Hailey, Idaho
Frank Halverson
1945 — 2020
On Saturday, August 15, 2020, Frank D. Halverson, 75, fourth generation Idahoan, passed on at his home in Hailey, Idaho. Frank was born April 28, 1945 in Blackfoot to M.D. (Red) and Betty Halverson and grew up in Riverside, Moreland and Mackay. He was a champion wrestler and calf roper at Snake River High School. When his family moved to Mackay, he lived with his aunt and uncle, Jack and Genevieve Thomas, to finish his wrestling year. Graduating from Mackay High School in 1963, he attended ISU in Pocatello, earning a BS in architecture in 1968 while working full-time, including summers with the U.S. Forest Service on Big Soldier Lookout and as a smokejumper in McCall and Idaho...