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ROBERT WHITNEY CALLENDER
Robert Whitney Callender, 79, of Emmett,
died Sunday, Jan. 2, 1994, of emphysema, at a
Caldwell hospital.
Funeral services were held January 6, at Potter
Funeral Chapel. The Reverend Jim More of St.
Mary's Episcopal Church officiated, with Lodge
rites by Butte Lodge #37 A.F. &A.M. Burial fol-
lowed in the Emmett Cemetery.
Robert was born March 28, 1914, at Crawford,
Valley County, Idaho, the son of Sollie and Viola
Parrish Callender. He was the younger of two
sons. When he was a small boy, his family moved
to Van Wyck, Idaho, where his parents operat-
ed the stageline between Cascade and Emmett.
He graduated from Cascade High School in 1932.
At that time, his family was living in Cascade.
Robert attended the University of Idaho for two
years and was a member of the Sigma Nu
Fraternity.
On May 19, 1935, he married Roberta
Cammerer at Emmett. Their early married life
was spent in Cascade where they owned and
operated Callender's Market. During the war
years, Robert moved his family to Emmett while
he served two years in the Armed Forces. After WWII, he became a cat-
tle rancher in Emmett and Valley County. He operated the Emmett Meat
Company from 1962 until the middle 1970's. In 1974, Robert became
manager of the Emmett Branch of Intermountain State Bank, a family
enterprise in which he served as an officer and member of the Board of
Directors from 1937 to 1980. Upon retirement in 1980, he devoted his
time to his wife and hobby of raising cattle.
Robert was a 53 year member of the Ionic Masonic Lodge #82 A.M.
and F.M. in Cascade, Idaho, serving as Worshipful Master in 1937, and
member of the El Korah Shrine Temple in Boise. He has been past pres-
ident of the Gem County Historical Society, past president of the Payette
Water Users Association, a past director of the Gem Youth Group and
Emmett Kiwanis.Club, and western director of the American Association
of Meat Processors. Robert was a past precinct committeeman and a mem-
ber of the National, the Idaho, and the Payette River Cattlemen's Associations,
the Idaho Cattle Feeders Association, and other groups too numerous to
mention. In 1979, the Emmett Jaycees chose him for their "Man of the
Year" award, and also in 1979, he was selected as a Statesman newspa-
per distinguished citizen.
When the Senior Citizens of Emmett needed a meeting place, Robert
donated a building and furnished the group with meat until it's members
could obtain government assistance and buy a building of their own. In
his spare time, he found countless jobs for the young and elderly and has
taught inmates at the Statc Penitentiary how to cut and process meat in
hopes of finding them employment upon their release. Robert spent four
years as a scoutmaster and six years as a member of the Cascade School
Board, including a term as chairman. Scores of Emmett 4-H members
have benefited from his assistance. Robert will be remembered as a very
generous person by the people of Gem County and by his family as a kind,
gentle, and loving husband, father and grandfather.
Survivors include his wife. Roberta; two daughters and their spouses,
Kay and Walter Luhr of Nampa, and Nancy and Nathan M. Alexander of
Boise; two grandchildren, Natalie Alexander and Nathan Robert Alexander
of Boise; a sister-in-law, Marilyn Callender of Cascade; an aunt, Doris
Gray of Emmett; and a nephew, Sollie R. Callender of Payette. He was
preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Frank D. Callender.
Memorials may be made to the Shriner's Crippled Childrens Hospital
or a favorite charity.
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Roberta M. Callender
Roberta M. Callender, 83, of
Boise, died peacefully on Wednes-
day evening, Aug. 11, 1999, of
complications from a stroke.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, Aug.
16, at 10 a.m.
at St. Mary's
Episcopal
Church,
Emmett. The
Reverend Jim
More will offici-
ate. Arrange-
ments are
under the direc-
tion of Potter
Funeral Chapel of Emmett. Burial
will follow at the Emmett Cemetery.
Roberta (Bobbie) was born Jan.
10, 1916, in Emmett, Idaho, a
daughter of Lester Nichol and
Hope Graham Nichol Cammerer.
At a very young age her family
moved to Columbus, Ohio, where
Bobbie attended school, graduating
from North High School at the age
of 17. After high school she went
to New York, where she studied at
the American Dance and Drama
Studio.
In 1933, during a summer vaca-
tion in Emmett, she met her future
husband on a blind date. She mar-
ried Robert W. (Bob) Callender on
May 19, 1935, at Emmett, Idaho.
Following their marriage, they lived
in Cascade where Bob was a
rancher and owned and operated a
grocery store and meat market.
Bobbie opened a dance studio
where she taught tap and ballet
dancing to many young people.
During World War II Bobbie and
Bob moved to Emmett wnere tney
raised their two daughters ,Kay and
Nancy.
Bobbie was active in several
community organizations through-
out her younger years. She was
the first president of the Squaw
Butte Cowbelles, volunteered at
the Red Cross blood bank and
always worked at the election polls.
She was Past Worthy Matron of
Eastern Star's Valley Chapter #74,
Cascade, and a member of the Iras
Temple Daughters of the Nile #40.
She was a member of St. Mary's
Episcopal Church in Emmett.
Bobbie was preceded in death
by her parents; her sister, Marion
Hope Hanson; and her husband,
Bob. She is survived by her daugh-
ters and their husbands, Kay and
Walt Luhr, of Nampa, and Nancy
and Nathan M. Alexander, of Boi-
se, and her grandchildren, Natalie
and Nathan R. Alexander. She is
also survived by a nephew, Sollie
R. Callender and family, of Payette,
and two cousins, Earl Peebles, of
Emmett and Ralph Peebles, of
California.
Memorials may be made to St.
Mary's Episcopal Church, 219 E.
First St., Emmett, ID 83617, or to.a
favorite charity.
A special thank you to all the
staff at Regent at West Wind for all
the love, care, and compassion
given to Bobbie during the past
five years. Also, special thanks to
the nursing staff at St. Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center who
cared for Bobbie during her last
illness.