Milo Thompson Means (Birth 04 Mar 1895/Death 01 Dec 1994)
Milo Means
BOISE – Milo Thompson Means, 99, of Boise, Idaho died on Thursday, December 1, 1994, at the Idaho State Veterans Home here.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 6, 1994, at the Alden-Waggoner Chapel in Boise. Bishop Howard Jones conducted the service. Burial was in the Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise.
Milo was born on March 4, 1895, in The Dalles, Oregon, the son of Joseph and Janie Means. He spent his early childhood in The Dalles moving in 1907 to Philomath, Oregon, where he graduated from high school. He attended Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, graduating in 1922, and did his post-graduate work at the University of Idaho and Colorado State College. Milo served for two years in the U.S. Army, 91st Western Division, 361st Ambulance Company, during World War I.
Milo taught vocational agriculture & shop in St. Anthony, Malad and Burley, Idaho, for seven years before accepting the position as director of the Idaho Vocational Rehabilitation Service, working there from 1929 until 1965.
During the 36 years Milo was connected with Vocational Rehabilitation, he had an opportunity to touch the lives of countless hundreds of handicapped citizens of the state and inspire them with hope and courage to prepare for their rightful place in society and to seek independence through productive work. It is ability and not disability that counts.
Milo married Della Palmer of Malad on June 27, 1927.
He was a member of the American Legion, Adjutant of St. Anthony Post, 1st Commander of the John Regan Post #2 Boise, and a member of the Sawtooth Barracks #217 Idaho veterans of World War I.
He was regional president of the Rocky Mountain Vocational Rehabilitation Association; Past President of the Idaho Conference of Social Work; Past President of the Boise Conference of Social Work; Past President of the Idaho Public Health Association; member of the Governor’s Committee on Employment of Handicapped; member of the board of directors of the Idaho Heart Association; member of the board of directors of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation; member of o the planning committee for the Elks Rehabilitation Center for Boise; member of the Idaho Mental Health Association; member of the American Retarded Citizens Association; member of the Boise Chamber of Commerce; member of the Boise Model Cities Advisory Board; member of the Governor’s Conference on the Welfare of Children and Youth.
Milo was listed in the 1958 sixth edition of Who’s Who in the West and was featured in a “Portrait of a Distinguished Citizen” in the Idaho Statesman on January 8, 1967.
Milo’s hobbies were traveling, reading and studying western pioneer historical people and trails and the geology of the Pacific Northwest.
Survivors include; one daughter, Helen, and son-in-law, Harold Proctor of Salem, Oregon; one grandson, Alex Proctor of Laguna Beach, California; one granddaughter, Susan Hoiland, and husband, Douglas Hoiland, of Papillion, Nebraska; and four great grandchildren: Katie, Kellie, Andrew and Matthew Hoiland.
Memorials may be made in Milo’s name to Idaho Veterans Assistance League c/o Idaho State Veterans Home, P.O. Box 7191, Boise, Idaho 83707 or to The University of Idaho Foundation, Inc., Moscow, Idaho 83843.
