Bobby Dan Collett1925 - 2014Bobby Dan Collett was born in Paul, Idaho on September 13, 1925, to Dan and Vernetta Collett. He passed on December 1, 2014 at home in Oreana, after battling cancer. Bob went to school at Glenns Ferry, Idaho. He also served on the Casablanca in WWII touring the South Pacific. He was injured and spent some time in the base hospital in Hawaii. That is where he was when the war ended. He is a charter member of the Grand View, Idaho Legion Post 134; he was also the last surviving charter member of that Post. Bob served as its 3rd Commander.He married Ruth Marie Foreman Collett on November 7, 1949 in Reno, Nevada. They spent many years on Ruth's family ranch and eventually buying the ranch from her folks. The ranch was established in 1894 by Ruth's Grandparents and is still being run and owned by members of the family. Together they had two boys, Blaine (Denise) Collett and Brian (Christine) Collett. Bob has four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Bob served on the Owyhee County ASCS Board, the FHA Board, the Bruneau River Soil Conservation Board, the Grand View, Bruneau, Oreana School District Board and the PCA/NWFCS Board of Directors for several years.Bob served two terms on the Owyhee County Cattleman's Association Board. In 1973 he served on that board as President. He also served as a Director on the Idaho Cattleman's Association Board and was President of that organization in 1993. Bob served four years as a Director on the National Cattle Association.Bob also sat on the Owyhee County Planning and Zoning Commission.Services will be at The Oreana Community Hall on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, with a viewing from 10:00 A.M. to 11:45 A.M., and funeral services at 12:00 Noon. Burial to follow at the Oreana Pioneer Cemetery. A potluck dinner will follow the services at the community hall. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home.He is preceded in death by his parents Dan and Vernetta, sister Gloria McDermott, brother Max Collett and his beloved wife Ruth Marie. He survived by his sons, Blaine (Denise) and Brian (Christine), his four grandchildren, Suzanne, Christopher, Sean and Bryce and three great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Oreana Community Hall, C/O 24777 Collett Rd, Oreana, ID 83650.His last statement; NO MAN HAS GREATER LOVE FOR HIS WIFE THAN I DO.