Idaho County ID Archives Obituaries.....Huff, William M March 21, 1954
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Idaho County Free Press, Grangeville, ID; March 25 1954
Death Claims William Huff,
Idaho Pioneer

Widely Known Farm Leader Succumbs To Heart Attack Following Hospitalization

    William M. (Bill) Huff, prominent pioneer Camas prairie farmer since 1902, 
succumbed Sunday night at Grangeville General Hospital after an illness of six 
weeks.  He had been hospitalized with a heart attack.
  Mr. Huff was widely known for his activities and interest in agriculture and 
the agricultural program.  He had served as chairman of the county ASC board 
and was one of the directors of the Agricultural Administration Act when it 
was first created.
  He was active in fraternal organizations and achieved eminence in the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows during his 43 years of membership in all 
branches of the order.  In 1950, he was decorated by the Odd Fellows with the 
Order of Chivalry the highest honors of the fraternity.
  Mr. Huff also was a member of Mt. Idaho Lodge No. 9 AF&AM having received 
the degree of Master Mason the night before he was hospitalized.
  William Huff was born March 26, 1890, at Miami, Missouri, one of a family of 
18 children.  He had fourteen brothers and three sisters.  The family moved to 
Idaho in 1902, locating near Cottonwood, where he attended school.
  He was married to Belle Mitchell at Grangeville, September 21, 1911.  The 
couple farmed near Cottonwood and then located on a farm north of 
Grangeville.  In 1918, they purchased their present farm home and have resided 
there since.
  He is survived by his wife, one son, Earl, and a daughter, Mrs. Lyle 
Beardemphl, all of Grangeville; a son, Wayne, died in 1923; two brothers, 
Lawrence Huff of Moscow, and Roy Huff of Vancouver, B.C., and three 
grandchildren, all of Grangeville.
  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 at the Robertson Funeral 
Chapel.  The Rev. LaVern Tooley, pastor of the Community Church, officiated.  
Mt. Idaho Lodge No. 9 AF&AM was in charge of committal services at Prairie 
View Cemetery.



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