Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Leep, Richard December 27, 2006
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Bonners Ferry Herald, Thursday, Jan 4, 2007
Richard Leep, 78
   Richard Leep, 78, passed away on Dec. 27, 2006 after an extended battle with
cancer.
   He was born on May 3, 1928 in Baker, Ore., and spent most of his childhood in
the Pacific Northwest.
   He lived in Bonners Ferry while attending 7th and 8th grade at Northside
Elementary and considered it his hometown.
   He moved to Pacific City, Ore., in 1942, where he met the love of his life,
Clarinda Hammell.
   He served as a Signalman in the Navy during WWII in 1946, he married Clarinda
and attended school at an extension of Oregon State College.  In 1947, they
moved to Bozeman where he attended Montana State College and Graduated in 1952
with a degree in Engineering Physics.
   Richard’s career took him around the country, working for Bell Telephone
Laboratories in New Jersey, duPont’s Savannah River Carolina, Southwest Research
in Texas, and finally, in 1965, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico,
where he retired in 1990.
   Richard was an avid skier and also enjoyed many years of hunting, fishing,
hiking, and windsurfing.
   When the Leep home was destroyed by a “controlled burn” in May of 2000, they
headed north for a new start.
   It was a natural migration back to his “hometown” of Bonners Ferry where
Richard and Clarinda have lived since September of 2000.
   He loved his new home and beautiful property in Paradise Valley.
   Richard is survived by his wife of 60 years, Clarinda; son and
daughter-in-law, Rich and Deb Leep of Republic, Wash.; daughter and son-in-law,
Suzanne and Jim Lubin of Nales, Idaho; daughter Teri Leep of Bonners Ferry;
nephew Max Whittington of Beaverton, Ore.; brother and sister-in-law, Bob and
Barbara Leep of Eureka, Calif.; sister and brother-in-law Rowena and Gerry
Hughes of Troutdale, Ore.; one grandson, two granddaughters, one great
granddaughter, two great grandsons, numerous nieces and nephews, and many
friends and special neighbors.
   The family wishes to thank the Boundary County Extended Care Facility and
Bonner Community Hospice and their nurses, CNA’s, and social workers for their
loving care and support during Richard’s illness.
   Arrangements will be handled by Lakeview Funeral Home & Cremation Service in
Sandpoint.
   A private memorial service and celebration of his life will be held at the
family home.

   


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