This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VanFleet, Blamires, Higgs, Smith, Nelson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/472 Message Board Post: The Idaho Statesman, 5/8/2002 Franklin Lambert VanFleet, 86, of Wilder, died Friday, May 3, at a Nampa care facility. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2002, at Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell, with Bishop Greg C. Mayes conducting. Interment will follow at Wilder, Idaho Cemetery. Frank was born at Farmington, Utah on May 19, 1915, a son of John and Mary Ellen Blamires VanFleet. While growing up, Frank worked at the Lagoon Amusement park during the summer months. On his 18th birthday he joined the C.C.C., being stationed at Pineville, Utah. Upon his return to Farmington, he worked with his father and two brothers who were carpenters. Just before World War II, he had a contract to repair the Bamberger Railroad Dept. He worked for Hill Field for a few years then went back to work for Bamberger Railroad in North Salt Lake after the war. He married Maretta Higgs on February 13, 1936. From this union, 3 children were born, Deanna, Robert, and Linda VanFleet. They were later divorce! d. He married Pauline Smith Nelson on April 22, 1950. They lived Preston, Idaho with Pauline's children, Sara Meredith, Bart and Bruce Nelson. Frank worked for the Franklin County Sugar Company in Whitney, Idaho and in 1954 they moved to Wilder, Idaho. Frank remodeled a building which had been a service station and they opened the Polar Bear Drive-In on October 10, 1954. They operated the business for 24 years, retiring in 1978. They then moved to Central Cove with their home overlooking the Snake River and Owyhee Mountains. In 1992 they moved to the senior citizen complex in Wilder. Pauline passed away April 18, 1997. Frank moved to Assisted living in Caldwell in November 2000. Frank was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Odd Fellows Lodge #137, Wilder. Frank is survived by his son, Robert and Glenda VanFlett of Kaysville, Utah, daughter, Linda and Jim Housely of Cottage Grove, Ore., step-daughter, Sara Meredith Denney of Caldwell, step-son, Br! uce and Patricia Nelson of Nyssa, Ore., brother, Gordon and Evelyn VanFleet of Farmington, Utah, sister, Norma and Reed Larson of Salt Lake City, Utah, sister-in-law, Ruth VanFleet of Layton, Utah, 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Pauline, brother, Reed VanFleet, daughter, Deanna Hutchinson, stepson, Bart Nelson, and step-son-in-law, John Farrell Denney. Memorials may be made to Wilder Odd Fellows #137, in care of Glen Osborn, P.O. Box 42, Wilder, Idaho 83676, or Wilder Quick Response, P.O. Box 222, Wilder, Idaho 83676. Friends may call on Friday May 10, from 5-7 p.m. at Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell and an hour before the service.