Clyde Brisbois

Clyde Perry Brisbois
POST FALLS - Clyde Perry Brisbois Sr., 93, Post Falls, Idaho, died peacefully, October 26, 2012, of natural causes.
Clyde was born January 22, 1919, in Anaconda, Mont., to Bruce Charles and Mildred Amanda Brisbois. He attended Encanto Elementary School in Southern California and middle school and high school in San Diego, Calif.
Clyde moved to Salmon, Idaho, during his high school years in the early 1930s, and worked for the City Bakery, the city of Salmon, Garrett Trucking, Cotant Trucking and Fred Rose Trucking.
During this time, Clyde and his brother, Charles (Chuck), belonged to a band called The High Hatters. Clyde played the trombone while Chuck played the saxophone. They performed around Lemhi County with Irman Gott and his wife, specifically at the Rat Race, which later became The Ranch Saloon.
Clyde spoke often of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, and traveling over the mountain to Darby, Mont., to transport cars for a local dealership. He lived at Fourth of July Creek near Salmon and began working for the Ranger Mine in 1937.
Clyde met Rose Marie Crnkovich of Tendoy, Idaho, during his early years in Salmon.
He joined the United States Navy in July 1940, and finished his military service after World War II in July 1946. Clyde served as a radioman on the USS Shaw, which was later heavily damaged at Pearl Harbor. He was then transferred to another destroyer, the USS Cassin, which subsequently was involved in several engagements in the South Pacific. He was transferred from the Cassin to a new training ship, the USS PCS 1449 operating out of Key West, Florida. Clyde also served on the USS Saratoga and the USS Merimack.
While stationed in San Diego, he called Rose and asked her to marry him. They were married on May 29, 1943, in San Diego, Calif. While in San Diego, their first son, Clyde Jr., was born.
After his honorable discharge from the military, Clyde and Rose moved to Pocatello, Idaho, and together they raised 10 children. Rose passed away on September 23, 1991, and Clyde remained in the family home in Pocatello until 2002, when he moved to Post Falls, Idaho, to be closer to daughter, Julie Billetz and her family.
Until near the end of his life, Clyde's mind remained sharp as a tack while his body denied him the active life he had enjoyed for so many years. Before his move to Post Falls, Clyde swam every day where he logged in over 1,000 miles in the pool at the Pocatello Courthouse Fitness Center. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, walking, and cycling. In his early years he loved baseball and played on a minor league team.
He is survived by four sons and five daughters, Clyde "Sparky" P. Brisbois, Jr., Portland, Ore., Michael Barry Brisbois, Centennial, Colo., Denise M. Bender, Salmon, Idaho, Valerie Kono Wilson, Aiea, Hawaii, Richard Anthony Brisbois, Plano, Texas, Julie Rose Billetz, Post Falls, Idaho, Michele Rene Brisbois, Hood River, Ore., Elmer Franklin Brisbois, San Diego, Calif., and Eula "Lu" Mae Blair, Enumclaw, Wash. Besides his wife, Rose, Clyde was preceded in death by his brothers, Chuck and Elmer, his parents, his daughter, Diana Dawn Brisbois Wolf, and one granddaughter, Tamara Rose Wolf.
Clyde will be remembered for his incredible love of "man's best friend." He could always be found with at least one or two dogs by his side and invariably made a habit of overfeeding them.
Clyde was cremated and his remains will be interred at Restlawn Memorial Gardens in Pocatello in the spring of 2013, at a date to be announced.