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HomeMy Public PortalAboutCallendar, Roberta/LTg Loi?y l Ql�c� ��y�� r, _ � , -- /99r/ 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. S td 1` e S 41, d tz f f ug i 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.