Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, J. Eugene 1993
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Independent Enterprise 3-17-1993
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Wednesday, March 17, 1993
 
J. Eugene 'Gene' Bishop
 
J. Eugene "Gene" shop, 58, Fruitland, co-owner of Fruitland Electric, died 
March 15, 1993, in an Ontario hospital.  Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at 
the Highway Assembly of God church in Fruitland, with Pastor Arlen Benson of 
the Assembly of God Church, Payette, officiating.  Burial will follow in 
Riverside Cemetery, Payette, under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory 
Chapel, Fruitland.
 
He was born Sept. 15, 1934, at Malvern, Ark., a son of Elmer and Evelyn 
Schmit.  He was raised and educated in Huntington Park, Calif., graduating 
from Huntington Park High school in 1953.  He married Shirley Menning Sept. 
26, 1953, in Los Angeles.  He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-59, with the 
34th Armor Division.  Gene was a member of the Ontario Elks Lodge 1690 since 
1973.  He was a member of the Oregon Apprenticeship Board and of the Fruitland 
Zoning Commission.  He was co-owner of Fruitland Electric, founded in October 
1980.  His hobbies included motorcycle riding, boating, and traveling.
 
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Bishop of Fruitland, two sons and a 
daughter-in-law, Glenn and Kerin Bishop of Fruitland, and Ken Bishop of 
Denver, Colo.; his mother, Evelyn Schmit of Fruitland; a sister, Ellen McCray 
of Hesperia, Calif.; a granddaughter, Lindsey Bishop of Boise; two step-
granddaughters, Jennifer and Annette Corpe of Fruitland, and two uncles
 
Friends may call from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, 
Fruitland.
 
Memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation in care of Shaffer-Jensen 
Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette, ID 83661.

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