Donald Chambers

Donald Roy (Bud) Chambers was born to Roy and Gladys (Bovey) Chambers on February 9, 1928 in Lewiston, Idaho. He graduated from Reubens High School in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army in 1945-46. On June 14, 1947 he married his high school sweetheart Maxine Stellyes in Portland, Oregon. They lived on the family farm near Reubens until 1962 when they moved to Grand Canyon, Arizona where Bud began a career with the National Park Service. After Grand Canyon they subsequently lived in Page, Arizona; Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming; Medora, North Dakota; and Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. After retiring to Rimrock, Arizona they moved back to Idaho to live near Kooskia.

Bud died peacefully in his home near Kooskia on May 30, 2019. He is survived by his five children: daughters Peggy (Fred) Udall, Kathy Herndon, and sons Jim (Karma), Bill (Cindy), and Andy (Angie), as well as 22 grandchildren, 46 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. A son Mick died in 1978.

Funeral service will be held at Good Hope Lutheran Church near Gifford, Idaho at 1:00 P.M., on June 8, 2019. Reverend Val Beesley will preside. There will be no graveside service.



Trenary Funeral Home in Kooskia is assisting the family.