Ida grew up on the family farm in the rural hills of New Hampshire near the small town of Newport. The family spoke Finnish in the home and the children did not learn to speak English until they attended public school. The family farm was a good place to grow up during the great depression since they could raise much of their own food. This was a life lesson that Ida passed on to her children. She attended public school through the 9th grade. In her later teenage years, she moved to New York City and worked in a department store.
Ida had five brothers who served in World War II. One of these brothers, Orvo Koski, served in the Army Air Core. She rode a train from New York City to Waycross, Georgia to visit her brother. While in Waycross she asked her brother to introduce her to the handsome soldier from Idaho, Scott Butler. Scott and Ida were married after an eleven-day courtship on July 1st in 1944. They made their home in Waycross until Scott received orders to ship to the west coast in preparation for the invasion of Japan. In September 1945, Ida traveled by train from Georgia to Idaho in anticipation of her husband's discharge from active duty. Scott and Ida raised their family in Woodville, Idaho and have resided there since 1952.
Ida was a devoted mother and worked hard along with her husband to raise their children. They raised large gardens and had a family milk cow, and other livestock and horses to help provide for their family. The children learned to work alongside their mother as she taught them to raise and preserve food from their efforts.
She worked as a maid and then in potato warehouses to supplemented the family income to help their children become better educated. Her service in the potato industry lasted from 1962 until 1997 when she was 72.
A viewing is planned for July 3, 2012 in the Woodville LDS Chapel from 8:30 to 9:40 in the morning. The viewing will be followed by funeral services at 10:00 a.m. and grave side services at the Shelley Hillcrest cemetery.
Ida grew up on the family farm in the rural hills of New Hampshire near the small town of Newport. The family spoke Finnish in the home and the children did not learn to speak English until they attended public school. The family farm was a good place to grow up during the great depression since they could raise much of their own food. This was a life lesson that Ida passed on to her children. She attended public school through the 9th grade. In her later teenage years, she moved to New York City and worked in a department store.
Ida had five brothers who served in World War II. One of these brothers, Orvo Koski, served in the Army Air Core. She rode a train from New York City to Waycross, Georgia to visit her brother. While in Waycross she asked her brother to introduce her to the handsome soldier from Idaho, Scott Butler. Scott and Ida were married after an eleven-day courtship on July 1st in 1944. They made their home in Waycross until Scott received orders to ship to the west coast in preparation for the invasion of Japan. In September 1945, Ida traveled by train from Georgia to Idaho in anticipation of her husband's discharge from active duty. Scott and Ida raised their family in Woodville, Idaho and have resided there since 1952.
Ida was a devoted mother and worked hard along with her husband to raise their children. They raised large gardens and had a family milk cow, and other livestock and horses to help provide for their family. The children learned to work alongside their mother as she taught them to raise and preserve food from their efforts.
She worked as a maid and then in potato warehouses to supplemented the family income to help their children become better educated. Her service in the potato industry lasted from 1962 until 1997 when she was 72.
A viewing is planned for July 3, 2012 in the Woodville LDS Chapel from 8:30 to 9:40 in the morning. The viewing will be followed by funeral services at 10:00 a.m. and grave side services at the Shelley Hillcrest cemetery.
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