Marguerite L. Diffendaffer
Marguerite L. Diffendaffer
Marguerite was born May 16,
1923 to Alfred Grant Moore and Dora Eunetha Johnson Moore at Council,
Idaho. She grew up in Council, and New
Plymouth, Idaho and graduated from New Plymouth High School. In New Plymouth she met James “Jim” M.
Diffendaffer, the boy next door. They were married Sept. 29, 1940 and moved to
Boise, Idaho.
Marguerite was a stay at home
Mom and raised her three children who were her pride and joy. She was very involved in their lives and
their activities, volunteering as PTA president, Cub Scout Den Mother, car
pooler, supporter and confidante. She
taught her children through her actions to be caring, loving, honest and hard-working. For 12 years she was very active and
supportive in Boy Scouting. At the time,
she was the only woman to be presented with the Scouter’s Key in Idaho for
leadership and leader training in the Mountain View Council. Marguerite researched and wrote a history of
Council, Idaho called “Council Valley, Here They Labored.” It was published in
1977. She was very involved in crafts, family genealogy, camping, fishing and
travel. She taught cake decorating
classes and made many of the families’ and friends’ shower, wedding, birthday,
and anniversary cakes. She also made numerous flower arrangements for these
celebrations. With Jim’s retirement,
they made custom trophies for Idaho Sporting Goods, and made many beautiful
items of wood and mirror which they sold at craft fairs or became family
treasures.
Jim and Marguerite traveled
in their RV each fall, exploring all but three of the lower 48 states,
preserving their adventures in many travel scrapbooks. They loved to take pictures of flowers
wherever they travelled. She loved
Mother Nature and taught her children to see the beauty in the world. In 2003, Marguerite moved to Lynden, WA and
then to Blaine, WA to live with her daughter and husband. In 2004 she spent two months with her
daughter Sharon, and son-in-law, Jerry, travelling in their RV through Canada,
the Yukon and Alaska. She made several
trips to visit her sons Dan and Lee and their families.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, James “Jim” M. Diffendaffer; parents, Alfred G. and Dora Moore;
sisters, Stella Essex, Mae Beckman, and Nellie Stahl; and nephews, Robert J.
Essex and Jim Beckman.
Survivors include daughter,
Sharon Bakke and husband Jerry of Blaine, WA; son, Dan Diffendaffer and wife
Trudi of Eugene, OR; son, Lee Diffendaffer of Fontana, CA; brother-in-law, Gerry Diffendaffer and wife
Judi of Boise, ID; sister-in-law, Edna Waldram and husband Dick of Twin Falls,
ID; 10 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and
cousins.
A funeral service will be
held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel,
5400 Fairview Ave., Boise. Friends and
family may call from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the chapel. Burial will
follow at Dry Creek Cemetery.
Washington arrangements are
entrusted to Westford Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the
family welcomes contributions to Whatcom Hospice, 2800 Douglas Ave.,
Bellingham, WA 98225.
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