Simunich, Joseph (March 15, 1931-November 3, 2020)

Abstract Joe Simunich, son of Eastern European immigrants. His father (Mike Simunich) worked for Boise-Payette lumber company and bought many acres of land in the Central Bench. Joe went to Franklin School from the first grade through his junior year, then transferred to St. Teresa’s his senior year. Joe’s father owned a 15-acre farm near Franklin and Garden and moved several homes there from Barber after the sawmill closed around 1935 or 1938. Joe talks about his father and mother, their...