Maxine Creek

MAXINE E. CREEK IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Maxine Elizabeth Creek, 88, of Idaho Falls, died January 29, 2005, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a stroke. Maxine was born April 7, 1916, at Montpelier, Idaho, to William Frederick Thomson and Hannah Olsen Thomson. She lived a short time in Montpelier, Idaho, then the family moved to Nampa, Idaho. She attended schools in Nampa and graduated from Nampa High School. In 1937, Maxine married Alexander D. Creek in Mountain Home, Idaho. During World War II, they made their home in many different cities on the east coast while Alex was a U. S. Navy Fighter Pilot Instructor. After the war they returned to Nampa, where her husband was a distributor of Texaco Petroleum products. They moved to Idaho Falls in 1948, where he continued to distribute Texaco Petroleum products, and they have lived here ever since. She was a homemaker and mother. Maxine loved gardening, the outdoors, and traveling all over the United States and Europe with her husband when he represented the State of Idaho Department of Commerce and Development. Her faithful companion for the past ten years, besides her husband and son, was her Golden Retriever, Jinx, who was her constant companion and whom she loved dearly. Surviving are: Husband: Alexander D. Creek, Idaho Falls, ID Son: Alexander C. Creek, Idaho Falls, ID Daughter: Candace M. (Ole) Bergset, Boise, ID 3 Grandchildren She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters. Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 5, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church, 325 Elm Street, with Reverend Dr. Dennis Falasco officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday for one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in Fielding Memorial Park under the direction of Wood Funeral Home.