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The following obit is here with permission of the Challis Messenger, in Challis, Idaho.
Freddie L. Chaffin, 74, of Blackfoot and
formerly of Mackay, died Tuesday, March
23, 2004 in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was born February 9, 1930 in Blackfoot,
Idaho to John Oscar and Veda Irene
Mathews Chaffin.
Freddie was raised and attended schools in
Rose and Moreland, graduating from
Moreland High School in 1948. Following
high school he was drafted into the United
States Army during World War II and served
in England. Upon his discharge he returned to
Blackfoot and began working in the potato
industry for a brief time before starting work
for Ag. Services.
In 1955 he married Alice Fortner. From their marriage they had three
children, Linda, Freddie, and Kelly. Alice and Freddie were later divorced.
On June 12, 1972 he married Barbara Hocking in Las Vegas, Nevada. They
made their home in Blackfoot where Freddie worked for Ag Services Inc. as
a general foreman and a pump specialist. After many years of working for Ag
Services, Freddie retired.
In 1978 they began spending their summers in Mackay where Freddie
worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 11 years. For the past five years they
have spent their winters in Quartzsite, Arizona.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Freddie
has been a life member of the Elks Lodge #1316 in Blackfoot and a member
of the American Legion Joe Nowacki Post # 16 in Mackay.
He enjoyed hunting, camping, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, traveling and
working in the yard. He also loved spending time with his grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and his dog. They gave him so much happiness.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, John and a sister, Alice
Herbst.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara Chaffin, Blackfoot; two sons, Freddie Chaffin
(Debby), Winnemucca, NV and Kelly Chaffin (Kate), Pocatello; a daughter,
Linda Warner (Spence), Swan Valley; three step-children, Connie Anderson
(Dennis), Billy Hocking (Caryn), both of Blackfoot and Margaret Van Orden,
Mackay; a brother, Roscoe Chaffin (Joanne), Groveland; two sisters, Ada
Stewart (Claude), Inkom, and Vera Wixom Horrocks, Rose; 13
grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service was held March 29, 2004 at the Hawker Funeral Home,
132 S. Shilling Ave., Blackfoot. Interment was in the Groveland Cemetery.
Military rites were performed by the American Legion Stewart Hoover Post
#23.
Note: I am of no relation, but my sympathies go out to those of you who are.
This is here as a lasting memorial for Mr. Chaffin.