- Date Of Birth: November 1, 1932
- Date Of Death: April 14, 2021
- State: Idaho
BonAdell Comish Skidmore passed away peacefully in her home Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Ammon, Idaho.
BonAdell was born on November 1, 1932, to Alden Peter Comish and Garnet Smith Comish. She grew up in Cove, Utah, and graduated from North Cache High School where she was Homecoming Queen with her high school sweetheart, Richard “Dick” Timmins Skidmore. She was Rodeo Queen for North Cache High in 1948 and was also part of ROTC Sponsor Corps. She also attended Utah State University, majoring in Drama and Literature.
BonAdell hand-painted monochrome photographs with watercolors and oils for local photographers and friends. She was an amazing heavy oil artist, loved the guitar and singing with her sisters, and adored dancing, particularly square dancing. She’s been skydiving, scuba diving, horseback riding, competitive barrel racing, white-water rafting down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, and deep-sea fishing where she reeled in a 118-pound Marlin.
BonAdell was very sassy, spunky, loving, and caring!
Her greatest joy was being a homemaker and mother of 6 children, 25 grandchildren, and 37 great grandchildren. She has been nicknamed as “Hostess with the Mostest” because she loved to entertain guests and spend time with her family (blood related or not).
She is survived by her loving husband, Richard Timmins Skidmore of Ammon, ID; her children: son, Randy Alden (Donalyn) Skidmore of Ammon, ID; son, David Michael (Dianna) Skidmore of Ammon, ID; daughter, JanAdell (late Don Johnson) of Ammon, ID; daughter, Roxanne Skidmore of Ammon, ID; son, Brett Comish (Scarlet Poulsen) Skidmore of Ammon, ID; and foster son, Renford “Renny” Good Lance of Oglala, SD; her loving sisters, Diane (Ken) Moosman of Bountiful, UT, Gaye Comish (Lanny) Gunnell of Wellsville, UT, and Aldene (Val) Rasmussen of Cache Junction, UT.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Alden and Garnet Comish; son, Kevin Richard Skidmore of Ammon, ID; grandson-in-law, Oliver Bruce Roberts of Ammon, ID; and grandson, Kelsey Good Lance of Oglala, SD.
