Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Brainard, Edward C. S. 1941
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Independent Enterprise 9-18-1941
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, September 18, 1941
 
E. C. S. Brainard Buried Sunday
 
Well Known Payette Resident Dies At His Home In This City
 
Death closed the colorful career of "Judge" E. C. S. Brainard, prominent 
Payette resident for thirty-five years, Friday, September 12, after a 
lingering illness.  Mr. Brainard died at his home in Payette.
 
He was born October 13, 1863 at Onargie, Illinois.  On September 18, 1888 he 
was married to Gertrude A. Woodruff at Livonia, New York.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Brainard came to Payette to make their home from Ogden, Utah after Mr. 
Brainard had engaged in railroad work for twenty-eight years.
 
In Payette Mr. Brainard followed the real estate business.  He was a certified 
public accountant and served as a confidential secretary for numerous 
irrigation companies, drainage districts, and highway districts.  For five 
years he served as probate judge for the county of Payette.
 
Always identified with civic endeavor, he served as secretary for the Payette 
chamber of commerce, the city, county and state planning commissions at 
different times.  For a number of years he was chairman of the city and county 
board of relief.
 
As a result of his interest in education, he was elected chairman of the board 
of directors for Gooding college at Gooding and for two years he served as 
president of that institution.
 
Mr. Brainard was active in church affairs and was a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.  For two years he was a member of the general conference of 
that church and for four years was representative on the board of directors on 
missions and church extension work for the eighteenth district which covered 
the Northwestern states, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippines.  He was a member 
of all York Rite Masonic orders including the Shrine.
 
His wife preceded him in death in 1937.
 
He is survived by two sons, Scott Brainard of Honolulu, and Lawrence W. 
Brainard of Payette, and by three grandchildren.
 
Services were held at the Payette Methodist church Sunday afternoon under the 
direction of the Rev. E. R. Kaemmer and interment was at the Riverside 
cemetery.  Arrangements were under the direction of the Peterson-Foster 
funeral home and the Masonic graveside ceremony was read.

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