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Dorothy Lucille Rourke Shoemaker
19 Aug 1924 – 18 Jun 2012
| Birth | 19 Aug 1924 |
| Death | 18 Jun 2012 |
| Cemetery | Park View Cemetery New Plymouth , Payette County , Idaho , USA |
| Added by | Barb on 30 Aug 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92174027 |
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D. Lucille Shoemaker, 87, of New Plymouth, passed away Monday, June 18, 2012 in Boise. Mass of the Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Monday, June 25, 2012 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Fruitland. Fr. Calvin Blankinship will officiate. Interment will follow at Park View Cemetery in New Plymouth. Friends may call at Corpus Christi Catholic Church from 5-7 p.m. Sunday June 24, 2012. The Rosary will start at 7 p.m. Arrangements and services are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Lucille was born on Aug. 19, 1924 in Merna, NE, to Arthur V. and Ida Brown Rourke. She grew up on the family farm and graduated high school in 1941 and enjoyed returning to Merna just last year for her 70th class reunion. She graduated from nursing school in 1945 as a Registered Nurse. That same year, she met and married the love of her life, George; they celebrated 63 years together on Oct. 26, 2008 prior to his death in Nov. 2008. We figure she went to help Dad celebrate his 90th birthday on June 21st. In Jan. 1948, they loaded their two small children and all their worldly goods into an old car and homemade trailer and drove to Nampa, ID. In 1950, in partnership with Lucille's parents, they purchased a farm in the Melmont area northwest of Melba. In 1959, George and Lucille purchased the Presley Ranch on the Weiser River. In 1964, they moved to their home on Adams Rd., west of New Plymouth. During her nursing years, Lucille worked at hospitals in Grand Island, NE, Nampa, Weiser, Ontario, and for the New Plymouth School District. For several years beginning in 1987, George and Lucille traveled during the winter months. They spent time sightseeing the United States, visiting friends and relatives, and attending events of their grandchildren. Family was always important to her. She took special pride in her knitting and crocheting whereby she handcrafted a gift for each grandchild and great-grandchild upon their birth and graduation from high school. Lucille is survived by her nine children, Art and Sandi Shoemaker, of Nampa, Judy and Rich Crowley, of Austin, TX, Jeanne and JR Stark, of Delphi, IN, Mike and Sandy Shoemaker, of New Plymouth, Lois and Nic Guidinger, of Caldwell, Dan and Norine Shoemaker, of New Plymouth, Marilu and John Simpson, of Clinton, TN, Jon and Donna Shoemaker, of Mooresville, NC, and Sheri and Carl Main, of Boise; brother-in-law, Larry and Marilee Shoemaker, of Nampa; sister-in-law, Dee McIntyre Harrison, of Caldwell; 23 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death also by a brother, a sister and one great-grandson. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Corpus Christi Building Fund or the New Plymouth Senior Citizens, c/o Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730 Payette, ID 83661. Published in Idaho Press Tribune on June 22, 2012
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