Bert Albert Rhoades
Obituary

Lewiston Morning Tribune
Monday, December 31, 1945

Bert Rhoades Taken; Government Trapper

Bert Albert Rhoades, 62, government trapper and packer in the Chamberlain basin and Big creek area for 13 years (1930-1943), died at 4:30 a.m. yesterday at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Clay. His illness was prolonged and death was attributed to a heart ailment. He was born at Deer Park, Wash., but spent almost his entire life in Idaho. He married Miss Sylvia Irwin in 1911 at Pollock.

Survivors include his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Eric Miller, Bellflower, Calif., and Mrs. Clay of this city, and the following nieces and nephews: [Long list, names removed].

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 from Brower-Wann chapel with the Rev. Marvin E. Smith as officiant. Interment will be at Normal Hill cemetery.


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