Justin L. Warden,
81, Grangeville
Justin L. Warden,
81, of Grangeville, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the Grangeville Health and
Rehabilitation Center of complications from a stroke.
Justin was born
March 14, 1927, at Happy Hollow near Grangeville, to John S. Warden and Irma G.
Halford Warden. He attended country schools near Grangeville. He went to work
for John E. Gortsema after leaving school, then worked at various jobs,
including owning the Midway Service Station in the late 1950s and early '60s.
Justin married
Elouise Earp in June 1948. They had three children before divorcing in 1962. He
married Ella Mae Allen in 1963.
He retired from
the Grangeville School District as head bus mechanic in 1988.
He is survived by
his wife, Ella Mae, at the family home in Grangeville; two sons, Gene and wife
Leslie, and Don and wife Carol of Grangeville; a daughter, Jackie Chaffins of
Spokane; stepson, Steve Allen and wife Kathy of Florida; stepdaughters, Lottie
Allen of Boise, Marie and husband Bob Snyder of Medford, Ore., Vickie and
husband Jim Grainger of Boise; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild; and two brothers, Jack and wife Mary Lou of Weiser,
Idaho, and Jerry and wife Marlene of Salem, Ore.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; six brothers, Paul, Bud, Jay, Dick, Neil and Monty; and
three sisters, Alice Culley, Ruby Randall and Clare Meyers.
Cremation will
take place and a memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the
Blackmer Funeral Home in Grangeville. A gathering will follow the service for
family and friends at the family home.
Arrangements are
under the direction of Blackmer Funeral Home in Grangeville.
Condolences to the family may be sent to www.blackmerfuneralhome.com.