Ethel Josephine Pollet, a Prineville resident, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011. She was 85 years old. A memorial service was held Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Prineville Community Church. Pastor Chris Cookson, and Pastor Ron Caulkins officiated. Burial will be at the Middleton Cemetery in Middleton, Idaho next to her husband, at a later date. Ethel was born March 30, 1925 in Mackay, Idaho to Emery and Daisy A. (Warren) LaRocque. She attended and graduated from Hawthorne High School in Nevada in 1943. She married Eugene M. "Pete" Pollet in Winnemucca, Nevada on September 5, 1950. After their marriage, they lived in Idaho until 1962. The adventuresome couple moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where they raised their family until 1980. After retirement, she and Pete divided their time between Hemet, California and Portland, Oregon. In 1999 she moved to Prineville to be closer to her daughter, Evelyn Morse and her family. Ethel worked for JC Penny in both Idaho and Alaska as a department manager, and then as a non-foods manager for Procter's Grocery Stores of Alaska until the time of her retirement. Ethel later enjoyed working with her daughter at Memories Etc. in Prineville. Ethel was a member of the Prineville Community Church, and the Crook County Extension Service, where she was looking forward to the Birdhouse Project and the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed the company of many at the Senior Center where they ate lunch every day for several years. Ethel was very involved with her family and was widely known as a storyteller who always had a joke to share. Ethel also was an avid reader. She loved to travel and play golf. Later in life, she enjoyed scrap booking and quilting. Throughout her life she loved playing cards with friends and family. Ethel is survived by daughters Evelyn (Harold L.) Morse of Prineville, Patricia McLane of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and Tracey (Ronald) Hand of Wasilla, Alaska; brother Levi John (Betty) LaRocque; brother-in-law Vance Pollet of Boise Idaho; sisters-in-law Nadine Johnson, Clarkston Washington, and Maxine Pounds, Camas, Washington; seven grandchildren Kelli (Jeff) Baumer, Wendy (Wade) Willis, Jamie (Kendra) Ward, Lindsey (Lee) McKean, Danielle Hand, and Joshua Hand; and five great-grandchildren Michaela Wilson, Megan Baumer, Savannah Willis, Sierra Willis and Beau McKean. She also had numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Pete in Boise in 1985 and three sisters Sylvia Cresto, Mary Toops and Lois Berry.