This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Windley Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.idaho.counties.bearlake/1993/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 01/31/07 MOSCOW - Paul Gordon Windley, 65, of Moscow, Idaho, passed away at home January 27, 2007, after a year-long battle with myelodysplastic syndrome and subsequent leukemia. Paul was born September 1, 1941, in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, the first son of Don and Beth Windley. He grew up in Pocatello, Idaho, and graduated from Pocatello High School. After graduation, Paul served in the Armor Division of the Idaho National Guard. He attended Idaho State University, where he earned a bachelor of science in architecture degree. He also received a bachelor of architecture from the University of Colorado, a master of architecture and a doctor of architecture from the University of Michigan. As a graduate student he was invited to testify about his work before Frank Church's National Congressional Committee on Aging in Washington, D.C. Paul was a pioneer in the field of environmental gerontology. He spent much of his career showing the power of the designed (or "built") environment to harm as well as to help older adults. His research demonstrated how good architectural design could foster the independence and competence of older persons. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, with federal grant support, he led an interdisciplinary team of architects and psychologists through a nowclassic five-year study, examining how physical and social features of small towns affected the life quality of older rural Kansans. Paul was a prolific author and editor. He co-edited four internationally-acclaimed books in the field of gerontology. Over his career, he authored several chapters and dozens of research articles in primary journals in the field. He also served on numerous editorial boards. In recognition of his significant research and service contributions to international gerontology, in 1984 he was named a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. His last publication, a chapter evaluating the status of environmental gerontology, appeared recently in (2006) in the esteemed "Handbook of the Psychology of Aging." Paul was a faculty member at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., for 20 years. He came to Moscow, Idaho in 1992 as dean of the College of Art and Architecture, returning to the faculty in 2001, and retiring in 2006. In addition to his academic service, Paul was active in his church responsibilities for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission for the LDS Church in Sweden from 1960-1963. He was bishop in three different wards in Manhattan, Kan., and Moscow, Idaho. Paul is survived by his mother and father, Don and Beth Windley of Boise, Idaho; his wife, Charla Ann Bell Windley of Moscow, Idaho; son, Jay, of Salt Lake City, Utah; daughter, Jill Fedigan (Brian) of Boise, Idaho; son, Tracey (Angela) of Moscow, Idaho; daughters, Annette and Dana of Moscow, Idaho. He is also survived by his brother, Brent Windley of Logan, Utah, who twice donated stem cells for Paul's transplants; sisters, LaRae Wood of Boise, Idaho, and Jolene Hampton of Erie, Colo.; and one grandson, Phillip Gordon Windley. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, at noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints chapel, located at Mountain View and Joseph St., Moscow, Idaho. A viewing and reflection for friends and family will be at the same location from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will take place on Friday, February 2, 2007, at Restlawn Memorial Gardens, located at the convergence of Fourth Avenue and South Fifth Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho, with a graveside service at noon. Short's Funeral Chapel of Moscow is in charge of the arrangements. Local arrangements are by Cornelison-Henderson Funeral Home, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello. The family is very grateful to the doctors and staff at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, the University of Utah Blood and Marrow transplant team and to Hospice of the Palouse for the professional and compassionate care provided. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Paul Windley Scholastic Achievement Endowment Fund in the University of Idaho College of Art and Architecture at the Gift Administration Office, P.O. Box 443147, Moscow, Idaho 83844-3147.