- Date Of Birth: June 29, 1929
- Date Of Death: October 10, 2020
- State: Idaho
Benjamin R Hunter, 91, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 10, 2020, at his home in Idaho Falls. He was under the care of Encompass Hospice.
Benjamin was born June 29, 1929, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Benjamin Bennett Hunter and Tressa Amilla Allred Hunter. He was raised in Shelley, ID. He graduated from Idaho State University in Pocatello with a degree in Nuclear Chemistry.
On June 12, 1953, he married Myrle ReNae Bartschi in the Idaho Falls Temple. They were married for 67 years. Benjamin and ReNae made their home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where Benjamin worked as a Radiochemist for ICPP at the INL. At the time of his retirement he was the longest running employee of the INL having worked 52 ½ years.
Benjamin is survived by his wife, Myrle ReNae Hunter of Idaho Falls, ID; daughter, Leslie Kaye (Kerry) Goodrich of Tremonton, UT; son, Mark S. (Renell) Hunter of Idaho Falls, ID; daughter, Beverly Jean Hunter of Idaho Falls, ID; son, Gary Ben (Maria Niña) Hunter of Boise, ID; daughter, Nancy Amilla (Jim) LaMunyon of Kings Valley, OR; 29 grandchildren and 63 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Benjamin B. Hunter and Tressa A. Hunter; grandsons, Daniel J. Goodrich and Hunter Goodrich; and brother, Glen C. Lewis.
