Phyllis C. Severe

Phyllis Corpion Severe Phyllis Corpion Bell Clark Severe, 89 passed away August 6, 2008 at the Saint Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center. She was born November 6, 1918 to Agapito and Eulajia Salterian Corpion in Abadiano Vizcaya, Spain. They moved to Buhl, Idaho a few years later. She grew up in Buhl as the oldest of six children. Phyllis met and married John Elmer (Tug) Bell while working at a Basque boarding house in Hailey, ID. He was killed in 1943 during an accident at the Triumph Mine. They had two daughters, Larraine and Christine. She moved to Oakley, ID where her mother-in-law, Matilda Bell, helped raise her two young daughters. She worked with her sister Dominga for a year as a welder at a shipyard in Vancouver, WA during World War II. Phyllis returned to Oakley where she met and married George O. (Dunk) Clark. They had two sons, Dick and Kelly and a daughter, Julie. All five children were raised in Oakley. Dunk died on January 10, 1968. Phyllis trained as a Licensed Practical Nurse at the hospital in Burley, ID where she worked for nearly six years. She married Hyrum (Buck) Severe in 1974. They lived in Rockport, WA until his death in 1981. She returned to Idaho and lived in Twin Falls, where she worked as a nurse at SkyView nursing home until she was 75 years old. Phyllis loved to read, crochet, cook (collect recipes) and garden. She loved people and nature. She had a beautiful smile and was well known for her kindness. Her children are Larraine Bell (Lloyd) Davis, Carey, ID; Christine Bell Cahill, Twin Falls, ID; George Richard (Dick) Clark, Burley, ID; John Kelly (Claudia) Clark, Mesa, AZ and Julie Clark (Jeff) Surry, Folsom, CA. She has 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. There are four sisters, Juanita Pinkston, Nampa, ID; Dominga Fitzgerald, Grand Junction, CO; Peggy Romine, Fort Worth, TX and Rosalie Corpion, Twin Falls, ID. Her brother, Emilio Corpion passed away in 1986. Mother was an active member of the LDS church. Bishop Gary Moffett of the Twin Falls 5th Ward will preside over a memorial service in the Oakley 3rd Ward Stake House. The service will be held Monday, August 11, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. There will be a viewing one hour prior to the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls.