James "Smokey" Alexander, 96, of Boise, died on Monday, June 23, 2014. Cremation is under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 24, 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander
1918 - 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander died June 23, 2014 of natural causes.
Born in Seattle in 1918, James A. ("Smokey") Alexander graduated from Great Falls, Montana High School in 1936. An Eagle Scout, he worked his way through the University of Montana, joining Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. In 1940, "Smokey" became one of seven members of the original U.S. Forest Service smokejumpers Squad, headquartered in Missoula, and made the 2nd jump in the history of the organization. He married his wife of 73 years, Dorothy Taylor Alexander, in 1941 in Missoula. They moved to Yakima, Washington, where their daughter, Denise Lynn Alexander Bittner, was born in 1950. They moved to Boise in 1955.
He began Intermountain Business Forms in 1960 and was active in the Capital City Kiwanis and Sales and Marketing Executives of Boise. President of his Homeowner's Associations in Boise, McCall, New Meadows, and Fearrington, North Carolina, where they moved in 1989, Smokey and Dorothy returned to Boise in 2005.
He was an intelligent, courageous, optimistic, ethical, caring, giving, loving, unparalleled father, husband, and human being.
Per his request, there will be no service. Memorials may be made in his memory to the Good Samaritan Fund, National Smokejumper Association, 10 Judy Lane, Chico, CA 95926.
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 25, 2014
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 24, 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander
1918 - 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander died June 23, 2014 of natural causes.
Born in Seattle in 1918, James A. ("Smokey") Alexander graduated from Great Falls, Montana High School in 1936. An Eagle Scout, he worked his way through the University of Montana, joining Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. In 1940, "Smokey" became one of seven members of the original U.S. Forest Service smokejumpers Squad, headquartered in Missoula, and made the 2nd jump in the history of the organization. He married his wife of 73 years, Dorothy Taylor Alexander, in 1941 in Missoula. They moved to Yakima, Washington, where their daughter, Denise Lynn Alexander Bittner, was born in 1950. They moved to Boise in 1955.
He began Intermountain Business Forms in 1960 and was active in the Capital City Kiwanis and Sales and Marketing Executives of Boise. President of his Homeowner's Associations in Boise, McCall, New Meadows, and Fearrington, North Carolina, where they moved in 1989, Smokey and Dorothy returned to Boise in 2005.
He was an intelligent, courageous, optimistic, ethical, caring, giving, loving, unparalleled father, husband, and human being.
Per his request, there will be no service. Memorials may be made in his memory to the Good Samaritan Fund, National Smokejumper Association, 10 Judy Lane, Chico, CA 95926.
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 25, 2014
James "Smokey" Alexander, 96, of Boise, died on Monday, June 23, 2014. Cremation is under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel, Boise.
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 24, 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander
1918 - 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander died June 23, 2014 of natural causes.
Born in Seattle in 1918, James A. ("Smokey") Alexander graduated from Great Falls, Montana High School in 1936. An Eagle Scout, he worked his way through the University of Montana, joining Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. In 1940, "Smokey" became one of seven members of the original U.S. Forest Service smokejumpers Squad, headquartered in Missoula, and made the 2nd jump in the history of the organization. He married his wife of 73 years, Dorothy Taylor Alexander, in 1941 in Missoula. They moved to Yakima, Washington, where their daughter, Denise Lynn Alexander Bittner, was born in 1950. They moved to Boise in 1955.
He began Intermountain Business Forms in 1960 and was active in the Capital City Kiwanis and Sales and Marketing Executives of Boise. President of his Homeowner's Associations in Boise, McCall, New Meadows, and Fearrington, North Carolina, where they moved in 1989, Smokey and Dorothy returned to Boise in 2005.
He was an intelligent, courageous, optimistic, ethical, caring, giving, loving, unparalleled father, husband, and human being.
Per his request, there will be no service. Memorials may be made in his memory to the Good Samaritan Fund, National Smokejumper Association, 10 Judy Lane, Chico, CA 95926.
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 25, 2014
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 24, 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander
1918 - 2014
James A. "Smokey" Alexander died June 23, 2014 of natural causes.
Born in Seattle in 1918, James A. ("Smokey") Alexander graduated from Great Falls, Montana High School in 1936. An Eagle Scout, he worked his way through the University of Montana, joining Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. In 1940, "Smokey" became one of seven members of the original U.S. Forest Service smokejumpers Squad, headquartered in Missoula, and made the 2nd jump in the history of the organization. He married his wife of 73 years, Dorothy Taylor Alexander, in 1941 in Missoula. They moved to Yakima, Washington, where their daughter, Denise Lynn Alexander Bittner, was born in 1950. They moved to Boise in 1955.
He began Intermountain Business Forms in 1960 and was active in the Capital City Kiwanis and Sales and Marketing Executives of Boise. President of his Homeowner's Associations in Boise, McCall, New Meadows, and Fearrington, North Carolina, where they moved in 1989, Smokey and Dorothy returned to Boise in 2005.
He was an intelligent, courageous, optimistic, ethical, caring, giving, loving, unparalleled father, husband, and human being.
Per his request, there will be no service. Memorials may be made in his memory to the Good Samaritan Fund, National Smokejumper Association, 10 Judy Lane, Chico, CA 95926.
Published in Idaho Statesman on June 25, 2014
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