Robert
(Bob) Earl Surgeon
1931 -
2018
Robert
(Bob) Earl Surgeon, 87, of Boise died Dec. 17, 2018 at home with 3 of his kids
by his side. Robert was born on June 24, 1931 in a covered wagon on the banks
of the Snake River in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Forrest (Curly) Surgeon and Annis
Azalee Kiser. He was raised in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Oregon.
Bob was
an airplane mechanic in the US Navy during the Korean conflict 1950 - 1954.
Stationed on USS Boxer when ship caught fire at sea.
He
married Simonne Huston on Dec 25, 1952 in Kimberly, Idaho. They shared 63 years
together before Simonne passed in 2015. They had 3 children, Shawn, Shauna and
Shane.
Bob and
Simonne opened up Surgeon Electric in 1964 -1970 when he opened up Kimberly
Electric from 1970-1979. After the kids graduated and were out of the house,
they moved to Challis and opened up Challis Electric. 1979 to 2008 when he was
forced to retire due to losing his eyesight.
He
enjoyed working, hunting, fishing and hanging with his friends for a beer and
BS session.
Proceeding
him in death is his wife of 63 yrs Simonne; his parents, Curly and Annis; 4
brothers, Sam, Oscar, Wes and Dean; 3 sisters, Marguerite, Karen and Eileen; 2
brothers-in-law, Howard Huston and Charlie Madesh.
Surviving
are his children, Shawn (Renee) Surgeon of Horseshoe Bend, Id, Shauna Surgeon
of Boise, Idaho, Shane (Brenda) Surgeon of Hubbard, Ore and Shelly (Dan) Culver
of Deming, Wash.; Sisters-in-law, Selma Madesh and Dee Huston; Grandkids, Somer
(Zach) Donovan of Coeur’Alene, ID, Zach Vitale of Salem, Ore., Luke Surgeon,
Kylee (Josh) Surgeon, and Jake Surgeon, all of Hubbard, Ore., Suzette (Uriah)
Womack and Lee Daughterty,
both
from Horseshoe Bend, Id.
Great
Grandkids are Kaitlynn Vitale of Hillsboro, Ore., Jayden, Bella, Myleigh Vitale
of Kuna, Id, Vylet Donovan of Coeurd’ Alene, Id, Emagyne Womack of Horseshoe
Bend, Id and Hunter Hesseltine of Hubbard, Or, Donielle and Dietrich Jordan of
Middleton, Id and Courtney Moore of Horseshoe Bend, Id.
Many
nieces and nephews.
Robert
was a very likable guy with a great sense of humor and a work ethic that was
second to none and believed treat someone as you would want to be treated. He
will be greatly missed.