Lienkaemper Chapel

Passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on December 31, 2021. Ellen was born March 14, 1926 in Reliance, South Dakota to Walter Lester and Eunice Etta Smith Lester. In 1936 the family moved to Camas, Washington and then in 1937 to Willowcreek, Oregon. After graduating from Vale High School in 1943, Ellen moved to Hawthorne, Nevada and worked for the Navy. In 1944 she moved to Portland, Oregon and was employed at Oregon Shipyards selling war bonds. When John Kennedy was on leave from the Army Air Force they were married on August 19, 1945 in Payette. Idaho. After John was discharged in 1946, they started farming in the Willowcreek area for 32 years and then retired and moved to...

Sharon passed peacefully on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 in Boise, Idaho. An only child, Sharon was born in Ontario, Oregon to the late Donald and Dorothy Fox. She was raised in Adrian, Oregon, and attended Adrian High School and Eastern Oregon University. At the age of 21, Sharon married her loving husband John L. Thiel, also from Adrian. They were married on September 17, 1960. Sharon and John were life partners and best friends of 61 years. In 1965, Sharon and John moved to Boise, and raised a daughter and son together, Paula and Randal. Sharon enjoyed her work as a substitute teacher, elementary school librarian, and devoted her life to raising her children and caring for John. To...