James Elliott Lodge
October 8, 1954 ~ March 10, 2014
The other night when a hailstorm thundered down the Boise Front, the setting sun created the silvery, low-angle light that longtime Idahoans know is the kind that produces rainbows. The rainbow this night was our beloved Jim Lodge arcing to the heavens.
James Elliott Lodge died at 59 at home on Monday, March 10, 2014, where he got to say goodbye to his whole family. There will be a celebration of Jim's life for Jim's legion of family and friends Sunday, March 16, 2014, from 1-4 p.m. at the Barber Park Event Center.
Jim grew up in Caldwell; advanced through the University of Idaho School of Business; learned to love the Boston Red Sox during an undergrad exchange at UMass; and made a spirited life for a family as a licensed financial planner, volunteer coach, "creative" Spanish speaker, and enthusiastic friend. He was a special person - in so many ways the center of our family life.
Jim was born October 8, 1954, in Caldwell, to Tubbo and Betty Anne Lodge. He and his brothers - John, Paul, Joe, and Tim - grew up on Fairview Golf Course and learned the game exceptionally well. Jim was one of four Lodge brothers who played college golf on scholarship at universities in the West.
Jim rarely needed to travel out of Idaho to find the good life, but when he did, he mastered new challenges. He played a scratch round from the tips at the TPC in Scottsdale, traveled across the country and Europe during his financial planning career, and refined his rafting technique on the Colorado River as well as the great rivers closer to home.
It is quite possible that Guinness Book of World Records has not yet learned of Jim's 300-yard tee shots using a scorecard pencil as the tee. Surely, if they knew, Jim would be in the book.
The golf course was probably Jim's third-favorite place to be - just behind the Boise Co-Op Wine Shop doing careful inspections for special bottles, and barbequing on the deck and celebrating family around the Lodge dining room table with as many friends as possible. The corks - and the fun, insightful stories about the wineries that produced them - were often opened at that very table.
As well-dressed and impressive as he always was, Jim would say that is not what he was about; he'd be much quicker to regale you with "rub some dirt on it" tales from that spring's branding weekend at the family's ranch in Jordan Valley.
The family Jim loved to celebrate includes Kris Peyron, his wife of nearly 30 years; and their adult children - Kristi Lodge, of Portland; Clark Lodge, of Denver; and Collin (C.J.) Lodge, of Boise. Jim is also survived by his father, Tubbo Lodge (Sandi), of Boise; and brothers John, of Minneapolis; Paul (Becky), of Caldwell and Boise; Joe (Lori), of Boise; and Tim (Karen), of Boise; a ton of fun-loving cousins and nephews; and, a few proud, formidable nieces.
It was these loved ones who so enjoyed being a part of the Lodge Invitational golf tournament in Hailey and Sun Valley before business brought Jim and Kris and the kids to Boise; treasured those enriching family weekends at the Lodge's dining table; and were quick to meet up at countless other celebrations held en masse at the slightest provocation.
We all considered ourselves charter members of the "Thanks, Jim" Fan Club - an inside joke from Kris' family, where a crusty old uncle used to thank the man of the house for a spectacular meal the woman of the house created from scratch, with negligible help from her spouse. Jim always held up his end of the bargain, though, and just two nights before he passed away we were able to raise a glass to him and tell him that we had formed the club for all time.
None of us knows if it was written in the sky in the evening light after the hailstorm, but there will never be another man like Jim Lodge. We're blessed to be part of his family, will be an incomplete family for the rest of our lives, but guided by Jim's mantra - "It's a beautiful day to be on the river!" - we like our chances of charting a new path forward.
In lieu of flowers, a Jim Lodge Memorial Golf Scholarship has been established at the University of Idaho.
Published in Idaho Statesman on Mar. 14, 2014
October 8, 1954 ~ March 10, 2014
The other night when a hailstorm thundered down the Boise Front, the setting sun created the silvery, low-angle light that longtime Idahoans know is the kind that produces rainbows. The rainbow this night was our beloved Jim Lodge arcing to the heavens.
James Elliott Lodge died at 59 at home on Monday, March 10, 2014, where he got to say goodbye to his whole family. There will be a celebration of Jim's life for Jim's legion of family and friends Sunday, March 16, 2014, from 1-4 p.m. at the Barber Park Event Center.
Jim grew up in Caldwell; advanced through the University of Idaho School of Business; learned to love the Boston Red Sox during an undergrad exchange at UMass; and made a spirited life for a family as a licensed financial planner, volunteer coach, "creative" Spanish speaker, and enthusiastic friend. He was a special person - in so many ways the center of our family life.
Jim was born October 8, 1954, in Caldwell, to Tubbo and Betty Anne Lodge. He and his brothers - John, Paul, Joe, and Tim - grew up on Fairview Golf Course and learned the game exceptionally well. Jim was one of four Lodge brothers who played college golf on scholarship at universities in the West.
