Harley Gale Carpenter

HARLEY GALE CARPENTER, AGE 69, PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON AUGUST 11, 2024 SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY.

HARLEY WAS BORN ON AUGUST 3, 1955 IN BLACKFOOT IDAHO TO ELMER DEAN CARPENTER & LITA ANN MOCK CARPENTER. HE WAS A GRADUATE OF WEST JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. HE ALSO COMPLETED A SEMESTER OF MECHANICS AT EITC.

HE MARRIED MARIE BARNEY ON NOVEMBER 15, 1974 IN HAMER IDAHO. TOGETHER THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN: TAUSHA, BEN, BARNEY, AND HANK. HE WORKED AS A MECHANIC FOR A FEW YEARS AT TERRETON TRACTOR AND THEN SIMMONS EQUIPMENT. HE THEN BOUGHT HIS DAD’S DAIRY COWS AND LEASED A FARM THAT HE LATER BOUGHT FROM HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. HE DID THIS FOR 21 YEARS. HE THEN WENT TO WORK AT KEITH’S AUTO PARTS IN HAMER AND THEN MOVED ON T0 THE US SHEEP EXPIRIMENT STATION WHERE HE RETIRED FROM.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FFA, A 4-H CLUB LEADER AND A FAIRBORD MEMBER. HE LIKED TO SPEND HIS FREE TIME READING, FISHING, HUNTING, CAMPING, RIDING ATV’S, GOING ON DRIVES, AND TRAVELING. HE ALWAYS HAD ANIMALS AROUND. HIS GREATEST JOY WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, HE LOVED TO SPOIL THE GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARIE CARPENTER OF HAMER, ID. DUAGHTER, TAUSHA (ROD) BARTLOME OF HAMER, ID. SONS, BEN (JAYNA) CARPENTER OF TETON, ID., BARNEY (KRISTIN) CARPENTER OF HAMER, ID., AND HANK (MELISSA) CARPENTER OF GRACE, ID. 17 GRAND CHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS.

GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BY HELD THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE WEST JEFFERSON MEMORIAL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ECKERSELL FUNERAL HOME IN RIGBY. CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY ONLINE AT WWW.ECKERSELLFUNERALHOME@GMAIL.COM

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