, Roy, Dad, Grandpa
Roy's favorite charity is Hope House, PO Box 550, Marsing, ID 83659, a foster home for abandoned or disabled children. Please support them in Roy's memory if you wish. He'll haunt anybody who sends flowers!
Please join the family for a Celebration of Roy's Life at the Senior Center at the Nampa Recreation Center on Saturday, Oct. 8th at 3:30 PM.
Published in Idaho Press Tribune on September 16, 2011
Roy died. House for sale! I have always wanted to say that in my obituary! Cancer got me, but who wants to live forever?
I was born in my grandmother's house in Concordia, Kansas, to Bessie and Morris Oaklund. We lived on a farm in Nebraska, some of it during the Dust Bowl times. To help the family get by, I worked driving fuel and beer trucks before I was age 16 because size was how most people judged a person's age. After a stint of shoveling coal into boxcars in 100 degree heat, my brother, Ralph, and I decided to head out to Idaho and wound up getting jobs in an ice house.
In Nampa I met Dorothy Dominick and Ralph met Darlene, Dorothy's best friend, at the Rollerdrome. We eventually married the loves of our lives and went off on separate adventures.
Dorothy and I moved to Cornucopia, OR, where I worked in a gold mine. Then off to Longview, WA, working in lumber. I tried to join the Navy a couple of times, but Uncle Sam wouldn't let me...he needed boards more than he needed me.
After the war we moved back to Nampa where I tried farming and the railroad for a while. We eventually had four kids which forced us to move into town so the kids could attend school and I could find more civilized work. After spending some extra cold winters in Lowman and Bear Valley, I decided to work in insurance, first for Metropolitan Life, then highlighted my career spending 19 years with Grange Mutual Life, now United Heritage, retiring as Superintendent of Agencies. Dorothy and I had many great times on GML conventions. I've enjoyed 28 years of retirement.
Sadly, we lost Dorothy in 1987 after 46 cherished years. Eventually, Fay Jacobs came along and we melded our hearts and a new family of 11 children and a host of grandchildren. We loved wintering in Arizona at Towerpoint, and trucking around Washington and Idaho for graduations and birthdays.
Many thanks to my loving family, wonderful grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all my treasured friends for a very rich and rewarding life. My family is my most successful and fulfilling investment! I'm survived by my sweetheart, Fay, and whole passel of family, but you've got to expect that from a 94 year old.
Many thanks also to Harrison's Hope Hospice who made my last days much more comfortable.
I was so blessed to have two wonderful women in my life! I have no regrets and wouldn't change a thing!
Love to all, Roy, Dad, Grandpa
Roy's favorite charity is Hope House, PO Box 550, Marsing, ID 83659, a foster home for abandoned or disabled children. Please support them in Roy's memory if you wish. He'll haunt anybody who sends flowers!
Please join the family for a Celebration of Roy's Life at the Senior Center at the Nampa Recreation Center on Saturday, Oct. 8th at 3:30 PM.
Published in Idaho Press Tribune on September 16, 2011
Roy Edward Oaklund
Roy died. House for sale! I have always wanted to say that in my obituary! Cancer got me, but who wants to live forever?
I was born in my grandmother's house in Concordia, Kansas, to Bessie and Morris Oaklund. We lived on a farm in Nebraska, some of it during the Dust Bowl times. To help the family get by, I worked driving fuel and beer trucks before I was age 16 because size was how most people judged a person's age. After a stint of shoveling coal into boxcars in 100 degree heat, my brother, Ralph, and I decided to head out to Idaho and wound up getting jobs in an ice house.
In Nampa I met Dorothy Dominick and Ralph met Darlene, Dorothy's best friend, at the Rollerdrome. We eventually married the loves of our lives and went off on separate adventures.
Dorothy and I moved to Cornucopia, OR, where I worked in a gold mine. Then off to Longview, WA, working in lumber. I tried to join the Navy a couple of times, but Uncle Sam wouldn't let me...he needed boards more than he needed me.
