Joyce Tracy Dodge

JOYCE DODGE IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Joyce S. Tracy Dodge, 69, of Ucon, passed away April 27, 2006, at her home, following a lingering illness. She was under the care of Aspen Home Health & Hospice. Joyce was born October 18, 1936, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Kenneth Ritchie Tracy and Ruth Schwieder Tracy. She attended Emerson and Eastside Elementary Schools, O. E. Bell Jr High, and was in the second graduating class of Idaho Falls High School in 1954. She then received her L.P.N. training from the Sacred Heart Hospital, where she worked in the nursing profession just shy of 40 years until her medical retirement in 1995. During her nursing years she held Idaho State Nursing Association offices several times and finished her career at EIRMC. She met her future husband, Guy Monroe “Monte” Dodge, while working at the Rio Theater, which her father was managing. They married November 5, 1954, and two years later moved to Salmon, Idaho, where they managed the Roxy Theater. They lived in Salmon 26 years, raising their children in an apartment above the theater. Joyce was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served faithfully in Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society. Her favorite calling was as ward organist or accompanist. She loved nursing, music, people, and, most of all, her family. Survivors include her daughter, Tracy Jo Dodge of Ucon; her son, Kenneth Ashley (Kim) Dodge of Idaho Falls; a stepson, A. Dee (Nena) Brown of Idaho Falls; her mother, Ruth Westergard of Iona; and two sisters, Carlene S. Brown and Judy (Dale) Wells, both of Idaho Falls; five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Monte Dodge, and her father, Ken Tracy. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2006, at the Ucon LDS Stake Center, 2967 East 105 North, Ucon, with Bishop Dan Keck of the Ucon Homestead Ward officiating. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 North Ridge, Idaho Falls, and for one hour prior to the services on Monday at the church. Burial will be in the Ucon Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Condolences sent online: Dave & Barbara Kynoch [Bodegabarb@cableone.net] Our thoughts go out to the family at this time. We always thought highly of Joyce. She was a very sweet, and kind lady.