Jim rarely needed to travel out of Idaho to find the good life, but when he did, he mastered new challenges. He played a scratch round from the tips at the TPC in Scottsdale, traveled across the country and Europe during his financial planning career, and refined his rafting technique on the Colorado River as well as the great rivers closer to home.
It is quite possible that Guinness Book of World Records has not yet learned of Jim's 300-yard tee shots using a scorecard pencil as the tee. Surely, if they knew, Jim would be in the book.
The golf course was probably Jim's third-favorite place to be - just behind the Boise Co-Op Wine Shop doing careful inspections for special bottles, and barbequing on the deck and celebrating family around the Lodge dining room table with as many friends as possible. The corks - and the fun, insightful stories about the wineries that produced them - were often opened at that very table.
As well-dressed and impressive as he always was, Jim would say that is not what he was about; he'd be much quicker to regale you with "rub some dirt on it" tales from that spring's branding weekend at the family's ranch in Jordan Valley.
The family Jim loved to celebrate includes Kris Peyron, his wife of nearly 30 years; and their adult children - Kristi Lodge, of Portland; Clark Lodge, of Denver; and Collin (C.J.) Lodge, of Boise. Jim is also survived by his father, Tubbo Lodge (Sandi), of Boise; and brothers John, of Minneapolis; Paul (Becky), of Caldwell and Boise; Joe (Lori), of Boise; and Tim (Karen), of Boise; a ton of fun-loving cousins and nephews; and, a few proud, formidable nieces.
It was these loved ones who so enjoyed being a part of the Lodge Invitational golf tournament in Hailey and Sun Valley before business brought Jim and Kris and the kids to Boise; treasured those enriching family weekends at the Lodge's dining table; and were quick to meet up at countless other celebrations held en masse at the slightest provocation.
We all considered ourselves charter members of the "Thanks, Jim" Fan Club - an inside joke from Kris' family, where a crusty old uncle used to thank the man of the house for a spectacular meal the woman of the house created from scratch, with negligible help from her spouse. Jim always held up his end of the bargain, though, and just two nights before he passed away we were able to raise a glass to him and tell him that we had formed the club for all time.
None of us knows if it was written in the sky in the evening light after the hailstorm, but there will never be another man like Jim Lodge. We're blessed to be part of his family, will be an incomplete family for the rest of our lives, but guided by Jim's mantra - "It's a beautiful day to be on the river!" - we like our chances of charting a new path forward.
In lieu of flowers, a Jim Lodge Memorial Golf Scholarship has been established at the University of Idaho.
Published in Idaho Statesman on Mar. 14, 2014
James Elliott Lodge
October 8, 1954 ~ March 10, 2014
The other night when a hailstorm thundered down the Boise Front, the setting sun created the silvery, low-angle light that longtime Idahoans know is the kind that produces rainbows. The rainbow this night was our beloved Jim Lodge arcing to the heavens.
James Elliott Lodge died at 59 at home on Monday, March 10, 2014, where he got to say goodbye to his whole family. There will be a celebration of Jim's life for Jim's legion of family and friends Sunday, March 16, 2014, from 1-4 p.m. at the Barber Park Event Center.
Jim grew up in Caldwell; advanced through the University of Idaho School of Business; learned to love the Boston Red Sox during an undergrad exchange at UMass; and made a spirited life for a family as a licensed financial planner, volunteer coach, "creative" Spanish speaker, and enthusiastic friend. He was a special person - in so many ways the center of our family life.
Jim was born October 8, 1954, in Caldwell, to Tubbo and Betty Anne Lodge. He and his brothers - John, Paul, Joe, and Tim - grew up on Fairview Golf Course and learned the game exceptionally well. Jim was one of four Lodge brothers who played college golf on scholarship at universities in the West.
Jim rarely needed to travel out of Idaho to find the good life, but when he did, he mastered new challenges. He played a scratch round from the tips at the TPC in Scottsdale, traveled across the country and Europe during his financial planning career, and refined his rafting technique on the Colorado River as well as the great rivers closer to home.
It is quite possible that Guinness Book of World Records has not yet learned of Jim's 300-yard tee shots using a scorecard pencil as the tee. Surely, if they knew, Jim would be in the book.
The golf course was probably Jim's third-favorite place to be - just behind the Boise Co-Op Wine Shop doing careful inspections for special bottles, and barbequing on the deck and celebrating family around the Lodge dining room table with as many friends as possible. The corks - and the fun, insightful stories about the wineries that produced them - were often opened at that very table.
As well-dressed and impressive as he always was, Jim would say that is not what he was about; he'd be much quicker to regale you with "rub some dirt on it" tales from that spring's branding weekend at the family's ranch in Jordan Valley.
The family Jim loved to celebrate includes Kris Peyron, his wife of nearly 30 years; and their adult children - Kristi Lodge, of Portland; Clark Lodge, of Denver; and Collin (C.J.) Lodge, of Boise. Jim is also survived by his father, Tubbo Lodge (Sandi), of Boise; and brothers John, of Minneapolis; Paul (Becky), of Caldwell and Boise; Joe (Lori), of Boise; and Tim (Karen), of Boise; a ton of fun-loving cousins and nephews; and, a few proud, formidable nieces.
