William
A. "Bill" Caviness, 75, of Cascade, ID, died Monday, February 3,
2014, of natural causes.
Bill was
born in Boise, Idaho on June 4, 1938, to Edna Dutson and Clyde Caviness.
He married Georgia Christiansen on July 10,
1962 and together they had three children.
They lived in Boise and Cascade.
Bill had
various occupations throughout his lifetime which included logging, driving for
various trucking and lumber companies as well as being employed at Syringa
Gardens Cemetery for 25 years.
During
his years at Syringa Gardens he also ran his own sawmill and logging company, “Caviness
Logging”.
After retiring from Syringa
Gardens he operated and maintained snowmobile groomers throughout the state of
Idaho.
During this time he served as a
deputy for Valley County.
He completely
retired from all of his jobs in 2006.
Bill was
a very private man who enjoyed his family immensely.
His family meant the world to him and he
truly loved spending every moment he could with them. Besides spending time
with his family he loved the outdoors.
Hunting and gold mining were two of the things he enjoyed..
During the winter you could almost always
find him on a snowmobile.
Bill also
loved to go for motorcycle rides on his Harley Davidson.
Survivors
include his wife, Georgia Caviness; children, Dave (Becky) Caviness, Sandra “Sis”
(Ward) Spence, and Allen (Lisa) Caviness.
Grandchildren, Casey, Tyler, Patrick, Wyatt, Allissa and Brittany.
Brother,
Dave (Jane) Caviness and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded
in death by brothers Ed and Dale and sister Bonnie.
A
Celebration of Bill's Life will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
Saturday, February 15, 2014 at his daughter's residence, 5445 S. Zonetailed Way.,
Boise, Idaho
83716.
At his request, Bill was cremated and his
cremated remains will be scattered at his favorite hunting spot and gold mining
claim.