This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Findlay, Voorhees Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1711 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 08/06/06 BLOOMINGTON, IDAHO — Evelyn Ruth Findlay, 82, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2006 at her home in Bloomington, Idaho. She was born January 27, 1924 in Lyons, Ind. to DeLisle C. And Ruth A. Voorhees. At age 3, the family moved to Colorado and she attended schools there, graduating from Delta High School. During WWII she was a riveter patching holes on bombers at Hill Air Force Base. Evelyn married John N. Findlay on April 22, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were sealed in the Logan LDS Temple on June 28, 1949. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accepting various callings in all the auxiliaries. Evelyn and John served two missions, one in South Dakota and one in Papua, New Guinea, which were highlights of her life. Evelyn served 12 years as an ordinance worker in the Logan Temple, which brought her much joy and peace. Her hobbies were gardening, sewing and bead work. Evelyn is survived by her husband John, six children, Linda (Allen) Yarrow, Bob (Ann) Findlay, Tom (Janna) Findlay, Janice Woods, Diane (Leonard) Martin, Reed (Rochelle) Findlay; 22 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Eva Hagerman and Marian Meredith, two brothers, Bernard (Lee Maye) Voorhees and Bill (May) Voorhees and one sister-in-law, Joanne Voorhees. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Bettyrose Suggett and Katherine McKinley, two brothers, Jimmy and Eddie Voorhees, a daughter, Joanne Hansen, and three grandchildren, Corey, Javonna and Brady. The family suggests that donations be made to the Bear Lake Valley Health Care Foundation, 156 So. 5th St., Montpelier, Idaho 83254 Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 8, at noon in the Paris Stake Center. Friends may visit with family on Monday evening at Matthews Mortuary in Montpelier from 6 until 8 p.m. and on Tuesday at the church from 10 until 11:45 a.m. The interment will be in the Blooomington Cemetery.