Jean Fails Obituary

Jean Peery Fails 1922 ~ 2006 Jean Peery Fails passed away February 4, 2006 in Meridian, Idaho. Jean was born November 23, 1922, the youngest of four children, in Payson, Utah to Virgil and Jean Peery. Her father died when she was three and a few years later her mother remarried and they moved to Portland, Oregon. She met Wesley A. Fails in Portland and they were married June 5, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. They moved to New York where they lived for six years before relocating to Southern California and later to the Central Coast. They moved to Meridian, Idaho almost two years ago. They had two daughters. Jean was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Verl and Thorold, her sister Erma, and her youngest daughter Janice Lynne Temple. She is survived by her husband of 631/2 years Wesley A. Fails; her daughter Kathy Gersdorf of Santa Maria, CA; six grandchildren Eric (Jennifer) Goeckeritz of Nampa; Jeremy (Rebecca) Goeckeritz of Maple Valley, WA; Emily Goeckeritz of Santa Maria; Derek Gersdorf of Phoenix; Erin (Jeff) Young of Murray, UT; and Morgan Temple of Sandy, UT; ten great-grandchildren Parker, Shaylee, Quiana of Nampa; Hannah, Amber, Layton; Trenton, Cora of Maple Valley; Danica, and Kaylynne of Murray; several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Visitation will be held Thursday, February 9, 2006 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Cloverdale Funeral Home at 1200 North Cloverdale Road, Boise. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. February 10, at the Crossroads Ward LDS Chapel 190 S. Locust Grove, Meridian. A viewing will be held 10-10:30 Friday at the church prior to services. Bishop Kevin Smith will officiate. Interment will follow at Cloverdale Cemetery.