Tyra Stubbs

Tyra ("Teera") Stubbs died November 24, 2024 due to dementia. Tyra and her parents Dorothy and Chuck Hansen arrived in Boise when Tyra was nine. Tyra and her parents loved Boise, and they backpacked and camped throughout Idaho. Tyra graduated from Capital High in 1975, and then went to Carleton College. After graduating with a B.A. in History in 1979, Tyra moved to Chicago.

Tyra had a close circle of friends from college in Chicago, and one of these friends was Richard "Dick" Stubbs. In 1981 Tyra and Dick were married, moved to Portland, and started law school at Lewis and Clark. Tyra and Dick had their first child, Geoff, in their last year of law school, graduated and moved to Boise.

After passing the Idaho State Bar, Tyra served a judicial clerkship. She then worked as an attorney for the Idaho Department of Law Enforcement before entering private practice. During her career Tyra conducted civil litigation, handled several trials and argued a number of appeals. Somehow Tyra found time to have a second child, Amanda, in 1988.

In 2005 Tyra was found to have breast cancer, and received chemotherapy and radiation. In 2007, Tyra was competing in the Pole, Pedal, Paddle in Bend, Oregon when she had a bike crash. Tyra sustained a severe traumatic brain injury that disabled her from practicing law. Although Tyra no longer could work, she volunteered her time and cared for Dorothy and Chuck and her aunt Lucille. Tyra and Dick enjoyed living in Boise and New Meadows.

Tyra is survived by Dick, her son Geoff Stubbs (Brittne) and his children Korbin, Remi, Whitne and Greyson, and her daughter Amanda Corey (Matthew) and her children Colin and Rowan. The family also expresses its gratitude for Tyra's devoted friends, including Keith Cambre and Linda Blessinger, and the caregivers who cared for Tyra at Truewood by Merrill in Boise.