John Norman Lidgard

John Norman Lidgard 1935 - 2011 John Norman Lidgard, of Meridian, Idaho, passed away at a Boise hospital on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 76 years of age. John was the eldest of seven siblings, born May 10, 1935, to Harry and Genevieve Lidgard of Boise, Idaho. He attended Boise High School, but left school to begin employment at the age of fifteen. His forty-one-year career included employment for Bausch and Lomb (Boise, Seattle and Portland), Town and Country Bakery (Boise), and he spent several years as an independently contracted mail carrier, trucking mail between Lehigh Valley, PA and Manhattan, NY. In 1991, he retired and became an ardent collector of antiques, taking particular joy in cast iron trivets. John was preceded in death by two siblings; his sister, Wilda (who died in 1940), and his brother, Jacque (who died in 2006). He is survived by his wife, Gloria (Berger) Lidgard, their only child, John H. Lidgard and his wife, Jennifer (Leggett) Lidgard, his two treasured grandchildren, Aidan and Brinley, and four remaining siblings, James, Jerry, Judith, and Julene. His ashes are to be interred at the Cloverdale Cemetery in Boise, Idaho. He will be truly missed by his family and friends.