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Carol Kay Stoops

Carol Kay Stoops

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.


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