TRACY, ROGER CLIFFORD, (?), 1922 – February 2, 2004

BUHL – Roger Clifford “R.C” Tracy, 88, died February 2, 2004 following a brief stay at MVRMC for kidney failure.

Roger was born in Rome, Ohio, but traveled west on the train in 1922 with his brother when he was seven to join their parents who had purchased the General Store/Post Office in Onyx, California. When his mother died later that year he moved to the bunkhouse on a cattle ranch and enjoyed life as a cowboy through high school. He served in the Army during World War II. He married his first wife and the mother of his children when he was 22. Dorothy preceded him in death in 1967.

R.C. was a quiet, friendly man who hardly ever met a stranger. His interest in people and his affable wit made him a successful salesman for Hills Bros. Coffee in the Nevada territory for 25 years. When he retired from Hills Bros. in 1965 he worked as a real estate salesman until 1990, winning Nevada Salesman of the Year twice.

Roger was a member of the Reno Lodge #13 F & A M of Nevada; he was a 32 degree Scottish Rite, and a member of Kerak Temple AAONMS of Reno, Nevada.

Roger is survived by his two children, Edna Gilbert and her husband, Bob, of Arlington, Texas, and Reverend Ken Tracy and his wife, Carol, of Buhl, Idaho. He will be greatly missed by his grandchildren, Rob Tracy and his wife, Misty, Robin Tracy and her husband Larry Marvin, Dr. Dan Gilbert and his wife, Dee, Eric Gilbert, and Susan Perry and her husband Mike. Eight great-grandchildren and many friends mourn his passing. His ex-wife Delma Tracy of Carson City and her family remember him fondly.

Roger joined St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Reno in 1954. His membership was transferred to Malad, Idaho in 2002, then to the First Presbyterian Church in Buhl in 2003.

A memorial service was held at the Buhl church February 7. His ashes will be interred at St. John’s Presbyterian Memorial Garden in Reno on February 17, 2004.