Ernest LaDell Handy
February 23, 1929 - February 5, 2012
My Papa is one of the greatest persons I know. He taught me so much in life and he was a living example of that. I loved him so much and I know he knows how much I love him and already miss him - I am so blessed to have had such a close relationship with him. I cherish all the rides we had - I will always be his little cowgirl. I am so lucky that I was able to grow up just a few miles away from Ginny and Papa. I couldn't have been blessed with better grandparents. I have so many wonderful memories with him that I will forever cherish.
I am so grateful for the Gospel in my life that I know because of the Plan of Salvation I will one day get to be with him and the rest of my family. I am so grateful to have that knowledge that families can be together forever. "Until we meet again" Papa...See you soon. I will love you forever!
GLENNS FERRY • E. LaDell Handy, 82, of Glenns Ferry, loving husband, father, grandfather and brother, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at a Boise hospital.
A viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glenns Ferry. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glenns Ferry, with a viewing from 10 until 10:45 a.m. and funeral at 11 a.m.; burial will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.
LaDell was the oldest of four children born to Ernest W. and Edith B. Handy on Feb. 23, 1929, in Heyburn, Idaho. LaDell was raised in the Heyburn area. He moved with his family to the Rogerson/Three Creek, Nev., area when he was 8. It was there that he started a lifelong love of cowboying. He started working on the Brackett Ranch at the young age of 9 and continued going back and working throughout all his years in school after his family moved back to Heyburn. LaDell enjoyed playing football and basketball during his high school years.
LaDell married Carol Nelson on Aug 25, 1950, in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. They had three daughters. They moved to Twin Falls, where LaDell worked for Shelby’s Foodliner and managed the meat department. They moved back to Burley when Shelby’s expanded and built a store there. LaDell and Dale Shelby bought and ran numerous ranches in the Albion, Moulton and Malta areas, where they received the Idaho State Grass Man of the Year Award. They moved to the Pitchfork Ranch in King Hill after selling the grocery stores. There they ran a cattle operation.
LaDell and Carol moved to Utah, where LaDell worked for Bell Meat Packaging and at Utah State University. They then moved to Jackpot, Nev., where LaDell ran and managed the W/D Ranch for JK Wheeler. When retiring, they moved to Glenns Ferry, where he has been running a large cattle operation with his son-in-law, Mark Noble, and grandson, Tyler Bunn, until the time of his death. LaDell was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he served as branch president, bishop and held many other callings. He was a member of the Burley Fair Board and served as president. He was a member of the Cassia County Mounted Sheriff’s Posse and served as captain.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Carol Nelson Handy; his three daughters, Debra H. Johnson and Jerry of Utah, Denise H. Bunn and Greg of Idaho, and Jerrolynn H. Noble and Mark of Idaho; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; his sister, Arlene Badger of Bountiful, Utah; brothers, Gerald Handy and Lois and Duane Handy and Beverly; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Shelby Nelson Noble; and a grandson, Riley Greg Bunn.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Perpetual Education Fund or Missionary Fund through the LDS Church.
