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    1. Grace Hayes Derricott (1919-2006) Obit
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Derricott, Hayes, Smart Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1649 Message Board Post: The Standard Journal, 03/31/06 Grace Hayes Derricott, 87, a longtime resident of St. Anthony, Idaho died Thursday, March 30, 2006, in the Franklin Co. Rehabilitation Center in Preston, Idaho . Grace was born Jan. 14, 1919, at Stringtown, the daughter of Alma Hess Hayes and Lottie Smart Hayes. She attended grade school and high school in Georgetown, Idaho . She also attended Ricks College in Rexburg for two years. She married Wayne Smith Derricott on July 16, 1935 in Paris. The marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They lived at Liberty, Idaho in the Bear Lake area for 14 years, then Sugar City for 21 years before moving to St. Anthony, Idaho . Mr. Derricott died on Nov. 10, 1982. Grace continued to live in St. Anthony until the last few years when she moved to Preston to be near her son. Grace was always active in the LDS Church, serving as Young Women’s president in Liberty LDS Ward. She served an LDS mission to the North Carolina-Charlotte mission. She was a member of the Daughters of Utah pioneers and served as captain twice in Sugar City and once in St. Anthony. She worked at Ricks College and as a nurse at the Idaho Industrial Training Center near St. Anthony. The family also managed the cheese house in Sugar City which was owned by Nelson Ricks Creamery. She is survived by her children, DelMar S. (Sharon) Derricott of Preston, Vance (Marie) Derricott of Macks Inn, Shirley Evva (Eddie) West of Idaho Falls, and Carol Renae (Duane) Hatch of Clearfield, Utah; 14 grandchildren and many great and great-greatgrandchildren. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by eight brothers, four sisters and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the St. Anthony LDS 2nd LDS Ward by Bishop Myron Powell. Friends may call at the church from noon until the time of services. Burial will be in the St. Anthony Riverview Cemetery under the direction of the Bidwell Funeral Home.

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