June 18, 1928 - October 4, 2025 (age 97)

Ilean Corbridge was born on June 18, 1928, on a ranch near Red Rock Junction, Idaho. Her father was mowing hay with her brother, Gordon, when a white dishtowel was waved from the ranch house, a signal to hitch up the buggy and go to Malad for the doctor. Ilean was the fifth of six children born to Thomas Griffiths and Ida Palmer. Ilean, Gordon, and Maria (Jones) were the only children who lived to maturity.

The year she was born, Ilean's parents purchased a car. One of the highlights of her childhood was driving to town on Saturday nights with her cousins. They would deliver cream to Dick Evans's Creamery and get ice cream at Horsley's store. She grew up working on the farm without many of the modern conveniences available today.

Ilean was educ

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