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Henry Jemmett
Henry Edward Jemmett
ST. ANTHONY - Henry Edward Jemmett passed away March 15, 2008, in St. Anthony, Idaho, at the age of 89.
He was born May 17, 1918, in Aldridge, Idaho, to Clifford Henry and Daphne Webb Jemmett. He was the third of nine children. He grew up in the Blackfoot Hills learning to farm, shoot, hunt, and trap. He attended the Aldridge School in the hills until he went down to the valley for High School in Firth, Idaho.
On October 31, 1937, he married Lois Verda Pratt in Blackfoot, Idaho. She and their daughter, Evelyn, passed away in November of 1938. On the 28th of March 1942, he married Ruby C. Reeder in Pocatello, Idaho. They had eight children.
Henry worked at many jobs including state trapper for Idaho Fish and Game, at the Pocatello Round House for the Union Pacific Railroad, with Arrington Construction, where he helped build the Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium, and for 10 years at the Bingham Co-Op in Blackfoot.
In 1960, he moved his family to Arimo, Idaho, where he had purchased a grocery store. He took a maintenance job with the Marsh Valley School District in 1965, and continued as district supervisor until 1981. He and Ruby grew a large garden and were active in the Eastern Idaho Farmers Market in Pocatello until 2001, when they officially retired.
He is preceded in death by his parents, by his wives, Lois and Ruby, and his daughter, Evelyn, his grandson, Jacob Jemmett, and great-grandson, Stephen Cox. He is also preceded by his brothers, Joe Paul Jemmett and Jay Willard Jemmett and sisters, Lois Daphne Jemmett Brown, and Mary Lou Jemmett.
He is survived by his eight children, Josie (Calvert) Christensen, Nauvoo, Ill., H. Edward (Linda) Jemmett, Holladay, Utah, C. Wayne (Diane) Jemmett, Ammon, Idaho, Reena (James) Cook, Seabeck, Wash., Connie (David) Johnson, Downey, Idaho, Martha (Paul) Tew, Sugar City, Idaho, Vonda (John) Wilson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Stephen (Maria) Jemmett, Ammon, Idaho; and 33 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren. He is survived by five siblings, George (Silvia) Jemmett, Blackfoot, Idaho, Leslie (Edna) Jemmett, Nampa, Idaho, Alma (Fred) Reid, Firth, Idaho, and Jean Hines of Idaho Falls.
Services will be in the Horsley's March Valley Funeral Home in Arimo, 570 Meadowview Drive on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at noon. Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. and again on Wednesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Arimo City Cemetery.
The family would like to express their gratitude to both Nettie Gunter and Spring Creek Manor for the care they each gave Dad.
Published in the Idaho State Journal on 3/17/2008.