It was these loved ones who so enjoyed being a part of the Lodge Invitational golf tournament in Hailey and Sun Valley before business brought Jim and Kris and the kids to Boise; treasured those enriching family weekends at the Lodge's dining table; and were quick to meet up at countless other celebrations held en masse at the slightest provocation.
We all considered ourselves charter members of the "Thanks, Jim" Fan Club - an inside joke from Kris' family, where a crusty old uncle used to thank the man of the house for a spectacular meal the woman of the house created from scratch, with negligible help from her spouse. Jim always held up his end of the bargain, though, and just two nights before he passed away we were able to raise a glass to him and tell him that we had formed the club for all time.
None of us knows if it was written in the sky in the evening light after the hailstorm, but there will never be another man like Jim Lodge. We're blessed to be part of his family, will be an incomplete family for the rest of our lives, but guided by Jim's mantra - "It's a beautiful day to be on the river!" - we like our chances of charting a new path forward.
In lieu of flowers, a Jim Lodge Memorial Golf Scholarship has been established at the University of Idaho.
Published in Idaho Statesman on Mar. 14, 2014
October 8, 1954 ~ March 10, 2014
The other night when a hailstorm thundered down the Boise Front, the setting sun created the silvery, low-angle light that longtime Idahoans know is the kind that produces rainbows. The rainbow this night was our beloved Jim Lodge arcing to the heavens.
James Elliott Lodge died at 59 at home on Monday, March 10, 2014, where he got to say goodbye to his whole family. There will be a celebration of Jim's life for Jim's legion of family and friends Sunday, March 16, 2014, from 1-4 p.m. at the Barber Park Event Center.
Jim grew up in Caldwell; advanced through the University of Idaho School of Business; learned to love the Boston Red Sox during an undergrad exchange at UMass; and made a spirited life for a family as a licensed financial planner, volunteer coach, "creative" Spanish speaker, and enthusiastic friend. He was a special person - in so many ways the center of our family life.
Jim was born October 8, 1954, in Caldwell, to Tubbo and Betty Anne Lodge. He and his brothers - John, Paul, Joe, and Tim - grew up on Fairview Golf Course and learned the game exceptionally well. Jim was one of four Lodge brothers who played college golf on scholarship at universities in the West.
Jim rarely needed to travel out of Idaho to find the good life, but when he did, he mastered new challenges. He played a scratch round from the tips at the TPC in Scottsdale, traveled across the country and Europe during his financial planning career, and refined his rafting technique on the Colorado River as well as the great rivers closer to home.
It is quite possible that Guinness Book of World Records has not yet learned of Jim's 300-yard tee shots using a scorecard pencil as the tee. Surely, if they knew, Jim would be in the book.
The golf course was probably Jim's third-favorite place to be - just behind the Boise Co-Op Wine Shop doing careful inspections for special bottles, and barbequing on the deck and celebrating family around the Lodge dining room table with as many friends as possible. The corks - and the fun, insightful stories about the wineries that produced them - were often opened at that very table.
As well-dressed and impressive as he always was, Jim would say that is not what he was about; he'd be much quicker to regale you with "rub some dirt on it" tales from that spring's branding weekend at the family's ranch in Jordan Valley.
The family Jim loved to celebrate includes Kris Peyron, his wife of nearly 30 years; and their adult children - Kristi Lodge, of Portland; Clark Lodge, of Denver; and Collin (C.J.) Lodge, of Boise. Jim is also survived by his father, Tubbo Lodge (Sandi), of Boise; and brothers John, of Minneapolis; Paul (Becky), of Caldwell and Boise; Joe (Lori), of Boise; and Tim (Karen), of Boise; a ton of fun-loving cousins and nephews; and, a few proud, formidable nieces.
It was these loved ones who so enjoyed being a part of the Lodge Invitational golf tournament in Hailey and Sun Valley before business brought Jim and Kris and the kids to Boise; treasured those enriching family weekends at the Lodge's dining table; and were quick to meet up at countless other celebrations held en masse at the slightest provocation.
We all considered ourselves charter members of the "Thanks, Jim" Fan Club - an inside joke from Kris' family, where a crusty old uncle used to thank the man of the house for a spectacular meal the woman of the house created from scratch, with negligible help from her spouse. Jim always held up his end of the bargain, though, and just two nights before he passed away we were able to raise a glass to him and tell him that we had formed the club for all time.
None of us knows if it was written in the sky in the evening light after the hailstorm, but there will never be another man like Jim Lodge. We're blessed to be part of his family, will be an incomplete family for the rest of our lives, but guided by Jim's mantra - "It's a beautiful day to be on the river!" - we like our chances of charting a new path forward.
In lieu of flowers, a Jim Lodge Memorial Golf Scholarship has been established at the University of Idaho.
Published in Idaho Statesman on Mar. 14, 2014
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