Pamela Jo Beaumont

1944 - 2021

Pamela Jo Beaumont
July 30, 1944 - November 11, 2021
Garden City, Idaho - Pamela J. Beaumont died on November 11, 2021 at 11:21 p.m. at the age of 77 years. Pam was born on July 30, 1944 in Valentine, Nebraska to Henry William Bostrom and Phyllis Faye Zersen Bostrom. They later divorced and Pam, her older brother, Bill, and her mother moved to Colorado.
Pam graduated from Ft. Morgan High School and received her B.S.(Bus) and her MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Recruited by Ore-Ida Foods, Inc. (then a division of the H.J. Heinz Co.), Pam moved to Boise, ID in 1968. In 1971, Pam married Fred. H. (Fritz) Beaumont and they were later divorced. She spent eight years at Ore-Ida in product marketing with her final position as General Manager of Marketing Services. She joined Albertsons, Inc. in 1975 as Vice President of Marketing, becoming the first female Vice President in Albertsons history. During her 12-year tenure at Albertsons, she was responsible for, among other programs, the development of the 'It's Joe Albertson's Supermarket' advertising campaign. She left Albertsons in 1998 and spent the next 9 years as a partner of a Boise-based management and marketing consulting firm, retiring in 2007.
Pam moved to Garden City in 1990 and became active in the community. Then Garden City Mayor Ted Ellis appointed Pam to serve as a community volunteer on the Garden City Urban Renewal Agency, where she has been Chair since 1997. At the Agency, among other projects, she led the effort to complete 1.3 miles of new multi-purpose greenbelt path, the development of the Mystic Cove and River Front city parks, the addition of the city's only water reservoir system, and the renovation of Heron Park. The Riverfront Park was recently rededicated as the Pamela J. Beaumont Riverfront Park in her honor.
In October 2005, Mayor Ellis appointed Pam to complete the remaining two-years of Councilmember Mike Eddy's term after his resignation. She was elected to four-year Council terms in 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019. She has served as Council President in 2007, 2011 through 2021. Pam was deeply involved in creating the Garden City Comprehensive Plan. She was a founding member and officer of the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Association of Idaho and was Council liaison to the Library Board of Trustees for 7 years.
A resident of Garden City since 1990, she is a past member of the Community Advisory Board for the Assistance League of Boise; a 2010 recipient of the Soroptimist International of Garden City "Ruby Award", and was designated as one of former Governor Dirk Kempthorne's "Idaho's Brightest Stars". Pam served as a board member and Past President of the Garden City Visitors Bureau.
Pam was a founding member of the Executive Women's Golf Association in 2001. and helped grow the organization to 270 members.
Pam is survived by her brother Bill (Jane) Lovejoy of Parker, CO, their children Jodi and David and grandchildren; stepbrother Harold Mott; stepsister Gina (Albert) Aldazabal and their daughters Christina and Ana. She is also survived by her longtime friend Bette Wood, Bette's children Jim, Lisa, Jeff and Kristy and grandchildren; Joe, Sophie, Winston and Jacob.
At Pam's request, friends and family services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, 2021, at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. Instead of flowers, the family requests that you consider contributions to Simply Cats, the Garden City Library, or the charity of your choice.