Fred ""Fred"" Hoopes

Dan Fredrick Hoopes," Fred", 75, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 12, 2016, at Hospice of Eastern Idaho Home.

Fred was born October 3, 1940, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Dan Bickmore Hoopes and Verna Bertha Grimmett Hoopes. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School.

On October 11, 1969, he married Sidney Combs in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They have two daughters, Rachel and Sarah.

After graduating from law school at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Fred was admitted to practice law in 1973. He attended undergraduate school at Brigham Young University and American University in Washington, D.C. while employed by the late Senator Frank F. Church.

He joined the law firm of Hopkins Roden Crockett Hansen & Hoopes in January 1982. He was an Adjunct Professor and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Idaho, College of Law in Moscow, Idaho.

Fred was a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Liberty Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho for the successful defense of a death row inmate. He was a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Fred was given the Distinguished Lawyer Award by the Idaho State Bar in 2014. He was a President of the Idaho State Bar and a President of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association. Fred was a member of the Board of Governors for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and a member of the Board of Directors for the Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He served on the Idaho Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Evidence. He was a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Fred was also active in public and community affairs. He enjoyed reading and politics. He was a proud Idahoan who enjoyed the outdoors. He was an angler and a wrangler, he was an avid fly fisherman, a fly tier and owned quarter horses and mules. His two grandchildren were the joy of his life.

Fred is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Sidney Hoopes of Idaho Falls, ID; daughter, Rachel Virginia (Jeff) Dolven of Gig Harbor, WA; daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Hoopes of Boise, ID; brother, John (Lynette) Hoopes of AZ; sister, Kathryn (Bruce) Flint of ID; sister, Kristine (Wayne) Reynolds of UT; brother, William (Vonnie) Hoopes of AZ; sister, Pamela (Rick) Welsh of UT; and two grandchildren Jake Dolven and Katie Alaire Dolven. He was preceded in death by his father, Dan Bickmore Hoopes, mother, Verna Bertha Grimmett, and brother, George Hoopes.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2016, at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge Avenue, with Bishop Fred Cooper officiating. The family will visit with friends from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Saturday prior to services.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to either to the Hospice House of Hospice of Eastern Idaho, or the Idaho Law Foundation.

Memorial Services will be held