RAY MADSEN
POCATELLO – Ray Madsen, 80, passed away at home Wednesday, August 2, 2000 after a long illness.

He was born October 20, 1919, in Malad City, Idaho, to Franklin Oliver and Mary Ann (Dalton) Madsen.

Ray married Margaret Lois Dickson on October 6, 1941, in Cherry Creek, Idaho. They were sealed at the Idaho Falls temple on June 12, 1999.

Ray worked as a rigger at the Naval Ordnance Plant, was a ranch hand, a sheep herder, and a mill operator for Simplot.

He was a high priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in which he and Lois served as baptismal font caretakers.

Ray really enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, camping, and most of all, his family.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Lois Madsen, Pocatello; children, Larry R. (Hazel) Madsen, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Donna Lee (Jerry) Moeller, McCammon, Idaho, Neil R. (Mickey) Madsen, Pocatello, Idaho; brothers, Clifford D. Madsen, Boise, Idaho, DeWayne (Leah) Madsen, Granite Falls, Wash.; a sister, Faye Madsen Ward, Cherry Creek, Idaho; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Rube Merrill, brothers, Albert Madsen, Leland Madsen, Reed Madsen, Franklin Madsen and Boyd Madsen, and a son, Albert D. Madsen.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2000, at the Tyhee stake house, with Bishop Richard Watt officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, August 4, 2000, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. Fourth Ave., Pocatello, and one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday. Interment will follow at Mountainview Cemetery.