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Frances (Stewart) Kibble

Miss Frances A. Kibble formerly Stewart
Born 1900s.
Died 1980s.
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She started school at Richfield, missed a year because the school "closed during the flu epidemic” then continued near Boise. She rode her beloved pony, Nugget, to school. She then went to Boise High School, working for her board and room with families, as there were no school buses. Needing more schooling by then for a teaching certificate she went for two years to Albion Normal School. She taught in one room schools, then primary grades at Blackfoot, ID. The Depression of the thirties forced release of five teachers from that school system, and Frances used the time to attend the University of Idaho, graduating in 1935. She returned to Blackfoot for two years teaching. She then went to work at the Idaho State Library where she met another worker, Howard Gene Kibble. They married at the First Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Frances and Howard's first son was born at San Fernando, Ca. Frances and baby Gregory were at the home of her father at Boise when Howard was discharged in December 1945, arriving home in time for Christmas. The family returned to San Fernando in the spring to wait for the birth of their second son. In the spring of 1947 they packed up the Model A Ford, and started in search for their chosen home and life style. They settled near Lebanon, Oregon for 9 years. Howard worked in a plywood plant and Frances went back to teaching. In the summer of 1953 the family fulfilled a dream of returning to Europe to visit some of the places Howard had been in WWII. (He had enjoyed the travels, but not the war.) They bicycled through southern England and the low countries and Holland. This trip had a lasting influence not only on their lives, but on others' lives too. Howard became involved in running his own portable sawmill. The search for suitable logs took them to Hayfork in the Trinity Mountains of northern California for 6 years. They went on another adventure in 1960--driving the AlCan Highway to see Alaska and visit a family in Anchorage. A chance encounter along the road led to the Copper River Valley where they filed on a homestead. They returned to Hayfork and spent a year getting ready to drive a caravan of car, pick-up, trail¬ers and a truck in time to beat a deadline for occupying the land. They "proved up," going from camping, to a comfortable small home with electricity, phone, wood heat, but no water except a tank filled from community well. Frances once more filled a local need for teachers. She was granted a fellow¬ship for a year's study at University of Alaska and given a Master's Degree, 1967. Howard died in 1979, but Frances continued on the homestead, and with teaching until her retire¬ment. Since retiring, she has spent some winters "outside" and taken several enlightening trips, the Holy Land, Japan and Europe. She suffered a stroke in late September 1985 and has since been partly disabled. She started school at Richfield, missed a year because the school "closed during the flu epidemic” then continued near Boise. She rode her beloved pony, Nugget, to school. She then went to Boise High School, working for her board and room with families, as there were no school buses. Needing more school¬ing by then for a teaching certificate she went for two years to Albion Normal School. She taught in one room schools, then primary grades at Blackfoot, ID. The Depression of the thirties forced release of five teachers from that school system, and Frances used the time to attend the University of Idaho, graduating in 1935. She returned to Blackfoot for two years teaching. She then went to work at the Idaho State Library where she met another worker, Howard Gene Kibble. They married at the First Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Frances and Howard's first son was born at San Fernando, Ca. Frances and baby Gregory were at the home of her father at Boise when Howard was discharged in December 1945, arriving home in time for Christmas. The family returned to San Fernando in the spring to wait for the birth of their second son. In the spring of 1947 they packed up the Model A Ford, and started in search for their chosen home and life style. They settled near Lebanon, Oregon for 9 years. Howard worked in a plywood plant and Frances went back to teaching. In the summer of 1953 the family fulfilled a dream of returning to Europe to visit some of the places Howard had been in WWII. (He had enjoyed the travels, but not the war.) They bicycled through southern England and the low countries and Holland. This trip had a lasting influence not only on their lives, but on others' lives too. Howard became involved in running his own portable sawmill. The search for suitable logs took them to Hayfork in the Trinity Mountains of northern California for 6 years. They went on another adventure in 1960--driving the AlCan Highway to see Alaska and visit a family in Anchorage. A chance encounter along the road led to the Copper River Valley where they filed on a homestead. They returned to Hayfork and spent a year getting ready to drive a caravan of car, pick-up, trail¬ers and a truck in time to beat a deadline for occupying the land. They "proved up," going from camping, to a comfortable small home with electricity, phone, wood heat, but no water except a tank filled from community well. Frances once more filled a local need for teachers. She was granted a fellow¬ship for a year's study at University of Alaska and given a Master's Degree, 1967. Howard died in 1979, but Frances continued on the homestead, and with teaching until her retirment. Since retiring, she has spent some winters "outside" and taken several enlightening trips, the Holy Land, Japan and Europe. She suffered a stroke in late September 1985 and has since been partly disabled.

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  • This person is also found in a book titled DESCENDANTS OF HEZEKIAH V. PARKER AND MARY ANN SMITH PARKER compiled and edited July 1988 by Mildred Beth Wise Stewart.

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