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This could be fun ...
This is a place for the Class of 1978 from Rigby High School to share ... email classof78rhs@gmail.com with your updates, photos and messages!
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This is a great thing....but only if somebody posts something...hint...hint...
So...I'll start something...hehe...does anybody remember Boyd Stucki?..and what happened to him...where did he go??...yes, I know this is from elementary school..but ...I know somebody out there remembers him, too...???!!
I remember Boyd, but maybe this is why nobody else commented. Boyd's last name was Stokes (I know, easy mistake, and yes ... grade school!) I was able to track him down via his Dad's obituary (Mirl Wynn Stokes, who passed away a little over a year ago) The family's departure was good for Salmon, but Rigby lost a good opportunity when the Stokes family moved north.) Reading from his life sketch and comments about his life convince me that I would have enjoyed my friendship with his son, Boyd to continue not just through school, but throughout life. Below are some highlights. zhc
Wynn’s first teaching job was at Duchesne, Utah. Then in 1961 Wynn had the opportunity to move closer to Salmon and took a teaching position in Rigby, Idaho. While in Rigby, Wynn became well known as an outstanding educator and winning coach. He was recognized as the Teacher of the year in 1968. Wynn enjoyed tremendous professional growth and recognition in Rigby, but at the end of the 1968 school year, he accepted a teaching and coaching job at his Alma Mater, Salmon High School, and the family moved for the last time.
Back within the hallowed halls of Salmon High School, Wynn settled into his life’s vocation of teaching and inspiring young people for the remainder of his 35 year career. Wynn loved his work and was at his very best as a teacher, motivator, and mentor of young adults. In 1975, Wynn took a sabbatical leave and entered a graduate program at Western Montana College where he also helped coach Western’s football team. He earned a Master’s Degree in 1976 and returned to his job at Salmon. Shortly after his retirement in 1994, the SHS football field was named in his honor.
Outside of school, Wynn had many interests and hobbies. He loved to build and fly radio controlled airplanes, hunt, fish, shoot, and ride motorcycles. Wynn spent many happy hours with family in the hills, on the riverbank or just being out in the beautiful surroundings of his beloved Salmon home.
He is survived by his wife of nearly seventy years, Patsy, their 5 children Susan (Ric) Sterzer, of Rigby, Idaho, Richard (Keli) Stokes of Carson City, Nevada, Boyd (Barbara) Stokes, of Salmon, Idaho, Barbara (Blain) Bradford of Nephi, Utah, and Beverly(Donald) Cutshaw of Sandy, Utah. Wynn is also survived by his sisters, Golda Hughes and Sheila Ankrum, and his brother Clee Stokes. Wynn and Patsy have 23 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
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