After the war we moved back to Nampa where I tried farming and the railroad for a while. We eventually had four kids which forced us to move into town so the kids could attend school and I could find more civilized work. After spending some extra cold winters in Lowman and Bear Valley, I decided to work in insurance, first for Metropolitan Life, then highlighted my career spending 19 years with Grange Mutual Life, now United Heritage, retiring as Superintendent of Agencies. Dorothy and I had many great times on GML conventions. I've enjoyed 28 years of retirement.
Sadly, we lost Dorothy in 1987 after 46 cherished years. Eventually, Fay Jacobs came along and we melded our hearts and a new family of 11 children and a host of grandchildren. We loved wintering in Arizona at Towerpoint, and trucking around Washington and Idaho for graduations and birthdays.
Many thanks to my loving family, wonderful grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all my treasured friends for a very rich and rewarding life. My family is my most successful and fulfilling investment! I'm survived by my sweetheart, Fay, and whole passel of family, but you've got to expect that from a 94 year old.
Many thanks also to Harrison's Hope Hospice who made my last days much more comfortable.
I was so blessed to have two wonderful women in my life! I have no regrets and wouldn't change a thing!
Love to all, Roy, Dad, Grandpa
Roy's favorite charity is Hope House, PO Box 550, Marsing, ID 83659, a foster home for abandoned or disabled children. Please support them in Roy's memory if you wish. He'll haunt anybody who sends flowers!
Please join the family for a Celebration of Roy's Life at the Senior Center at the Nampa Recreation Center on Saturday, Oct. 8th at 3:30 PM.
Published in Idaho Press Tribune on September 16, 2011
Roy died. House for sale! I have always wanted to say that in my obituary! Cancer got me, but who wants to live forever?
I was born in my grandmother's house in Concordia, Kansas, to Bessie and Morris Oaklund. We lived on a farm in Nebraska, some of it during the Dust Bowl times. To help the family get by, I worked driving fuel and beer trucks before I was age 16 because size was how most people judged a person's age. After a stint of shoveling coal into boxcars in 100 degree heat, my brother, Ralph, and I decided to head out to Idaho and wound up getting jobs in an ice house.
In Nampa I met Dorothy Dominick and Ralph met Darlene, Dorothy's best friend, at the Rollerdrome. We eventually married the loves of our lives and went off on separate adventures.
Dorothy and I moved to Cornucopia, OR, where I worked in a gold mine. Then off to Longview, WA, working in lumber. I tried to join the Navy a couple of times, but Uncle Sam wouldn't let me...he needed boards more than he needed me.
After the war we moved back to Nampa where I tried farming and the railroad for a while. We eventually had four kids which forced us to move into town so the kids could attend school and I could find more civilized work. After spending some extra cold winters in Lowman and Bear Valley, I decided to work in insurance, first for Metropolitan Life, then highlighted my career spending 19 years with Grange Mutual Life, now United Heritage, retiring as Superintendent of Agencies. Dorothy and I had many great times on GML conventions. I've enjoyed 28 years of retirement.
Sadly, we lost Dorothy in 1987 after 46 cherished years. Eventually, Fay Jacobs came along and we melded our hearts and a new family of 11 children and a host of grandchildren. We loved wintering in Arizona at Towerpoint, and trucking around Washington and Idaho for graduations and birthdays.
Many thanks to my loving family, wonderful grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and all my treasured friends for a very rich and rewarding life. My family is my most successful and fulfilling investment! I'm survived by my sweetheart, Fay, and whole passel of family, but you've got to expect that from a 94 year old.
Many thanks also to Harrison's Hope Hospice who made my last days much more comfortable.
I was so blessed to have two wonderful women in my life! I have no regrets and wouldn't change a thing!
Love to all, Roy, Dad, Grandpa
Roy's favorite charity is Hope House, PO Box 550, Marsing, ID 83659, a foster home for abandoned or disabled children. Please support them in Roy's memory if you wish. He'll haunt anybody who sends flowers!
Please join the family for a Celebration of Roy's Life at the Senior Center at the Nampa Recreation Center on Saturday, Oct. 8th at 3:30 PM.
Published in Idaho Press Tribune on September 16, 2011
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