James Arthur Sherrill, 80, of Boise, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at home of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Dry Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, November 18th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Jim was born in Vale, Oregon in 1931 and moved to Idaho shortly after. He grew up in the mountains of Dry Buck, Banks where his father and uncle opened the first gas station in Banks. He attended school in Brownlee and Sweet. He was the second to the youngest of eight siblings, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. He grew up with a passion for hunting, fishing and the land.
In his younger years he worked on many ranches and was a uke skinner for Morrison-Knudson from 1946 to 1948, at which time he joined the Army and served in Japan and Korea until 1952. At that time he married Carol Stewart and from that union they had four children. They divorced in 1969.
Later he married Betty Ellis and at this point two families became one, with a total of 14 children.
He was logging, doing everything from working the sawmills to operating equipment. In 1959 he went to work for the Forest Service and was there 27 years until his retirement.
Family was very important to him as evident by the large and ever growing crowds for picnics, campouts and Christmas as his house overflowed. He was never without a fishing or hunting partner as he taught the next generation his life skills. He played as hard as he worked.
He bravely fought cancer for over 20 years and kept his pride and dignity till the Lord called him home.
He is survived by Larry, Dallas, TX, Ray and Patti, Tucson, AZ, Laura, Kansas, Debbie, Emmett, Wade and Wendy, Spokane, Janet and Bill, Boise, Scott and Val, Star, Glen, Alaska, David and Angie, Spokane, Ward and Janna, Elko, NV, Keith and Donnette, Elko, NV, Teresa and Danny, Boise, Kent, Boise, and Arthur, Colorado Springs, CO; 35 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Sherrill, Greenleaf; sisters, Vicki Slaughter, Hayden Lake, ID, and LaBerta Jones, Boise; brother-in-law, Bill Engles; and numerous nieces & nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ward; sisters, Hazel Engles, Bertha Ward and Mildred; and his wife, Betty, in 2007.
Published in Idaho Statesman on November 18, 2011
Jim was born in Vale, Oregon in 1931 and moved to Idaho shortly after. He grew up in the mountains of Dry Buck, Banks where his father and uncle opened the first gas station in Banks. He attended school in Brownlee and Sweet. He was the second to the youngest of eight siblings, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. He grew up with a passion for hunting, fishing and the land.
In his younger years he worked on many ranches and was a uke skinner for Morrison-Knudson from 1946 to 1948, at which time he joined the Army and served in Japan and Korea until 1952. At that time he married Carol Stewart and from that union they had four children. They divorced in 1969.
Later he married Betty Ellis and at this point two families became one, with a total of 14 children.
He was logging, doing everything from working the sawmills to operating equipment. In 1959 he went to work for the Forest Service and was there 27 years until his retirement.
Family was very important to him as evident by the large and ever growing crowds for picnics, campouts and Christmas as his house overflowed. He was never without a fishing or hunting partner as he taught the next generation his life skills. He played as hard as he worked.
He bravely fought cancer for over 20 years and kept his pride and dignity till the Lord called him home.
He is survived by Larry, Dallas, TX, Ray and Patti, Tucson, AZ, Laura, Kansas, Debbie, Emmett, Wade and Wendy, Spokane, Janet and Bill, Boise, Scott and Val, Star, Glen, Alaska, David and Angie, Spokane, Ward and Janna, Elko, NV, Keith and Donnette, Elko, NV, Teresa and Danny, Boise, Kent, Boise, and Arthur, Colorado Springs, CO; 35 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Sherrill, Greenleaf; sisters, Vicki Slaughter, Hayden Lake, ID, and LaBerta Jones, Boise; brother-in-law, Bill Engles; and numerous nieces & nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ward; sisters, Hazel Engles, Bertha Ward and Mildred; and his wife, Betty, in 2007.
Published in Idaho Statesman on November 18, 2011
James Arthur Sherrill, 80, of Boise, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at home of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Dry Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, November 18th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Jim was born in Vale, Oregon in 1931 and moved to Idaho shortly after. He grew up in the mountains of Dry Buck, Banks where his father and uncle opened the first gas station in Banks. He attended school in Brownlee and Sweet. He was the second to the youngest of eight siblings, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. He grew up with a passion for hunting, fishing and the land.
In his younger years he worked on many ranches and was a uke skinner for Morrison-Knudson from 1946 to 1948, at which time he joined the Army and served in Japan and Korea until 1952. At that time he married Carol Stewart and from that union they had four children. They divorced in 1969.
Later he married Betty Ellis and at this point two families became one, with a total of 14 children.
He was logging, doing everything from working the sawmills to operating equipment. In 1959 he went to work for the Forest Service and was there 27 years until his retirement.
Family was very important to him as evident by the large and ever growing crowds for picnics, campouts and Christmas as his house overflowed. He was never without a fishing or hunting partner as he taught the next generation his life skills. He played as hard as he worked.
He bravely fought cancer for over 20 years and kept his pride and dignity till the Lord called him home.
He is survived by Larry, Dallas, TX, Ray and Patti, Tucson, AZ, Laura, Kansas, Debbie, Emmett, Wade and Wendy, Spokane, Janet and Bill, Boise, Scott and Val, Star, Glen, Alaska, David and Angie, Spokane, Ward and Janna, Elko, NV, Keith and Donnette, Elko, NV, Teresa and Danny, Boise, Kent, Boise, and Arthur, Colorado Springs, CO; 35 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Sherrill, Greenleaf; sisters, Vicki Slaughter, Hayden Lake, ID, and LaBerta Jones, Boise; brother-in-law, Bill Engles; and numerous nieces & nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ward; sisters, Hazel Engles, Bertha Ward and Mildred; and his wife, Betty, in 2007.
Published in Idaho Statesman on November 18, 2011
Jim was born in Vale, Oregon in 1931 and moved to Idaho shortly after. He grew up in the mountains of Dry Buck, Banks where his father and uncle opened the first gas station in Banks. He attended school in Brownlee and Sweet. He was the second to the youngest of eight siblings, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. He grew up with a passion for hunting, fishing and the land.
In his younger years he worked on many ranches and was a uke skinner for Morrison-Knudson from 1946 to 1948, at which time he joined the Army and served in Japan and Korea until 1952. At that time he married Carol Stewart and from that union they had four children. They divorced in 1969.
Later he married Betty Ellis and at this point two families became one, with a total of 14 children.
He was logging, doing everything from working the sawmills to operating equipment. In 1959 he went to work for the Forest Service and was there 27 years until his retirement.
Family was very important to him as evident by the large and ever growing crowds for picnics, campouts and Christmas as his house overflowed. He was never without a fishing or hunting partner as he taught the next generation his life skills. He played as hard as he worked.
He bravely fought cancer for over 20 years and kept his pride and dignity till the Lord called him home.
He is survived by Larry, Dallas, TX, Ray and Patti, Tucson, AZ, Laura, Kansas, Debbie, Emmett, Wade and Wendy, Spokane, Janet and Bill, Boise, Scott and Val, Star, Glen, Alaska, David and Angie, Spokane, Ward and Janna, Elko, NV, Keith and Donnette, Elko, NV, Teresa and Danny, Boise, Kent, Boise, and Arthur, Colorado Springs, CO; 35 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Sherrill, Greenleaf; sisters, Vicki Slaughter, Hayden Lake, ID, and LaBerta Jones, Boise; brother-in-law, Bill Engles; and numerous nieces & nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Ward; sisters, Hazel Engles, Bertha Ward and Mildred; and his wife, Betty, in 2007.
Published in Idaho Statesman on November 18, 2011
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