Carol
Kay Stoops
,
Boise
,
passed away on
August 23
,
2013
at St. Alphonsus Hospital
.
She was 73 years old. At Carol's request, no funeral service
will be held
.
Inurnment will take place at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise
,
Idaho under the
direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel
.
Carol
was born at St.
Luke's Hospital in Boise
,
Idaho
,
on Ma
y
5
,
1940
,
the second of two children of Carl E. and Olivia
"Billie" (Phelan) Stoops
.
A lifelong Boise resident
,
she attended Boise schools -- Park
,
Whittier
,
North Junior High and Boise High
School
,
graduating
in 1958
.
Following
graduation Carol began a career with Idaho Power Company
,
retiring in 1996
after 38 years of service.
Carol
was a Life Member of Beta Sigma Phi
,
and a former long-time member of the Professional Secretaries
Association (now IAAP
)
a
s
well as a past member of The Daughters ofthe American Revolution
and the Coloni
a
l Dames of the XVII Centur
y
. Her hobbies included reading
,
counted cross stitch
,
jigsaw puzzles
,
crossword puzzles
and knitting (she especially enjoyed knitting caps and booties for the NICU at
St Luke's). Carol enjoyed traveling and visited several different countries.
Carol
is survived b
y
her brother
,
Richard Stoops of Boise
;
niece
,
Julie Gaylor of Vancou
v
er
,
Washington
;
nephew
,
Robert Stoops of Vancou
v
er
,
Washington
;
nephew
,
Brian Stoops of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
;
aunt
,
Ruby Stoops Oliason
of Boise, and numerous cousins. She was preceded in death by her father Carl in
1989 and her mother Billie in 2000
,
as well as Rainbow, Fuzzy
,
Peachy, and Emerald her beloved pet birds
.
It is
Carol's wish that any m
e
morials be made to the Mountain States Tumor In
s
titute
,
100 W. Idaho
,
Boise
,
Idaho
,
or to a charit
y
of
y
our choice.