- Date Of Birth: May 31, 1928
- Date Of Death: October 8, 2021
- State: Idaho
Iretta Harding Rapp, 93, of Idaho Falls, passed away October 8, 2021, in Rexburg, ID, at Homestead Assisted Living Memory Care.
Iretta was born May 31, 1928, in Idaho Falls, ID, to Leonard Marion Harding and Emma Mable Dalley Harding. She had five siblings. She grew up and attended schools in Idaho Falls, at Riverside, O.E. Bell and Idaho Falls High School. She graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1946.
On April 23, 1947, she married Bobby Dean Rapp in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made their home in Idaho Falls, where they raised six children. She worked at FW Woolworths, JC Penney, Bernina, Prudential Insurance, Fabricland, ZCMI, Riverview Hospital business office, and she also had a fabric store in her garage called Mom’s Fabrics. She retired at age 86. She was known for her sewing, seamstress work and alterations.
Iretta took care of her mom from 1979 to 1992.
Her family includes her husband, Bobby (deceased) of 74 years; her children, Meikle (deceased) (Ginger) Rapp of Bountiful, UT, Connie (Ronald) Schuldt (both deceased), Teressa (Lynn) Jenkins, Hal (Lesa) Rapp, Sheri (Curtis) Johnson, and Bruce Rapp, all of Idaho Falls.
She has 21 grandchildren; 39 great grandchildren; and 5 great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby, her daughter, Connie, and son, Meikle, her parents, and brothers and sisters, Lucy Jane Bingham, Marion Dalley Harding, Glen Henry Harding, Emma Faye Harding and Leslie Doyle Harding.
The family would like to give a special thanks to the staff from Hands of Hope Hospice and Homestead Assisted Living for the special care given to Iretta.
