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Georgia Hunter Obituary

Georgia Hunter died on Nov. 7, 2012, at home in Emmett, Idaho. She was born on Dec. 3, 1919 in Illinois. She was the fourth of nine children born to Andrew Jackson Dixon and Elsie Jane Shelton Dixon.
At 16 she left home to work in a shoe factory. She had a love for shoes at an early age that continued throughout her life. She met and married William (Bill) Patterson Hunter on Dec. 30, 1939, at Cape Gurado, Mo. In 1943, Bill came home from WWII and they moved to Burley, Idaho.
She started her career as a telephone operator for A T & T. She continued this career for 30 years before retiring in 1973. During this time she gave birth to daughters Jane and Grace Jo (deceased) and 12 years later to a son, John William.
She loved the outdoors, fishing, camping and later in life became an avid and skilled skier, at an age when others were retiring from the sport. Throughout her life ,she loved the snow and cold. She lived in Cascade, Idaho, until the death of her husband Bill in 2001. She then moved to Emmett to be near her daughter Jane and son, John.
She had three children Jane (Larry) Mitchell, John (Peggy) Hunter and Grace Jo (Carl) Jardene (both deceased). She was blessed with seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was involved in the lives of all her family and will be truly missed by all. Per her wishes a memorial will be held at a later date.

Published by Emmett Messenger Index from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19, 2012.
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I wish to express my sincerely sympathy on the loss of your love one. May you be comforted on knowing that God is near to those that are broken hearted and crushed in spirit.

November 27, 2012

Grandma I don't have a prom for you yet, but I will soon. You are my guardian angel all my life,I love and miss you more than you know or I could ever say! I will see your beautiful face again someday...and until then not a day goes by that I don't think of you, miss you, and realize the tremendous impact you had on who I am today and how I grew up as a child. I thank you for so many things I can't even name them. I MISS YOU!!!! I LOVE YOU!!

Billie Jo(angel baby #2) Hunter

November 22, 2012

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