Calvin Wayd Criddle, 29, Pocatello, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at home from an apparent heart attack.
Wayd was born May 11, 1980, in Pocatello to Steven Jay and Joni Janeal Wilson Criddle. He graduated from Highland High School, class of 1998. In November of 2000, he welcomed the light of his life, daughter Bella Kayt. He always said she was the best thing he ever made.
He married his best friend and companion, Shawna Marie Kingston, July 22, 2005, in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, she was everything to him.
Wayd enjoyed everything life had to offer, especially his motorcycle. We will miss hearing him zoom by. When he wasn’t out riding his motorcycle, he was soaking up every minute he had with his sweet daughter, Bella, and wife, Shawna. Wayd took great pride in his garden, a hobby given to him by his grandparents, the late Calvin and Margene Criddle, to whom he was especially close.
Wayd knew how to put a smile on everyone’s face. He was the first in line to lend a hand. Personable and genuine, he spoke from the heart. He had the ability to be in the moment with whoever he was with, crying or laughing. He will be missed by all those who were privileged to have had him touch their lives.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Wayd is survived by his wife, Shawna, a daughter, Isabella Kayt, his father, Steven (Keedrin) Criddle of Downey, Idaho; his mother, J.J. (Jack) Driever of Grady, N.M.; grandmother, Ina Sickinger of Boise; grandfathers, Ken (Marilyn) Wilson of Boise, Idaho, and Joe Frank (Lyle) Swensen of Grace, Idaho; three brothers, Jack W. Driever, Chayd Criddle and Tayson Criddle, and four sisters: Bailey Criddle, Nika Criddle, Janette (Jason) Butler, and Jennifer (Eric) Jeffs. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Calvin and Margene Criddle; Gordon Bloxham and Lois Hanson.
Funeral services will be held Monday, June 8, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the Cornelison Funeral Chapel 431 N. 15th Ave. Pocatello. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday evening, June 7, and one hour prior to services Monday in the funeral home. Interment will be in the Cambridge Cemetery near Downey, Idaho.
For those who wish to help the family with funeral expenses an account has been established at Zions Bank.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Cornelison Funeral Home, 431 N. 15th Ave., Pocatello. Online guest book and condolences available at www.cornelisonfh.com.
Wayd – You are my soulmate, my everything. I will miss you every day until we are reunited again. Your unforgettable laugh and smile are forever in my heart. I love you.